Celebrating Darwin at 200:
Evolution and 21st Century Science
Join us on Wednesday November 12, 2008 for a special Bioscience Day at the University of Maryland in honor of Charles Darwin's 200th birthday.
Highlights include:
- Keynote lecture at 5:00 PM by Pulitzer Prize winning scientist E.O. Wilson
- Visit from the “ghost” of Charles Darwin
- Professor invention competition
- The "Future" of Evolution
- Colony Collapse Disorder in Honeybees: A Call to Action
- Evolution - New Perspectives from the Physical Sciences
- Opportunities to network with colleagues
- Scientific poster competition
- Bioscience internship and job fair
Bioscience Research & Technology Review Day is a special event that features research talks, presentations, mini-symposia and demonstrations by university scientists. The program provides a unique opportunity for executives and professionals in industry and government to discover the most recent advances in bioscience and biotechnology at the University of Maryland; to promote the potential for academic-industry-government collaboration; to meet University scientists and interact with graduate student researchers; to network with colleagues who share an interest in the promotion of bioscience and the bioscience industry; and to recruit employees and investigate job opportunities.