Women in the Biological Sciences Symposium – Women in Biology: Progress (Much) and Peril (Little)
Marvalee Wake
Saturday, 02 Apr 2005 at 3:00 pm – Molecular Biology Building Auditorium
Marvalee Wake is Professor Emerita in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. Her current research emphasizes morphology, development, and reproductive biology in vertebrates with the goal of understanding evolutionary patterns and processes. Marvalee has published extensively. She has also served as the president of the numerous professional societies and was a member of the Smithsonian Institution Science Commission. Other accolades include election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a fellowship in the American Association for the Advancement of Science, as well as membership in the California Academy of Sciences.
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Lecture Etiquette
- Stay for the entire lecture and the brief audience Q&A. If a student needs to leave early, he or she should sit near the back and exit discreetly.
- Do not bring food or uncovered drinks into the lecture.
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