UOG Horizons: Knowledge for Life - Empowering our communities and region with Genomics

As biotechnology continues to advance rapidly, it is vital for communities in Micronesia to understand not only the uses and applications of these technologies, but also their broader social, cultural, and legal implications. Innovations like CRISPR - Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, whole genome sequencing, and gene editing are increasingly influencing areas such as medicine, environmental conservation, ancestry, and forensics. Though these are relevant locally, many communities in our region remain underserved or have limited access to these technologies. It is therefore crucial to consider how these developments will affect us and to build local capacity to engage with them meaningfully.