Science Before Supper Archive
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; MBL
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, MBL Ecosystems Senior Scientist
2016
January 14
Secrets Genomes Tell Us: G’s, T’s, A’s and Seas
Huntington Willard, Director and President, MBL
February 4
Genie Out of the Bottle: Biological Feedbacks and the Acceleration of Climate Change
Jerry Melillo, Distinguished Senior Scientist, MBL
March 24
Lessons From the Lamprey on Spinal Cord Regeneration
Jennifer Morgan, Associate Scientist, Eugene Bell Center, MBL
2015
December 18
Amazon Soybeans, China and the Future of the World’s Greatest Forest
Chris Neill, Director of the MBL’s Ecosystems Center
January 8
Exploding Volcanoes and Microbial Life in the Deep Sea
Julie Huber, Associate Director, MBL’s Bay Paul Center
February 19
Interrogating a Microbial Planet
Mitch Sogin, Senior Scientist, MBL’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, MBL
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, MBL
2013
January 17
“Color Change and Patterning in Ocean Animals: Science, Art, and Technology”
Roger Hanlon, MBL 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, MBL 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, MBL
2012
October 11
“Encyclopedia of Life: Cataloging Every Species on Earth!”
Nathan Wilson, MBL