Events
August 14
“The RIGHT STUFF”
in the Right Place -
Grant Park!
8:00pm (rain or shine)
Grant Park, Butler Field
Get Involved in an
Exciting Science Project
The Genographic Project
World Community Grid
SETI@Home
Cancer causing viruses
Uncommon Ground Restaurant 6-7:30pm
1214 W. Grace at Clark Street, Chicago
Presenter: Ken Alexander, Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital.
Doctor Alexander will explain how viruses are implicated in causing some cancers. How contagious are these viruses? What can we do to protect ourselves? What can the research tell us? Dr. Alexander’s lab specializes in the study of the human papillomavirus (HPV) infections.
Presented by the Illinois Science Council in collaboration with The University of Chicago.
