Dear all,
As is now traditional, we will have a special "outreach" Bay Area
Biosystematists meeting for Darwin Day. This is a general talk that
would be useful for students as well as faculty. You are welcome to
bring your classes. Be sure to RSVP to [email protected] if you
are coming for dinner.
This will be coordinated with other events in VLSB that day
celebrating Darwin's birthday (organized by the Entomology Students
Organization and the Essig Museum of Entomology), including behind-the-
scenes museums tours, birthday cake and a toast to Darwin in 1001 VLSB
(front room of the Herbaria) at 5:15, and a photo context in 1101 VLSB
(the UCMP Fishbowl) starting at 5:30. Details will be forthcoming;
this is all the more reason to bring your grad students and classes
over to Berkeley for the afternoon/evening.
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Special Darwin's Day
Bay Area Biosystematists Meeting
Tuesday evening, February 12th, 2013
at UC Berkeley, Valley Life Sciences Bldg.
"How to vindicate Charles Darwin in 366 days"
Matthew J. James
Chair and Professor
Department of Geology
Sonoma State University
The title refers to the 366 days that the 1905-06 Galapagos
expedition from the California Academy of Sciences spent doing field
work during the overall 17-month expedition. For background reading,
see these two papers by Dr. James:
http://sonoma.edu/geology/James_Galapagos1905-06.pdf
http://sonoma.edu/geology/JAMES_BoatBayMuseum.pdf
The venerable Biosystematists group (http://www.biosystematists.org/
), operating since 1936 (see the history on the website), is an
important inter-institutional seminar/discussion group on evolution
for the Bay Area, so we encourage everyone to join in on a regular
basis.
Schedule and venue:
6:00 pm - Social gathering with beverages (beer and soft drinks)
and informal pizza dinner: cost $10, to be collected at the door,
1002 Valley Life Sciences Bldg., UC Berkeley campus. This is the new
Herbaria Seminar Room: enter through the north central doors of VLSB
on the first floor and it is immediately on your left just inside a
short side hallway.
7:30 pm - Talk in 2040 Valley Life Sciences Bldg. This is up one
flight of stairs, then over to the east hallway
Reservations required for beverages and dinner (but not if you are
coming for the talk alone). Please email reservations to your host,
Meghan Culpepper, at [email protected] by Friday, Feb. 9th.
For a map of campus and view of VLSB, use the link below:
http://www.berkeley.edu/map/maps/ABCD123.html
All are welcome, members or not. If you want to join the
Biosystematists (no dues!), sign up for our mailing list at:
https://calmail.berkeley.edu/manage/list/listinfo/[email protected]
