The Science & Engineering Library is pleased to sponsor the lecture series, Synergy: Explorations in Science and Society. This exciting series focuses on UCSC research, as well as teaching and grants in science and engineering with a view towards their impact on society.
Red Tides, Shellfish, and Cultural Dietary Traditions Dietary traditions of seafood-consuming peoples suggest that waterborne
toxins have been recognized and avoided for millennia. Since the
early- to mid- 1900s, the western world has also used shellfish-monitoring
programs to assure the safety of mussels and other shellfish for
human consumption. The Winter 2006 Synergy Lecture will feature
Dr. Mary Silver, who will discuss her research on aquatic microbes
that produce toxins responsible for deaths of local marine birds
and mammals. She will review the phenomenon of "red tides"
and will speculate on possible links between marine toxins and culinary
traditions in seafood-consuming cultures. Details:
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