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THURSDAY, MAY 30
9:00 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.
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| 9:00 am |
Welcome and Introduction
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| 9:10 am |
Plenary: The Meaning of Diversity and the Tree of Life
Edward O. Wilson
Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology,
Harvard University |
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| 10:00 am |
The Architecture of the Tree of Life
Sandra Baldauf
Department of Biology,
University of York |
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| 10:30 am |
The Origin and Primary Radiation of Life on Earth
Norman Pace
Department of Molecular,
Cellular and Developmental Biology,
University of Colorado |
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| 11:00 am |
Coffee Break |
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| 11:30 am |
The History of Plants and the Greening of Earth
Michael Donoghue
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
Yale University
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| 12:00 pm |
The History of Fungi
John Taylor
Department of Plant and Microbial Biology,
University of California, Berkeley |
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12:30–
2:00 pm |
Lunch Break
Welcome and Introduction:
Alison Richard
Provost,
Yale University |
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| 2:00 pm |
The History of Animals
Andre Adoutte
Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire,
Universite Paris-Sud |
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| 2:30 pm |
The History of Arthropods
Ward Wheeler
Division of Invertebrate Zoology,
American Museum of Natural History |
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| 3:00 pm |
The History of Vertebrates
Timothy Rowe
J. Nalle Gregory Regents Professor of Geology and
Director,
Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory |
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| 3:30 pm |
Coffee Break
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| 4:00 pm |
Human Origins
Bernard Wood
Department of Anthropology,
The George Washington University
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| 4:30 pm |
Plenary: The Importance of the Tree of Life
for Genomics and Human Health
Rita Colwell
Director,
National Science Foundation |
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| 5:20 pm |
Panel Discussion
Rita Colwell
Director,
National Science Foundation
David Wake
David Hillis
Michael Novacek
Provost,
American Museum of Natural History |
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