Science Circle

Genome Island
2020-06-06 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
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Tour of Genome Island
Genome Island was constructed by Mary Anne Clark (Max Chatnoir) to serve as a virtual laboratory, and is divided into several regions, each of which focuses on some area of genetics. Max has used it for teaching both majors and nonmajors, and the island is open for use by other students.

The Abbey, Greenhouse and South Abbey Garden house information and experiments illustrating the Mendelian Laws of Inheritance. The adjacent North Abbey Garden, the Apiary, the Cattery, the Aviary and the Mixollama Herd demonstrate variations on the Mendelian Laws, e.g. incomplete dominance, X-linkage, interactive genes, and linkage.

In the multistoried Tower are a series of experiments establishing the principles of molecular genetics: DNA, RNA and proteins. The tower also features the human genome, beginning with a gallery of human chromosomes and extending into the relationship of the human genomes to other animal genomes. Higher up in the Tower are several sections devoted to Drosophila genetics and bacterial genetics. Finally a few sections were used to develop special projects: Meiosis, human blood disorders, and the genomes of the Influenza A and SARS-CoV-2. An aerial ramp connects the Tower to the Bioinformatics Platform, which illustrates the uses of various genetics databases.

Two sections of Genome Island describe other genomes: the Garden of Prokaryotic Genomes on the north end of the island and a Gallery of Eukaryotic Genomes on a boardwalk below the Tower. Population Genetics is the focus of the Gene Pool and the Population Platform that lies above it. On the southern bank of the Gene Pool is Ribosome Row, which illustrates how genetic information is used in the synthesis of proteins. A teleporter links Ribosome Row to the molecular genetics section of the Tower.

Above the South end of the island is a platform with kiosks containing activities that were once housed on a separate Cell Island and which illustrate various aspects of cell biology. This includes a model cell big enough for an avatar to move around in.

Genome Island also contains a number of regions where instructors and students can meet for discussion: the Genome Science Theatre, the conference area of the Abbey, and several different sections that can accommodate small groups. Student projects are exhibited in the Project Terrace located South of the Abbey Garden.

Dr. Mary Anne Clark, Texas Wesleyan University (aka Max Chatnoir)
Previous work in the Film Collection

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Pathfinder's Office Hours
2020-06-03 10:00 - 11:00 | Pathfinder’s Place
Pathfinder’s Office Hours at the Science Circle

Are you interested in immersive learning, art and education in virtual worlds?
Want to join an engaging discussion with a roundtable of friendly people?
If so, please join us at my weekly Office Hour every Wednesday @ 10am Pacific at the Science Circle in Second Life.
Hope to see you there!

Avatar Psychology
2020-05-30 10:00 - 11:00 | Auditorium
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People experience a 3D virtual world through an avatar representation of their real world self. A virtual world avatar can be distinguished from a static social media thumbnail or handle in that a VW avatar is dynamic and 3-dimensional. Typically, the VW avatar form is either chosen from a menu of premade forms or is assembled from a library of components. In either case, the avatar can be customized with an almost limitless array of elements. The choices made in creating an avatar, the way others react to your avatar, and how you respond to other avatars is psychologically revealing and challenging. An avatar need not resemble the real person at all. It can be a non-human form or human but look different from the person’s “real life.” Indeed, an avatar can be a powerful modality to test a new identity such as transgender in a fully social virtual environment. This causes a distinct shift in one’s body awareness. How a person adapts to this shift has strong psychological implications.

Some people find the avatar experience so foreign that they either are very uncomfortable or decline the opportunity entirely, perhaps due to reduced visual cues inherent in in-person interaction or to how closely participants identify with their avatars and how much they recognize the people behind other avatars. This is a psychological clue about how deeply our perception of self is connected to the emotional investment we make in our avatar.
During the pandemic, educators and students alike have been introduced rather abruptly to the virtual environment. While grappling with how to teach and learn, they may not be aware of the impact of how they present themselves has on the way they interact with each other. Some educators and students adapt well to the virtual environment while others find it uncomfortable. Understanding these aspects of the virtual environment is a critical element in the success of online education.

