Adults’ Night Out - FIRST FRIDAY EVENT
Enjoy the Center's 300 hands-on exhibits, watch an IMAX film and engage your intellect
in a thought provoking presentation.
It's social, it's science, and it's all with people your own size!
Explore the Center's exhibit galleries on the First Friday of each month from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Free for everyone. Please leave children at home. Additional evening options include: A lecture presentation at 7 p.m. (free); and an IMAX film or planetarium presentation at 8:15 p.m. (Regular admission fees apply for film and planetarium presentations.) Additional fees apply for entrance to featured exhibitions.
Educators earn one hour of professional development for each lecture attended.
FEBRUARY 3, 2012
THE FACTS ABOUT SEAFOOD SAFETY AND WILD CAUGHT VERSUS FARMED SEAFOOD
We are pleased to be able to share and discuss the latest findings on the environmental and food safety issues regarding our supplies of seafood. The complicated issues of seafood safety, environmental sustainability, foreign and domestic suppliers, and wild and farmed will be discussed.
GUEST:
Kevin Fitzsimmons
Professor of Environmental Science
University of Arizona
Free lecture at 7 p.m.
IMAX film: TBD
(Regular admission fees apply for film and planetarium presentations.) Additional fees apply for entrance to featured exhibitions.
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Presented by the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University. Science Cafés are from
7 - 8 p.m. and are free to the public.
Science Cafés are held on the third Friday of each month , September through May, from 7 - 8 p.m. Cafes are informal discussions that bring together members of the community and university scientists to discuss how science and technology can change the future. In a typical café, scientists speak for 15-20 minutes on a topic, with the rest of the time for the public to ask questions and raise concerns. Teachers receive 1 hour of professional development for each cafe attended.
Educators earn one hour of professional development for each lecture attended.
February 17, 2012
Science and Religion: How can we peace it all together? Join us as we discuss humanity’s oldest and most controversial dialogues, “God or evolution?”. In celebration of Darwin’s Birthday we will further explore this dialogue to answer whether there is really a choice to be made. Join in on the conversation and find out if, and how these two forces can peacefully intertwine to benefit society.
GUESTS:
John Lynch
Principal Lecturer,
Barrett Honors College,
Arizona State University
Matthew Cooper
Faculty,
Philosophy and Religious
Studies, South Mountain Community College
Mark Spencer
Assistant Professor,
School of Human Evolution and Social Change,
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University
The New Frontiers in Medical Science series is made possible through a five-year Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) from the National Center for Research Resources at the National Institutes of Health. This program will give students and the general public a glimpse into the human body, its parts and processes, and new advances in biomedical research and technology.
New Frontiers are held the second Sunday of each month, September - May, from 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. These talks are informal dialogues about current topics in biotechnology & medicine. For adults, this series brings together leaders in science and engineering with members of the community to discuss how biotechnology and medicine and changing the present and future. These informal discussions and free to the public and will give guests the opportunity to ask questions and raise concerns related to each session topic.
Educators earn one hour of professional development for each lecture attended.
February 12, 2012
When Food Alone is Not Enough
AZBio returns to support the New Frontiers in Medical Science Series
Peter A. Arhangelsky of Emord & Associates
Susan Brienza of Ryley Carlock & Applewhite
Dr. Aniko Solyom of GAAS Corporation
We want to be healthier, to have more energy, to be smarter, thinner, stronger or just regular. Your Grandma might have told you…”You are what you eat.” But in this era of giant farming conglomerates what if what we eat is not enough? From the doctor’s office, to TV and magazines we hear the message that we need a little something more. So we add to what we eat with fortified foods, vitamins, supplements, and little bottles of magic that are “guaranteed” to work wonders. But do they and are they safe? Join the AZ Bioindustry Association and two local experts as we enter the world of Dietary Supplements to explore why reading the label BEFORE you open that bottle matters and what roles the FDA and FTC play in ensuring that they are safe and will do what they promise.
March 11, 2012
The New Science of Epigenetics: How Your Environment and Genetics Combine to Influence the Health and Behavior of You and Your Children
Dr. Gary Marchant, Prof. of Life Sciences, Exec. Dir. of the Center for the Study of Law, Science & Technology, ASU
One of the most exciting new areas of scientific discovery is epigenetics, which studies how your environment and genetics interact to influence not only your health and behavior, but also that of your children and grandchildren. Factors including diet, exposure to chemicals, smoking, and even parental affection, can not only change how your genes are expressed throughout your lifespan, but also those of your progeny. These changes can affect the risk that you and your descendants develop cancer, diabetes, obesity and other health conditions. They can also influence important aspects of personality and behavior. Recent scientific findings also possess profound ethical, social, legal and policy implications.
April 8, 2012
Detecting Disease Early: Reading Your Immune System on a Chip
Dr. Neal Woodbury, Prof. of Chemistry & co-Dir. of the Center for Innovations in Medicine, ASU
We will discuss the ongoing development of a chip that measures changes in your immune system and uses this to monitor health and diagnose disease early. Both the technical aspects of the problem and the potential effects on our health care system will be considered.
May 13, 2012
Title TBD
Speaker TBD
A representative from the Office of Community Health Nursing, at the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, will address concerns and myths commonly held by the general public about vaccinations. They will provide facts about disease prevention through vaccination as well as introduce some cutting-edge research in the vaccine field.
Bioscience Researchers, Scientists, Educators, etc. interested in participating in the New Frontiers in Medical Science lecture series are encouraged to contact Carole Flores, Project Manager at floresc@azscience.org.
MORE LECTURES COMING SOON!
