Friday, April 13th 2007, 7:00 pm, Duane G1B20

keynote speakers:
John Dupré "The Friendly Germ Meets the Selfish Gene"
Jan Sapp "The Microbial Evolution Revolution"

reception to follow

 

Saturday, April 14th, 9:00 am, Duane GB120

keynote speaker:

Norm Pace "Sequence Based Perspective on the Organization and History of Life"
contributed papers to follow, until 5:00 pm

 

Sunday, April 15th

9:00 am – 12:00 noon: contributed papers (continued)

Contributed Papers Sessions

Saturday, April 14th
10:00 AM - 4:40 PM
Duane G125

Session I - Microbiology

10:00 - 10:40 am: Susan Spath (National Center for Science Education)
"C. B. van Niel's Revolution in Microbiology: From the General Equation for Photosynthesis to the Procaryote Concept, 1930-1962."

10:40 - 10:50 am: Coffee Break

10:50 - 11:30 am: Maureen O'Malley (ESRC Centre for Genomics in Society, University of Exeter)
"'Everything is Everywhere': Historical Conceptions of Microbial Biogeography."

11:30 am - 12:10 pm: Carol Cleland (Dept. of Philosophy, University of Colorado, Boulder)
"Could There be Undetected 'Alien' Forms of Microbial Life Right Here on Earth?"

Lunch (12:10 - 1:30 pm)

Session II: Origins and Characteristics of Life

1:30 - 2:10 pm: Eric C. Martin (Dept. of Philosophy, UC San Diego)
"Primordial Soup and the Spice of Life: J.B.S. Haldane Between Teleology and Mechanism."

2:10 - 2:50 pm: Shelly Copley (Dept. of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder)
"The Origin of the RNA World."

2:50 - 3:30 pm: Anthony Smith (Dept. of Philosophy, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder)
"Against Boden's Arguments for Metabolism as a Necessary Condition for Life: The Possibility of Artificial Life."

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Day 2: Sunday, April 15th
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Duane G125

Session III: Concepts in Evolutionary Biology

9:00 - 9:40 am: Michael Zerella (Dept. of Philosophy, University of Colorado, Boulder)
"Bacterial Colonies and Non-Darwinian Natural Selection."

9:40 - 10:20 am: Michael Klymkowsy (Dept. of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biol., CU Boulder)
"Understanding Randomness as an Obstacle to Understanding Evolutionary Processes: Lessons from the Biology Concept Inventory."

10:20 - 10:30 am: Coffee Break

10:30 - 11:10 am: Christopher H. Pearson (Dept. of Philosophy and Center for Astrobiology and Early Evolution, University of Washington)
"Evolutionary Developmental Biology and the Nature of Developmental Pathways."

11:10 - 11:50 am: Greg Carey (Dept. of Psychology, University of Colorado, Boulder)
"Lessons of Evolutionary Microbiology for Human Behavior"

11:50 - 12:30 pm: Marion Hourdequin (Dept. of Philosophy, Colorado College)
"Toward a Taxonomy of Human Evolutionary Forces."