Panel participants:

Dominique Meldau
Deepthinker Oh
Phil Youngblood

Host scientific debates: Matthew Burr

Previously recorded panels

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Pathfinder’s Office Hours
2020-05-27 10:00 - 11:00, 2020-05-06 10:00 - 11:00 | Pathfinder’s Place
Pathfinder’s Office Hours at the Science Circle

Are you interested in immersive learning, art and education in virtual worlds?
Want to join an engaging discussion with a roundtable of friendly people?
If so, please join us at my weekly Office Hour every Wednesday @ 10am Pacific at the Science Circle in Second Life.
Hope to see you there!

John Pathfinder Lester

Weather Models, Climate Models, Observations, and Parallel Earths
2020-05-23 10:00 - 11:00 | Auditorium
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Image: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, NOAA

Weather Models, Climate Models, Observations, and Parallel Earths
Weather models and climate models share some core algorithms. They also share algorithms with the models used to obtain properties of the atmosphere and surface from satellite observations. There are differences also, largely a reflection of different spans of time. All three depend on local observations but in different ways.

FLUXNET: Net Ecosystem Exchange CO2, latent and sensible heat for 1992 at Harvard Forest: Total (blue), Day (red), Night (green). [Climate Data Guide; D. Shea]

Satellite observations can be effectively instantaneous, many acquired within a single day. Climate model runs span years, requiring inclusion of seasonal changes and feedbacks of surface and ocean. Weather models are only able to predict the weather up to about two-weeks into the future before the actual weather and the model weather diverge. This does not mean that the weather the model creates is unrealistic. A person on a parallel Earth with the model’s weather wouldn’t be able to tell from the weather alone that they weren’t on our Earth. That’s a bridge between weather modeling and climate modeling.

By Keith Eric Grant
Previous recordings
Climate Change panel can be found here
Papers in the Library

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Genomic Parasites Nibbling Away at Us: Why I should win the Nobel Prize
2020-05-16 10:00 - 11:00 | Auditorium
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Aging, infertility, neural degeneration, cancer, genetic variability. What could they all have in common? An underappreciated source of their cause in little genomic parasites known as retrotransposons. Retrotransposon exist in our genomes and live a life of copying and pasting into new locations to reproduce themselves. Unfortunately, this involves making breaks in DNA to insert themselves. This DNA breaking is, well, bad for genomes to stay intact. While long thought to be dormant in most cells, they were found to actually be actively expressed. To be discussed will be the speaker’s seminal work on demonstrating the DNA breaking activity of retrotransposons in human cells and the potential impact they have on human health. The case will be made for this body of work to be in the running for Nobel Prize recognition.

DNA damage theory of aging
Long interspersed nuclear elements

Dr. Stephen L. Gasior
Previous work in the Library
Previous work in the Film Collection
Podcast interview

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Pathfinder's Office Hours
2020-05-13 10:00 - 11:00 | Pathfinder’s Place

Walk along the SC Beach
2020-05-09 10:00 - 11:00 | Beach
Take a break. Join us for a walk along the beach…feel the sand squish between your toes. Warm sun spreads across your shoulders and back. Smell the salt in the air. Breathe deeply as you relax into the moment. A walk along the beach can be a soul-restoring experience, a small human in connection to the vastness of the world spread out with a sea that looks endless.

Look closer and you’ll realize you’re on a liminal edge, a littoral zone and intertidal ecosystem that is part land, part sea, always a richly magical place to explore.

Bare feet only. No shoes allowed.

