As you may remember, a couple of months ago, I was Darwin-*crazy*.
The result of all the hard work of the Happy 200th Birthday Darwin Facebook Group was that the success has led to a series of free science webinars with prominent scientists aimed at the general public.
Our first free webinar is on the science behind the news of the swine flu outbreak this Friday, May 8 at 1pm-2:30pmET (10amPT; 6pm London).
Speakers include professors and experts from Cambridge, the National Institutes of Health, and The Cleveland Clinic. The webinar is sponsored by organizations like Scientific American, The Cleveland Clinic, and Constant Contact, and made possible by the technology donation from Citrix Online.
Register for the free webinar here:
For future events, register for our Darwin group newsletter here:
http://tinyurl.com/
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And good grief already, join our Facebook group (our new mission is to get 1 million by Nov 24 to cheer 150 years of Origin of Species):
Here's the full webinar info and details on the speakers:
Join professors from Cambridge, the National Institutes of Health,
and The Cleveland Clinic for a *free* webinar on the science
behind the news of the swine flu outbreak Friday, May 8 at 1pm - 2:30 pm
EDT time (10am California; 6pm London).
Hosted by the 250,000 members of the Darwin Group on Facebook
and sponsored by organizations like The Cleveland Clinic and
Scientific American - and made possibly by the technology donation
from Citrix Online - this will be a great way for the general
public to learn much more about the science and medicine of
the swine flu virus.
To register for this free webinar click here:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/
To add yourself to the newsletter for future webinars, click here:
http://tinyurl.com/
This is a global public webinar - please forward this invitation
to anyone you would like to invite.
Speakers include:
- Professor Derek Smith, Professor of Infections Disease, Cambridge
University, advisor to the World Health Organization, and a leading
specialist on the flu virus. Links:
http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/
http://www.antigenic-
- Jonathan Yewdell, MD PhD, Laboratory Head, Laboratory of Viral
Disease, National Institutes of Health, and an international expert
on the flu virus and a well respected leader in science education.
- Dr. Tallman, Cleveland Clinic. Featured in the media this week,
Dr. Tallman will be able to answer questions from attendees about
the medical and clinical aspects of this swine flu outbreak.
Several others may join us including from Mexico.
This event is being hosted by the 250,000+ members of the Darwin
Facebook group and the Reading Odyssey, an informal community
dedicated to public reading, learning and discussion of science,
literature, philosophy - i.e. the big ideas of humanity.
Special thanks to the sponsors of this webinar:
- Citrix Online (special, special thanks for donating their webinar
technology and for the support from the whole company)
- The Cleveland Clinic
- Constant Contact
- Life Technologies
- Scientific American
For future events, register for our Darwin group newsletter here:
http://tinyurl.com/
P.S. If you have not done so already, please join our Darwin group
on Facebook. Join here:
http://www.facebook.com/group.
