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Science Café
Like coffee? Like science?
You are in luck! The Southern Arizona Section of the
American Chemical Society is sponsoring a series of
Science Cafés on topics of particular interest
to the Tucson community. A Science Café is an
entertaining evening out on the town sipping coffee
(or your favorite beverage) and talking science. The
idea started in the late 1990's with the “café
scientifique” in the United Kingdom and “bars
des sciences” in France. A typical science café
begins with a scientist making a brief presentation
followed by a question and answer period. After a short
break to allow the patrons to top up their drinks, the
festivities continue with a free-for-all discussion.
Come and join the fun!
Price: Free!
Place: Upstairs at Espresso
Art, 942 East University
Time: 6PM until 8PM
to suggest a topic or
a potential speaker, to sing out our praises or to rant
and rave, send an email to John Osterhout: johno@email.arizona.edu.
Parking is available
for a minimal fee at the Tyndall street garage.
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Tuesday
April 15, 2008
Sustainability
presented
by
Roger L. Caldwell
Professor Emeritus, Soil, Water and Environmental
Science
Send ideas, suggestions or questions to johno@email.arizona.edu
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Previous
Cafes |
| March
18, 2008 |
Global
Warming |
presented
by
Michael Crimmins
Associate Professor, Soil, Water and Environmental
Science
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| December
18 , 2007 |
Valley
Fever |
John
N. Galgiani
Director
Valley Fever Center for Excellence
Vahe
Banderian
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics |
| November
20, 2007 |
Arizona
Water Policy |
Kathrine
L. Jacobs
Executive
Director
Arizona Water Institute |
| October
16 , 2007 |
Green
Chemistry |
Green
Tea...It's Not Just a Health Promoting Beverage,
It's also an Excellent Green Chemical Precursor
John
Lombardi
President
Ventana Research Corporation |
| September
18, 2007 |
Treatments
for AIDS |
Treatments
for AIDS: Current
and Emerging, a Biochemical Perspective
John J. Osterhout
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
University of Arizona |
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June
19, 2007 |
Kissing
Bugs |
Carolina
Reisenman, Ph.D. and Pablo Guerenstein, Ph.D.,
Arizona Research Laboratories, Division of Neurobiology.
Drs. Reisenman and Guerenstein will discuss their
work with kissing bugs.
http://www.neurobio.arizona.edu/faculty/hildebrand/kissingbug/index.html
Future
topics include: water, ethanol and biofuels, green
chemistry, global warming and women and minorities
in chemistry. To suggest a topic, your favorite
café or a potential speaker send an email
to John Osterhout: johno@email.arizona.edu. Meanwhile,
tell all your friends and watch the web page for
the latests updates
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| April
24, 2007 |
Venemous
Bites and Stings |
Leslie
Boyer, M.D., Director of the VIPER Institute (VIPER
stands for: Venom Immunochemistry, Pharmacology
and Emergency Response) and Jude McNally, RPh,
DABAT, Managing Director of the Arizona Poison
and Drug Information center Leslie and Jude discussed
venomous creatures of the desert, what their venoms
do and what happens when the venom gets into humans.
We had a full house! Thanks to everyone who came! |
| May
15 , 2007 |
Alzheimer's
Disease |
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Paul
St. John, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Cell Biology
and Anatomy, University of Arizona. Professor
St. John will discuss his recent work on the basic
mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease. Moderator:
John Osterhout, Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular
Biophysics, University of Arizona.
Great evening of conversation, don't miss out! |
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Flandrau
Science Cafes
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The
Flandrau Science Center is also running a series of Science
Cafés. Their Cafés are held on the first Monday
of the month. The schedule for the Flandrau Science Cafés
can be found here:http://www.flandrau.org/
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