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Events
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
posted Jul 11, 2019, 12:17 AM by Scott Burman [ updated Jul 11, 2019, 12:17 AM ]
Wonder & Skepticism: You're so vein
Wednesday, July 31, 2019 | 6pm | Free | Empty Bottle, 1035 N Western, Chicago IL 60622
The genetic tricks gonorrhea has been evolving inside of us for thousands of years Sarah Quillin, PhD, MPH Candidate Northwestern University Antibodies - How we made one of nature’s weapons into one of our own Justin Modica, PostDoc Northwestern University Hosted by Erica |
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
posted Jun 10, 2019, 4:35 PM by Scott Burman
Wonder & Skepticism: You're so vein
Wednesday, June 26, 2019 | 6pm | Free | Empty Bottle, 1035 N Western, Chicago IL 60622
Personalized medicine is here: Replicating patients’ veins Andrés Moya Rodríguez, Grad Student University of Chicago When the bead drops:🔥 applications of microfluidics Becca Back, Research Technician University of Chicago Hosted by Natasha |
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
posted May 7, 2019, 3:16 PM by Scott Burman [ updated Jun 10, 2019, 4:55 PM ]
Wonder & Skepticism: Every picture tells a story (also, mummies)
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 | 6pm | Free | Empty Bottle, 1035 N Western, Chicago IL 60622
Art & engineering: Tracking the chemistry that makes paintings come to life Becca Harmon, Graduate Student Northwestern University Unraveling the Secrets of a Roman-Egyptian Mummy Victoria Cooley, Graduate Student in Materials Science & Engineering Northwestern University Hosted by Cortney & Erica |
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29May2019
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
posted Mar 26, 2019, 6:01 PM by Scott Burman [ updated May 7, 2019, 3:47 PM ]
Wonder & Skepticism: blind leading the naked
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 | 6pm | Free | Empty Bottle, 1035 N Western, Chicago IL 60622
Naked mole-rats getting high and living forever: lessons in endocannabinoid control of development Brigitte M Browe, PhD Candidate University of Illinois at Chicago Naked, neuro-protected and cancer-free Emily Vice, Graduate Student University of Illinois at Chicago Hosted by Erica & Natasha |
Wednesday 13 March 2019
posted Feb 28, 2019, 4:36 PM by Scott Burman [ updated May 7, 2019, 3:48 PM ]
Wonder & Skepticism: Where is my mind?
Wednesday, March 13, 2019 | 6pm | Free | Empty Bottle, 1035 N Western, Chicago IL 60622
Katie's Kainate Receptors: Using CRISPR to identify the link between a single genetic mutation and a mysterious neurodevelopmental disorder Erica Binelli, PhD Candidate Northwestern University It's All Right: The right hemisphere's role in language comprehension Andriana Christofalos, PhD Candidate University of Illinois at Chicago Hosted by Hannah |
Wednesday, 20 February 2019
posted Jan 22, 2019, 11:54 PM by Scott Burman [ updated May 7, 2019, 3:48 PM ]
Wonder & Skepticism: You and me have a disease
Wednesday, February 20, 2019 | 6pm | Free | Empty Bottle, 1035 N Western, Chicago IL 60622
 | Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: multi-faceted, multiplying, and multi-drug resistant Megan Nas, PhD Candidate Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Legionella pneumphilla: an accidental human infection Lubov Grigoryeva, PhD Candidate Northwestern University Hosted by Hannah |
Wednesday, 26 December 2018
posted Nov 30, 2018, 7:59 PM by Scott Burman [ updated Feb 18, 2019, 4:16 PM ]
Wonder & Skepticism: Fireside Chat: Science Communication, whose job is it anyway?
Wednesday, December 26, 2018 | 6pm | Free | Empty Bottle, 1035 N Western, Chicago IL 60622
It’s the day after Christmas: avoid your family, swig some nog, don your best smoking jacket, and join scientists Lizzie and Scott for a discussion (and debate) about scientific communication and who should be doing it |
Wednesday 24 October 2018
posted Oct 10, 2018, 4:08 PM by Scott Burman [ updated Feb 18, 2019, 4:16 PM ]
Wonder & Skepticism: What's my age again?
Wednesday, October 24, 2018 | 6pm | Free | Empty Bottle, 1035 N Western, Chicago IL 60622
“Hey, I just came here for the science!”: Reflections and lessons from a skeptic who studies parenting from the outside Bridget McGann, BA Indiana University Neurogenesis: How the creation of new brain cells is key to a healthy life Sylvia Ortega-Martinez, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow University of Chicago Hosted by Hannah |
Wednesday, 26 September 2018
posted Sep 4, 2018, 2:14 PM by Scott Burman [ updated Jun 10, 2019, 4:57 PM ]
Wonder & Skepticism: Inside the Atom
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 | 6pm | Free | Empty Bottle, 1035 N Western, Chicago IL 60622
Neutrinos: The ghost particle Mateus Carneiro, PhD, Postdoc Oregon State University Dark matter in cosmology and particle physics Gordan Krnjaic, PhD David Schramm Fellow, Fermilab & University of Chicago Invisible, improbable, intrepid : 3D cameras for the subatomic world Elena Gramellini, PhD Lederman Fellow, Fermilab Hosted by Hannah |
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26Sept2018
Wednesday, August 29, 2018
posted Aug 6, 2018, 7:03 PM by Scott Burman [ updated Feb 18, 2019, 4:15 PM ]
Wonder & Skepticism: Sunshine Tomorrow
Wednesday, August 29, 2018 | 6pm | Free | Empty Bottle, 1035 N Western, Chicago IL 60622
Mamma mia! Solar energy from spaghetti polymers Micaela Matta, PhD PostDoc, Northwestern The microbial universe Ashley Sidebottom, PhD PostDoc, University of Chicago Hosted by Hannah |
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