PASS Scripta Varia 21 - Pontifical Academy of Sciences

PROGRAMME
Saturday, 30 October 2010
9:00 Commemorations
Stanley L. Jaki (J.-M. Maldamé), Marcos Moshinsky (W.E. Thirring), Marshall
W. Nirenberg (M. Sela), George E. Palade (C. De Duve), Robert J. White
(A. Szczeklik)
Session III: Earth and Environment Sciences
Chair: A.M. Battro
10:00 Prof. Ignacio Rodríguez-Iturbe
Hydrologic Drivers of Biodiversity: The Impact of Climate Change
10:30 Discussion
11:00 Coffee Break
11:30 Prof. Jean-Michel Maldamé
La place de l’humanité dans le monde des vivants: nouvelles perspectives
11:50 Discussion
12:10 Prof. Enrico Berti
The Discovery of DNA as a Contribution to Understand the Aristotelian Theory
of Generation
12:30 Discussion
12:50 Lunch at the Casina Pio IV
Session IV: Cell and Molecular Biology
Chair: N.M. Le Douarin
15:00 Prof. Christian de Duve
The Evolutionary Lottery
15:30 Discussion
16:00 Prof. Michael Sela
Therapeutic Vaccines Against Cancer and Autoimmune Diseases
16:30 Discussion
17:00 Coffee Break
17:30 Prof. Rafael Vicuña
The Evolving Concept of the Gene
18:00 Discussion
18:30 Prof. Werner Arber
Molecular Darwinism and its Relevance for Translational Genetic Research
19:00 Discussion
19:30 Dinner at the Casina Pio IV
16 The Scientific Legacy of the 20 th Century