Ignacio Chapela, the controversial biology professor at UC Berkeley, announces Dreams of Reason, a weeklong event around and about the new biotechnology building being built at University of California Berkeley. In 2001, Chapela and his graduate student David Quist discovered genetic contamination from GMO corn into native maiz species in Oaxaca, Mexico. The organized corporate attack resulted in the denial of tenure to Chapela despite overwhelming support from his colleagues.
During the week of May 16-21, Chapela is inviting the Bay Area community to join him in resisting the corporatization of public education and science. Photos from 5/17

From the event announcement: "Please receive this message as an invitation to participate in this time of reflection upon the hull of the bioengineering building. In order to make visible a development which has grown mostly out of public view, I invite those who might agree with me that the time has come for Biology either to follow the path of secrecy, big-money and dogmatic thinking, or to imagine itself as a project of diversity and life.
At the start and close of every day during the week of Monday, May 16 - Friday, May 20, we will circulate our meaning about the Bioengineering Building, 7 - 8 am and 8 - 9 pm. Some of us will ride our bicycles, carrying questions to the Biotech Dream. Please bring your bike, if you so wish, for either a morning or evening ride. With the onset of darkness, starting at 9 pm, we will congregate for performances and thoughts across the street. Please bring light with you, and any refreshment you might wish to share."
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