Description

Class Summary

The animals and plants we eat usually bear only a passing resemblance to their ancestors. Ever since humans became farmers 10,000 year ago, we have been consciously and unconsciously modifying the organisms we eat. This class will explore the many ways that both farmers and scientists have created the ingredients of everything you find in a supermarket.

About the Instructor

Scott Poethig, Ph.D., is the John H. and Margaret B. Fassitt Professor of Biology at the University of Pennsylvania. His laboratory has studied many aspects of plant development, but his primary interest is the mechanism of the juvenile-to-adult transition. Dr. Poethig obtained his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1981, received post-doctoral training at Stanford University and at the University of Missouri, and joined Penn’s department of biology in 1983.