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Darwin's Legacy: Evolutionary Approaches to World Challenges

February 21, 2009

9:30 am - 5:00 pm

 

We invite you to join us in celebrating Darwin's 200th birthday and the 150th anniversary of the publication of the Origin of Species at our annual Darwin Day Symposium.  This year the symposium will focus on the societal benefits of evolutionary biology research. Learn how evolutionary biologists are improving staple crops, developing better methods to control infectious disease, constructing better conservation plans and employing evolutionary principles to engineer more efficient products.

 

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Post-symposium Information

In case you didn't make it to the symposium, or you want more information, symposium related materials will posted here.

 

 

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Darwin Day Symposium Information

Darwin's Legacy: Evolutionary Approaches to World Challenges

February 21, 2009

9:30 am - 5:00 pm

Symposium Location:

Sigma Xi Headquarters

3106 East NC Highway 54
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

Directions to Sigma Xi

Symposium Program

9:30 am

Arrival and Coffee

9:45 am

Welcome and Introductions

Kathleen Smith

Director, NESCent

Professor of Biology, Duke University

9:50 am

Applied Evolution from 1869-1946: Eugenics to the death of Oleg Vavilov

Fred Gould

William Neal Reynolds Professor of Agriculture, North Carolina State University

10:30 am

How can an evolutionary biology perspective help biodiversity conservation?

Dan Faith

Principle Research Scientist, Australian Museum

11:20 am

Artificial Chemical Systems Capable of Darwinian Evolution: Understanding by way of synthesis

Steve Benner

The Westheimer Institute of Science and Technology

12:10-1:25 pm Lunch (On your own)

1:30 pm

Evolution and Agriculture: The tropical crop cassava

Barbara Schaal

Professor of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis

2:20 pm

The Evolutionary Dynamics of Viral Pathogens:Implications for disease dynamics and control

Katia Koelle

Assistant Professor of Biology, Duke University

3:10 pm

Panel Discussion with speakers

3:45 pm

Concluding Remarks

Kathleen Smith

Director, NESCent

Professor of Biology, Duke University

 

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NESCent's Darwin Day symposium is funded by the National Science Foundation

and Duke University's Provost's Office.

 

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