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—Biologist Andrew Rosenberg, director of the Center for Science and Democracy, on the prospects for evidence-based policymaking in the Trump Administration. (The Atlantic, December 2)
— ACLU attorney Alex Abdo, speaking to The Scientist about the organization’s plans for defending the rights of scientists should the need arise during the Trump presidency (December 2)
—Ricarda Steinbrecher, a molecular geneticist representing the Federation of German Scientists, advocating for a cessation of research on using gene drive to combat mosquito-borne diseases at the recent 2016 United Nations Convention on Biodiversity meeting in Mexico (December 5)
—Ron Vale, University of California, San Francisco, cell biologist and founder of the preprint advocacy group ASAPbio, on a recently announced decision by the NIH-funded research consortium the 4D Nucleome to mandate ...
