[Ssnet_list] Save the Date! MHE Bodemer Lecture 4/17

[Science Studies Network]

Dear SSNet -- This year's annual lecture for our department should hold 
significant interest for some of our SSNet members. -- Kelly 
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The Department of Medical History and Ethics is pleased to announce this year’s 
Charles Bodemer lecture:

From Transplantation to Translational in the History of Stem Cell Biology

Jane Maienschein, PhD
Regents' Professor, President's Professor, and Parents Association Professor 
and Director, Center for Biology and Society at Arizona State University, 
School of Life Sciences

April 17, 3:30 in T733 Health Sciences Building(UW)
Reception immediately following

In the push for "Translational Science," we sometimes forget the complexities 
of translating benchside research to the bedside.  This can be especially 
problematic in the promises for translational results that are presented to the 
public in hopes of generating support.  To get stem cells into the clinic, 
we'll clearly have to transplant cells.  What have we learned from a century of 
research on transplantation, and what sets of assumptions have evolved with 
respect to this work?  Maienschein argues that history helps give perspective 
on current debates and can remind us of potentially promising paths not taken 
and of the constraints of past assumptions made.

Dr. Maienschein specializes in the history and philosophy of biology and the 
way that biology, bioethics, and biopolicy play out in society.
Focusing on research in embryology, genetics, and cytology, Dr Maienschein 
combines detailed analysis of the epistemological standards, theories, 
laboratory practices and experimental approaches with study of the people, 
institutions, and changing social, political, and legal context in which 
science thrives. She loves teaching and is committed to public education about 
biology and its human dimensions. Jane Maienschein has received numerous 
faculty and teaching awards, including the 2000 Parents Association Professor 
of the Year Chair and a Regents' Professorship in 2002.

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Kelly Fryer-Edwards, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Box 357120
Department of Medical History and Ethics
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, WA 98195
Office (206) 221-6622	FAX (206) 685-7515
Email: edwards at u.washington.edu

http://depts.washington.edu/mhedept/index.html
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