Lycoming College Spring 2003 Symposium

The Human Genome: Implications and Applications

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Thursday – April 24, 2003 -  7:30 PM, Heim G-11

Wen-Hsiung Li, Ph.D., George Wells Beadle Distinguished Service Professor Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago “A Genomic Perspective of Primate Evolution and the Descent of Man”

Tuesday, March 11, 2003 -  7:30 PM, Heim G-11

Jeffrey D. Newman, Ph.D. – Biology Department, Lycoming College “What’s in YOUR Genes? A Symposium Overview” Additional Links The Human Genome - Nature, Volume 409, February 15, 2001 - Public Project The Human Genome - Science, Volume 291, February 16, 2001 - Private Project

**Thursday,  March 13, 2003 – 7:30 PM, Heim G-11

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) 2002 Holiday Lecture Series:  “Scanning Life’s Matrix, Genes, Proteins and Small Molecules”  will be shown from DVD - Two lectures (summary) targeted to the general public, non-specialists. Eric Lander, Ph.D. Director, Whitehead Institute/MIT Center for Genome Research, “Reading Genes and Genomes” Stuart Schreiber, Ph.D. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University. “Probing Genes and Genomes”   Additional Links The Mouse Genome, Nature, Vol 420, December 5, 2002

Monday,  March 17, 2003 – 7:30 PM, Heim G-11

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) 2002 Holiday Lecture Series:  “Scanning Life’s Matrix, Genes, Proteins and Small Molecules”  will be shown from webcast  - Two lectures (summary) targeted to the general public, non-specialists. Eric Lander, Ph.D. Director, Whitehead Institute/MIT Center for Genome Research,  “Human Genomics: A New Guide for Medicine” Stuart Schreiber, Ph.D. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University. “Chemical Genomics: New Tools for Medicine”

Tuesday, March 18, 2003 – 7:30 PM, Heim G-11

Deborah Eunpu, M.S. C.G.C  - Director, Genetic Counseling Program, Arcadia University,  

“Using the Genome Map to Find the New Directions in Genetic Counseling”

Relevant Links

• Genetic Counseling 

• National Society of Genetic Counselors

• Clinical Genetics Computer Resources

• Genetics Education Center

• Genetics Societies

Monday, March 24, 2003 – 7:30 PM, Heim G-11

Ron Newbold, Ph.D. - Senior Director Strategic Research Initiatives, Merck Pharmaceuticals. 

"Business Strategies in Genomics"

Tuesday, March 25, 2003 -  7:30 PM, Heim G-11

Showing of the Film GATTACA, starring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman

Tuesday - April 1, 2003 -  7:30 PM, Heim G-11

Ronald Cole-Turner, Ph.D.,  H. Parker Sharp Professor of Theology and Ethics at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary   Designing our Descendants: Improving Humanity or Destroying It? Relevant Links Human Inheritable Genetic Modifications Report Center for Genetics and Society

Wednesday, April 2, 2003 – 7:30 PM, Heim G-09

David Micklos, M.S. - Director of the Dolan DNA Learning Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory  

“Engineering American Society: The Lessons of Eugenics”

Thursday,  April 10, 2003  -  7:30 PM, Heim G-11

Terry Melton, Ph.D., President and CEO, Mitotyping Technologies LLC,

"By a Hair: Case Studies in Forensic Mitochondrial DNA Analysis"

Monday & Tuesday, April 14 & 15, 2003

Webcast of NIH 2 day symposium: “50 Years of DNA: From Double Helix to Health – A Celebration of the Genome”

Tuesday,  April 15, 2003 -  7:30 PM, Heim G-11

Eric Sayers, Ph.D. and Wayne Matten, Ph.D. – National Center for Biotechnology Information

Seminar: “Bioinformatics and Its Role in the Human Genome Project”

Tuesday & Wednesday  April 15 & 16, 2003  - Times to be announced

Eric Sayers, Ph.D. and Wayne Matten, Ph.D. – National Center for Biotechnology Information Workshop: “A Field Guide to GenBank and NCBI  Molecular Biology Resources”

If you have comments, questions or would like more information, 
contact the symposium organizer newman@lycoming.edu