27 Jun (Sat): Public Forum on the Origin of Species

In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the monumental scientific work of Charles Darwin "on the Origin of Species"

"The Evolution of Species Concept: Back to Darwin" by Prof Dr Brent Mishler, Director of the University and Jepson Herbaria, Professor of the Department of Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley, USA.

"The Naming of Beasts, Counting of Dead Bodies and What Taxonomists REALLY Do!" by Prof Dr Peter Ng Kee Lin, Director of the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research and Tropical Marine Science Institute, Professor of the Department of Biological Sciences, the National University of Singapore.

Jointly presented by the Singapore Institute of Biology and the Science Centre Singapore.

More details and registration on the SiBiol website

FREE admission to Science Centre, Singapore (excluding Da Vinci Exhibition).

Time: 10am -1pm
Venue: Science Centre Singapore, Mendel Auditorium
Website: http://www.sibiol.org.sg/public_forum09.html
Contact: Dr Benito C. Tan at Benito_TAN@nparks.gov.sg