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Morning Session, 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Open to the community
8:30 a.m. – Coffee and pastries
8:45 a.m. - Welcome and Introduction
Dr.
Ishara
Mills‐Henry
9:15 a.m. – Darwin and the Origin of Species
Prof. John Durant, Director, MIT Museum and Science,
Technology & Society Program
9:45 a.m. - Step
by
Step
Evolution
of
the
Eye
and
Eye
Genes
Dr. Graeme Wistow, NEI
10:15 - Coffee break
10:30 a.m. Evolution of the eye lens crystallins
Prof. Jonathan King, MIT
11:15 a.m. - Mechanisms
of
Retinal
Development
Prof. Constance Cepko, Harvard
11:45 a.m. Rods, Cones and the Retina
Dr. Ishara Mills-Henry, MIT
12:15 a.m. Vision and the Brain
Prof. Nancy Kanwisher, MIT
1 p.m. Morning program concludes
Between the morning and afternoon sessions, Whitehead
graduate students and postdocs from the Whitehead Postdoc Association will host speakers
for lunch.
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Afternoon session, 4:15 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.
With
short research talks
For high school biology teachers
4:15 p.m. – Welcome and Introduction
Amy Tremblay, Whitehead Institute
4:30 p.m. – Darwin and the Origin of Species
Prof. John Durant, Director, MIT Museum and Science,
Technology & Society Program
4:45 p.m. - Step
by
Step
Evolution
of
the
Eye
and
Eye
Genes
Dr. Graeme Wistow, NEI
5:00 p.m. - Evolution of the crystallin proteins of the eye lens
Prof. Jonathan King, MIT
5:15 p.m. Rods, Cones and the Retina
Dr. Ishara Mills-Henry, MIT
5:30 p.m. - Mechanisms
of
Retinal
Development
Prof. Constance Cepko, Harvard
5:45 p.m. General discussion
An opportunity for teachers
to ask questions and discuss the talks.
6:00 p.m. Breakout discussion groups with speakers in the
Whitehead cafeteria
Teachers will choose to sit with one of the speakers and
continue discussing one of the topics.
6:15 p.m. Conclusion
6:30 to 7:30 p.m. – Dinner with the scientists for teachers
who express an interest when they register
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