Dear all,
As is now traditional, we will have a special "outreach" Bay Area
Biosystematists meeting for Darwin Day. There will be is a general
talk that would be useful for students as well as faculty. You are
welcome to bring your classes on tours or to the talk. Be sure to
RSVP to [email protected] if you are coming for dinner.
The talk 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) -- these are all the
more reasons to bring your grad students and classes over to Berkeley
for the afternoon/evening:
• Tours of the Essig Museum with additional specimens of Galapagos
finches, tortoises, and iguanas, live orchids, carnivorous plants,
barnacle fossils, and other specimens contributed by colleagues at the
Berkeley Natural History Museums. If you would like to join a tour (on
the hour from noon to 4:00 pm), please RSVP with Deanna Jackson ([email protected]
).
• Tours of the University and Jepson Herbaria at 3:30 and 4:30 pm.
Please RSVP with Andrew Doran ([email protected]).
• Toast and birthday cake for Darwin at 5:15 in the UC & Jepson
Herbaria in 1001 VLSB (front room of the Herbaria).
• Photo contest (evolutionary themed photos) in 1101 VLSB (the UCMP
Fishbowl) starting at 5:30. If you would like to contribute a photo
for consideration please contact Jennifer Imamura
([email protected]).
• Biosystematist's drinks and dinner in 1002 VLSB starting at 6:00
(see below).
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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]
