Join our intrepid museum education staff at the Red Lyon Tavern for science experiments using bar ingredients.
Our gut bacteria outnumber human cells 10:1, yet only recently has our microbiome been linked with human disease, including alcoholic liver disease. First recognized in the late 1990s, the full extent the gut microbiome has on liver disease pathogenesis remains mostly a mystery. For this Science on Tap, Assistant Professor Michele Pritchard will discuss what is known about how our bacterial colonists induce liver injury and the preclinical development of new therapeutic options for patients with alcoholic liver disease.
Science on Tap is a science cafe hosted by Free State Brewing, 636 Massachusetts St. Guest moderators introduce a topic and then guide discussion with the audience. Bring your curiosity and your questions.
Big Data are receiving an enormous amount of well-deserved buzz as they call on us to rethink who can do science and how it can be done. Yet there is also a certain blind optimism that with enough data, we will understand everything. This discussion will challenge this optimism, particularly as it relates to the study of people. Nancy Baym will draw on her experience at Microsoft Research, an interdisciplinary basic research lab where people are actively trying to create bridges between big data and ethnographic analysis. The Idea Café is intended to elicit energetic exchanges between attendees in response to the speaker's introduction.
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Ever wonder what it takes to start your own collection of insects, plants or other specimens? For this Science Saturday, we'll explore all kinds of collections, from the ones that scientists assemble to those you can create at home.
Join us for a little spring storm fun with this adventure drama about two storm chasers. We will watch Twister and learn about the science of storms with Rick Katzfey [14], Channel 6 Chief Meteorologist.
This is the final event in our film series coordinated by the museum's student advisory board. The public is welcome.
Many scientists study how soil and plants help regulate Earth's climate, and that work is becoming more important as humans alter the climate system. Scientists are looking for ways to predict how global shifts in temperature and precipitation may alter the Earth's biogeochemical cycles in the future. For this Science on Tap, Sharon Billings, KU associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, will explore how soil and plants regulate Earth's climate and how humans are changing the balance.
Science on Tap is a science cafe hosted by Free State Brewing, 636 Massachusetts St. Guest moderators introduce a topic and then guide discussion with the audience. Bring your curiosity and your questions.
What do you know about the flying, buzzing, creeping, crawling animals of the rain forest? Spanish and English activities will be provided for this event in partnership with the Center for Latin American Studies.
Genetically modified bats are on the loose! Join us for the second in our series of films and curator commentary. This event is coordinated by the museum's student advisory board and is open to the public.
Get into the science of small during this Science Saturday event. Find out how many quarks tall you are! And in the meantime, get adventures in the subatomic universe -- check out the Quarked website [15].
Links:
[1] http://naturalhistory.ku.edu/directions-parking
[2] http://naturalhistory.ku.edu/exhibits
[3] http://naturalhistory.ku.edu/events
[4] http://naturalhistory.ku.edu/past-events
[5] http://naturalhistory.ku.edu/plan-event
[6] http://naturalhistory.ku.edu/ku-campus
[7] http://naturalhistory.ku.edu/dining-shopping
[8] http://naturalhistory.ku.edu/local-attractions
[9] http://naturalhistory.ku.edu/museum-visit-faq
[10] http://naturalhistory.ku.edu/natural-selections
[11] http://naturalhistory.ku.edu/guided-tours
[12] http://naturalhistory.ku.edu/
[13] http://www.thecommons.ku.edu/IdeaCafe.html
[14] http://6lawrence.com/contact/meet-our-team/rick-katzfey
[15] http://www.quarked.org/
[16] http://naturalhistory.ku.edu/print/371?page=1
[17] http://naturalhistory.ku.edu/print/371?page=2
[18] http://naturalhistory.ku.edu/print/371?page=3
[19] http://naturalhistory.ku.edu/print/371?page=4
[20] http://naturalhistory.ku.edu/print/371?page=5
[21] http://naturalhistory.ku.edu/print/371?page=6
[22] http://naturalhistory.ku.edu/print/371?page=7