Linda Morris Kelley (Delia Lake in SL)
Habitat Curator
Previous tours on film
Article Hypothesis “Staring into the Abyss”

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The World 20 Years Ahead with 2020 Vision
2020-05-02 10:00 - 11:00 | Auditorium
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Our current times are bad. But where are we headed? Some of the world’s smartest people in government, research, academia, business, economics, science, and other fields have looked 20 years into the future, and seen a time of abundance and shared opportunities. Let’s visit evolving technologies from an optimistic perspective above and beyond the turmoil of 2020.
Bio:
Steven R. Van Hook has developed online and hybrid courses over 20 years for universities including UCLA, UCSB, California Lutheran, National University and elsewhere in subjects including communications, marketing, global issues, and international management. He has a PhD in Education specializing in transcultural distance learning, and has been published in SAGE and UNESCO journals on global education. He has designed in virtual-world learning platforms for more than a decade.

Previous presentations
Film Collection
Library
Listen to Steven’s journey of discovery into the world of science by podcast

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Pathfinder's Office Hours
2020-04-29 10:00 - 11:00, 2020-04-22 10:00 - 11:00, 2020-04-15 10:00 - 11:00 | Pathfinder’s Place
Photo: Pathfinder Lester “Augmented Mind” available in the library

Anyone who entered Second Life Education between 2005 and 2010 undeniably came across Pathfinder Linden. Pathfinder Linden was the customer market development in Education and Healthcare at LL. His office hours were phenomenal and many a teacher took advantage of John’s knowledge. Within Second Life Education he always remained a great loss, so we are very pleased to announce that John will resume his office hours again, this time with us. Accessible to everyone in SL.

If you have any questions related to teaching in Second Life, drop by!

John Lester has worked in software development, product design and management, knowledge engineering and online community building for over 20 years. He has led projects and teams in a variety of settings from startups to Fortune 100 companies, and his diverse background includes neuroscience, perceptually immersive learning, VR, artificial life, fintech, infosec and big data analytics.

With his background in neurology, John developed the first immersive medical education products and online patient support communities while doing research at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. John co-founded the the first computer security hackerspace “The L0pht,” he’s a long-standing member of the oldest white-hat hacker group “Cult of the Dead Cow,” and he led the development of pioneering immersive learning education initiatives for Second Life while working at Linden Lab.

Online Strategies for Quarantine: An Evening with Pathfinder Lester
2020-04-25 10:00 - 11:00 | Auditorium
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John Lester (Pathfinder Lester) has worked in software development, product design and management, knowledge engineering and online community building for over 20 years. He

has led projects and teams in a variety of settings from startups to Fortune 100 companies, and his diverse background includes neuroscience, perceptually immersive learning, VR, artificial life, fintech, infosec and big data analytics.

With his background in neurology, John developed the first immersive medical education products and online patient support communities while doing research at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. John co-founded the the first computer security hackerspace “The L0pht,” he’s a long-standing member of the oldest white-hat hacker group “Cult of the Dead Cow,” and he led the development of pioneering immersive learning education initiatives for Second Life while working at Linden Lab.

Matthew will discuss the following topics with John

(1) Platforms Pathfinder is excited about
(2) Tools recommended; Apps, websites, podcasts, etc
(3) Strategies
– Synergies to using a platform and a tool together
– The role of social media during quarantine
(4) Caution, things not to do or to avoid?

Host: Matthew Burr

Previously recorded panels

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The COVID-19 Pandemic: Envisioning the Future
2020-04-18 10:00 - 11:00 | Auditorium
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The COVID-19 Pandemic: Envisioning the Future

Phillip D. Youngblood, Ph.D.

A major pandemic is sweeping the globe. While new cases and COVID-19 related deaths continue to climb throughout our connected world, there are signs that the pandemic has reached its peak in several parts of the world. Individuals and societal groups are reacting differently, looking for solutions to stem the threat to our health and way of life.

In the face of this threat, people are turning to governments for action, to the medical community for help, to the scientific community for answers, to commercial entities for products, to mass media for information, to social media for support, and to non-scientific organizations for miracles. In many ways, the pandemic is not just a test of our immune systems, but of what we hold valuable and where we put our trust.

Dr. Youngblood will bring us up to date on the pandemic and discuss the science and psychology behind what we are being asked to do to save the lives of others and possibly our own.
No one has “2020 hindsight” about what will happen next, but we can share probable futures based on experiences in our past and the ability of the scientific approach to project future trends.

