Connie Price, MD , Denver Health Medical Center:
From Miasmas to MRSA: How Did We Get Here & What Do We Do Now?
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Tuesday 17 June 2008
Edward Janoff, MD, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver
Prevention of Infectious Diseases: Vaccines and Immunity
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Prevention of Infectious Diseases: Vaccines and Immunity
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Tuesday 20 May 2008
Charles Musiba, PhD, Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado Denver
Who Made the Laetoli Footprints 3.6 Million Years Ago?
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Who Made the Laetoli Footprints 3.6 Million Years Ago?
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Tuesday 22 April 2008
Erica Ellingson, PhD, Dept. of Astrophysics and Planetary Science, U. Colorado, Boulder
Dark Matter, Dark Energy and the Accelerating Universe
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Dark Matter, Dark Energy and the Accelerating Universe
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Tuesday 18 March 2008
Jim McMillan, PhD, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Cellulosic Biofuels: Why Putting Transportation Vehicles on a High Fiber Diet Makes Sense
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Cellulosic Biofuels: Why Putting Transportation Vehicles on a High Fiber Diet Makes Sense
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Tuesday 19 February 2008
Dennis Boyle , MD, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine:
Doctors & Patients: What We Have Here Is Failure to Communicate
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Doctors & Patients: What We Have Here Is Failure to Communicate
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Tuesday 22 January 2008
Tuesday 4 December 2007
Mitch Morrisey, JD, Denver District Attorney
DNA: From Crime Scene to Courtroom
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DNA: From Crime Scene to Courtroom
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Tuesday 13 November 2007
Tuesday 23 October 2007
Tuesday 25 September 2007
–AGING, ALCOHOL, MEMORY, AND MOLECULES–
Michael D. Browning, PhD, Professor, Program in Neuroscience and Department of Pharmacology, UCDHSCMore Info
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Tuesday 12 June 2007
–THE ARCTIC'S SHRINKING SEA-ICE COVER–
Mark Serreze, PhD, Research Professor of Geography, University of Colorado at Boulder, and Senior Research Scientist,National Snow and Ice Data Center
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Tuesday 15 May 2007
–CHINA AND INDIAS RAVENOUS APPETITE FOR NATURAL RESOURCES: Their Potential Impact on Colorado –
Vincent Matthews, PhD, Director, Colorado Geological Survey and Colorado State GeologistMore Info
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Tuesday 17 April 2007
–LIGHTNING! Science and safety –
Richard Kithil, Jr., Founder & President, National Lightning Safety Institute, & Robert Gift, Chimney Sweep, National Lightning Data CenterMore Info
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Tuesday 27 March 2007
–STEM CELLS: Hype or hope? Clearing away the confusion –
Curt R. Freed, MD, Professor and Head, Division of Clinical Pharmacology & Director, Neurotransplantation Program for Parkinson's Disease, University of Colorado Medical SchoolMore Info
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Tuesday 20 February 2007
–SALVAGING SUBURBAN SCIENCE: How the fossils beneath Denver provide a unique perspective on climate change –
Kirk Johnson, PhD, Vice President & Chief Curator, Denver Museum of Nature & ScienceMore Info
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Tuesday 23 January 2007
–MANNED SPACE EXPLORATION: Is it Worth the Trouble? –
George W. Eger, III, Space Exploration Systems, Lockheed Martin Space Systems CompanyMore Info
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Tuesday 12 December 2006
–WHAT'S ALL THE HULLABALOO OVER DYING ASPEN? WHAT WE KNOW AND DON'T KNOW–
Wayne D. Shepperd, PhD, Research Silviculturist, U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Ft. Collins, COMore Info
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Tuesday 14 November 2006
–FROM CELLS TO SOCIETY: THE SCIENCE OF DRUG ABUSE –
Christian Hopfer, MD, Associate Professor, Division of Substance Dependence, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, UCDHSCMore Info
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Tuesday 17 October 2006
–SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS IN POLITICIZED DEBATES –
Roger A. Pielke, Jr. , Professor of Environmental Studies and Director, Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, CU, BoulderMore Info
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Tuesday 19 September 2006
–FEEDING THE FIRE: PLANNING AN ENERGY FUTURE –
Mark Eberhart, Professor of Chemistry and Geochemistry, Colorado School of MinesMore Info
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Tuesday 20 June 2006
–WHAT MAKES GOOD CLIMATES GO BAD? –
Mickey Glantz, Senior Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric ResearchMore Info
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Tuesday 23 May 2006
–TISSUE ENGINEERGING: THE BODY SHOP?–
Kristi Anseth, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado at BoulderMore Info
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Tuesday 18 April 2006
–PLUTO AND BEYOND–
New Horizons will tell us about the ends of the Solar System
Fran Bagenal, Professor of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences,
Laboratory of Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder
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Tuesday 21 March 2006
–PRODUCED BY BEAUTIFUL MINDS?–
Mathematics research: what is it, what's the Next Big Thing, and why you should care
Gene Abrams, Department of Mathematics, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, President's Teaching Scholar
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Tuesday 21 February 2006
–MICROORGANISMS RULE THE WORLD: DEAL WITH IT–
Weird Bacteria that Live in Water that Would Dissolve a Duck
Timberley Roane, Department of Biology, University of Colorado at Denver and HSC
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Tuesday 17 January 2006
–RISK ANALYSIS AND PUBLIC HEALTH–
How to Get from Good Intentions to Good Results: Animal Antibiotics and Other Examples
Tony Cox, CEO, Cox Associates
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Tuesday 13 December 2005
–MARS DIRECT –
Humans to the Red Planet within a decade
Robert Zubrin, President, The Mars Society and Pioneer Astronautics Inc.
