July 11

4201 NSII

DARWIN’S REVOLUTION: DESIGN WITHOUT DESIGNER

Read chapters 3 and 4 of Darwin’s Gift to Science and Religion

Francisco J. Ayala, Ph.D

University Professor and Bren Professor of Biological Sciences

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UC Irvine

July 18

4201 NSII

Discussion of DARWIN’S REVOLUTION: DESIGN WITHOUT DESIGNER

Read chapters 3 and 4 of Darwin’s Gift to Science and Religion

Francisco J. Ayala, Ph.D

University Professor and Bren Professor of Biological Sciences

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UC Irvine

July 25

Engineering Lecture Hall 100

REFLECTIONS ON THE CULTURE OF SCIENCE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH IN CHEMICAL ECOLOGY AND DARWINIAN MEDICINE

Eloy Rodriguez, Ph.D.

James A. Perkins Endowed Professor

Biology Chemistry and Natural Products Medicine

Plant Biology and Environmental Toxicology

Cornell University

August 1

4201 NSII

Climate and the global gradient of species richness: linking the past, present and future

Bradford A. Hawkins, Ph.D.

Professor

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UC Irvine

August 8

4201 NSII

Functional interactions between perinuclear organelles

Christine Suetterlin, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Developmental and Cell Biology, UC Irvine

August 15

4201 NSII

1. A discussion of the NAS booklet, SCIENCE, EVOLUTION, AND CREATIONISM

2. Continuation Discussion of DARWIN’S REVOLUTION: DESIGN WITHOUT DESIGNER

Francisco J. Ayala, Ph.D

University Professor and Bren Professor of Biological Sciences

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UC Irvine

August 22

4201 NSII

Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Degeneration in Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease

Jorge Busciglio, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Neurobiology & Behavior, UC Irvine

August 29

4201 NSII

The central auditory system:  development and plasticity

Karina S. Cramer, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Neurobiology and Behavior, UC Irvine