{"id":1135,"date":"2025-03-28T14:59:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T18:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/payments.carleton.ca\/lleap\/?page_id=1135"},"modified":"2025-03-28T15:30:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T19:30:03","slug":"exbiology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/payments.carleton.ca\/lleap\/exbiology\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Ideas in Biology \n with Alan Mortimer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/payments.carleton.ca\/lleap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/03\/DNA-1600x700.jpg); background-position: 18% 14%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Great Ideas in Biology \n with Alan Mortimer\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                    \n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lifelong\/\">Return to Home Page<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\"><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Day: <\/strong>Tuesday<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dates: <\/strong>April 22, 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Time: <\/strong>1:00pm \u2013 3:00pm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Carleton University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Price:<\/strong> $50+HST<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Room and Parking information will be sent by email 1-2 days prior to the lecture date<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"overview\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Biology is central to our lives. In fact, we are biology. While our understanding of biology has led to great advances in human health, longevity and quality of life understanding what is actually going on has become more complex. This course will provide a foundation for understanding biology in the modern world by looking at overarching ideas that have led us to our current understanding and application of that understanding to medical and technical issues as well as current public debate. We will examine Great Ideas such as evolution, the cell as the basic unit of life, genes and DNA, infectious diseases and immunity. We then use these ideas to examine some of the current issues in modern society where biology plays a central role. The course is intended for those with limited technical background as well as for those with more knowledge of the subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h2 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-2xl md:text-3xl lg:text-4xl lg:leading-[3rem] pb-4 after:w-8 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        About the Lecturer\n                    <\/h2>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                            \n\n<p>Dr. Alan Mortimer graduated from Carleton University (MSc in Medical Physics) and Guy\u2019s Hospital Medical School, London, England (PhD in Medicine). He joined the research staff of The National Research Council of Canada in 1975 specializing in medical ultrasound. In 1986 he moved to the Canadian Space Agency and became Chief Scientist, Life and Microgravity Sciences in 1989, responsible for all life sciences and physical sciences research. Dr. Mortimer accepted the position of Director of the Centre for Biologics Research, Health Canada in 2002 and later the Centre for Vaccine Evaluation. Here he was responsible for all research in biologic therapies as well as the approval and testing of all vaccines provided to Canadians. He currently is a consultant providing strategic advice to several government departments.<\/p>\n\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"353\" src=\"https:\/\/payments.carleton.ca\/lleap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/03\/Alan-Mortimer-320x353.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/payments.carleton.ca\/lleap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/03\/Alan-Mortimer-320x353.jpg 320w, https:\/\/payments.carleton.ca\/lleap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/03\/Alan-Mortimer-512x564.jpg 512w, https:\/\/payments.carleton.ca\/lleap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/03\/Alan-Mortimer.jpg 578w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"registration-form\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Registration Form<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If you are using Safari as your browser, please ensure your device is updated with the most recent Apple iOS (operating system) Update. 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