Los Alamos National Laboratory has uniquely capable scientists eyeing the coming risk of a pandemic flu, and several of them have agreed to serve on a panel for the first of an upcoming Frontiers in Science lecture beginning Wednesday, December 6 in Taos. Admission is free.
"Avian Influenza: How Los Alamos is helping respond to a potential pandemic," is the theme of the session, and the panel will be composed of ornithologist Jeanne Fair, physicist Norman Johnson and mathematical biologist Ruy Ribeiro, with the head of the Laboratory's Biosciences Division, Gary Resnick, as moderator.
Topics will include a historical perspective of infectious disease, the current global situation, the biology of the influenza virus itself, and how government policy could influence the spread of the flu should it come to pass.
The presentations will be offered in several Northern New Mexico locations over the next several days:
Taos
7 p.m. Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Taos Convention Center
El Taoseño Room
120 Civic Plaza Drive
Los Alamos
7 p.m. Monday, December 11, 2006
Duane W. Smith Auditorium
Los Alamos High School
1300 Diamond Drive
Albuquerque
7 p.m. Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
2401 12th Street NW
Santa Fe
7 p.m. Friday, December 15, 2006
Santa Fe Community College
6401 Richards Avenue
For more information on the Los Alamos National Laboratory "Frontiers in Science" lecture series, see http://www.lanl.gov/science/fellows/lectures.shtml online.
Los Alamos National Laboratory, a multidisciplinary research institution engaged in strategic science on behalf of national security, is operated by Los Alamos National Security, LLC, a team composed of Bechtel National, the University of California, The Babcock & Wilcox Company, and the Washington Division of URS for the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration.
Los Alamos enhances national security by ensuring the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear stockpile, developing technologies to reduce threats from weapons of mass destruction, and solving problems related to energy, environment, infrastructure, health, and global security concerns.