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SCIENCE EDUCATION:
Exploring Biodiversity: The Search for New Medicines
Glow-in-the-dark bacteria and poisonous sea snails took center stage at the 2009 Holiday Lectures.
HHMI investigator Bonnie Bassler (top) and HHMI professor Baldomero Olivera (second from top) introduced 180 D.C.-area high school students to the creatures through lectures and hands-on projects that explained how the organisms are helping identify potential medicines. The two researchers were joined in a panel discussion about biodiversity by (bottom) HHMI President Robert Tjian, biologist E.O. Wilson, and physician-environmentalist Eric Chivian.
Photos: Paul Fetters
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