Whitehead Spring Lecture Series for High School Students
Deconstructing Evolution
April 21-23, 2009

Registration is closed.

The earliest organisms are thought to have been single-celled. But, of course, most living organisms we see today display diverse and exquisitely intricate biology. How have such complex life forms evolved?  And what can simpler life forms tell us about ourselves?

“Deconstructing Evolution,” will take students on a three-day journey into organismal evolution and how scientists are studying evolutionary mechanisms to decipher human disease.

Speakers include Whitehead Member Hazel Sive, Whitehead Fellow Kate Rubins, and
Whitehead Postdoctoral Fellow Jacob Mueller. The event will also include lab tours of Whitehead Institute and nearby institutions, lunches with young Whitehead scientists, and a panel discussion of the conflicts between evolutionary and religious theories of development.

The program will be held on the following three days of spring school vacation week: Tuesday, April 21; Wednesday, April 22; and Thursday, April 23, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. each day. The event is open to high school students ages 14 and over. Parental consent is required.

Students are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration is free and closed on Monday, April 13.

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For more information, please contact Amy Tremblay at tremblay@wi.mit.edu.

Past Whitehead Lecture Series Programs

Cell Wars: The Battle Between Infectious Agents and Their Hosts
Conquering Cancer
Human Origins
Stem Cells: Promises and Problems
Of Mice and Microbes: The Amazing Evolution of Scientific Supermodels
AI: Modeling the Human Mind
AIDS: Taming the Modern Plague
Genomics, Genetics, and Evolution
Bioengineering
Molecular Medicine
Biotechnology
Evolution
Genetic Models for the High School Classroom
Molecular Approaches to Human Disease
Molecules of Life: Exploring Science at the Whitehead Institute

Funded by Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Last updated April 13, 2009.