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This week in science

By clock on August 4, 2008.

There are lots of meetings and events this week....

The biggie this week is, of course, SciFoo, the third iteration of the most amazing meeting of scientists, techies and other interesting people who tend to think outside the box. I never hid my disappointment that my last year's participation did not lead to a repeat invitation this year. Perhaps next year....

For those in the Bay Area at the time, both those arriving a couple of days early for SciFoo and for those who live there, there is BioBarCamp which is described as an "unconference focused on life sciences, biotechnology, synthetic biology, personalized genomics & medicine, bioinformatics, do-it-yourself biology and related topics." Scroll down to see the impressive list of participants. Watch that site over the next few days - there's bound to be some kind of aggregation of blog-posts and other coverage.

Or, if you are in NYC this week and are into food, you can meet Michael Pollan:

"In case you're in the area this coming Friday evening, I'm speaking at PS-1 in Long Island City. It's a free event sponsored by the New York Horticultural Society in conjunction with a group show they've mounted at the UBS galleries on 52nd Street, a show that was in part inspired by The Botany of Desire and includes a painting by my wife Judith Belzer. Hope you'll pass this on to anyone you think might be interested. Best, Michael

P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center and The Horticultural Society of New York present:

Michael Pollan
"Taking the Plant's Point of View"

Friday, August 8, 2008
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
22-25 Jackson Avenue
Long Island City, NY 11101

6:30PM: Exclusive HSNY members reception
7:00PM: Doors open to the public
7:30PM: Talk begins

Visit www.hsny.org for more details."

Or, if you are in NYC this weekend and would like to meet the SciBlings - well, you sure can.

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