The Noble Foundation's third season of Public Lectures in Science concludes on Thursday, March 10, with a talk by Luis Marquez, a postdoctoral fellow in the Foundation's Plant Biology Division. He will discuss the ecology of coral reefs in a presentation titled "From Cousteau to Nemo and All the Science In Between." Before joining the Foundation, Marquez spent 15 years studying coral and other marine animals.

The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be held at 7 p.m. in the Kruse Auditorium of the Noble Foundation, located at 2510 Sam Noble Parkway. It will be followed by a reception.

For more information, call the Foundation at (580) 223-5810.

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The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, headquartered in Ardmore, Okla., is a non-profit organization conducting agricultural, forage improvement, and plant biology research; providing grants to numerous non-profit charitable, educational and health organizations; and assisting farmers and ranchers through educational and consultative agricultural programs.

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