Biomineralization: Life Harnessing Mineral Growth Over Four Billion Years

November 12, 2020
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Facebook Live and C2ST YouTube TV

Register Now

Share


The survival of all forms of Life on Earth through geological time has depended on controlling mineral growth within the environments they inhabit.  This process, called biomineralization, has been an essential unavoidable, and ubiquitously distributed force of nature that has caused essential strategic benefits (like forming bones for muscle attachment), as well as profound practical problems and impediments (such as the growth of kidney stones).

Ancient peoples around the world have possessed a basic understanding of this interconnectedness of all forms of life within the natural world. However, it was not until Alexander von Humboldt’s 19th Century portrait of nature in Cosmos that Western science earnestly began to recognize biomineralization as an integrative physical, chemical, and biological phenomenon. This presentation will explore the scientific renaissance being driven by newly developed molecular and microscopy tools into the processes of biomineralization.  This reframes our basic approaches to the grand challenges that face society regarding the environment, energy, medicine, and space exploration. 

Event Details

Thursday, November 12th, 2020, 4:00-5:00 pm CT, C2ST Facebook Live & C2ST TV Youtube Live.

ACCESS OUR FACEBOOK PAGE HERE

ACCESS OUR YOUTUBE PAGE HERE

Make sure to follow C2ST on Facebook and YouTube to receive notifications when the live program starts.

Use our Q&A app to ask live questions during the program or send in your questions in advance! Remember to upvote your favorite questions.

To support STEM programs like this, you can DONATE to C2ST HERE!

We are dedicated to providing an inclusive environment for everyone. Please respect diversity in individuals and in cultures.