{"id":129782,"date":"2021-11-01T13:22:36","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T20:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/ben-novak-lead-scientist-revive-restore-de-extinction-biotechnology-conservation-biology"},"modified":"2021-11-01T13:22:36","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T20:22:36","slug":"ben-novak-lead-scientist-revive-restore-de-extinction-biotechnology-conservation-biology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/ben-novak-lead-scientist-revive-restore-de-extinction-biotechnology-conservation-biology","title":{"rendered":"Ben Novak, Lead Scientist, Revive &amp; Restore \u2014 De-Extinction Biotechnology &amp; Conservation Biology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gzRck35bUvE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDe-Extinction\u201d Biotechnology &amp; Conservation Biology \u2014 Ben Novak, Lead Scientist Revive &amp; Restore<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Ben Novak is Lead Scientist, at Revive &amp; Restore (<a href=\"https:\/\/reviverestore.org\/),\">https:\/\/reviverestore.org\/),<\/a> a California-based non-profit that works to bring biotechnology to conservation biology with the mission to enhance biodiversity through the genetic rescue of endangered and extinct animals (<a href=\"https:\/\/reviverestore.org\/what-we-do\/ted-talk\/).\">https:\/\/reviverestore.org\/what-we-do\/ted-talk\/).<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ben collaboratively pioneers new tools for genetic rescue and de-extinction, helps shape the genetic rescue efforts of Revive &amp; Restore, and leads its flagship project, The Great Passenger Pigeon Comeback, working with collaborators and partners to restore the ecology of the Passenger Pigeon to the eastern North American forests. Ben uses his training in ecology and ancient-DNA lab work to contribute, hands-on, to the sequencing of the extinct Passenger Pigeon genome and to study important aspects of its natural history (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pK2UlLsHkus&t=1s).\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pK2UlLsHkus&amp;t=1s).<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ben\u2019s mission in leading the Great Passenger Pigeon Comeback is to set the standard for de-extinction protocols and considerations in the lab and field. His 2018 review article, \u201cDe-extinction,\u201d in the journal Genes, helped to define this new term. More recently, his treatment, \u201cBuilding Ethical De-Extinction Programs\u2014Considerations of Animal Welfare in Genetic Rescue\u201d was published in December 2019 in The Routledge Handbook of Animal Ethics: 1st Edition.<\/p>\n<p>Ben\u2019s work at Revive &amp; Restore also includes extensive education and outreach, the co-convening of seminal workshops, and helping to develop the Avian and Black-footed Ferret Genetic Rescue programs included in the Revive &amp; Restore Catalyst Science Fund.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/ben-novak-lead-scientist-revive-restore-de-extinction-biotechnology-conservation-biology\">Continue reading \u201cBen Novak, Lead Scientist, Revive &amp; Restore \u2014 De-Extinction Biotechnology &amp; Conservation Biology\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cDe-Extinction\u201d Biotechnology &amp; Conservation Biology \u2014 Ben Novak, Lead Scientist Revive &amp; Restore Ben Novak is Lead Scientist, at Revive &amp; Restore (https:\/\/reviverestore.org\/), a California-based non-profit that works to bring biotechnology to conservation biology with the mission to enhance biodiversity through the genetic rescue of endangered and extinct animals (https:\/\/reviverestore.org\/what-we-do\/ted-talk\/). 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