RSC Special Events
The Annual Geneva Sayre Lecture is held every spring and brings to the campus a nationally known biologist who gives a formal lecture and also spends a full day on campus meeting with biology students. Past lecturers have included Rosalyn Yalow, Beatrice Mintz, Patricia Goldman-Rakic, Candace Pert, Ann Young, and Lynn Margulis.
Our 2007 Geneva Sayre lecturer was Dr. Mariana Figueiro
of the Lighting Research Center at RPI. Dr. Figueiro, a nationally known researcher in photobiology, studies light and health.
Dr. Mariana Figueiro
Our 2006 Geneva Sayre lecturer was Dr. Mary A. Carskadon, professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown University School of Medicine. Dr. Carskadon is a well-known researcher in circadian rhythms and sleep/wake cycles. She presently studies sleep patterns in teenagers.
Dr. Mary Carskadon
The 2005 Geneve Sayre lecturer was Dr. Sally Temple of Albany Medical Center. Dr. Temple discussed her work on neural stem cells. She is studying how the complex structure and functions of the brain are determined by these simple cells during development.
Dr. Sally Temple