Phil Youngblood, Ph.D.
Previous presentations in the Film Collection
Previous work in the Library

Podcast – Guest: Phil Youngblood

Note to the audience: This is not a forum for blaming others. A pandemic cannot occur unless millions of people create it.
Instead, let us discuss together the science and psychology of what has happened, what is happening, and what may happen.

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Trivia
2020-04-18 07:00 - 08:00 | Auditorium
Can you use some distraction and fun during this quarantine time?
Come play carefree digital Trivia with us!
Six thousand Lindens in the prize pool and for every correct answer, fifty are for you.

Horse-hunting Crocodiles of Ancient Germany
2020-04-11 10:00 - 11:00 | Auditorium
About 45 million years ago, Germany was part of a warm subtropical set of islands, teeming with life. In this warm, greenhouse environment reptiles were enormously successful, reaching larger body sizes than mammals and pushing into new ecological roles. Explore the fascinating environment known as Geisletal with Dr. Alex Hastings as he presents some of his research from his fellowship at Martin Luther University in Halle, Germany.

Dr. Alex Hastings
Previous work in the Library
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Pathfinder's Office Hours
2020-04-08 10:00 - 11:00 | Auditorium

The COVID-19 Pandemic
2020-04-04 10:00 - 11:00 | Auditorium
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The COVID-19 Pandemic

Robert A. Hendrix, M.D.

A major pandemic is sweeping the globe. Cases of COVID-19 are growing exponentially as people spread the disease throughout our connected world. Individuals and societal groups are reacting differently, looking for solutions to stem the threat to our health and way of life.
Dr. Hendrix will talk about what we all want to know – what this is, what you can do about it, and what medical researchers are doing to try to find ways to combat the virus.

Specifics of Dr. Hendrix’s presentation:
— SARS-CoV-2 detection: basic molecular biology of the coronavirus, emphasizing detection targets of diagnostic tests for gene fragments using reverse transcriptase / polymerase chain reaction (PCR) techniques or antibody tests to detect convalescent states following initial infection
— COVID-19 (coronavirus disease): pathophysiology of cytokine explosion and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and limitations of cytokine inhibitors
— Individual actions: strategies for avoidance and containment
— Potential treatments under evaluation:
> “borrowed” multi-drug regimens (drug re-positioning strategies) from other viral management protocols
> novel “off-schedule” application of drugs such as hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil), a synthetic derivative of quinine, the first drug used effectively to treat malaria
> infusion of humoral antibodies (passive immunity) or inducing active immunity by vaccines targeting the Spike S-protein or capsid proteins
> pharmaceutical agents that target viral enzymes such as protease and RNA-replicase (potential “designer drugs”)
> Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE)-II inhibitors to block virion access to cellular receptors

Robert A. Hendrix, M.D.
Previous presentations in the Film Collection
Previous work in the Library

Podcast Global Outbreak of Fatty Liver Disease

Podcast Doctor’s Tips for Healthier Mind and Body

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Global Fires
2020-03-28 10:00 - 11:00 | Wildfire Exhibit
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Global Fires – Australia, Amazon, California

Panel participants:

Chris Lincoln
Linda Morris Kelley
Keith Eric Grant

Host scientific debates: Matthew Burr

Previously recorded panels

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Jurassic Period of USA & Switzerland
2020-03-21 10:00 - 11:00 | Auditorium
A comparison of the Jurassic Period of USA and Switzerland: A case study in international collaboration
by Bill Schmachtenberg, Kass Lapidar, and Darien Bradley

Abstract: Schools are currently encouraging global collaborations. There are advantages to this collaboration, but there are issues that need to be addressed. In the presentation, Bill Schmachtenberg will present the collaborative research he has been conducting with Kass Lapidar in Switzerland on the geology and palaeontology of the Jurassic Period of Switzerland and Como Bluffs, Wyoming, USA. A high school senior, Darien Bradley also helped prepare this presentation.

