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The popular Annual SEFS Public Lecture Series began its 2012
programme on Wednesday, January 11th with a lecture by Professor
William Reville.
The lectures will be held weekly on Wednesday evenings at
8.00pm in Boole 4 Lecture Theatre and will run until Wednesday
14th March.
The lecture series will cover a wide range of contemporary
issues - including How Weeds Develop Resistance to Herbicides,
Nanosensors, Teaching Computer Science to Primary School Children,
Biodiversity and Infectious Disease, Generating Electricity
from Ocean Wave Energy, Irish Innovation Policy, Toxic Chemicals
in Consumer Products and Can Particles Ever Move faster than
Light?.
In the first lecture on January 11th, Professor Reville gave
a lecture entitled - 'The Weeds Fight Back - How Weeds
Developed Resistance to Roundup'. William Reville is an
Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry at UCC. He described how
growing the world's major commodity crops (corn, cotton and
soya), genetically engineered to be resistant to the herbicide
Roundup, is now confronting a serious problem with weeds that
have become resistant to Roundup.
All the lectures will be filmed and the films will be posted
on the UCC Public Understanding of Science website
The 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 Public Lectures are already
posted on this website.
The lecture series is organised by Professor Reville, Public
Awareness of Science Officer, College of SEFS. Admission is
free - and, as always, members of the public are invited to
attend.
For more information on the 2012 lecture series - Click
Here
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