[Triumf-seminars] TRIUMF Colloquium today at 14:00

[TRIUMF Seminars]

Date/Time: Thu 2012-09-06 at 14:00

Location:  Auditorium          

Speaker:   David Ng (UBC)

Title:     A second look at the scientific method and how it can inform your role as a science advocate.

Abstract: David Ng, a faculty member at UBC's Michael Smith Laboratories, will provide an entertaining re-examination of the scientific method, and why (as boring as it may sound), it is possibly the most important piece of science that you should know. Not only will this contextualize the sorry state of public science literacy, but it will hopefully convince those of us, who are scientifically inclined, that to be vocal in such matters is an important service to society.

David is responsible for the ongoing supervision of the Advanced Molecular Biology Laboratory (AMBL) at The University of British Columbia. This is the educational arm of the Michael Smith Laboratories, first conceived by the late Nobel Laureate, Dr. Michael Smith to provide science learning experiences for both general public and scientific communities. This includes a bifocal mandate to train scientists (university students and faculty) in areas of his specific expertise, and to inform the public at large on the societal, cultural, corporate, political, economic, and ethical nuances of the general sciences, and life sciences in particular.




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