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Tuesday 15 November 2005
–GENETIC ENGINEERING: THE REVOLUTION, THE RISKS –
How cautious should we be about the Next Big Thing?
Suzanne Wuerthele, Genetic Engineering Committee, RM Chapter Sierra Club
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Tuesday 18 October 2005
–A TELESCOPE THE SIZE OF RHODE ISLAND –
Something out there—no one knows what—is hurling incredibly energetic particles around the universe.
The Pierre Auger Observatory in Colorado will study these events.
John Harton, Department of Physics, Colorado State University
Tuesday 27 September 2005
–YEAST AND HUMANS IN CIVILIZATION –
The science behind a long-standing fermented relationship
Robert A. Sclafani, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Medical School
Tuesday 14 June 2005
–WHERE HAVE ALL THE ANTIBIOTICS GONE? –
Drug Development Dwindles while Bizarre Bugs Burgeon
David R Luke, Senior Medical Director, Infectious Diseases, Pfizer Inc
Tuesday 17 May 2005
–QUANTUM DOTS AND PROGRAMMABLE MATTER –
Wil McCarthy, Engineer/Novelist/Journalist; President, The Programmable Matter Corporation
Tuesday 19 April 2005
–MEDICINE IN THE POST-GENOMIC AGE–
Using the Proteome for Diagnosis and Prognosis: Good and Evil?
Larry Gold, Chairman, CEO & Chief Science Officer, SomaLogic, Boulder
Tuesday 22 March 2005
–INTERSTELLAR COMMUNICATION AND VISITATION –
Science and the Limits of the Plausible
David Grinspoon, Space Studies, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder
Tuesday 22 February 2005
– WHAT HAPPENED TO THE NEANDERTHALS? –
A Working Memory Hypothesis
Tom Wynn, Anthropology, and Fred Coolidge, Psychology, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Tuesday 25 January 2005
– SLEEP –
That Knitteth up the Ravell'd Sleave of Care
Michael Weissberg, Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Tuesday, 7 December, 2004
– GENETICALLY-MODIFIED ORGANISMS –
Monsters or Miracles?
Nina Fedoroff, Biology, Penn State
Tuesday, 16 November, 2004
– NANOTECHNOLOGY –
Nature to Nano in Only Two Leaps of Faith
Randy Levine, Founder and Director, ZettaCore Inc.
Tuesday, 19 October, 2004
– THE HIGGS BOSON –
Will the Holy Grail of physics be discovered in Geneva in 2007?
Marc Sher, Physics, College of William and Mary
Tuesday, 28 September, 2004
LIFE, THE UNIVERSE, & PLANETARY HABITABILITY
Are We Alone?
Laura Danly, Astronomer, Senior Fellow, Honors Program, University of Denver
Tuesday, 22 June, 2004
DIGITAL PEOPLE
How close are we to successfully creating bionic humans? What are the limits?
Sidney Perkowitz, Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta
Tuesday, 25 May, 2004
BIOTERRORISM
Can I Throw Out All That Protective Gear and Start Worrying About What Is Really Going To Kill Me?
Mark Cucuzzella, MD
Family Practice, CU Health Sciences Center, and USAF
Tuesday, 27 April, 2004
DIGGING THE DEAD
EMISSARIES FROM THE PAST -- AMBASSADORS FROM THE POOR?
Life Expectancy, Infectious Diseases, Nutrition, Bone Loss:
Parallels Between Ancient Mummies and the Modern Poor
Dennis Van Gerven, Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado at Boulder
Tuesday, 23 March, 2004
THE LIMITS OF SOFTWARE
Software-Intensive Systems Amplify Human Intelligence--Can They Replace Human Judgement?
Grady Booch, IBM Fellow
Chief Scientist of Rational Software Corporation from 1980-2003
Principal architect and mentor of software development solutions within IBM Rational Software Group
Tuesday, 17 February, 2004
ALL GREAT TRUTHS BEGIN AS HERESY
Health Care in America, and other Controversial Topics
Richard D. Lamm, Co-Director of the Institute for Public Policy Studies at the University of Denver
Tuesday, 27 January, 2004
OBESITY
Personal Responsibility, Toxic Environment, or Ancient Biology in a Modern World?
Dan Bessesen, Medicine, UCHSC and Chief of Endocrinology, Denver Health
Tuesday, 2 December, 2003
MODERN COSMOLOGY
The Origin and Evolution of the Universe
Michael Shull, Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder
Tuesday, 11 November, 2003
IMMUNIZATION
Should we still bother to vaccinate against common diseases?
Aren't they all gone? Isn't vaccination unsafe?
J. J. Cohen, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
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