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DESCRIPTION:"An Evening of Weird Science" - Jack Bateman\, Linnean Professo
 r of Biology Inaugural Lecture\n\nIn an era of strained budgets for scienti
 fic research\, it is easy to overlook the value of studies that seem obscur
 e\, niche\, or just plain strange. Why support research on bugs and worms o
 r unusual phenomena with no obvious application? This talk will explore how
  curiosity-driven science\, often focused on the odd or overlooked\, has le
 d to some of the most transformative breakthroughs in medicine and technolo
 gy. From unexpected discoveries to major innovations\, we’ll build a framew
 ork for understanding why we have historically invested in “weird science.”
  To bring this idea to life\, we'll follow a curious research question stud
 ied in the Bateman Lab\, tracing its path from a century-old observation to
  our ongoing efforts to understand it.\n\nJack Bateman is a geneticist who 
 studies the molecular biology of gene regulation and chromosome behavior. H
 e earned a bachelor's degree from Dalhousie University in Halifax\, Nova Sc
 otia\, and a PhD from Harvard Medical School\, where he also completed a po
 stdoctoral fellowship. He joined the biology department at Bowdoin in 2008.
 \n\nSponsored by the Office of Stewardship.\nFor more information\, contact
  Jenn Berube Lord at jberube@bowdoin.edu or 207-725-3928.\nOpen to the publ
 ic free of charge.\nA livestream of this talk will be available on Bowdoin'
 s live events website.
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SUMMARY:"An Evening of Weird Science" - Jack Bateman\, Linnean Professor of
  Biology Inaugural Lecture
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