YSEF 2007

THE 12th ANNUAL
YALE SCIENCE FORUM

Friday, May 4, 2007

Coffee at 10:00 a.m.

SESSION I:   10:15 a.m.
STEM CELLS/BIOLOGY
Chair:  To Be Announced

Diane Krause,
Dept. of Laboratory Medicine
“Adult Bone Marrow Stem Cells”

Michael Snyder,
Dept. of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
“Analyzing and Manipulating Embryonic Stem Cells”

12:15 p.m.
Lunch Break (buffet in the dining room)

SESSION II:   1:15 p.m.
NANOSCIENCE
Chair:  Steve Girvin,
Dept of Physics

David DeMille,
Dept. of Physics
“Using Molecules as Quantum Tools”

Mark Saltzman,
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
“Polymer Nanoparticles: Can they improve Drug Delivery?”

3:15 Break

SESSION III:   3:30 p.m.

NATURAL AND HUMAN ENVIRONMENT
Chair: Stephen Stearns,
Dept. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Melinda Smith,
Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
“Ecological Implications of Climate Change:From Genes to Ecosystems”

Gunter Wagner,
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
“Genes and the Fingers of Dinosaurs:  A story about
identity and the game of musical chairs”

******* EVENING ACTIVITIES *******

5:30 - 6:00 p.m., Cocktails in the Great Room
6:00 - 8:00 p.m., Dinner in
the Graduate Club Dining Room