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SUMMARY:Fei Lab: Monday Morning Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, April 9th | 9am | BTI Auditorium\nPlease join BTI for a Monday morning seminar by the Fei Lab. \nZhangjun Fei – “CucCAP: Leveraging applied genomics to increase disease resistance in cucurbit crops” \nLei Gao – “Pan genome analysis reveals extensive gene component variations and a rare allele regulating fruit flavor in tomato”
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/monday-am-apr2018-fei/
CATEGORIES:Institute,Monday Morning Seminar
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SUMMARY:PGS Fest Seminar: "Applying Biology to the Challenges of Sustainable Energy"
DESCRIPTION:PGS Fest Seminar\nThursday\, April 12th | Beginning at 3:30pm | BTI Auditorium | Happy Hour immediately after seminar (Official Facebook Event)\nSeminar by: Dr. Buz Barstow\, Assistant Professor\, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering\, Cornell University\nCredit: Barstow Lab \nBiology has the potential to make contributions to sustainable energy from the synthesis of advanced materials for construction and transportation to ultra-low-cost\, high-efficiency solar power. \nAdvances in sustainable energy enabled by applied biology could have a transformative effect on human health by mitigating the effects of climate change\, revolutionizing access to energy\, and improving air and water quality. If this can be realized\, the impact of these advances could be large as those made by antibiotics\, vaccines and recombinant protein drugs. \nIn this talk\, Dr. Buz Barstow will outline his team’s plans to use applied biology to solve pressing problems in sustainable energy including facilitating the widespread adoption of battery energy storage; enabling the environmentally friendly extraction of rare earth elements for energy efficient electronics; producing better biofuels; increasing the efficiency of photosynthesis; and democratizing the creation of double-gene knockout collections to enable genome-wide genetic interaction studies in organisms useful for sustainable energy. \nFor more about Dr. Barstow’s research: http://barstow.bee.cornell.edu/research/
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/pgs-fest-seminar-dr-buz-barstow/
CATEGORIES:Institute,Post Graduate Society
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SUMMARY:Richard Durst: "Pathological Science and the Perils of Thinking Outside of the Box"
DESCRIPTION:“Pathological Science and the Perils of Thinking Outside of the Box”\n \nCAPE: Cornell Association of Professors Emeriti Lecture\nPresenter: Richard Durst\, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry\, Food Science\nThursday\, April 19 | 10:30 to 11:30am | BTI Auditorium\nRevolutionary science often requires thinking outside of the box.  However\, stepping outside of the box can be fraught with many hazards\, not the least of which is the loss of objectivity. \nScientists are often not very good judges of the scientific process. The best intentions can be subverted by self-deception.  Even eminent scientists have had their careers tarnished or ruined by misinterpreting unremarkable events and convincing themselves that they have made a great discovery. \nError is a normal part of science\, and many revolutionary discoveries turn out to be wrong.  Uncovering flaws in observations or reasoning is part of what scientists do\, by replicating measurements and designing control experiments. \n“Pathological science” is the term coined by Irving Langmuir in 1953. Other terms for this phenomenon include: pseudoscience; voodoo science; junk science; weird science; etc.  However\, pathological science should be distinguished from hoaxes and fraud — which are intentionally meant to deceive. \nThis presentation will look at the various causes of pathological science and examine some of the interesting examples\, such as Martian canals\, N-rays\, 21-gram soul\, extrasensory perception\, polywater\, cold fusion and\, the latest\, the Hydrino Suncell.. \nSelf-deception can affect anyone — scientists are only human — even some of the best minds have been fooled.  Critical thinking must be used to avoid the pitfalls of pathological science.
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/pathological-science-and-the-perils-of-thinking-outside-of-the-box/
CATEGORIES:Institute
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SUMMARY:Martin Lab: Monday Morning Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, April 23rd | 9am | BTI Auditorium\nPlease join BTI for a Monday morning seminar by the Martin Lab: \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nFabian Giska\, Postdoctoral Associate\nNing Zhang\, Postdoctoral Associate\n\n\nMolecular mechanisms underlying the role of the Pti1 kinase in plant immunity\nApplying CRISPR-Cas9 to efficiently knock out immunity-associated genes in tomato
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/monday-am-apr2018-martin/
CATEGORIES:Institute,Monday Morning Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180427T090000
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SUMMARY:PGS Career Symposium 2018
DESCRIPTION:9:00am to 5:00pm \nPlease join BTI’s Postgraduate Society (PGS) for their annual Career Symposium. Events will include a panel discussion\, workshops\, and a happy hour.\nPanelists will include: \n\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Jesse Munkvold (DowDupont)\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Erica Fishel (Donald Danforth Plant Science Center)\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Tom Ruttledge (Cornell University)\n				\n		\n\nWorkshop topics:\nJesse Munkvold: The value of a plan\nErica Fishel: From Ph.D. to Patent Law:  Bringing Together Science\, Technology Transfer\, and Entrepreneurship\nTom Ruttledge: Taking the road less traveled and finding happiness \nSchedule\n\n\n\n9:00 AM \nRegistration and breakfast\n\n\n9:15 AM\nOpening remarks and program introduction – Kitty Zhang\n\n\n9:35 AM\nPanelists introduction with brief talk by each speaker\n\n\n10:35 AM\nPanel discussion\n\n\n12:00 PM\nLunch with speakers\n\n\n1:30 PM\nWorkshop 1\n\n\n2:20 PM\nWorkshop 2\n\n\n3:15 PM\nGames and gifts\n\n\n3:45 PM\nClosing remarks – Paul Debbie\n\n\n4:00 PM\nHappy hour\n\n\n\nRegistration\nLimited space is available for the workshops and lunch. First preference will be given to BTI PGS members. \nLoading… \nThis event is sponsored and presented by BTI’s Postgraduate Society (PGS). If you need any accommodations in order to participate in this event\, or you would like more information\, please contact Kitty Zhang (yz787@cornell.edu) or Hanno Andreas Ludewig (hal44@cornell.edu). \n  \nThis event is presented with generous support from BTI and the Triad Foundation.
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/pgs-career-symposium-2018/
CATEGORIES:Institute,Post Graduate Society
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