AIBS Media Library

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The AIBS Media Library (previously named the Virtual Library) contains plenary lectures by some of the world's most eminent biologists recorded at AIBS Annual meetings from 2000 onwards. Recordings of other AIBS events are also included when available. You can view synchronized audio and video, plus slides and transcripts of most presentations.

To view the presentations, go to:

Media Library Main Page, all Years

or go directly to the links for individual talks and years, below:

May 2007 AIBS Annual Meeting (theme: Evolutionary Biology and Human Health)

• Eric Green, National Institutes of Health
  "Comparative Genome Sequencing: Using Evolution to Decode the Human Genome"
  view presentation | MP3 audio

• Edward Holmes, The Pennsylvania State University
  "The Evolution of Emerging Viruses"
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• Rustom Antia, Emory University
  "Modeling the Emergence of Infectious Diseases"
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• Carlos Bustamante, Cornell University
  "Computational Methods for Enabling Gene Mapping in Natural Populations and Domesticated Species"
  view presentation | MP3 audio

• Douglas C. Wallace, University of California
  "A Mitochondrial Paradigm of Metabolic and Degenerative Diseases, Cancer and Aging: A Dawn for Evolutionary Medicine."
  view presentation | MP3 audio

• Sarah Tishkoff, University of Maryland
  "Genetic Variation and Adaptation in Africa: Implications for Human Evolution and Disease"
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• Martin Nowak, Harvard University
  "Evolutionary Dynamics of Cancer"
  view presentation | MP3 audio

• Panel Discussion
  Panel Speakers: Jay Labov, Joann Boughman, Stephen J. O'Brien, Martin Nowak, Sarah Tishkoff
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• Randolph Nesse, The University of Michigan,
  "Evolutionary Medicine is Flowering. How can we help it set seed?"
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May 2006 AIBS Annual Meeting (theme: Biodiversity: The Interplay of Science, Valuation, and Policy)

• Chris Mooney, Washington correspondent, Seed Magazine
  "Learning to Speak Science: How the scientific community can win back its political influence in America"
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• Matthew Nisbet, The Ohio State University
  "Framing Science: Understanding the Battle Over Knowledge"
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• Daniel Esty, Yale University
  "From Science to Policy: Biodiversity Protection, Metrics, and Results"
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• Jamie Rappaport Clark, Defenders of Wildlife
  "The Endangered Species Act under Attack: The Dynamic Interplay between Science and Policy"
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• Shahid Naeem, Columbia University
  "Applications of Biodiversity Research to Human Well-Being"
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• Richard B. Norgaard, University of California at Berkeley
  "Values and Valuation in a Rapidly Changing World"
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• Stephen Polasky, University of Minnesota
  "Valuing Ecosystem Services"
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• Stephen Bocking, Trent University, Canada
  "Defining Effective Science for Biodiversity Policy"
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March 2004 AIBS Annual Meeting (theme: Invasive Species: The Search for Solutions)

• Ann Bartuska, USDA Forest Service
  "Abating the Threat of Invasive Species: Linking Science and Policy"
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• James Carlton, Williams College
  "Invasions in the World's Oceans: How Much Do We Know, and What Does the Future Hold?"
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• Andrew Dobson, Princeton University
  "Zen, Parasites, and the Art of Alien Invasion"
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• David Lodge, University of Notre Dame
  "Bioeconomic Risk Analysis of Invasive Vertebrates and Other Species"
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• Thomas Lovejoy, The Heinz Center,
  "Is the Top Beginning to Blow Off? Environmental Urgency and Biology's Moment in History"
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• Richard Mack, Washington State University
  "A Prescription for Plant Invasions: the Interaction of Attributes, Environment, and Circumstances"
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• Stephen Morse, Columbia University
  "Emerging Infections: Microbial Invaders Discover New Territory"
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• Daniel Simberloff, University of Tennessee
  "We can win this war! The dangers of pessimism about introduced species"
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March 2003 AIBS Annual Meeting (theme: Bioethics in a Changing World)

• Paul Ehrlich, Stanford University
  "Bioethics: Are Our Priorities Right?"
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• Arturo Gomez-Pompa, University of California, Riverside
  "The Role of Biodiversity Scientists in a Troubled World"
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• Stephen Kellert, Yale University
  "A Biocultural Basis for an Ethic Toward the Natural World"

• Philip Kitcher, Columbia University
  "Responsible Biology"
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• Carl Leopold, Cornell University
  "Ontogeny of the Land Ethic"
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• Paul Risser, Oregon State University
  "Responsible Science and Responsible Scientists"
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• Bruce Alberts, National Academy of Sciences
  "Why We Should Pay More Attention to Young Scientists"

