Emily Parke

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eparke (at) sas.upenn.edu
Research Interests: 

Philosophy of biology
Philosophy of science
Bioethics (social & ethical implications of synthetic biology)

Previous Degrees: 

BA (2004), Philosophy, Reed College

Publications: 

Bedau, M. A., Parke, E. C., Tangen, U., & Hantsche-Tangen, B. (2009). "Social and ethical checkpoints concerning bottom-up synthetic biology, or protocells." Systems and Synthetic Biology, 3, 65-75.

Bedau, M. A., & Parke, E. C. (Eds.) (2009). The ethics of protocells: Moral and social implications of creating life in the laboratory. The MIT Press.

Parke, E. C., & Bedau, M. A. (2009). "The precautionary principle and its critics." In The ethics of protocells (pp. 69-88). The MIT Press.

Presentations: 

"Social and ethical impact of artificial cells." European Center for Living Technology Summer School, Venice, Italy, 16 May 2008.