Year: 2023

The Pitfalls of Not Being Scientific About Science Communication; Matching Physical Remains with Service Records to ID MIAs; Snake Vision with the McPherson Eye Research Institute

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“Wednesday Nite @ The Lab” Public Science Talks Wednesdays at 7pm CT Room 1111 Genetics Biotech Center, 425 Henry Mall, Madison WI,  or Zoom at https://go.wisc.edu/240r59 or Stream at https://www.youtube.com/@wednesdaynitethelab8948   For 8 March 2023 Hi WN@TL Fans, On November 7, 2018, Steve Oreck spoke to WN@TL on “The UW, Madison and the Influenza Epidemic of 1918.”  His story …

UW-Madison Science Alliance Updater – March 6, 2023

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UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater To subscribe to this group, send an email to allianceall+subscribe@g-groups.wisc.edu Monday 6 March 2023 Hi Everyone,  The earlier sunrises are making it easier to roust outa bed these days.  Hearing the raspy call of sandhill cranes (The Pterodactyls of Our Ptymes) is the aural harbinger of spring now that Canada geese tend …

Imaging Colorful Single Molecules; The Pitfalls of Not Being Scientific About Science Communication; AI & Machine Learning to Speed MIA Identification; Snake Vision

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“Wednesday Nite @ The Lab” Public Science Talks Wednesdays at 7pm CT Room 1111 Genetics Biotech Center, 425 Henry Mall, Madison WI,  or Zoom at go.wisc.edu/240r59 or Stream at https://www.youtube.com/@wednesdaynitethelab8948   For 1 March 2023 Hi WN@TL Fans, Through the good offices of Sierra Love, a grad student in Genetics with a talent for outreach, I recently had the …

UW-Madison Science Alliance Updater – February 27, 2023

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 UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater To subscribe to this group, send an email to allianceall+subscribe@g-groups.wisc.edu Monday 27 February 2023 Hi Everyone,  Wednesday is March 1, and with an optimism founded more in defiance than in fact the date stands tall as the beginning of meteorological spring.  It’s also the start of what are among the three busiest …

Ants & ANTibiotics; Illuminating Protein Function by Imaging Colorful Single Molecules; The Pitfalls of Not Being Scientific About Science Communication

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“Wednesday Nite @ The Lab” Public Science Talks Wednesdays at 7pm CT Room 1111 Genetics Biotech Center, 425 Henry Mall, Madison WI,  or Zoom at go.wisc.edu/240r59 or Stream at https://www.youtube.com/@wednesdaynitethelab8948   For 15 February 2023 Hi WN@TL Fans, When my daughter saw the title for this week’s talk on “Ants and ANTibiotics” she asked, “What do ants have …

 UW-Madison Science Alliance Updater – February 20, 2023

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 UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater To subscribe to this group, send an email to allianceall+subscribe@g-groups.wisc.edu Monday 20 February 2023 Hi Everyone,  It was a somber Saturday for many of us on at least two fronts.  The Carter Center announced that former President Jimmy Carter “had decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice …

UW-Madison Science Alliance Updater – February 13, 2023

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UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater To subscribe to this group, send an email to allianceall+subscribe@g-groups.wisc.edu Sunday 13 February 2023 Hi Everyone,  Last Monday I described how I consider February 4 through February 15 to comprise the 12 Days of the Wisconsin Idea, with February 4 being the anniversary of the proposal by Governor Scott Walker in 2015 …

Darwin Days Special: Finding Other Ancient Minds Across the Human Evolutionary Tree; next week, Preserving Biodiversity for the Future

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“Wednesday Nite @ The Lab” Public Science Talks Wednesdays at 7pm CT Room 1111 Genetics Biotech Center, 425 Henry Mall, Madison WI,  or Stream by zoom at go.wisc.edu/240r59   For 8 February 2023 Hi WN@TL Fans, Peering inside a person’s skull is one thing, but getting inside a human mind is another, as Billy Crystal can attest, even for …

UW-Madison Science Alliance Updater – Monday, Feb. 6th, 2023

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  UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater To subscribe to this group, send an email to allianceall+subscribe@g-groups.wisc.edu Sunday 5 February 2023 Hi Everyone,  Eight years ago yesterday, on the morning of Wednesday February 4, 2015, the tweets hit the streets that Governor Scott Walker’s budget proposal included stripping the Wisconsin Idea from the statutory mission of the University of Wisconsin …

Coercion and Autonomy in Contemporary Global Family Planning; Special Sunday Edition on Predator Insects; Darwin Days Edition on ‘Finding Other Ancient Minds Across the Human Evolutionary Tree’

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“Wednesday Nite @ The Lab” Public Science Talks Wednesdays at 7pm CT Room 1111 Genetics Biotech Center, 425 Henry Mall, Madison WI,  or Stream by zoom at go.wisc.edu/240r59   For 1 February 2023 Hi WN@TL Fans, As a gardener I am drawn to the elegance and ambiguity found in some versions of the Eden story, those where …