This evening, Organic chemistry professor Kasey Clear represented IU South Bend at The Universe Revealed lecture series which is a partnership between the Science faculty at IU South Bend and University of Notre Dame to explore diverse topics in science in an accessible way. The talk was given at the Main Branch of the St. Joseph County Library in downtown South Bend and the topic was this year's Nobel Prizes. The event began with a brief historical introduction to the Noble Prizes and their creator, Alfred Nobel, given by IU South Bend biologist Deb Marr. Then, three of the six prizes were discussed: for chemistry, Clear discussed "click chemistry and biorthogonal chemistry" which are modular approaches to chemical synthesis; for physics, particle physicist Antonio Delgado of UNC talked about the mysterious phenomenon of quantum entanglement; and for medicine Director of the Genomics Core Group at UND, Michael Phrender, discussed human evolution and the genomes of extinct hominins. At the sites below, you can watch a recording of the lecture (from which the still picture above of Clear was taken) and also learn more about the lecture series, in particular the time and subject of upcoming lectures.
Video recording - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t617vsPI3qg
Lecture series - https://universerevealed.nd.edu/
