Join us: “KNOWING THE SEEDS OF THE ANCESTRAL FLOWERING PLANTS TO IMPROVE THE SEEDS OF THE FUTURE”

By: Juan M. Losada, Research Associate, Brown University & Harvard University-Arnold Arboretum – In this Seminar, we will learn about the development of the different parts of the seed, with a special emphasis on the endosperm, one of the main sources of food energy for humans and animals. Juan will describe his last work studying the unique features of the seeds of ancestral flowering plants, with the goal of better understanding their evolutionary history. How nutrients are stored in the different tissues of the seed is a key evolutionary aspect, which has also benefited agriculture. Consequently, nowadays there are seeds widely consumed by humans, but less well known are others that have been equally used by local communities for centuries.

At:

Harvard University – BioLabs – Lecture Hall

16 Divinity Avenue

Cambridge

Refreshments follow

We are pleased to announce this talk by Professor Juan Pérez-Mercader, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Origins of Life Initiative, Harvard University.

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A lot has been learned about the Universe and its evolution in the last few decades. We have also learned many facts about the formation of planetary systems, about our planetary neighbors and about Life. Polar liquids like water are present in many places and we have also explored Mars in significant detail.  What are the lessons we are learning?  One of them may be that “Life is a consequence of the Evolution of the Universe”. We will discuss these topics using accessible non-specialized language.

Date: May 4, 2016 – 6:00 p.m.

Location: Real Colegio Complutense – Main Conference Room
26 Trowbridge St. Cambridge MA 02138

Tino Villanueva se dio a conocer como poeta con el poemario, Hay otra voz poems (1972), un título bilingüe, puesto que escribe tanto en español como en inglés.  Hasta la fecha lleva editados siete poemarios, entre ellos Scene from the Movie GIANT (1993), ganador del Premio al Libro Norteamericano de Poesía (1994), traducido al español como  Escena de la película GIGANTE (Madrid, 2005) por Rafael Cabañas Alamán.  Su plaquette de diez poemas, Primera causa / First Cause (1999) trata el tema de la memoria y la escritura.

Villanueva hará varias lecturas en español de su obra poética anterior a 2013 y terminará con una lectura bilingüe de su obra más reciente So Spoke Penelope (2013), traducida al Español como Así habló Penélope  (2014) por Nuria Brufau Alvira; y editada por el Instituto Franklin de la Universidad de Alcalá de Henares.

Miércoles, Marzo 30, 2016 –  6:30 p.m.

Lugar:  Real Colegio Complutense

26 Trowbridge Street, Cambridge, MA

rcc@harvard.edu