[Sci-tech-public] MIT Darwin Symposium, January 22-24, 2009

[Margo Collett]

MIT Darwin Bicentennial Symposium,  Jan 22-24 2009
Register here.
Free and open to the community.

Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009: The Evolving Earth
The Broad Auditorium

Thursday afternoon: Chair: Prof. Maria Zuber (MIT EAPS)
1:00 pm. Introduction Prof. Maria Zuber (MIT Earth, Atmosphere &  
Planetary Sciences)
1:30 pm. Origin of the Solar System and Early Earth Prof. Lindy Elkins- 
Tanton (MIT EAPS)
2:30 pm. Evolution of the Oceans and the Early Atmosphere of the Earth  
Prof. Shuhei Ono (MIT EAPS)
3:30 pm. Evolution of photosynthesis Prof. Tanja Bosak (MIT EAPS)

Thursday Evening:
7:00 pm. Introduction: Life Alters the Earth Prof. Dianne Newman (MIT  
Dept. of Biology)
7:30 pm. History and Future of Earth’s Climate Prof. Kerry Emanuel  
(MIT EAPS)

Friday, Jan. 23, 2009: Evolutionary Mechanisms Among Vertebrates
The Broad Auditorium

Friday morning:
9:00 am. Coffee, tea & muffins
9:30 am. Darwin, Wallace and the Origin of Species Prof. John Durant  
(MIT Museum and Science, Technology & Society Program)
10:00 am. Evolution and Development of the Vertebrate Brain Prof.  
Hazel Sive (MIT Dept of Biology)
10:45 am. Novel Mechanisms of Evolutionary Change Prof. Susan  
Lindquist (MIT/Whitehead Institute)
11:30 am. Evolution of the Vertebrate Eye Prof. Russell Fernald  
(Stanford University Neuroscience Program)

Friday afternoon:
2:00 pm. Natural Selection in Humans and Pathogens Prof. Pardis Sabeti  
(Broad Institute and Harvard University)
3:00 pm. Fish Fins to Tetrapod Limbs: The Landmark Evolutionary  
Transition in the Origin of Terrestrial Vertebrates Prof. Farish  
Jenkins, Jr. (Harvard University, Dept. of Biology)
4:00 pm. New insights into the diversification of beak morphology in  
Darwin's Finches and regressive evolution in cave fish Prof. Cliff  
Tabin (Harvard Medical School, Dept of Genetics)

Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009: Darwin in Society
MIT Museum

Saturday morning:
9:00 am. Coffee, tea & muffins

Darwin, His Life and Times
9:30 am. The (Very Gradual) Emergence of Darwin’s Evolutionary Theory  
Prof. Harriet Ritvo (MIT History Faculty)
10:00 am. Darwin and the Naturalization of Human Culture Prof. Jim  
Paradis (MIT Program in Writing)

Evolution in Action
10:30 am. The Evolution of Cell Division Prof. Iain Cheeseman (MIT/ 
Whitehead Institute)
11:00 am. The Battle Between Pathogens and the Immune System Prof.  
Hidde Ploegh (MIT/Whitehead Institute)

Saturday afternoon: Societal impacts and issues
1:00 pm. Local Resources for Biology Teachers Dr. Natalie Kuldell (MIT  
Dept. of Bioengineering), Prof. Rebeca Rosengaus (Northeastern  
University Dept. of Biology), Dr. Connie Chow (The Science Club for  
Girls), Loreen Meyer (Mass. Association of Biology Teachers)
2:00 pm. Darwin, Abolition and Struggles for Human Equality Prof.  
Jonathan King (MIT Dept. of Biology)
2:30 pm. Current Controversies over the Teaching of Evolution Prof.  
John Durant (MIT Museum and Science, Technology & Society Program)

Sponsors:
MIT Dept. of Biology; MIT Museum; MIT School of Humanities; MIT School  
of Science; Cambridge Forum on Science Education; Massachusetts Darwin  
Bicentennial Project; New England Biolabs; Whitehead Institute; Broad  
Institute.

For more information go to http://www.darwinbicentennial.org

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