Chris Ashcraft
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Christopher Wayne Ashcraft is a creation scientist, speaker, and educator.
He obtained the Bachelor of Science in biology from Wayland Baptist University in 1989 and a Masters of Science in biology from Texas Tech University in 1996. Following graduation from TTU, Ashcraft spent two years in a Genetics PhD program at Oklahoma State University, then accepted a position as a Plant Transformation Specialist for EDEN Bioscience. He was a research technician for 12 years specialized in plant tissue culture and genetic transformation technology. He is currently enrolled in a Masters of Education program at the University of Washington, and is a high school science teacher at North Sound Christian School where he teaches Biology, Chemistry, and Creation Apologetics.
He moved from research into teaching in response to a call from God to work in creation science missions. He has been active in the creation missions for over a decade. He is firmly committed to researching and teaching creation apologetics and speaks periodically at churches, schools, and creation organizations in the Northwest United States. He is the founder of the Northwest Creation Network and the CreationWiki internet encyclopedia where he serves as senior administrator. He also organizes the annual Seattle Creation Conference.
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Professional Interests
He is interested in biotechnology, molecular biology, and gene-transfer techniques. He was a research technician for close to 10 years, specializing in plant tissue culture and genetic transformations. He has cultured and genetically transformed numerous crops, such as wheat, rice, tobacco, and Arabidopsis, but has worked with cotton most extensively.
He started in cotton tissue culture at the "Cotton Fiber Production Laboratory" at TTU beginning in 1989, then later assisted a cotton transformation project, among others, while providing technical support at the OSU "Plant Transformation Facility". More recently, he transformed cotton with 3 gene constructs for EDEN Bioscience in Bothell, Washington.
Activities
- Founder of the Northwest Creation Network.
- Founder and Senior Editor/Administrator of CreationWiki.
- Organizes the annual Seattle Creation Conference.
- Organizes periodic field trips.
- Publishes in peer reviewed journals.
- Volunteers as the webmaster for several creation science organizations.
- Lectures occasionally on general and advanced creation science topics before interested groups, and is available to speak upon request.
Publications
Articles
- Genetic Variability by Design TJ 18(2) 2004
- Abiogenesis and the Origin of Life
- Atheism and the Scientific Community
- Age Dating the Earth
- Cell and Molecular Evolution
- Designed to Eat Plants; Then Cursed to be Unable
- Dinosaurs and the Biblical Flood
- Evolution Fraud
- Evolution from the Creationary Perspective
- Evolution; God's Greatest Creation
- Fossils and the Biblical Flood
- Fossil Sorting During the Flood
- Gene Hijacking The Role of Interspecies Gene Transfer
Videos
- Love Your God With All Your Mind Recorded at the Seattle Creation Conference. August 2007.
- Creation Astronomy Recorded at a meeting of the Creation Association of Puget Sound. June 11th and July 9th 2006.
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