The 2018 Marker Lectures in Evolutionary Biology set for Feb. 19 and 20

I like this article  because it touches on something we spoke about last week, why was the moon landing so much more exciting than the sequencing of the genome?  Ann Stone has created a lecture series open to the public on evolutionary genetics, opening a unique space, well routed in science that can grab the public attention. Ann will provide an insight into every day applications of genetics, and hopefully help excite and enlighten the general public. Anne is a personally extracting a brick from the mystic of genetics, and increasing the public's awareness in the application of genetics research with fun titles like " What does calculus tell us about diet, pathogens and population history; Preliminary results from the chimpanzees of Gombe."

http://news.psu.edu/story/504859/2018/02/12/research/2018-marker-lectures-evolutionary-biology-set-feb-19-and-20

Carly Johnson