"Frontier Science" French Presidency of the EU Symposium at the College de France on October 7

The entire day's program and much more information about the European Research Council can be found at http://erc.europa.eu

Gilbert Omenn: Professor of internal medicine, human genetics and public health at the University of Michigan. Former president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; during his tenure he denounced anti-evolution education laws, and has been a vocal critic of creationism. �The logic that convinces us that evolution is a fact is the same logic we use to say smoking is hazardous to your health or we have serious energy policy issues because of global warming,� he told reporters this year. �I would worry that a president who didn�t believe in the evolution arguments wouldn�t believe in those other arguments either. This is a way of leading our country to ruin.� Omenn is a director of Amgen, a biotechnology company, and served in the Office of Science and Technology Policy under President Carter. His campaign contributions and a list of industry ties are available.

(http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/09/obama-campaign.htm)