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Category: Evolution
Posted on: May 1, 2008 10:39 PM, by ERV
AAAAAARG I am kicking myself for missing this today!
But if you have time tomorrow, there will be live webcasts of the presentations at a conference at Rockefeller University... on 'From RNA to Humans: A Symposium on Evolution'.
AAAAAAAAAH! LOOK AT THIS SCHEDULE!!
Someone punch me for missing those talks this morning...
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Are they not archiving the talks?
I've class all tomorrow so like you I won't be able to listen in live.. crap.
Posted by: Chris Harrison | May 1, 2008 11:42 PM
Oh yea! I have a long day at the microscope tomorrow so I'll be turning in. Thanks for the heads up!
Posted by: curly | May 1, 2008 11:43 PM
Pow!!
You're welcome!
Posted by: PhysioProf | May 2, 2008 7:58 AM
Well, ok, but this is going to hurt you a lot more than it's going to hurt me.... =)
Likin the new diggs.
Cheers.
Posted by: FastLane aka Worldtraveller | May 2, 2008 11:39 AM
I gather I should be embarrassed by not knowing any of those names ...
Will you be giving us an executive summary?
Posted by: Sili | May 2, 2008 12:14 PM
I agree with Sili up above. Is there any way those of us outside the biology/genetics fields could get an executive summary about the speakers and their topics?
Can't listen in myself, but I have a feeling it would all be over my head anyways, so a summary is likely my only hope for having a clue about what is presented.
Posted by: Felstatsu | May 2, 2008 12:34 PM
Here are the bios provided by the Rockefeller.
http://www.rockefeller.edu/evolution/bio.php
Posted by: Tel | May 2, 2008 3:18 PM
Damn, I should have taken a sick day today. Bummed that I missed Cavalli-Sforza...
Posted by: Owen | May 2, 2008 5:02 PM
Hi all,
Just came from the talks (I went both days.). The morning session was chaired by American Museum of Natural History invertebrate paleontologist Niles Eldredge; the afternoon session by Dr. Eugenie Scott, Executive Director, National Center for Science Education. I was especially impressed with the talks in the afternoon, but both sessions were quite fascinating (The same is true for yesterday's which culminated in a fine presentation by University of Chicago evolutionary geneticist Jerry Coyne, in which he "trashed" Intelligent Design, relying on choice comments by one of my "pals", Bill Dembski.).
Regards,
John
Posted by: John Kwok | May 2, 2008 7:35 PM