Calendarfeed http://www.seas.harvard.edu daily 1 2008-12-03T05:00:50Z University Holiday: Memorial Day http://www.seas.harvard.edu/news-events/calendars/academic/university-holiday-memorial-day No publisher rmazur Academic Calendar 2012-06-18T16:05:00Z Event Harvard University Commencement http://www.seas.harvard.edu/news-events/calendars/academic/harvard-university-commencement No publisher rmazur Academic Calendar 2012-06-18T16:00:00Z Event The Physical Fitness of Leaves http://www.seas.harvard.edu/news-events/calendars/community/the-physical-fitness-of-leaves Every organism must contend with its immediate physical environment, a world that both limits what organisms can do and offers innumerable opportunities for evolving ways to challenge those limits. Steven Vogel, author of The Life of a Leaf, will explain these interactions, using the leaf as example. In exploring the leaf’s world, Vogel simultaneously explores our own. He’ll answer questions about how objects get much hotter than air when in sunlight and far cooler when beneath a clear night sky; how air movement matters even when we can’t feel it; how objects such as trees avoid damage from storms; and ways leaves acquire the essential resources for growth and reproduction. Join us to learn about some of the extraordinary designs that enable a leaf to adapt to its physical world.

Fee $10 Arnold Arboretum member, $15 nonmember
Undergraduates: call 617-384-5277 to register for free.

]]> No publisher cperry Community 2013-04-12T18:14:44Z Event Nanotherapeutics & Diagnostics: Medical Nanotechnologies Inspired by Nature http://www.seas.harvard.edu/news-events/calendars/biotechnology/nanotherapeutics-diagnostics-wyss-symposium-on-medical-nanotechnologies-inspired-by-nature A Wyss Symposium Nanotherapeutics & Diagnostics

 

Our 4th international annual symposium will focus on new nanotherapeutic and diagnostic technologies that are specifically inspired by living systems and that promise to have a transformative impact on medicine and clinical care. Organized by Wyss Institute Core Faculty members David Mooney and Donald Ingber, the day will include the speakers listed below and a keynote presentation by Noubar Afeyan from Flagship Ventures on the challenges of commercializing technologies emerging from leading laboratories.

This symposium is free but registration is required.

Click here to register.

Speakers:

Noubar Afeyan - Wyss Institute, Flagship Ventures

Sangeeta N. Bhatia - MIT, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

George Church - Wyss Institute, Harvard University

Dennis Discher - University of Pennsylvania

Trevor Douglas - Montana State University

Omid Farokhzad - Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard University

Justin Hanes - Johns Hopkins University

Donald Ingber - Wyss Institute, Harvard University, Boston Children’s Hospital

Samir Mitragotri - University of California, Santa Barbara

David Mooney - Wyss Institute, Harvard University

Nicole Steinmetz - Case Western Reserve University

Sam Stupp - Northwestern University

Peng Yin - Wyss Institute, Harvard University

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