STEM Ed Announcement: Telfer Community lecture next Tuesday

[Morton Sternheim <mort@k12s.phast.umass.edu>]

Science for Non-scientists:
Waking up Sleepy Stem Cells

Janice Telfer, Ph.D.
UMass Amherst Dept. of Veterinary & Animal Sciences
Armstrong Fund for Science Awardee


Tuesday October 6, 2009
at 7:00PM
at the Hitchcock Center for the Environment
525 South Pleasant St., Amherst.

Free Community Lecture
Light refreshments will be served
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Professor Telfer will share her award-winning research on adult stem cells of the blood and immune systems. These cells are key players in bone marrow transplant therapies, and Telferâ??s award winning contribution has the potential to make the transplants safer and more effective.

Members of the community (from teens to seniors) are invited to come hear an informal discussion on the science underlying these therapies.

Co-sponsored by the UMass Amherst Office of Research and Engagement and the Hitchcock Center for the Environment.

For more information (and to download printable poster) please check out the event website: http://www.umass.edu/research/armstrongevents.html

Questions or comments, or to get a class set of flyers, please contact Barbara Pearson at (413) 545-5023 or by e-mail at bpearson@research.umass.edu.