IGSP Special Seminar

There will be an IGSP Special Seminar held on Monday, November 30th 2009 from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in French Family Science Building, Room 2237. Rachel A. Ankeny, PhD will gill a lecture on the topic of Re-Using Data and Rethinking Organisms: How do we know what we know from model organisms in biology.

Mosquito Biology and Biotechnology Conference

A conference sponsored in part by the IGSP aims to reduce the burden of mosquito-borne diseases by focusing on the mosquitoes themselves and ways to overcome barriers to mosquito research. The event will be held on November 23-24 at the Washington Duke Inn. Seating is limited and registration is required.LEARN MORE

Genome Research & Education Society

The undergraduate co-founders of the Genome Research & Education Society (GRES), a new student club dedicated to promoting scholarship and research at Duke and educating others about the genome sciences and their implications, have already won two awards in support of outreach and education efforts. Brandon Ruderman has received a Student Incentive Award from The Duke Center for Science Education in support of Science Saturdays at the North Carolina Museum of Life & Science and Jason Klein has won a Student Incentive Award in support of a Science Policy, Ethics & Law Course at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics.