The “Thinking Out of the (Lunch) Box” series resumes March 5 with a conversation about behavioral genetics led by Professor of Philosophy David Wood and Ellen Wright Clayton, the Rosalind E. Franklin Professor of Genetics and Health Policy.

Clayton, who is a professor of pediatrics and a professor of law, will address “What is Genetics Really Going to Mean for You?” Clayton has a strong research-based interest in the ethical, legal and social implications of recent developments in genetics. She will discuss what genetics means and does not mean for prediction, responsibility and choice. This will include the “my genes made me do it” defenses in criminal law.

The box lunch and lecture series, presented by Vanderbilt and the Nashville Public Library, takes place on Wednesday, March 5, at the Main Library on Church Street and is free and open to the public. Lunch is served at 11:30, with the lecture beginning at noon. Lunch is catered by Provence Breads and Café, and reservations, which are required, can be made by calling 615-322-8585.

Posted 3/03/03 at 10 a.m.