Here’s a list of what’s up this week. Check out our new Google calendar for updates.
Origins and Applications of Pluripotent Stem Cells
Wed, June 1, 7pm – 8pm
Pfizer Auditorium Hall at Harvard University (Mallinckrodt Building, 12 Oxford St, Cambridge) (map)
Join Science in the News (SITN) for a series of provocative and fascinating talks! This spring, for the first time ever, SITN will be bringing a lecture series to Cambridge.
We are a Ph.D student group at Harvard University. Our mission is to examine the science behind the media reports we hear everyday, to delve a little deeper into the science and bring that information to you so you might better distinguish scientific fact from pure speculation
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Export Opportunities for the Life Sciences
Wednesday, June 1st
8:30 a.m.-noon
State Transportation Building, 2nd Floor Conference Center, Rooms 2 & 3, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA
The life sciences sector is the cornerstone of Massachusetts’ export competitiveness. Year after year, exports of medical, pharmaceutical, biotech and bioresearch-related products dominate the export landscape in Massachusetts. In 2010, the sector represented over twenty-five percent of the state’s exports, making Massachusetts one of the top life science exporting states in the country. This seminar will provide guidance on opportunities and strategies for life science firms to access growing and lucrative global markets. Specific topics to be addressed include trends in global life science markets, regulatory requirements in export markets unique to life science products, international market and channel development, and resources available for Massachusetts exporting firms. The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center is co-sponsoring this forum and the Center’s President & CEO, Susan Windham-Bannister, will provide opening remarks.
This event is open to the public, with pre-registration at https://www.mass.gov/export/
Wednesday, June 1st
Ongoing
Museum of Science
1 Science Park, Boston,
You can get your T.Rex fix three ways at the Boston Museum of Science. There’s the ’60 era, Godzilla-like dino, now relegated to the parking lot. While he or she guards the Duck Boat meeting spot, a new, bird-like, updated model anchors the fossil exhibit inside.
Now, you can see the beast come to life in a 3-D movies that opens today. Not fot the tots, they say.
A T. rex named Sue comes to life again as scientists use fossil clues to re-create her eventful life onscreen — including a tumultuous battle with a Triceratops.
Some scenes may not be suitable for young children
Massachusetts Life Sciences Innovation Day
Thursday, June 2nd
8:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
Harvard Club of Boston, 374 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
This is the annual conference where academia and business collide to create a high-energy, hands-on event bringing together scientific leaders and business experts to mingle with innovators, post-docs, professors, entrepreneurs, innovators, and venture capitalists. Hear from entrepreneurs and scientists who are experts at the process of transforming ideas into products. The event, sponsored by the Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center and co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, features more than 50 speakers. Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Vice President for Industry Relations and Programs Pamela Norton will participate in a panel on angel funding.
This event is open to the public with pre-registration at https://quikpayasp.com/massachusetts/commerce_manager/payer.do?orderType=MALSI%20Day%202011
Temporal Identity and Progressive Restriction of Neural Progenitor Competence in DrosophilaThu, June 2, 12pm – 1pm
Harvard, Northwest Building, 52 Oxford St., Lecture Hall B-103
Nibbling on Natives in Your Backyard and Beyond
Thu, June 2, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA (map)
Nibbling on Natives in Your Backyard and Beyond
Russ Cohen, Expert forager and author of “Wild Plants I Have Known… and Eaten”
Many native “wild” plants are edible and nutritious— suitable for growing in your home landscape or found in other locales. Come learn to identify the best species for pursuing your culinary adventures, selecting only the edible portions of each plant. Become familiar with seasons of availability and guidelines for environmentally responsible foraging. Russ Cohen has been pursuing edible wild plants since high school, and teaching others to forage for thirty-seven years. With luck on this night, you may even win a taste of his black walnut baklava, made from locally gathered nuts!