Biology's Saul Lectures: "How and Why Viruses Evolve", Dr. Paul Turner, Yale University

Please register in advance for this public talk at go.middlebury.edu/BioTurnerPublic

Dr. Paul Turner is the Rachel Carson Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University, and Microbiology faculty member at Yale School of Medicine. He is an African-American scientist, who grew up mostly nearby the city of Syracuse, NY. Dr. Turner studies evolutionary genetics of viruses, particularly phages that infect bacterial pathogens and RNA viruses transmitted by arthropods, and researches the use of phages to treat antibiotic-resistant bacterial diseases.

Dr. Taylor will also give a science-oriented talk Friday, 3/26 at 12:40pm EST. See separate calendar listing and register in advance for Friday’s talk at: go.middlebury.edu/BioTurnerScience

Sponsored by the George B. Saul II Lecture Fund.