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Join the exciting talk in Ithaca on how parasites turn hosts into puppets. Don't miss this creepy PowerPoint presentation!

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Attention all Loom readers in the Cornell University area: I'm heading up to Ithaca to give a talk tomorrow on a subject near and dear to my heart--how parasites turn their hosts into puppets and slaves. I'll be at the David Call auditorium in Kennedy Hall at 4 pm. The lecture is open to the public and will, of course, include a very creepy Powerpoint. Details here, map here.

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