# Alberto Aparicio de Narváez Source: https://hello.cv/albertonarvaez ## Links - linkedin | https://www.linkedin.com/in/alberto-aparicio ## About Alberto Aparicio is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioethics and Health Humanities at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB). At UTMB, Dr. Aparicio develops a research program examining “limit-making” and the establishment of ethical boundaries within the life sciences. His work also encompasses transformations in knowledge production and the political economy of biomedicine. As part of this program, he studies the “longevity biotechnology” community, which seeks to develop interventions to slow aging, rejuvenate the body, or extend human lifespan. He examines the construction of “healthy aging” as a novel paradigm in biomedicine that reflects broader transformations in life sciences research and regulation, along with novel subjectivities and configurations of state-science-society relationships. For the past two years, he has conducted fieldwork in this area, attending and speaking at major longevity biotechnology conferences and policy-related events—becoming a recognized figure in science-society relations and the ethics of longevity. Dr. Aparicio completed postdoctoral fellowships at the Global Observatory for Genome Editing, Harvard University, and the Alexander von Humboldt Biological Resources Research Institute in Colombia. Dr. Aparicio received his PhD in Science and Technology Studies from University College London, and his MPhil in Technology Policy from Cambridge University. Dr. Aparicio’s previous research projects have addressed the ethics of safety-by-design and the modification of synthetic microorganisms for environmental release, human-assisted reproduction and the demarcation between legitimate and illegitimate human modification, and the entanglement of biodiversity, innovation, and state-building in the bioeconomy. His doctoral research at UCL explored the construction of biocontainment in synthetic biology as a form of responsibility and governance, along with design principles of safety through the unnaturalness of synthetic biological systems. ## Work ### Assistant Professor | University of Texas Medical Branch ### Postdoctoral Fellow | Harvard University ### Postdoctoral Researcher | Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt ### Project Manager | Universidad de los Andes ### Strategic Advisor | SENA (National Learning Service) ### Innovation Consultant | Inventta ### Associate Data Coordinator | Merck Sharp and Dohme ## Education ### University College London | PhD Science and Technology Studies ### University of Cambridge | MPhil Technology Policy ### University of Saskatchewan | MSc Biochemistry ### Universidad de los Andes | Microbiología ## Publications ### Emerging reproductive technologies and the legitimization of reproductive futures: the ontological choreography of in vitro gametogenesis New Genetics and Society journal-article ### Accept no limits: biocontainment and the construction of a safer space for experimentation in xenobiology as a legacy of Asilomar BioSocieties journal-article ### Reassessing the role of informed decision-making in cardiac xenotransplantation Journal of Medical Ethics journal-article ### Extending the Self: Examining Motivations and Philosophies in Life Extension Communities The American Journal of Bioethics journal-article ### Public alignment with longevity biotechnology: an analysis of framing in surveys and opinion studies Biogerontology journal-article ### Engaging with a xenobiology laboratory as a social scientist: lessons, opportunities, and challenges Among White Coats: Politics and Practices of the Ethnographies of Biomedicine and STEM book-chapter ### Life extension should come with wisdom: Reflections and questions for the geroscience and longevity community Rejuvenation Research journal-article ### Life Extension Should Come with Wisdom: Reflections and Questions for the Geroscience and Longevity Community Rejuvenation Research journal-article ### Missing the “We” in Precision Medicine The American Journal of Bioethics journal-article ### For Analytics Beyond “Personhood,” Bioethics Should Look Toward Science and Technology Studies (STS) The American Journal of Bioethics journal-article ### For Analytics Beyond “Personhood,” Bioethics Should Look Toward Science and Technology Studies (STS) American Journal of Bioethics journal-article ### Oportunidades de la bioeconomía en cuatro regiones de Colombia Bioeconomía: Miradas múltiples, reflexiones y retos para un país complejo book-chapter ### The road ahead: narratives and imaginaries of the value of biodiversity in shaping bioeconomy policy in Colombia Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society journal-article ### The road ahead: narratives and imaginaries of the value of biodiversity in shaping bioeconomy policy in Colombia,O caminho após de: narrativas e imaginários do valor da biodiversidade na configuração da política bioeconómica na Colômbia,El camino después: narrativas e imaginarios del valor de la biodiversidad en la configuración de la política de bioeconomía en Colombia Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society journal-article ### Policy landscapes on human genome editing: a perspective from Latin America Trends in Biotechnology journal-article ### Policy landscapes on human genome editing: a perspective from Latin America Trends in Biotechnology journal-article ### Can the potential of biodiversity carry out the success of bioeconomy policies in Colombia? Innovación y Ciencia magazine-article ### ‘That would break the containment’: the co-production of responsibility and safety-by-design in xenobiology Journal of Responsible Innovation journal-article ### ‘That would break the containment’: the co-production of responsibility and safety-by-design in xenobiology Journal of Responsible Innovation journal-article ### Memorias del taller: El estado de la bioeconomía en Colombia, su avance y desafíos en cuatro regiones en el marco de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible UKRI GCRF Grant EP/T025026/2 report ### Yeast two-hybrid screening of cyclic peptide libraries using a combination of random and PI-deconvolution pooling strategies Protein Engineering, Design and Selection journal-article ## Source Read this profile on Hello.cv: https://hello.cv/albertonarvaez Create your free profile at https://hello.cv