Scientists share common interests at human biology symposium

More than 600 registrants are expected to attend the fourth Wisconsin Symposium on Human Biology Monday-Thursday, May 22-25, at UW–Madison.

In four plenary lectures and 12 scientific sessions, the 2006 symposium will feature current issues in human biology, including nutrition and aging; cancer biology; regenerative biology; music and the brain; circadian biology; the evolution of Homo sapiens; and race, genetics and disease.

A major underlying theme of the gathering deals with the interactions that occur between the hard-wired genetics of an individual and the various environmental factors that create and modify each person. These interactions exhibit two complementary qualities: robustness and plasticity.