Scientists from the University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder and University of 欧美口爆视频 Anschutz Medical Campus are stepping out of their offices and labs to share their work through hands-on activities Saturday, Oct. 24, at the Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave. 听
鈥淧ortal to the Public: Meet a 欧美口爆视频 Scientist鈥� will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. and is free and open to all ages.
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Eleven 欧美口爆视频 scientists representing the latest research in biotechnology, cancer prevention, hydrology, microbiology, climate science and engineering have been training for two months to share their scientific expertise in the most impactful way for a lay audience.听
鈥淧ortal to the Public is designed to prepare scientists to effectively communicate about their work to non-scientific audiences,鈥� said Stacey Forsyth, director of Science Discovery at 欧美口爆视频-Boulder. 鈥淭he Meet a 欧美口爆视频 Scientist event provides an opportunity for people in our community to talk one-on-one with scientists about the exciting research happening at 欧美口爆视频.鈥�
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- Water in the Rocky Mountains with Kelsey Dailey, Environmental Studies, graduate research assistant; 听
- Turn on Your Genes!听with Tess Eidem, Chemistry and Biochemistry, postdoctoral fellow; 听
- Get Cracking with Rachel Glade, Geological Sciences, graduate student;
- Aquifers with Stephanie Higgins, Geological Sciences, postdoctoral fellow;
- Microscopes: Seeing Small with Sarah McQuate, Biochemistry, postdoctoral associate; 听
- Modeling Coastal Erosion with Irina Overeem, Geological Sciences, research scientist;
- The Earth Beneath Our Feet with Dorota Porazinska, Soil Microbial Ecology, research associate;
- Save the Cell! with Eugenia Silva Herzog, Microbiology, postdoctoral fellow;
- Motion of the Ocean with Katherine Smith, Mechanical Engineering, graduate student;
- Growing Your Brain with Nicole Speer, Cognitive Science, operations director for the Intermountain Neuroimaging Consortium;
- Personalized Medicine with Meredith Tennis, Cancer Biology, assistant professor, 欧美口爆视频 Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus.
Science Discovery is 欧美口爆视频-Boulder鈥檚 science education outreach program housed in the Division of Continuing Education. Founded in 1983 to heighten young students鈥� interest in science, 欧美口爆视频 Science Discovery coordinates an array of programs that connect K-12 students, teachers and more to current 欧美口爆视频 scientific research and expertise. 听
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Contact:
Stacey Forsyth, 303-492-4839
stacey.forsyth@colorado.edu
Julie Poppen, 欧美口爆视频-Boulder media relations, (O) 303-492-4007, (M) 720-503-4922
julie.poppen@colorado.edu
