Sean Carroll

Dr. Sean Carroll, professor of molecular biology and genetics at the University of Wisconsin, will be on campus as a Green Honors Chair for the TCU Biology Department. His free public lectures are scheduled for Tuesday, March 3.

At 12:30 p.m. Dr. Carroll will give his technical presentation, “"Endless Flies Most Beautiful: Cis-regulatory Sequences and the Evolution of Animal Form,” in Sid Richardson lecture hall 4.

Dr. Carroll’s general presentation, “"Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species," will be delivered at 7 p.m. in Moudy North 141.

Dr. Carroll, an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of Wisconsin, has centered his research on the gene that control animal body patterns and play major roles in the evolution of animal diversity. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

For more information, call 817-257-7165 or visit www.bio.tcu.edu.