The Cornell Club of Rhode Island and Bristol County, MA cordially invites you to an engaging presentation by Rita Calvo PhD '69, Senior Lecturer, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Cornell University, speaking on:
Stem Cells and Human Cloning: Hype and Hope
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Rue de L'Espoir EUR 99 Hope Street EUR Providence, RI
6:30 p.m. ~ Cash Bar and Light Refreshments
7:00 p.m. ~ Dinner (Choices from Prix Fixe Menu)
8:00 p.m. ~ Speaker Presentation
What You¹ll Learn
Thanks to revolutionary advances in genetics and genomics research, science is advancing treatment for killer diseases like cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer's and perhaps even finding cures. How do stem cells and cloning play a part in these medical possibilities? What exactly are stem cells, how are they useful, and what is the controversy all about? Because the body's immune system typically rejects foreign cells, cloning enters the picture by enabling scientists to personalize tissue made from stem cells for use in therapy. Learn how cloning works, how therapeutic cloning is different from cloning an entire organism like Dolly the sheep, what therapeutic treatment promises, what some are hyping, and what are some risks. Explore some of the ethical issues surrounding stem cell research and cloning involving policy and regulatory legislation, public di sclosure, and privacy. Is it more unethical not to use these means to find cures for diseases? Please join the discussion.
About the Speaker
Rita Calvo received a BA in mathematics from Mount Holyoke in 1963 and then went on to get her PhD in microbiology from Cornell in 1969. At Cornell, she was a lecturer in biochemistry from 1977 to 1983, and since 1984 she has been a lecturer in human genetics. From 1989 to 2001, Dr. Calvo served as Director of the Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers, an outreach program funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Since 2002, she has been a consultant to the Cornell Center for Nanoscale Systems working on outreach programs for high school physics teachers. Dr. Calvo received the Cornell University Clark Teaching Award for the four-year college division in 1992, the National Association of Biology Teachers¹ Outstanding Biology Teacher Award for the four-year college division in 1999, the Science Teachers of New York State's Service Award in 2002, a nd in 2004, was selected by the senior class of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to receive the Professor of Merit Award.
Directions
From the North : Take I-95 South to I-95 East-Cape Cod (a left-lane exit).
Take Exit 2 -Wickenden Street. Turn left at the light onto Wickenden Street. *
From the South: Take I-95 North to I-95 East-Cape Cod (a right-lane exit).
Take Exit 2 - Wickenden Street. Turn left at the light onto Wickenden Street.
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* Proceed through second traffic light to stop sign, and make a left at Hope
Street. Go 4 blocks. Rue De L'Espoir is on the right at 99 Hope Street.
Please reply by Friday, May 9, 2008. Send an email to: cornellclubri@gmail.com
to RSVP.
Make event check payable to the Cornell Club of Rhode Island and Bristol County, MA and mail to Jeff Koplik ¹85, Post Office Box 858, East Greenwich, RI 02818. If you have any questions, please contact Dianne Newman ¹65 at dznewman@hotmail.com or 401-861-3474.
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