Past Science Lecture Series Events

SLS Spring 2003

• "A Day in the Life of a Knot Theorist" - Dr. Morwen Thistlethwaite, Univ. of Tennesee - poster
• "Science Academy Awards - presentations to the best and worst science and math in films" - USD Science Faculty - poster

• "Splish, Splash, I Was Taking a Bath - Water, Water Everywhere" - Drs. Gray, Hohman, Plesniak & Sheehan, USD

• "Factors Controlling Parasitic Infection" - Dr. Richard Tinsley (Bristol Univ., U.K.)
• "Surgery, Mutants, and the Jones Polynomial: A Story of Knots" - Dr. Diane Hoffoss (Math & Computer Science, USD)
• "Fire and Ice: Oceanographic Studies of an Antarctic Volcano" - Drs. Ron Kaufman, Sue Lowery, Anne Sturz & Sarah Gray (MARS, USD)

• "High-Throughput Genotyping With Mass Spectrometric Analysis" - Dr. Matthew J. McGinniss (SEQUENOM, Inc.)
• "The Science of Embryonic Stem Cells" - Dr. Curtis Loer (Biology, USD)

• "Soapy & Unique Solutions for Bubbles" - Dr. Jeff Wright (Math & Computer Science, USD); also News from MARS and Chemistry
• "DNA Chips & Assays: Active Microelectronic Arrays for Combinatorial Library Screening and Other Applications" - Dr. Michael Fiechtner (Nanogen, Inc.)

• "Tales of the South Pacific: The Prehistory of Pacific Island Reptiles and Birds" - Dr. Greg Pregill (Biology, USD); also "Spreadsheets can be dangerous" (Dr. Liao, Math), Physics News (Dr. Sheehan, Physics)
• "New Developments in Geophysics" - Dr. Walter Munk (Scripps Institute of Oceanography, UCSD); also "Immune System of Insects" (Dr. Hohman, Biology), "RNA binding molecules" (Dr. Kirk, Chemistry)

• "March Madness - The Science of Sports" - Drs. Lowery, Plesniak, Pruski, Sheehan
• "The Geological Case for Life on Mars"- Dr. Gary Peterson (San Diego State Univ.); also: "Chiral Drugs" and "News from the Human Genome Project"
• '49 to '99: Science and Math in USD's Lifetime (USD 50th Anniversary Special) - Drs. Mayer, Malachowski, Boudrias, Langton, Severn
• "Bizarre Biochemistry" - Dr. Charlie Grisham

SLS 1998-1999

• "Green Chemistry" - Dr. Richard Engler
• "The Search for Life on Mars and Beyond" - Dr. Chris McKay (NASA)
• "The Science of Attraction" - Drs. Jim Bolender, Michel Boudrias, Stacy Langton, Mike Mayer, Daniel Sheehan
• "... and Much Within You is Still Worm" - Dr. Curtis Loer
• "Mathematics for the Heart" - Dr. Clare Friedman

SLS 1997-1998

• "From Mad Cows to Nobel Prizes: Prions as Infectious Agents" - Dr. Leigh Plesniak
• "Are We Really in Hot Water: Biological Impacts of El Nino" - Dr. Sue Lowery
• "From the Greenhouse to the Icehouse and Back Again: Geologic Perspectives on Global Warming" - Dr. Sarah Gray
• "An April Fool's Special Edition" - Drs. Jim Bolender, Michel Boudrias, Rick Gonzalez, Stacy Langton, Daniel Sheehan
• "The Wonderful World of Neural Networks"- Dr. Ray White

SLS 1997

• "The End of the World ... and Other Annoyances"- Dr. Daniel Sheehan
• "Combinatorial Chemistry: Fishing the Chemical Sea for New Drugs" - Dr. Tammy Dwyer
• "Attack of the Aquatic Aliens"- Dr. Sue Lowery
• "sedoC terceS" (Secret Codes - The Story of Encryption) - Dr. Stacy Langton