The University of Florida Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience is pleased to present the next Evenings at Whitney public lecture titled “Reconstructing Human Migrations: Projects from the Americas and from Africaâ€.
This lecture will be presented on December 13th at 7:00 p.m. by Connie Mulligan, Ph.D., Associate Professor of the Department of Anthropology and Associate Director of the Genetics Institute at University of Florida. Dr. Mulligan will be discussing her research on human colonization in different corners of the globe.
Evenings at Whitney occur on the first or second Thursday of each month depending on the speaker. They are always held at 7:00 p.m. in the Whitney Lab’s Center for Marine Studies. Monthly presentations include current science topics, plus subjects from on-going research programs at the Whitney Lab. Speakers are recognized experts in their fields who welcome questions and discussion.
All lectures are free and open to the public. There is no charge for parking and reservations are not necessary.
Please visit www.whitney.ufl.edu for lecture schedules or contact the Whitney Lab at (904) 461-4000.
The Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience is a biomedical and biotechnology research institute of the University of Florida. It is made up of eleven different internal labs that use marine organisms for basic biological research that can be applied to human health, natural resources, and the environment. The Lab provides training for future experimental biologists, educational programs for kindergarten through university level students, and monthly lectures for the general public. It is located at 9505 Ocean Shore Blvd., St. Augustine, on the border of Flagler and St. Johns counties. To learn more about the Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience visit their website at www.whitney.ufl.edu.