2020 Friday Evening Lectures | Marine Biological Laboratory

Date:

Speaker:

July 3

“NIH’s Scientific Approach to Inclusive Excellence”
Hannah Valantine, National Institutes of Health

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July 10

Forbes Lecture
“Personal, National, and World Crises”
Jared Diamond, University of California

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July 17

“The Edison of Medicine: Robert Langer’s Quest to Solve Global Health Challenges Using Biotechnology”
Robert Langer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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July 24

"The Taste of Blood"
Leslie Vosshall, The Rockefeller University; Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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July 31

Porter Lecture
"Dropping in to 'Listen': Eavesdropping on the Complex Molecular Dialogue of Host and Symbiont Throughout their Lifelong Partnership"
Margaret McFall-Ngai, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa; Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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August 7

Glassman Lecture
“Fossils, Genes and the Origin of Limbs from Fish Fins”
Neil Shubin, University of Chicago

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August 14

"Molecular Convergence in Brain Regions for Song Learning in Birds and Spoken Language in Humans"
Erich Jarvis, The Rockefeller University; Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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