• Ellis Cowling, North Carolina State University
  "Knowledge, Wisdom, and the Moral Dimension of Intelligence"

• Richard Boohar, University of Nebraska
  "Making Ethical Thinking Real"

• David Magnus, Center for Bioethics, Philadelphia
  "The Meaning of Graduate Bioethics Education"

• Randall Murch, FBI Academy
  "Disclosure of Scientific Information, National Security and Law Enforcement: A Government Perspective"
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• Steven Aftergood, Federation of American Scientists
  "Challenging Government Secrecy, and Promoting Public Oversight"
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• Questions and Answers: Public Dissemination of Sensitive Scientific Information
  Presented by: Randall Murch, Steven Aftergood, Carl Leopold, Paul Risser
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• Training the Next Generation
  Presented by: Bruce Alberts, Ellis Cowling, Richard Boohar, David Magnus
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• Questions and Answers: Training the Next Generation
  Presented by: Bruce Alberts, Ellis Cowling, Richard Boohar, David Magnus
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March 2002 AIBS Annual Meeting (theme: Evolution: Understanding Life on Earth)

• Francisco Ayala, University of California-Irvine
  Vagaries of the Molecular Clock

• Joel Cracraft, American Museum of Natural History
  Understanding How Life Diversifies: Speciation and Earth History

• Niles Eldredge, American Museum of Natural History
  What Drives Evolution?
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• Douglas Futuyma, State University of New York-Stony Brook
  Wedding Macroevolution to Microevolution: Uses of Phylogenies in Evolutionary Studies
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• Peter and Rosemary Grant, Princeton University
  What Darwin's Finches Can Teach Us About Evolution
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• Alison Jolly, University of Sussex
  Can the Lemurs Save Madagascar? National and Global Attitudes toward an Evolutionary Radiation
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• Paula Mabee, University of South Dakota
  The New Integration of Developmental and Evolutionary Biology
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• Stephen R. Palumbi, Harvard University
  How Humans Control the Evolution of Resistance and Virulence of Infectious Organisms
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• Loren Rieseberg, Indiana University
  Species, Speciation, and Macroevolution
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• Eugenie Scott, National Center for Science Education
  What's New in the Anti-evolution Movement?
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March 2001 AIBS Annual Meeting (theme: From Biodiversity to Biocomplexity)

• Rita Colwell, National Science Foundation
  World Enough, and Time: A Global Investment for the Environment
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• James H. Brown, University of New Mexico
  The Scale of Life: Body Size, Organism Function, and Biodiversity
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• Kathryn Cottingham, Dartmouth College
  The Role of Scale in Understanding Biocomplexity: Lessons from Lakes
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• Paul Ehrlich, Stanford University
  Human Diversity and the Struggle to Save Biodiversity
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• Simon A. Levin, Princeton University
  Ecosystems and the Biosphere as Complex Adaptive Systems
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• Jane Lubchenco, Oregon State University
  Seas the Day: New Scientific Knowledge About Oceans
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• Sandra Postel, Global Water Policy Project
  Human Impacts on Earth's Fresh Water: Scale, Consequences, and a Call to Action
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• Nancy N. Rabalais, Louisiana University Marine Consortium
  Continental-scale Nonpoint Nutrient Pollution and Water Quality in the Gulf of Mexico
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• Joy B. Zedler, University of Wisconsin
  Biodiversity Experimentation Improves Both the Science and Practice of Restoration
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March 2000 AIBS Annual Meeting (theme: Challenges for the New Millennium)

• Stephen Jay Gould, Harvard University
  Evolution and the 21st Century and personal interview
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• Daniel H. Janzen, University of Pennsylvania
  Lumpy Integration of Tropical Wild Biodiversity with Society and personal interview
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• Gene E. Likens, Institute of Ecosystems Studies
  Energetics, Biogeochemical Cycles, and Ecosytems and personal interview
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• Lynn Margulis, University of Massachusetts
  From Microcosm to Gaia
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• Ernst Mayr, Harvard University
  Biology in the 21st Century
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• Gordon Orians, University of Washington
  Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution and personal interview
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• Sir Ghillean Prance, Eden Project
  Biodiversity and Conservation and personal interview
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• Marvalee Wake, University of California at Berkeley
  Bodies and Body Plans: How They Come to Be
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• Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University
  Biology and the Human Sciences and personal interview.
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