Past events
Date |
Topic/Titel |
Speaker |
| Apr. 20, 2010 | Understanding ocean microbes through the lens of metagenomics |
Jody Wright, University of British Columbia |
| Mar. 23, 2010 | What’s worse – species loss or global weirding? |
Dr. Fred Bunnell, University of British Columbia |
| Jan. 19, 2010 | The State of Canadian Forestry Research | Dr. Gordon Weetman University of British Columbia |
| Nov. 17, 2009 | Living with a stranger: The challenge and promise of organ transplantation |
Dr. Jonathan Choy, Simon Fraser University |
| Oct. 20, 2009 | Tuberculosis - Old Disease, New Threat |
Dr. Richard W. Stokes, University of British Columbia |
| Sep. 15, 2009 | The perceived inconvenience of being sustainable - Why are we not really making an effort to apply alternative energies? | Mr. Lars Rose University of British Columbia |
| June 16, 2009 | Know Your Gut -in Sickness and in Health | Drs. Laura Sly, Bruce Vallance and Kevan Jacobson University of British Columbia |
| May 12, 2009 | Abandoning Abandon: Dancing Science | Dr. Mark L. Winston Samuel Fraser University |
| Apr. 21, 2009 | Post-genomic analysis of the breast tumor microenvironment.... Otherwise known as....Making Grapes | Dr. Calvin Roskelley University of British Columbia |
| Mar. 24, 2009 | Should Darwin be an ‘ism’ |
Dr. Rosie Redfield |
Feb. 17, 2009 |
Current theories for the peopeling of North America |
Dr. Briggs Buchanan |
| Jan. 27, 2009 | Engineering: Underwater Mapping and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles | Dr. Alexander Forrest University of British Columbia |
| Nov. 25, 2008 | Neuroethics: In the Pursuit of Brain Well-Being and Brain Privacy | Dr. Judy Illes, University of British Columbia |
| Oct. 21, 2008 | The Science and Culture of Animal Welfare | Dr. Dan Weary, University of British Columbia |
| Sep. 2008 | Biomedical Ethics and Biobanking | Dr. Mike Burgess, University of British Columbia |
| May-Aug. 2008 | to be updated | |
| Apr. 15, 2008 | Dark Matter and Dark Energy: the Dark Side of the Universe | Dr. Ludovic Waerbeke University of British Columbia |
| Nov.-Mar. 2008 | to be updated | |
| Oct. 16, 2007 | Can robots do the right thing? | Dr Alan Mackworth |
| Sep. 18, 2007 | The Informed Science Journalist: How Much Science Do You Need to Know ? | Dr Stephen Ward |
| Jul. 24, 2007 | Plant Essential Oils - Aromatherapy for the Pesticide Industry. | Dr Murray Isman |
| Jun. 19, 2007 | A dialogue on the here and now: Scientific and environmental literacy (or lack thereof) | Dr. Dave Ng |
| May 22, 2007 | The Search for Terra Nova - hunting other Earths | Dr Jaymie Matthews |
| Mar. 20, 2007 | AIDS and the impact of anti-HIV therapies | Dr Richard Harrigan |
| Feb. 20, 2007 | The Nature and Ranking of Evidence. | Dr Morley Sutter |
| Jan. 23, 2007 | Between the devil and the deep blue sea: climate change and sea level rise | Dr Christian Schoof |
| Nov. 21, 2006 | I doodle, therefore I am becoming human | Dr Mimi Lam |
| Sep. 19, 2006 | Every breath you take: air quality and health | Dr Michael Brauer |
| Jul. 18, 2006 | Twin Research: Its impact on understanding mental illness and community action | Dr Kerry Jang |
| Jun. 27, 2006 | The Big picture of Climate Change: Natural Systems and Human Agency. | Dr. Tara Ivanochko |
| May 16, 2006 | Planning the Post-Oil City: coming to terms with peak-oil and the coming energy transition | Bryn Davidson |
| Apr. 25, 2006 | Why Conserve Endangered Species? | Dr. Arne Mooers |
| Mar. 28, 2006 | Charles Darwin, Flounder Eyes, and Intelligent Design | Dr. Keith Benson |
| Feb. 21, 2006 | Combating the microbial menace | Dr. Brett Finlay |
| Jan. 17, 2006 | Shedding Light on our Biological Clock | Dr. Melanie O'Neill |
| Nov. 22, 2005 | Not a Guinea Pig: What does it mean to be a human 'subject' in health research? | Dr Sue Cox/Dr Michael McDonald |
| Oct. 18, 2005 | Mad Cow Disease in Canada: What's your beef ? | Dr. Neil Cashman |
| Jun. 21, 2005 | The South Asian tsunami: Warning systems are not enough" | Dr. John Clague |
| Sep. 20, 2005 | Can you bench press a billion pounds? The Herculean feats of our cellular machinery. | Dr. Nancy Forde |
| Jul. 19, 2005 | Making science open to everyone:Why bother publishing open access? | Dr Francis Ouellette |
| May 17, 2005 | The thin green line: Plants and the futur of the planet | Dr. Quentin Cronk |
| Apr.19, 2005 | Immunity is in your mind: Social and psychological responses to contagion | Dr. Mark Schaller |
| Mar. 22, 2005 | What Genetics Can Teach us about Ourselves | Dr. Michael Hayden |
| Feb. 15, 2005 | Sustainable Energy Conversion: Challenges and Perspectives of Fuel Cells | Dr. Michael Eikerling |
| Jan. 18, 2005 | What We Know and What We Don't Know About the Growing Environmental Crisis | Dr. Douw Steyn |
| Nov. 23, 2004 | Networks: Our Interconnected World | Suresh Pillai |
| Oct. 19, 2004 | Nature vs Nurture in the Genomic Age | Dr. Sally Otto |