Due to extenuating circumstances, this week’s seminar speaker is unable to be present. Therefore, Friday’s seminar is cancelled.
This blog is devoted to BIOL 6988, a graduate level seminar in the biological sciences at Youngstown State University. While targeted towards graduate students, BIOL 6988 actively incorporates undergraduate participants in their scholastic endeavors in the biological sciences. This blog is intended as a educational tool not just for YSU students and faculty, but for anyone who wishes to contribute to an active-learning environment.
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Friday (2/26) Seminar Cancelled
Thursday, February 18, 2021
MIT Lecture #4: Dr. Anthony Fauci
We continue the Covid series from MIT with a final video lecture given by the well-known scientist, Dr. Anthony Fauci
Lecture 4: Anthony Fauci, “Insights from the COVID-19 pandemic”
https://youtu.be/J38QN1vnSO0
Thursday, February 11, 2021
MIT Lecture #3: Dr. David Baltimore
This week's lecture in the MIT series on coronavirus will be a video presentation delivered by Dr. David Baltimore. Dr. Baltimore was awarded the 1975 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine for his seminal work as the co-discoverer fo reverse transcriptase, the enzyme that transcribes RNA to DNA. Currently, Dr. Baltimore is a professor of biology at the California Institute of Technology.
The video presentation today is entitled:
"Virology and lessons from the AIDS pandemic”
https://youtu.be/0tfYTx5C4Es
Thursday, February 4, 2021
MIT Lecture #2: Britt Glaunsinger presents "Coronavirus Biology"
Continuing with our series on coronavirus, the following video lecture is presented: