North Lawn Hall, Room 2005
ALLELE Seminar Series: Dr. Erik Sperling
North Lawn Hall, Room 2005 221 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesDr. Erik Sperling from Stanford University will present an ALLELE seminar titled, "Breathless through time: Oxygen, temperature, and animals across Earth’s history."
ALLELE Seminar Series: Dr. Ed Hagen
North Lawn Hall, Room 2005 221 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesDr. Ed Hagen from Washington State University will present an ALLELE seminar titled, "The evolution of "recreational" substance abuse: Dramatic age and sex differences and the tradeoff between drug toxicity and antiparasitic benefits."
DARDEN LECTURE – Dr. Cassandra Quave
North Lawn Hall, Room 2005 221 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesHosted by the Department of Biological Sciences, Dr. Cassandra Quave will present the 2022 Darden Lecture titled "The Plant Hunter: A Scientist's Quest for Nature's Next Medicines." Plants are the basis for an array of lifesaving and health-improving medicines we all now take for granted. Ever taken an aspirin? Thank a willow tree for that. What about medicines for malaria? Some of those are derived from cinchona and wormwood. In today’s world of synthetic pharmaceuticals, many people have forgotten this [...]