NIH Evolution Revolution A Year-Long Celebration of Darwin’s Work & Impact

October 9 2009 02:27:18 PM

Tuesday, October 20, 6:30 PM
National Library of Medicine, Lister Hill Center Auditorium
8600 Rockville Pike, Bldg. 38A
Bethesda, MD
 
Underground Railway Theater Catalyst Collaborative@MIT

A staged workshop reading of a play by Melinda Lopez in celebration of Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday. Followed by a conversation with the playwright, director, cast & David Carlini, PhD, molecular biologist, American University.

A carnival barker, dinosaurs, pregnancy hallucinations, and a muralist’s evolving work are among the elements of this witty new play about the theory of evolution. Charles and Emma Darwin comment on it all.

Free & open to the public! Complimentary refreshments & snacks, 5:45pm!

For more information: Michael Sappol, 301.594.0348.

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Sign Language Interpreters will be provided. Individuals with disabilities who need reasonable accommodation to participate in this event should contact Melanie Modlin, NLM Office of Communications, mm354i@nih.gov and 301.496.7771 and/or the Federal Relay (1.800.877.8339).

February 23 2009 03:33:34 PM

Evolutionary-themed lecture by a leading researcher in the field of bacterial communication. Title to be announced.

Bassler Web site: http://www.molbio1.princeton.edu/labs/bassler/

Date: October 21, 2009

Time: 3:00-4:00 PM

Location: Masur Auditorium, Building 10, NIH Campus, Bethesda, Maryland

For more information, contact: Alisa Machalek, 301-496-7301

February 9 2009 01:02:38 PM

September 16 - October 28, 2009 (Wednesdays, times TBA), National Library of Medicine, Lister Hill Auditorium, Building 38A, first floor:  "Motion Picture Evolution," a film series devoted to evolutionary movies and television programs. For over 100 years, filmmakers have imaginatively responded to the implications of evolutionary theory. This 7-week film series will show:
evolutionary monsters; evolutionary morality and bestiality; evolutionary degeneration, extinction and perfection; clashes between evolutionary theory and religious belief; human meddling with the "natural" course of evolution; and lots of scientists, dinosaurs, supermen and cavemen!
For more information: Michael Sappol, sappolm@mail.nih.gov, 301.594.0348.

October 1, 2009, National Library of Medicine, Lister Hill Auditorium, Bldg 38A, first floor: "Finished Proofs?," a symposium to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species (1859). Leading historians and scientists will explore changing and contested understandings of Darwinian theory over the last 150 years.
For more information: David Cantor, cantord@mail.nih.gov, 301.402.8915.