Curriculum Development > High School 9-12 > Evolution Products > Evolution Symposium   Third Annual Evolution Education Symposium 2006 In collaboration with BSCS and the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent), the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) is pleased to announce the third annual evolution science and education symposium. This year's theme is "Macroevolution: Evolution above the Species Level." The one-day symposium will take place from 8:30 am until 4:00 pm on October 14, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, during the NABT annual conference. The AIBS/BSCS/NESCent evolution symposium was established three years ago to improve the quality of science education. The symposium provides classroom teachers with an opportunity to learn about the latest developments in evolution science from leading evolution scholars. Science teachers attending the symposium as part of the NABT annual meeting will receive classroom resources and practical training in ways to incorporate evolution into their classroom lessons. BSCS will provide teachers with hands-on exercises and resources. NESCent will develop CD-roms containing teaching resources and references which will be distributed during the symposium. Symposium speakers • Dr. Philip Gingerich is Professor of Geological Sciences and Director of the Museum of Paleontology at the University of Michigan. Additionally, Dr. Gingerich holds faculty appointments in the Department of Anthropology, and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Dr. Gingerich has long-established research projects in several parts of the world. For instance, working with a colleague in Pakistan Dr. Gingerich is studying the origin of whales. Dr. Gingerich's research team was the first to find skeletons linking whales to artiodactyls land mammals. Additionally, Dr. Gingerich is interested in understanding how evolutionary processes over generations yield microevolutionary and macroevolutionary patterns observed on longer historical and geological scales of time. Dr. Gingerich has authored over 200 articles and is a co-editor of the journal Paleobiology. Dr. Gingerich will speak on "Fossils and the Origin of Whales." • Dr. Scott Hodges is Associate Professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Dr. Hodges conducts research on the genetic structure of plant adaptation and reproduction, as well as the genetic diversity and conservation biology of plant life in the California Channel Islands. Dr. Hodges received undergraduate and graduate degrees in botany from the University of California at Berkeley. Prior to joining UC Santa Barbara, Dr. Hodges conducted research at the University of Georgia. Dr. Hodges is a member of the editorial board of the American Journal of Botany. Dr. Hodges has also reviewed scientific articles for various research journals, including Evolution, Nature, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Hodges will speak on "The Generation of Plant Biodiversity: Linking Historical Patterns with Evolutionary Processes." • Dr. David Jablonski is a Professor and Chairman of the Committee on Evolutionary Biology and a professor in the Department of Geophysical Sciences at the University of Chicago. Dr. Jablonski is also a research associate at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago and has been an Honorary Research Fellow at the Natural History Museum in London. Dr. Jablonksi's research examines living and fossil organisms to determine their environmental histories and the evolutionary significance of extinction events. Dr. Jablonski has published over 60 peer-reviewed scientific papers and edited three books on paleontology and evolutionary biology. Dr. Jablonski will speak on the "Evolutionary Role of Extinctions and Recoveries in the History of Life." • Dr. Nicole King is Assistant Professor of Genetics and Development in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. King is also a faculty affiliate of the UC Berkeley Center for Integrative Genomics. Dr. King conducts research on the evolution and development of multicellular organisms. The goal of Dr. King's research is to better understand the origin and evolution of animals from a common ancestor. Dr. King's research findings have been published in such journals as Science, Nature, Evolution and Development, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The title for Dr. King's talk is "From Protozoa to Metazoa: The Origin of Animal Multicellularity." • Dr. Jeffrey S. Levinton is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Dr. Levinton conducts research on the evolutionary aspects of marine ecological processes. Dr. Levinton also uses molecular biology to determine the evolutionary age of various animals. Dr. Levinton has been the author of over 120 peer-reviewed articles in scientific publications. Dr. Levinton has been recognized for his teaching, and has been named a Fulbright scholar. Dr. Levinton will speak about the "Cambrian Explosion and the Nature of Evidence." • Dr. Nipam Patel is a Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology and the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Patel is also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator at UC Berkeley. Dr. Patel is well known for his research on the evolution of development mechanisms, most notably, the development of body plans. Dr. Patel received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University and his graduate degree from Stanford University. Prior to joining the faculty of UC Berkeley, Dr. Patel was at the University of Chicago. Dr. Patel is a member of the editorial board of several scientific journals, including Evolution and Development; Genes, Development, and Evolution; and, Journal of Experimental Zoology. Dr. Patel will speak about "The Evolution of Animal Bodyplans: Insights from Arthropod Development." Anyone registered for the NABT annual conference can participate in the symposium on Saturday. There is no separate registration for the symposium. For more information about this AIBS/BSCS/NESCent Evolution Symposium, please go to www.aibs.org/special-symposia/2006_macroevolution.html. If you have any questions, please contact Susan Musante, AIBS Education and Outreach Program Manager, at smusante@aibs.org. Questions for BSCS? Please contact us at info@bscs.org. 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