Exploring extraterrestrial life, alpine ice patch archeology and systems biology (moved to Bahen Centre: BA 1160 -- RSVPs required)

Agenda: 09:00-09:05: Richard Hegele (Welcome remarks) 09:05-09:55: Haley Sapers, Post Doctoral Scholar, Human Frontier in Science Cross-disciplinary Fellow, University of Southern California, California Institute of Technology/ NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory “Intraterrestrial to Extraterrestrial: assessing microbial community structure and biomass visualization in the deep subsurface on our way to Mars” 09:55-10:45: Jack Mustard, Professor, Geological and Environmental Studies, Brown University “Current and Future Investigations for Signs of Life on Mars” 11:00-11:50: Christian Thomas, Senior Projects Archeologist, Department of Tourism and Culture, Heritage Resources Unit, Yukon Government “Alpine Ice Patch Archaeology: Preserving the legacy of a 10,000-year long relationship between animals, ice, and First Nations people in the mountains of the Yukon” 11:50-12:40: Marc Vidal, Professor, Genetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School “From 20th century Genetics to 21st century Edgetics: Why complex networks operating inside cells matter much more than DNA sequences” 12:40-12:45: Charlie Boone (Thank you and Adjournment) Professor, The Donnelly Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Canada Research Char in Functional Genomics and Proteomics