by Dr. William F. Schmachtenberg (Dae Miami SL)
Previous work in the Film Collection
Related Hypothesis article “The Cracks in Time”

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VWBPE 2020
2020-03-20 10:00 - 11:30 | The Science Circle region
Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education 2020
Pre-conference Immersive Experiences

One of the amazing things about virtual environments is how easy it is to travel to interesting locations. Who else wishes they could teleport in the physical world? It is so easy to take a tour and play anywhere in virtual environments…

The Science Circle (SC) provides immersive experiences and focuses on Science & Education; Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Art, and current events like wildfires. Areas on and above the island are accessible via a teleport system and multi-lingual, explanatory signage.

Past Science Circle presentations are available via mini-theatres.
Includes a 30 minute “Question and Answer” about the Corona Virus in our auditorium at 11 AM PDT
Come play a game, solve a problem, and engage in hands-on learning with virtual world education leaders.
No need to sign up, simply come and learn!

VWBPE 2020
2020-03-20 06:00 - 07:30 | The Science Circle region
Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education 2020
Pre-conference Immersive Experiences

One of the amazing things about virtual environments is how easy it is to travel to interesting locations. Who else wishes they could teleport in the physical world? It is so easy to take a tour and play anywhere in virtual environments…

The Science Circle (SC) provides immersive experiences and focuses on Science & Education; Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Art, and current events like wildfires. Areas on and above the island are accessible via a teleport system and multi-lingual, explanatory signage.

Past Science Circle presentations are available via mini-theatres.

Includes a 30 minute “Question and Answer” about the Corona Virus in our auditorium at 7 AM PDT

Come play a game, solve a problem, and engage in hands-on learning with virtual world education leaders.
No need to sign up, simply come and learn!

Physics & Arts
2020-03-14 10:00 - 11:00 | Auditorium
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Physics and Arts
The talk will try to demonstrate, with many examples, that science and arts are much more entangled than what is commonly understood. Not only because arts make use of the most recent technological developments to create new forms of expressions, but also at a much deeper level. Both Sciences and Arts are in fact different ways to systematise and organize the perception of the world and therefore reflect what in a given epoch can be called the “cultural paradigm”. Every time deep changes take place in this paradigm, equally deep changes take place in both Arts and Sciences. In some cases arts anticipates science and in others science anticipate Arts.

Giuseppe Longo
Chair Data Science Initiative
Professor of Astrophysics
Accademico Pontaniano
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Department of Physics “E. Pancini”
University Federico II in Napoli (I)

Previous work in the Film Collection

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Data into insight: Teasing out how molecules behave
2020-03-07 10:00 - 11:00 | Auditorium
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“Data into insight: Teasing out how molecules behave”
My current research involves the exploration of electron-transfer events on models of biologically-relevant molecules such as the heme-nitric-oxide complex. My students learn how to work with air- and moisture-sensitive materials so as to prepare target compounds, and then we have to gather data on these materials so as to be able to prove they are what we set out to make. Once we have the materials in hand, we can start doing experiments which probe the chemical consequences of electron transfer on these compounds.

With examples from my research program, I’ll show you how data we collect tells us about the quality of the materials, and how the data reveals the consequences of electron-transfer events involving these materials. I’ll talk specifically about what we can learn from infrared spectroscopy, magnetic resonance, and an electrochemical technique called voltammetry.

Mike J. Shaw
Previous work in the Library
Previous work in the Film Collection
Podcast interview

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Concert
2020-03-01 07:00 - 08:00
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.1 “Titan” (Piano Transcription)

Langsam. Schleppend. Wie ein Naturlaut
14:38

Kräftig bewegt
7:39

Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen

12:06

Stürmisch bewegt

21:12

Thank you for your interest and participation in our objectives.
The quarterly classical concerts on the first Sunday by Earl Kiech are a social addition to our regular program. At the same time, we want to draw attention to the possibility of also providing financial support so that we can continue to implement our Mission Statement.

