Sunday, January 25, 2015

Spring 2015 Marin Science Seminar schedule

Join us for our 8th year of free science learning in Marin!  Six Wednesday evenings per semester from 7:30 - 8:30 pm at Terra Linda High School, 320 Nova Albion, San Rafael, CA 94903

FEBRUARY - Big Data and Medicine

11: "Big Data and Medical Innovation" with Art Wallace MD PhD of UCSF and VAMC SF

25: "Do We Have to Grow Old? The New Science of Aging" with Gordon Lithgow PhD of the Buck Institute, Novato
MARCH - Astronomy & Particle Physics

11: "Snacking, Gorging, and Cannibalizing: The Feeding Habits of Black Holes" with Steve Croft PhD of UC Berkeley

25: "Extra dimensions, mini black holes and.. Pink Elephants?: Exciting times ahead at the Large Hadron Collider" with Lauren Tompkins of Stanford University
APRIL - Ecology & Genetics

1: "From Monkey Flowers to Wild Mice: A Tale of Genes, Adaptation and Extreme Environments" with Katie Ferris PhD of UC Berkeley's Museum of Invertebrate Zoology

8: "Let's Learn About Lysosomes" with Gouri Yogalingam PhD of Biomarin
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About Us

Marin Science Seminar is a one-hour science lecture/presentation with a question and answer period open to all interested local teenagers, educators and community. Seminar sessions are held 12 Wednesday evenings during the school year, from 7:30 to 8:30 pm in the Innovation Hub at Terra Linda High School, 320 Nova Albion Way, San Rafael. Seminar speakers are scientists, mathematicians, engineers, physicians, technologists and computer programmers. The topics presented are in a specific area of the speaker’s expertise, geared to interested high school students.