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