Events for February 21st
Clinical Conference: Neuro-Ophthalmology
Friday, February 21, 2020, 8:45am to 2:30pm
Featured Speaker: Fion Bremner, BSc, MBBS, PhD, FRCOphth...
Read on the Rug
Friday, February 21, 2020, 10:00am to 10:30am
Bring your toddler to enjoy a story and related activities at the Museum of Natural History! 30 minutes of guided learning (story, poems/songs, craft) that leads to free exploration of the museum is the perfect way to start a Friday with your littles. And all before naptime!...
Playing With Fire?
Friday, February 21, 2020, 12:30pm to 2:30pm
Studies show that when students are taught simple Mendelian models of genetics, faulty assumptions about racial differences in behavior and ability can result. This workshop introduces participants to educational frameworks that are useful for teaching students more complex models of inheritance that include an understanding of how genes respond to varying environments as well as the use of inductive learning, argumentation, model-based reasoning, and data analysis and interpretation....
Hacky Hour
Friday, February 21, 2020, 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Hacky Hour is an informal gathering of people to share knowledge and ask questions about their data and how to code analyses for their data.
Charmaine Royal - Race, Genetics and Health: Coloring Outside the Lines
Friday, February 21, 2020, 3:00pm
Charmaine Royal is a 2020 Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor. She is Associate Professor of African & African American Studies, Biology, Global Health, and Family Medicine & Community Health at Duke University. She is also core faculty in the Duke Initiative for Science & Society, senior fellow in Kenan Institute for Ethics, and faculty in the Social Science Research Institute where she directs the Center on Genomics, Race, Identity, Difference and the Center for...
Genomics Literacy Matters: Teaching Genomics to Prevent Racial Prejudice
Friday, February 21, 2020, 3:00pm to 3:45pm
Historically, arguments based on genetics have been used to support ideological claims about the naturalness of racial inequality. Dr. Donovan will present data from randomized control trials (RCTs) that highlight how conventional genetics courses can result in students unintentionally adopting genetic explanations for racial inequality. He will argue that teaching human genetics out of context, that is, independent of an accurate understanding of the genetic variations within human...
John Novembre - Novel Methods for Characterizing Geographic Structure in Genetic Variation
Friday, February 21, 2020, 3:45pm
John Novembre is a computational biologist who studies human evolutionary history, population structure and migration, and the etiology of genetic diseases. He develops novel data visualization and analysis techniques to investigate the correlations among genomic diversity, geography, and demographic structure. He received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2015....
Anya Prince - The Ethics of Polygenic Risk Scores
Friday, February 21, 2020, 4:45pm to 5:30pm
Anya Prince is Associate Professor of Law and Member of the University of Iowa Genetics Cluster. Her teaching and research interests explore the ethical, legal, and social implications of genomic testing, with particular focus on genetic discrimination and privacy rights, the intersection of clinical and research ethics, and insurance coverage of genetic technologies and interventions. Professor Prince has published a variety of articles in legal, bioethics, and medical journals, including...