Friday, December 19, 2025

Brave Genius – A Scientist’s Journey from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize

Abstract: This lecture will chronicle the adventures of Jacques Monod, a co-founder of molecular biology, from the dark years of the German occupation of Paris to the heights of the...

Advanced Spacesuits – Wearable Technology for Exploring the Solar System

Abstract This talk will present advanced spacesuit concepts for human exploration of space, particularly Mars, and how these wearable technologies can be used here on earth to enhance mobility and...

Isotopes – Magic Keys to Understanding Life and the Cosmos

Abstract New understanding of nature is always attained when closer inspection of nature is facilitated. Clues to almost any physical, chemical, and biological process in the universe across time are...

Obama’s BRAIN – A View of Science Policy from Inside the White House

Friday, November 20, 2015 at 8:00 PM Sign Up Newsletter for Upcoming Events Abstract On April 2, 2013, at a White House event, President Barack Obama unveiled a bold new research initiative...

Synthetic Biology – The Technology Engine of the 21st Century

Video Coming Soon in November Abstract During the 20th century scientists elucidated much of the fundamental basis for life, culminating, in a sense, with sequencing the human genome. We now have...

Human Skin Color – Its Evolution and Relevance to Health and Human Society

Abstract: Variation in human skin color has fascinated and perplexed people for centuries. As the most visible aspect of human variation, skin pigmentation has been used in the past as...

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Hubble – The Missions that Enabled the Hubble Space Telescope to Unravel Mysteries of...

Abstract: Over the course of the last 25 years the Hubble Space Telescope has opened the eyes of the public to the vast beauty and...

The Anthropocene and the Future of Nature

Abstract In the last 50 years it has become clear that humans are significantly altering the planet, changing the composition and the temperature of the...

Microbiomes and Microbiomics

Friday, November 6, 2015 at 8:00 PM Sign Up Newsletter for Upcoming Events Abstract The microbiome is the community of microorganisms that inhabits an environment, such as...

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Microbiomes and Microbiomics

Friday, November 6, 2015 at 8:00 PM Sign Up Newsletter for Upcoming Events Abstract The microbiome is the community of microorganisms that inhabits an environment, such as...

The Anthropocene and the Future of Nature

Abstract In the last 50 years it has become clear that humans are significantly altering the planet, changing the composition and the temperature of the...

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Improving the Tick-Tock of the Atomic Clock

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Genetically Engineered Livestock

Genetically Engineered Livestock William H. Velander Distinguished Scholar and Fellow Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering College of Engineering University of Nebraska - Lincoln Genetically Engineered Livestock William H. Velander Distinguished Scholar...

Einstein, Time, and Light (Presidents Dinner & Address)

Friday, January 8, 2016 at 8:00 PM Sign Up Newsletter for Upcoming Events Abstract At the beginning of the 20th century Einstein changed the way we think...