Free Hybrid Lecture: Whose Genes? What Genes Can (and Can’t) Explain About Life

Name: Free Hybrid Lecture: Whose Genes? What Genes Can (and Can’t) Explain About Life
Start: 2026-04-21T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-04-21T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Schedule

Tue Apr 21 2026 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 | Cambridge, MA

Speakers:
Daniel Faccini, PhD Candidate, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Neil S. Greenspan, Professor Emeritus of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University; a Senior Editor, Pathogens and Immunity
Julius Tabin, PhD Candidate, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
What exactly is a gene? What can genes really tell us about the evolution of life and human beings? These are some of the questions behind Whose Genes?–a project funded by the Harvard President’s Building Bridges Fund. Drawing on interviews with Harvard faculty and questions gathered from the broader community, the project explores both shared ground and points of debate in contemporary genetics, bringing together diverse perspectives on one of biology’s most enduring and contested questions: How do genes shape organisms, identities, and evolution?
Join us for a public conversation around this question. Audience members are invited to complete this short anonymous survey in advance and to bring their own questions about evolution, inheritance, and the limits of genetic explanations.
Advance registration is recommended:
https://tinyurl.com/WhoseGenesEvent
Free parking is available at the 52 Oxford Street Garage starting at 5 pm.
Presented by the Harvard Museum of Natural History, one of the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, with support from the Harvard President’s Building Bridges Fund, and the Herman and Joan Suit Lecture Fund.