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Lecture to look at 'Determinism vs. Chance in Complex Ways of Genomes'

1/18/13

A free public lecture titled "Life's Little Problem: Determinism Versus Chance in the Complex Ways of Genomes" will take place on 26 January 2013 at 11:00 a.m. in 100 Thomas Building on the Penn State University Park campus. The speaker will be Kenneth M. Weiss, Evan Pugh Professor of Biological Anthropology and Genetics at Penn State University.

The event is the second of six lectures in the 2013 Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science, a free minicourse for the general public with the theme "Your Genes: How They Contribute to Who You Are." No registration is required. The lectures take place on six consecutive Saturday mornings from 11:00 a.m. to about 12:30 p.m. in 100 Thomas Building.

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Lectures to focus on 'Your Genes: How They Contribute to Who You Are'

1/10/13

"Your Genes: How They Contribute to Who You Are" is the theme of the 2013 Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science, which will take place in January and February. This series of six public lectures on consecutive Saturday mornings is designed as a free minicourse for the general public. The lectures will take place from 11 a.m. to about 12:30 p.m., in 100 Thomas Building on the Penn State University Park campus, beginning Jan. 19. More information is available at http://science.psu.edu/frontiers.

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Darwin 'Origin of Species' report features Penn State anthropologist

2/17/09

A renowned Penn State biological anthropologist, Kenneth Weiss, joins an international team of evolution experts in response to a basic question: How did Charles Darwin's seminal book "On the Origin of Species" influence science and society during the last 150 years? Their interviews and essays are part of a new online report Evolution of Evolution: 150 Years of Darwin's On the Origin of Species, created by the National Science Foundation. The interactive multimedia feature celebrates the author's 200th birthday on Feb. 12 and the upcoming anniversary of the book, which will be 150 years old on Nov. 24.

Probing Question: Do sisters share a closer genetic proximity than other siblings?

9/4/07

If '70s pop star Marie Osmond had a sister, would she have been closer to her than her six singing brothers are to each other? While Marie may have had more in common with a fictional sister in the make-up and hairstyle department, their genetic proximity would be the same as the bond the famous brothers share with each other.

Prisoners of Mendel

9/1/01

This inheritance business? Just about licked. We know where everything goes now, what controls what. Got a copy of the blueprint right here in my pocket—See? It folds out.

"I guess you can tell I'm skeptical," Ken Weiss said, about two-thirds of the way through his Frontiers of Science lecture, "Reflections on a Golden Age." "I think we've highly oversold the idea that the genome is the blueprint for human life."

Untitled

Lecture to look at 'Determinism vs. Chance in Complex Ways of Genomes'

1/18/13

A free public lecture titled "Life's Little Problem: Determinism Versus Chance in the Complex Ways of Genomes" will take place on 26 January 2013 at 11:00 a.m. in 100 Thomas Building on the Penn State University Park campus. The speaker will be Kenneth M. Weiss, Evan Pugh Professor of Biological Anthropology and Genetics at Penn State University.

The event is the second of six lectures in the 2013 Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science, a free minicourse for the general public with the theme "Your Genes: How They Contribute to Who You Are." No registration is required. The lectures take place on six consecutive Saturday mornings from 11:00 a.m. to about 12:30 p.m. in 100 Thomas Building.

Untitled

Lectures to focus on 'Your Genes: How They Contribute to Who You Are'

1/10/13

"Your Genes: How They Contribute to Who You Are" is the theme of the 2013 Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science, which will take place in January and February. This series of six public lectures on consecutive Saturday mornings is designed as a free minicourse for the general public. The lectures will take place from 11 a.m. to about 12:30 p.m., in 100 Thomas Building on the Penn State University Park campus, beginning Jan. 19. More information is available at http://science.psu.edu/frontiers.

Untitled

Darwin 'Origin of Species' report features Penn State anthropologist

2/17/09

A renowned Penn State biological anthropologist, Kenneth Weiss, joins an international team of evolution experts in response to a basic question: How did Charles Darwin's seminal book "On the Origin of Species" influence science and society during the last 150 years? Their interviews and essays are part of a new online report Evolution of Evolution: 150 Years of Darwin's On the Origin of Species, created by the National Science Foundation. The interactive multimedia feature celebrates the author's 200th birthday on Feb. 12 and the upcoming anniversary of the book, which will be 150 years old on Nov. 24.

Probing Question: Do sisters share a closer genetic proximity than other siblings?

9/4/07

If '70s pop star Marie Osmond had a sister, would she have been closer to her than her six singing brothers are to each other? While Marie may have had more in common with a fictional sister in the make-up and hairstyle department, their genetic proximity would be the same as the bond the famous brothers share with each other.

Prisoners of Mendel

9/1/01

This inheritance business? Just about licked. We know where everything goes now, what controls what. Got a copy of the blueprint right here in my pocket—See? It folds out.

"I guess you can tell I'm skeptical," Ken Weiss said, about two-thirds of the way through his Frontiers of Science lecture, "Reflections on a Golden Age." "I think we've highly oversold the idea that the genome is the blueprint for human life."