Biodiversity Video Lectures

Biodiversity: Lecture Series

2009 Holiday Lectures 
Exploring Biodiversity: 
The Search for New Medicines

Each lecture is viewable via Flash in two sizes -- high-definition or podcast-sized -- with closed-captions and chapter links.

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Lecture 1 — From Venoms to Drugs, by Baldomero M. Olivera, Ph.D.

Lecture 2 — Shedding Light on an Invisible World, by Bonnie L. Bassler, Ph.D.

Lecture 3 — Biodiversity at a Snail's Pace, by Baldomero M. Olivera, Ph.D.

Lecture 4 — Eavesdropping on Tiny Conspiracies, by Bonnie L. Bassler, Ph.D.

Discussion Session — Exploring Biodiversity
Panelists:
Dr. E.O. Wilson, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University
Dr. Eric Chivian, Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School.
Moderators: 
Bonnie L. Bassler, Ph.D., Princeton University
Baldomero M. Olivera, Ph.D., University of Utah
Robert Tjian, Ph.D., President, HHMI.

Discussion Session — Q&A on Quorum Sensing 
Dr. Bonnie Bassler discusses antibiotics development, quorum sensing, and other topics related to bacteria in a question-and-answer session with a student audience.

Discussion Session — Q&A on Cone Snails
Dr. Baldomero Olivera discusses various aspects of the biology of the venomous cone snails in a question-and-answer session with a student audience.