Evolution 2009  University of Nebraska at Kearney  

Schedule of Events

Wednesday, September 2, 2009  

12:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Arrival/Registration at Ramanda Inn  

6:00 - 10:00 p.m.

Welcome BBQ and Mixer  
     
Thursday, September 3, 2009  

8:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.

Registration  

8:30 - 9:00 a.m.

Juice and coffee  

Plenary Session One

   

9:10 - 10:00 a.m.

Michael Kanost, Kansas State University
Evolution of the Innate Immunity in Insects

 

10:10 - 11:00 a.m.

Nick Matzke, University of California- Berkeley
Evolution of the Immune System

 

11:00 a.m.

Posters Available for Viewing  

11:30 - 1:15 p.m.

Lunch  
Plenary Session Two    

1:30 - 2:20 p.m.

Michael Purugganan, New York University
Evolution of Plant Development
 

2:30 - 3:20 p.m.

Brad Davidson, University of Arizona
Evolution of the Heart
 

3:30 p.m.

Posters Available for Viewing  

5:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Mixer: Musical Entertainment by George Hrab  

6:00 - 7:30 p.m.

Dinner  
Special Guest Speaker  

7:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Shannon Williamson, J. Craig Venter Institute
Decoding the Oceans Project
 
     
Friday, September 4, 2009  

8:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.

Registration  

8:30 - 9:00 a.m.

Juice and coffee  
Plenary Session Three    

9:00 - 9:50 a.m.

Rob Knight, University of Colorado
Evolution of the Genetic Code
 

10:00 - 10:50 a.m.

Scott Gilbert, Swarthmore College
Evolution of the Turtle Shell
 

11:00 a.m.

Posters Available for Viewing  

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Lunch  

1:00 - 1:15 p.m.

Poster Awards  
Plenary Session Four    

1:15 - 2:05 p.m.

Randy Moore, University of Minnesota
The Philosophical Threat to Science Education
 

2:15 - 3:05 p.m.

Jack Horner, Montana State University
Evolution of the Dinosaurs
 
     
Saturday, September 5, 2009 - High School/College Teaching Evolution Workshop  

8:30 - 9:00 a.m.

Juice and coffee  

9:00 - 10:00 a.m.

Teaching Evolution: Why & How - Dr. Kerri Farnsworth-Hoback, Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Kearney

 

10:10 - 11:10 a.m.

Six Thousand Years or Six Thousand Million Years, How Old Really Is the Earth? A Cosmological Perspective on Evolution. – Dr. David Clark – Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemistry/Physics, University of Nebraska at Kearney

 

11:20 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.

Release Web Site and Predator/Prey Demonstration – Dr. Wyatt Hoback, Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Kearney

 

12:20 - 1:00 p.m.

Lunch  

1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

A Panel Discussion of Common Objections to the Teaching of Evolution – Dr. Brad Ericson, Dr. Dawn Simon, Dr. Marc Albrecht, Dr. Wyatt Hoback, Department of Biology, and Dr. Richard Miller, Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska at Kearney

 

3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Workshop adjourns and participants given two books to aid in teaching.  These books are “Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body” by Neil Shubin and “Why Evolution Is True” by Jerry A. Coyne. 

 

 

Please support our participating vendors/sponsors:

National Science Foundation

NSF

biolabs

nebraskacures

INBRE

lab science

Kearney Visitors Bureau

UNK

SigmaXi

 

Friends of Science Donors:

Dr. and Mrs. Larry Bragg
Mr. and Mrs. Roger M. Dirrim
Robert B. Goos, M.D
Dr. and Mrs. Dirk M. Gray
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hunt
Mr. and Mrs. John N. Noble
Mr. Ronald E. Smith
Dr. and Mrs. Charlie Bicak
Ms. Cheryl L. Lechanski
Miss Ann E Krejci
Dr. Kathleen R. McDonald
Mr. Darby and Dr. Kim Carlson
Dr. Brad Ericson

 

 

   
Symposium organizer: ericsonb@unk.edu
   
Contact webmaster: skinnerkm@unk.edu or carlsondj@unk.edu