Kentucky Academy of Science
"One Long (Continuing) Argument: Some Modern Developments in Evolutionary Biology"
Robert Martin, Ph.D. Professor in the Biology Department at Murray State University.
Recently published book titled "Missing Links: Evolutionary Concepts and Transitions Through Time"
"The Closest Relatives of Birds"
Luis Chiappe, Ph.D.: Director of the Dinosaur Institute and Curator of the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
"Gliding Dinosaur, Hidden Bird”
Larry Martin, Ph.D. Senior Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, and Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Kansas
8:30-9:00 pm - KAS Sectional Officers Meeting
8:30-10:30 pm - Reception
NOV 10 (Friday)
7:30
am - 8:30 am -
KAS Past President's Breakfast
7:30 am - 5:00 pm - Registration
8:00 am - 5:00 pm - Vendor's Exhibits
8:00 am - 11:30 am - Paper Sessions
8:00 am - 11:30 am - Scientific Posters: Agriculture
-Computer & Infor. Sci.
10:00 am- 11:30
am - Kentucky
Community Colleges Faculty Meeting
11:30 am - 12:45
pm - Lunch (on
your own)
1:00 pm - 3:45 pm - Paper Sessions
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm - Scientific Posters: Ecology
& Envir. Science - Zoology
4:15 PM - PLENARY SESSION
“Nanotechnology”
Robert W. Cohn Ph.D. Director of ElectroOptics Research Institute and Nanotechnology Center Office University of Louisville
“Valium Revisited: CNS Targets for the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders”
Dr. James K. Rowlett, New England Regional Primate Center and Harvard University. (Co-sponsored by Morehead State University and KBRIN)
Nov 11 (Saturday)
7:30 am - 11:00 am - Registration
8:00 am - 11:00 am - Vendor's Exhibits
8:00 am - 10:00 am -Display of the Winners of the Scientific
Posters
8:00 am - 9:00 am - KAS ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
9:15 am - 11:30 am - Paper Sessions
9:15 a.m - 11:15 am -
EVOLUTIONARY WORKSHOP
“How Do We Explain the Diversity of Life on Earth?”
Dr. Robert Martin, Murray State Univ. and Dr. Guillermo Rougier, University of Louisville.
* This workshop is free and open to the public. To attend please RSVP to KAS by
email, calling 859-227-2837, or filling out the online form.
9:15 am - 10:15 am - ELECTRONIC GRANT SUBMISSION WORKSHOP
“Preparing and Submitting Federal Proposals via Grants.gov.”
Beverly Martin Daly. Sponsored Programs Development, University of Louisville (sponsored by KBRIN)
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To pre-register for the Annual Meeting, click here.
To submit an abstract (you MUST first be registered for the meeting to submit an abstract), click here.