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Nov. 28, 2018

Posted by Darcy MacRae on November 28, 2018

Please find below suggested ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø experts on current topics of regional, provincial, national and international interest for Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018.Ìý

Central American migrants met with resistance, including tear gas, at American border
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøExpert: 
Dr. Howard Ramos, Professor, Associate Dean Research, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology.  
Research Specialties: Social justice and inequality, migration/immigration, race, social change, social movements and social statistics.Ìý
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýhoward.ramos@dal.ca and 902-494-3130 or 902-494-6595.  

Chinese researcher claims first gene-edited babies
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøExperts: 
Dr. Françoise Baylis, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøResearch Professor; and Dr. Graham Dellaire, Professor (Pathology), Department of Pathology and Biochemistry.  
Research Specialties: CRISPR genome engineering, the role of nuclear organization in DNA repair, cell cycle control, genome instability, and pre-mRNA splicing.Ìý
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:ÌýDr. Dellaire - dellaire@dal.ca and 902-494-4730; Dr. Baylis - francoise.baylis@dal.ca and 902-494-6458.Ìý

NASA lands spacecraft on Mars to explore the planet's interior
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøExperts: 
Dr.ÌýScott Chapman, Professor, Killam Professor in Astrophysics, Department of Physics & Atmospheric Science; and Dr. Philip Bennett, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics & Atmospheric Science.Ìý
Research Specialties: Stellar atmospheres and winds, ultraviolet spectroscopy, red supergiant stars, fundamental stellar parameters, adaptive optics instrumentation, distant galaxies and ULIRGs, gravitational lenses, astrophysics and cosmology.
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:ÌýDr. Chapman - Scott.Chapman@Dal.ca and 902-494-2340; Dr. Bennett - Philip.Bennett@Dal.Ca and 902-494-2313.Ìý