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Whet your appetite for for all things Science with talks by �������� Scientists designed especially for non-scientists! 

Lecture Archive:

2019

March 21
How to Make an Octopus: Lessons from the Genome
Carrie Albertin, Hibbitt Fellow

April 4
A Worm Fondness for Regeneration: A Story in Several Segments
B. Duygu Özpolat, Hibbitt Fellow

May 2
The Secret Life of Cape Cod Corals
Loretta Roberson, Associate Scientist

2018

February 15
Looking closely: Why do some animals have such strange pupil shapes?
Lydia Mäthger, Assistant Scientist 

April 12
Understanding aging: Investigations of health and lifespan using a novel aquatic animal model
Kristin Houtler Gribble, Assistant Scientist 

May 10
What “Smart” Cephalopods Can Teach Us About Gene Editing
Joshua Rosenthal, Senior Scientist 

June 7
Finding Your Inner Fish
Neil Shubin, University of Chicago; ��������

2017

January 5
Rising Seas and the Fate of Coastal Salt Marshes
Anne Giblin, Ecosystems Interim Director

February 16
Ebb and Flow in Soil Down Below: Plant Roots and the Ecosystem Commodities Exchange
Zoe Cardon, �������� Ecosystems Senior Scientist

2016

January 14
Secrets Genomes Tell Us: G’s, T’s, A’s and Seas
Huntington Willard, Director and President, ��������

February 4
Genie Out of the Bottle: Biological Feedbacks and the Acceleration of Climate Change
Jerry Melillo, Distinguished Senior Scientist, ��������

March 24
Lessons From the Lamprey on Spinal Cord Regeneration
Jennifer Morgan, Associate Scientist, Eugene Bell Center, ��������

2015

December 18
Amazon Soybeans, China and the Future of the World’s Greatest Forest
Chris Neill, Director of the ��������’s Ecosystems Center

January 8
Exploding Volcanoes and Microbial Life in the Deep Sea
Julie Huber, Associate Director, ��������’s Bay Paul Center

February 19
Interrogating a Microbial Planet
Mitch Sogin, Senior Scientist, ��������’s Bay Paul Center

2014

January 9
It’s Not the Age, It’s the Miles: Understanding Biological Time
Jonathan Gitlin, Deputy Director of Research Programs, ��������

February 13
Welcome to the Plastisphere: the New World of Microbes Living on Ocean Plastic
Linda Amaral-Zettler, Associate Scientist, The Josephine Bay Paul Center, ��������

2013

January 17
“Color Change and Patterning in Ocean Animals: Science, Art, and Technology”
Roger Hanlon, �������� Program in Sensory Physiology and Behavior

February 21
“Land of Extremes: Exploring the Natural History of Alaska’s Tundra”
John Hobbie, Distinguished Scientist and Senior Scholar, �������� Ecosystems Center

November 21
“Moving Cargoes in Neurons: I Think My Squid Has Alzheimer’s”
Joseph DeGiorgis, Providence College and Adjunct Faculty, Cellular Dynamics Program, ��������

2012

October 11
“Encyclopedia of Life: Cataloging Every Species on Earth!”
Nathan Wilson, ��������