Tag: DNA

CATEGORIES: Biochemistry Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Rewriting DNA

Genomes are the blueprints for our cells, containing the information needed to grow and sustain life. The recent discovery of CRISPR tools have enabled scientists to precisely alter DNA through a process called gene editing. We now have the power to redesign cellular blueprints in all forms of life, including humans, opening the door for … Continue reading Rewriting DNA

November 29, 2018, 7:00pm | ISU Memorial Union South Ballroom
CATEGORIES: History

Studying the Fall of the Roman Empire with the Science of the Human Past – Michael McCormick

Michael McCormick is the Francis Goelet Professor of Medieval History at Harvard University, Director in Cambridge of the Max Planck – Harvard Research Center for the Archaeoscience of the Ancient Mediterranean, and the founding chair of Harvard’s Initiative for the Science of the Human Past. The Initiative brings historians and archaeologists together with other scholars … Continue reading Studying the Fall of the Roman Empire with the Science of the Human Past – Michael McCormick

October 22, 2018, 7:00pm | Sun Room, ISU Memorial Union