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RTP Week Ahead

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Monday, March 29

Seminar: Public Schools and Contaminated Land in Rhode Island: Integrating Research, Research Translation, and Advocacy through the NIEHS Superfund Research Program

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

NIEHS, Rall Building, Rodbell A

Speaker: Dr. Laura Senier, University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Community and Environmental Sociology and Department of Family Medicine. Open to the public. More information.

ASAP RTP Spring Green/Sustainability Event

5:30-7:30 PM

Mez Restaurant

Registration required: $20 ASAP members, $25 non-members Dinner, presentation, and networking included with your registration fee; cash bar opens at 5:30 Register today.

Tuesday, March 30

American Scientist Pizza Luncheon: Genomic and Personalized Medicine

12:00-2:00 PM

NC Biotechnology Center

Come hear Geoff Ginsburg, director of the Center for Genomic Medicine at Duke University, discuss genomic and personalized medicine at the American Scientist pizza lunch talk. American Scientist Pizza Lunch is free and open to science journalists and science communicators of all stripes. RSVPs are required (for the slice count), please email cclabby@amsci.org

Next for Women Presents: Build Your Own C.A.S.T.L.E.

6:00 - 8:00 PM

Elinvar, 1804 Hillsborough St., Raleigh

Speaker: Marirose Steigerwald RSVP/ticket required. More information.

Lean Startup Circle RTP March Meetup

6:00 - 7:00 PM

Park Research Center, 104 TW Alexander Drive, RTP

More information.

Wednesday, March 31

Breakfast Science Cafe: Darwin and the Path to Discovery

8:30 - 10:30 AM

Museum of Natural Sciences, 4th floor, Acro Cafe

Open to the public and free. The speaker is Will Kimler, an Associate Professor at North Carolina State University. His interests lay in the history of biology and particularly the history of Darwinism. He has been named Outstanding Teacher of the Year by the College of Humanities & Social Sciences, and inducted into the NC State Academy of Outstanding Teachers.

NESCent Seminar: Postdoc Professional Development - Mentoring Undergrads, Grad Students and Postdocs

12:00 - 1:30 PM

NESCent Building, Ninth Street and Main Street, Erwin Mill Building, 2024 W. Main Street, Suite A200, Durham

National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) Speaker: Jory P Weintraub (NESCent) For more information, call 919-668-4551.

Thursday, April 1

Seminar: Deep Sequencing of Short RNAs Reveals Promoter-proximal Stalling of RNA Polymerase II Across the Genome

10:00 - 11:00 AM

NIEHS, Rall Building, Room D450

Speaker: Sergei Nechaev, Ph.D./Research Fellow - Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis; NIEHS Part of weekly LMC Seminar Series

China’s Changing Business Environment

3:00 - 5:30 PM

Willow Oak Room, Sheraton Raleigh Hotel, 421 South Salisbury St, Raleigh, NC 27601

There is no cost to attend this event.More information.

Friday, April 2

Chemistry Lecture: Total and Stereoselective Synthesis

1:30 - 3:00 PM

Room A158, Levine Science Research Center, Duke University

More information.

Please visit the Science in the Triangle RTP Events Calendar for more listings.

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