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Nov. 28, 2018

Posted by Darcy MacRae on November 28, 2018

Please find below suggested ±«Óãtv University 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
±«Óãtv Expert: 
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
±«Óãtv Experts: 
Dr. Françoise Baylis, ±«Óãtv Research 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
±«Óãtv Experts: 
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