MSU at AAAS 2009

News releases discussing faculty members' participation are embargoed and will be posted at the time of presentation.

Friday, Feb. 13

8:30-10 a.m. CST

• The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center: Sustainability - presentation (abstract)
  • G. Philip Robertson, professor, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences. (Robertson will not be attending the conference. His co-author, Cesar Izaurralde, Joint Global Change Research Institute, College Park, Md., will present).

8:30-11:30 a.m. CST

• Working at the Interface of Plant Biochemistry and Human Health - presentation (abstract)
  • Dean Della Penna, professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular biology

8:30-11:30 a.m. CST

• Industrialized Screening to Find Novel Traits - presentation (abstract)
• Related news release: MSU scientists speed up discovery of plant metabolism genes
  • Rob Last, professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Saturday, Feb. 14

8:30 a.m.-noon CST

• Run for Your Local School Board- workshop (abstract)
  • Jon Miller, John A. Hannah Professor of Integrative Studies, Department of Political Science

10:30 a.m.-noon CST

• The World Wide Web as a Tool for Social Research - symposium (abstract)
• Related news release: MSU prof moderates panel on using Web as a tool for social research
  • Thomas Dietz, Professor of Sociology and Crop and Soil Sciences, assistant vice president for environmental research and director of Environmental Science and Policy Program

1:30-4:30 p.m. CST

• The Model of Foreign Relations Councils and C2ST - presentation (abstract)
• Related news release: Michigan State prof calls for more metro, regional science councils
  • Jon Miller,  John A. Hannah Professor of Integrative Studies, Department of Political Science

4-5:30 p.m.

• Community Input for the National Academies’ Climate Change Study - workshop (abstract)
  • Thomas Dietz, Professor of Sociology and Crop and Soil Sciences, assistant vice president for environmental research and director of Environmental Science and Policy Program

Monday, Feb. 16

 

9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. CST

• The Evidence of the Impact of College Science Courses - presentation (abstract)
• Related news release: College science requirements keep U.S. ahead of world, MSU prof says
  • Jon Miller,  John A. Hannah Professor of Integrative Studies, Department of Political Science

11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. CST

• Adulteration, Counterfeiting, and Smuggling: How Safe is our Imported Food? - symposium (abstract)
• Related news release: Food counterfeiting, contamination outpace international regulatory systems
  • Ewen Todd, professor, Department of Advertising, Public Relations and Retailing

11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. CST

• Food Profiteering and the Counterfeit Product Threat (abstract)
• Related news release: Food counterfeiting, contamination outpace international regulatory systems
  • John Spink, instructor, National Food Safety and Toxicology Center and director Packaging for Food and Product Protection (P-FAPP) initiative

 

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