All
Cafe Scientifique
discussions are located at:
Unitarian
Universalist
Fellowship, 4225 NW 34th
Street, Gainesville, Florida
Map
to the Cafe
site
Possible
future topics for the
Cafe: Send
suggestions to the Cafe Organizers at cafescigville@gmail.com
"Stem
Cells: Can We Rebuild Humans from the Inside Out?"
Past
topics:
- Pierre
Ramond, Department of Physics,
University of Florida
"Putting the Universe Back Together: The Search for the Ultimate
Theory"
- Adrian
Melott, Department of
Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas
"Intelligent Design is Creationism in a Cheap Tuxedo"
- May
Berenbaum, Department of
Entomology, University of Illinois,
Urbana Champagne
"Sex,
Bugs and Rock and
Roll: Insects and Their Impact on Human Affairs"
- Parker
Small, Department of
Pathology,
University of Florida
"Will Birds Do Us In? Influenze:
Pathogenesis, Host Defense and Vaccines"
- Steven
Benner, Department of
Chemistry,
University of Florida
"Ancient genetic history of humans:
What can we learn from our biological past?"
- Allen
Neims, Department of
Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University
of Florida
"Testing Alternative Therapies: No simple matter, because matter might
not matter"
- Colette
St. Mary, Department of
Zoology, University of Florida
"Evolutionary
Biology: Is there a role for sexual selection,
as
well as natural selection, in the evolution of male parental care?"
- Joseph
G. Meert, Department of
Geological Sciences, University of Florida
"Snowball Earth: Adventures in Deep Time"
- James
Fry, Department of Physics, University of Florida
"The Dark Side of the Universe"
- Louis
Ritz, Department of Neuroscience, Center for Spirituality and Health,
University of Florida
"Neurotheology: This is Your Brain on Meditation"
- Brian
Spear, Abbott Laboratories, Illinois
"Personalized Medicine"
- Clive Wynne, Department of
Psychology, University of Florida
"Do Animals Think?"