Saturday Morning Science

Saturday mornings from 10:30-11:30 at the Monsanto auditorium of the Life Sciences Center. Come earlier for coffee.

 

SPEAKERS Winter 2008	TOPIC	DATES
Angela Speck	Pluto's demise and resurrection	Feb. 2
Jack Schultz	Talking trees and groaning grasses: how plants communicate with each other	Feb. 9
Frank Schmidt	Darwin in a test tube: combinatorial biotechnology	Feb. 16
Jack Jones	Lake water quality: the conflict between fish and transparency	Feb. 23
Julie Huber	Pushing the limits: life at deep-sea hydrothermal vents	March 1
Andy McClellen	How do we repair a damaged spinal cord?	March 8
Norman Pace	New perspectives on the origin and evolution of life	March 15
Spring Break		March 22-29
Rex Cocroft	What the bugs in your yard talk about	April 5
Marc Johnson	Viruses through the ages	April 12
Tom Whitham	Winners and losers in climate change	April 19
Rose-Marie Muzika	What happens in the life of a tree?	April 26