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Featuring: Nicole Nelson, UW–Madison assistant professor, Department of History
Date: February 20, 2018
Time: 12:30–2 p.m.
Location: Fluno Center, 601 University Avenue, Madison
How can studying a mouse in a maze help us to understand human problems such as alcoholism or anxiety? Discover for yourself when Nicole Nelson highlights findings from her recent book. She’ll take you inside an animal-behavior genetics laboratory to examine how scientists create and manage the foundational knowledge of their field. You’ll come away from this presentation fascinated by how animal experiments produce knowledge about the genetics of human behavior.