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2009-2010 Season

All programs are open to the general public at no charge and will begin at 7 p.m. located at the Ardmore Convention Center.

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

Pigs and People: Influenza from 1918 to 2009

Marilyn Roossinck, Ph.D.
Professor, Noble Foundation
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The presentation will detail how flu viruses are spread from animals to humans and provide insight into the current flu outbreak by examining the significant flu epidemics of the last 90 years.

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Prosthetic Robotics

Colonel Geoffrey Ling, M.D., Ph.D.
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Ling leads the Human-Assisted Neural Devices (HAND) Program that studies the processes that the brain uses to perform tasks. The HAND Program provides the basis for integrated robotic devices that restore functional use of injured or absent limbs.

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

Fabulous Fungi: Not Just Rottin'

Carolyn Young, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Noble Foundation

As a mycologist, Noble Foundation Assistant Professor Carolyn Young studies the fascinating world of fungi.

Explorations in Science

Explorations in Science (formerly Public Lectures in Science), sponsored by the Noble Foundation, is a series that presents science to the general public in an understandable and approachable format. This series provides a forum for the public to interact and discuss science and technology – including its greater influences and impacts – with scientists, researchers and speakers from the Noble Foundation and other institutions. This educational series began in 2002.

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