Thursday October 26, 2017 12pm - 1pm (1 Hour)
Lecture / Seminar Wheelchair Accessible
allinfo@acadiau.ca
(902) 585-1434
Please join us for this free Lunchtime Learning session presented by Acadia Lifelong Learning.
The Art Gallery is the appropriate place to hold this talk, as Marlene Snyder will begin with the modern approach for observing chromosomes known as ‘Chromosome Painting’. The technique produces some visually beautiful images while also providing an important tool for genetic counselling and for current approaches to understanding cancer. We will also discuss how the Human Genome Project—the work that has given us nearly the complete sequence of the 3 billion bases of human DNA—has given us the ability to reconstruct some of the events that have occurred in our own evolutionary history—from broken chromosomes to invasions by virus DNA.
Marlene Snyder is a geneticist, having received her PhD at the University of Colorado, and post-doctoral experience in the Biochemistry Department of Dalhousie Medical School. She have recently retired from the Biology Department at Acadia, where she taught genetics for 24 years. Her major research interest is in understanding the role of instability induced by repeated sequences in the evolution of genome structure. She has worked in viral, bacterial and multicellular organisms in examining this phenomenon.
allinfo@acadiau.ca
(902) 585-1434
Please join us for this free Lunchtime Learning session presented by Acadia Lifelong Learning.
The Art Gallery is the appropriate place to hold this talk, as Marlene Snyder will begin with the modern approach for observing chromosomes known as ‘Chromosome Painting’. The technique produces some visually beautiful images while also providing an important tool for genetic counselling and for current approaches to understanding cancer. We will also discuss how the Human Genome Project—the work that has given us nearly the complete sequence of the 3 billion bases of human DNA—has given us the ability to reconstruct some of the events that have occurred in our own evolutionary history—from broken chromosomes to invasions by virus DNA.
Marlene Snyder is a geneticist, having received her PhD at the University of Colorado, and post-doctoral experience in the Biochemistry Department of Dalhousie Medical School. She have recently retired from the Biology Department at Acadia, where she taught genetics for 24 years. Her major research interest is in understanding the role of instability induced by repeated sequences in the evolution of genome structure. She has worked in viral, bacterial and multicellular organisms in examining this phenomenon.
Pricing & Tickets
Pricing: Free
10 Highland Avenue
Wolfville, Nova Scotia
artgallery@acadiau.ca
902-585-1373
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