[Photo by Aaron Carlson via CC 2.0] The Talk: Can silvicultural practices be leveraged to maintain diversity in understory plant communities? In Plain English: How does cutting down trees affect plant life on the ground? The Speaker: Julia Burton of Utah State University The Sponsor: USU College of Natural Resources What It Covered: Julia Burton …
[Computer rendering of DNA. Via Caroline Davis2010 on Flickr & CC 2.0] The Talk: “DNA-mediated Signaling with Metalloproteins” In Plain English: DNA can conduct electricity–like metal wire–and that helps the cell life The Speaker: Jacqueline Barton of Caltech The Sponsor: MIT Inorganic Chemistry (invited by the grad students) What It Covered: When Jacqueline Barton’s lab …
Every week, I compile a list of biology-related talks at the universities and museums around the Boston Metro Area. A pdf of this week’s complete list can be found here. (PDF includes links to event details.) This week I added a new section called “Out of Town But Intriguing” that includes talks at colleges outside …
Every week, I compile a list of biology-related talks at the universities and museums around the Boston Metro Area. A pdf of this week’s complete list can be found here. (PDF includes links to event details.) There aren’t very many talks this week, because almost everybody is busy graduating and/or being on summer break, but …
Every week, I compile a list of biology-related talks at the universities and museums around the Boston Metro Area. A pdf of this week’s complete list can be found here. (PDF includes links to event details.) This week’s highlights include: Talk Title that Could Most Easily Be a Band Name/Album Name Combo: “Hellstrip Gardening: Paradise …
Every week, I compile a list of biology-related talks at the universities and museums around the Boston Metro Area. A pdf of this week’s complete list can be found here. (PDF includes links to event details.) This week’s highlights include: Visiting famous person of the week: This Saturday Harvard Natural History Museum is showing a …