There are three options for financial support from our organization, namely;

In Second Life with Linden Dollars, the donation box can be found at the landing point.
With your Linden Dollars we provide our region with all the conveniences and facilities for our events.
Via PayPal, by means of a one-off or recurring payment in your own currency.
And by ABN Amro Bank, the official bank account of The Science Circle.
The income on the last two bank accounts is used to keep our organization running; Second Life Region, website, server, Microsoft license and recruiting staff.

Donation page

In recent years we have developed a variety of activities and your participation has made this a huge success.
We hope that our program for the coming year will once again guarantee your attendance.

Recent Developments in Medicine
2020-02-29 10:00 - 11:00 | Auditorium
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Painting: “De anatomische les van Dr. Nicolaes Tulp” Rembrandt van Rijn, 1632
“The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp”

Panel participants:

Robert Hendrix, MD
Dr. Stephen Gasior

Host scientific debates: Matthew Burr

Previously recorded panels

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Celestial Orbits, Part I
2020-02-22 10:00 - 11:00 | Auditorium
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Here I present the basic physics that underpins the orbits of celestial bodies. Starting from Newton’s laws of motion and gravitation, and using many examples from everyday life, I elucidate fundamental concepts of mass and weight, true and fictitious forces, potential and kinetic energy, and orbital trajectories. This lays the groundwork for future talk(s) on celestial orbits.
W. F. Wall / Syzygy Asymptote

Dr. William Wall
Previous work in the Library

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Fire & Rain
2020-02-15 08:00 - 08:30 | Nikolai’s Planetarium
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Fire and Rain
“Oh, I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain
I’ve seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought I’d see you again.”

When James Taylor wrote those words in 1970, he was thinking wistfully about a childhood friend who had committed suicide. Sadly, those words ring true for what we are seeing today in climate weirding as well. “I always thought that I’d see you again.” How many thousands and thousands of people around the world whose homes have been destroyed by fire or by rain had that same thought? This is also the thought some of us are having when thinking about what we had come to know, to expect, as normal climate – wherever we live. While we may wish it, we cannot return to an old normal of climate any more than we can return to a past pattern on a kaleidoscope.

In 2019, too many places on Earth suffered extreme drought and horrible wildfires while other places were deluged by severe rainstorms and floods. We all hope that none of us ever experiences a fire maelstrom for real, or intense rainstorms that damp them. Yet having at least a touch of a visceral sense of what these would be gives more meaning and understanding to data such as those that Dr. Keith Grant shared with us in his excellent presentation a few weeks ago.
One of the unique qualities of Second Life is that we can construct immersive spaces that provoke a sense of being there, of experiencing. For this purpose we have build a fire burnout. Dramatic experiences inform thinking and conversation. Please join me on Saturday, February 15, don some fire fighting equipment and let’s get started.

Linda Morris Kelley (Delia Lake in SL)
Habitat Curator
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Darwin Day: Heroes of Evolution
2020-02-12 10:00 - 11:00 | Auditorium
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Heroes of Evolution: Margulis and McClintock: The Women Who Broke Darwinian Theory
This lecture will honor the accomplishments of two scientists who characterized exceptions to standard Darwinian Evolution Theory.
Dr. Lynn Margulis (aka Lynn Sagan) proposed that some organelles in cells are derived from once free-living organisms that took up residence inside a larger host cell. Chloroplasts and mitochondria are now well established examples of Endosymbiosis. Endosymbiosis is the combination of two organisms to create a new one thus breaking “identity by descent.”
Dr. Barbara McClintock (Nobel Laureate 1983) characterized “jumping genes” in corn. The presence of transposons and other mobile elements has described over time a new paradigm for how we understand genomes and how dynamic they are. Their ability to transfer themselves and DNA between organisms and move within genomes is another counterexample to “identity by descent”
The challenges these women in science faced from their male peers will be briefly discussed as well.

Dr. Stephen L. Gasior
Previous work in the Library
Previous work in the Film Collection
Podcast interview

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