Penn School of Medicine Events Calendar

8AM-6PM

2009 CAMB Symposium at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Keynote address::Understanding the Words of Chromatin Remodeling

Dr. Gerald R. Crabtree, Stanford University

Carla J. Shatz, Ph.D.
Professor
Departments of Biology and Neurobiology
Stanford University

“Tuning up the Brain: Moonlighting MHCI and Synapse Plasticity During Developmental Critical Periods”

Featuring Senior Fellow Jonathan Moreno, and moderated by Visiting Scholar Ana Lita: 

The Appignani Bioethics Center, a project of the American Humanist Association, will hold a press conference and panel discussion to examine controversies in biomedical and environmental science and policy, including stem cell research, brain and cognition, and climate change technologies.

Date & Place: Monday, November 9, 2009 at the); 9:30am-10:00am (press conference) and 10:00am-11:30am (panel discussion)

The Appignani Bioethics Center welcomes two distinguished speakers to lead this discussion: ProfessorJonathan Moreno, David and Lyn Silfen University Professor, University of Pennsylvania and Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress (www.americanprogress.org) and Professor Andrew Light, Senior Fellow at Center for American Progress and Director of the Center for Global Ethics at George Mason University. The panel discussion will be moderated by Ana Lita, Ph.D., Director - Appignani Bioethics Center

For more details about the event, and to RSVP please contact kfranz@americanhumanist.org or alita@americanhumanist.org;