BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations DESCRIPTION:Lawrence Witmer in his lab\n\nOhio University's Science Cafe se ries presents Lawrence Witmer and his students—featured in the October issu e of National Geographic—discussing “Random Acts of Anatomy – A Live Guided Tour of WitmerLab” at 5 p.m. on Monday\, Oct. 5.\n\nIn their Science Café\ , originating directly from the lab\, Witmer and several of his graduate an d undergraduate students will give a tour of the lab and the various projec ts\, discussing both their methods and discoveries. Oct. 5 also happens to T. rex’s birthday! Tyrannosaurus rex was named 115 years ago\, and Witmer w ill showcase their research on the “tyrant king.”\n\nWatch on YouTube.Watch on Facebook.For 25 years\, Witmer and his team have been studying the evol utionary history of life\, focusing on dinosaurs and their modern-day relat ives\, such as birds\, crocodilians\, and other reptiles. Today\, their sta te-of-the-art lab\, known widely as WitmerLab at Ohio University\, is home to a vast collection of dinosaur skulls\, modern-day skeletons\, and freeze rs loaded with donated natural casualties awaiting anatomical dissection. W itmer is Professor of Anatomy and Chang Professor of Paleontology in the He ritage College of Osteopathic Medicine.\n\n“In some fundamental sense\,” Wi tmer said\, “our mission is to flesh out the past—almost literally!” Combin ing paleontology\, biology\, and advanced imaging such as CT scanning\, Wit mer and his team have published extensively on dinosaur anatomy\, physiolog y\, function and behavior\, exploring how smart dinosaurs were\, how they c ould survive without overheating\, how they fed\, how sharp were their sens es\, among other questions.\n\nWitmerLab has a major presence on social med ia\, including Twitter\, Facebook\, Instagram\, YouTube\, and Sketchfab. Th ey have hosted two video series\, “Dissecting with Emily” (with a former HT C undergrad) and their current “Random Acts of Anatomy” series.\n\nWitmerLa b is an official partner of the U.S. National Park Service’s National Fossi l Day\, and this Science Café is a sanctioned National Fossil Day event.\n\ nThe series is supported by the Ohio University Research Division and Ohio University Chapter of Sigma Xi. For more information visit the Science Cafe website. DTEND:20201005T220000Z DTSTAMP:20241127T043145Z DTSTART:20201005T210000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Science Cafe | Random Acts of Anatomy – A Live Guided Tour of Witme rLab\, Oct. 5 UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_34308170290761 URL:https://calendar.ohio.edu/event/science_cafe_larry_witmer_live_from_his _dinosaur_lab END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR