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1. Registration is now open for the European Molecular Biology 
Laboratory (EMBL) and European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) 
Science and Society Summer School, The Human Animal: Scientific, 
Social and Moral Perspectives," 1-6 August 2011 Heidelberg, Germany. 
PhD students and postdocs from the life sciences, the social sciences 
and the humanities are invited to apply for participation. 
Submission deadline: 29 May 2011.  
<http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20110313-1.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20110313-1.html

2. Call for applications for an NSF-Funded Postdoctoral Research 
Associate: "Assessing Assessments."  The goal is to understand how 
scientists involved in formal assessments make the judgments they do. 
The primary focus on the assessment of earth science relevant to 
public policy.  Review of applications begins immediately and will 
continue until the position is filled. 
<http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20110313-2.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20110313-2.html

3. New book: Junkware: The essential junkiness of our culture and 
biology, by Thierry Bardini.  Examining cybernetic structures from 
genetic codes to communication networks, Thierry Bardini explores the 
idea that most of culture and nature, including humans, is composed 
of useless, but always potentially recyclable, material otherwise 
known as "junk." 
<http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20110313-3.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20110313-3.html

4. New book: Is a Little Pollution Good for You? Incorporating 
Societal Values in Environmental Research, by Kevin Elliott.  Kevin 
Elliott critically examines the evidence for hormesis (i.e., 
beneficial effects produced by low-dose exposure to normally toxic 
substances) while highlighting the range of value judgments present 
in policy-relevant research. 
<http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20110313-4.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20110313-4.html

5. The University of Aberdeen (UK) invites applications for a number 
of postgraduate studentships in the History and Philosophy of 
Science, Technology and Medicine under its Research Project Award 
'The Emergence of a Scientific Culture'. Application deadline: 8 
April 2011. 
<http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20110313-5.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20110313-5.html

6. Videos from the "Intellectual Property and the Biosciences" 
symposium, held on 7 July 2010 at the University of Leeds as part of 
the White Rose IPBio Project, are now available for free viewing and 
download.  The day offered perspectives from a range of disciplines 
and domains, including history of science, social studies of science, 
legal studies, patent law and science policy. 
<http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20110313-6.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20110313-6.html

7. Funding available for graduate students and recent PhDs to attend 
workshop on "Philosophical Perspectives on Causal Reasoning in 
Biology," to be held at the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of 
Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, May 5-7, 2011. 
The first meeting will bring together a small group of biologists, 
philosophers working in the general area of causation, and 
philosophers of biology to discuss issues involving causal concepts 
in biology. All application materials should be received by March 22, 
2011 for full considerations, but later applications may be 
considered. 
<http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20110313-7.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20110313-7.html


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