Past Event Category: WN@tL
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Sep 6WN@tL: “How Do Volcanoes Respond to Glaciation?”
UW Biotechnology Center, 425 Henry Mall (room 1111)
Speakers: Pablo Moreno-Yaeger and Sally Stevens Description: How does glaciation impact volcanic activity? The Andean Southern Volcanic Zone in Chile consists of over 30 active continental arc volcanoes, including some of the most hazardous volcanoes in the country. These volcanoes were engulfed by a large, 1-2 km thick continental ice sheet approximately ~18 thousand years …
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Aug 30WN@tL: “A Weakly Structured Stem for Human Origins in Africa”
UW Biotechnology Center, 425 Henry Mall (room 1111)
Speaker: Aaron Ragsdale of Integrative Biology Description: It is now well-established that our species, Homo sapiens, emerged within Africa over the past hundreds of thousands of years before dispersing across the globe. However, apart from recent genetic discoveries of recontact between Neanderthals, Denisovans and humans, there is large uncertainty about the size, structure and connectivity of …
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Aug 23WN@tL: “Wisconsin Weather Safety & You.”
UW Biotechnology Center, 425 Henry Mall (room 1111)
Speaker: Kurt Kotenberg, National Weather Service Description: TBA Bio: Kurt Kotenberg is the Warning Coordination Meteorologist of the National Weather Service (NWS) located in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Prior to arriving in Wisconsin, Kurt worked as a forecaster at the NWS offices in Des Moines, Iowa, and Midland, Texas. Before joining the NWS, Kurt was an …
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Aug 16WN@tL: “Wisconsin’s Landgrant U at 175: Outlooks for Science Outreach”
UW Biotechnology Center, 425 Henry Mall (room 1111)
Speaker: Tom Zinnen, UW Biotech Center & UW Extension Description: WN@TL emcee Tom Zinnen will return for his annual sojourn at the lectern with a talk on the outlooks for science outreach at Wisconsin’s two-time land-grant university as we commemorate the 175th anniversary of the founding in 1848 of what today is the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He’ll share some historical perspectives from …
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Aug 9WN@tL: “Fire, Shipwreck, and Cheese – Wisconsin’s Lost Coastal Communities”
UW Biotechnology Center, 425 Henry Mall (room 1111)
Speaker: Amy Rosebrough, Wisconsin Historical Society Description: In the mid to late 19th centuries, dozens of small communities sprang up along the eastern shores of Wisconsin, each with its own lake pier and general store. The owners of the piers shipped forest and farm products to Chicago, and supplied incoming settlers with the income and …
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Aug 2WN@tL: “Gene Editing to Treat Blindness”
UW Biotechnology Center, 425 Henry Mall (room 1111)
Speaker: Kris Saha, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery Description: Coming Soon! Bio: Kris Saha’s interests lie in using human stem cells together with emerging engineering methods in material science and synthetic biology to make smarter therapeutics, model human disease, and advance personalized medicine. More to Explore: https://news.wisc.edu/uw-researchers-will-trial-gene-editing-therapy-to-treat-blindness/ https://sahalab.bme.wisc.edu/