Friday, September 28th, 2007
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
'Freaky Friday' Special Event - Life on Ice: The Arctic, Antarctic and Mars presented by Dr. Dale Andersen, SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA
Location: Strathcona Anatomy & Dentistry Bldg, Room M-1, 3640 University Street
Host: Freaky Fridays, the Dean of Science & the Lorne Trottier Symposium
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Dr. Christopher P. McKay, Research Scientist, Space Science Division, NASA Ames
Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences colloquium
Title: Search for a second genesis of life in our Solar System
Location: Room M-1, Strathcona Anatomy & Dentistry Building
Host: Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
11:30 am - 12:30 PM
Prof. Robert Shapiro, Dept. of Chemistry, New York University
Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology colloquium
Title: A Simpler Origin for Life
Location: Strathcona Anatomy & Dentistry Building, Room M-1
Host: Prof. John Bergeron
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Prof. Steven Benner, Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution Department of Chemistry colloquium
Title: Synthetic Biology: Building Genetics from the Ground Up
Location: Redpath Museum, Auditorium, 859 Sherbrooke Street West
Host: Prof. Ian Butler
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Future Directions of Research into the Origins of Life - A Roundtable Discussion
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Thursday, October 4th, 2007
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Lorne Trottier Public Science Symposium - THE MAIN EVENT
Stephen Leacock Building - Leacock 132, overflow in Moyse Hall
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Reception
Location: Arts Building Lobby
7:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Book Signing
Location: Moyse Hall
Friday, October 5th, 2007
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Prof. Antonio Lazcano, Science Faculty, UNAM (Mexico City); Pres., International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life
Department of Biology colloquium
Title: The last common ancestor: so far from the origins of life, so close to the RNA world
Location: Stewart Biology Building, Seminar Room W4/12
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Prof. Stuart Kauffman, Dir., Institute for Biocomplexity & Informatics, University of Calgary
Department of Physics colloquium
Title: Reinventing the Sacred: Science, Faith and Complexity
Location: Rutherford Physics Building, Keys Auditorium, Room 112
Host: Martin Grant, Dean of Science