Nov
10
November Café Scientifique with Koby Michaels
Posted by: jdewitt | November 10, 2019 | Leave a Comment
Our next café will happen on Tuesday, November 26th at 7:30pm in the back room at Yagger’s Downtown (433 W Pender). Our speaker for the evening will be Koby Michaels. Building a Better World Through Science Communication Science communication is in the spotlight in recent years as science realizes the power of well-communicated science. As science-focused issues like climate change […]
Sep
30
October Café Scientifique with Leonard Foster
Posted by: jdewitt | September 30, 2019 | Leave a Comment
Our next café will happen on Tuesday, October 29th at 7:30pm in the back room at Yagger’s Downtown (433 W Pender). Our speaker for the evening will be Dr. Leonard Foster from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at UBC. Breeding stronger bees by shortcutting nature Dr. Leonard Foster’s laboratory at UBC has been involved in a Canada-wide project aimed at […]
Sep
1
September Café Scientifique with Katie Gibbs
Posted by: jdewitt | September 1, 2019 | Leave a Comment
Our next café will happen on Tuesday, September 3rd from 6:00-8:00pm at Mahoney & Sons (601 Stamps Landing). **NOTE: THIS IS A SPECIAL EVENT SO PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF TIME AND VENUE** Our speaker for the evening will be Dr. Katie Gibbs from Evidence for Democracy. Science and the Federal Election Science doesn’t usually get a lot […]
Aug
14
August Café Scientifique with Georgina Butler
Posted by: jdewitt | August 14, 2019 | Leave a Comment
Our next café will happen on Tuesday, August 27th at 7:30pm in the back room at Yagger’s Downtown (433 W Pender). Our speaker for the evening will be Dr. Georgina Butler from the Centre for Blood Research at UBC. From tadpole tails to diagnosing disease – the evolution of protease research Proteases are enzymes that cut other proteins. Humans have 560 different […]
Jul
22
July Café Scientifique with Vahid Raeesi
Posted by: jdewitt | July 22, 2019 | Leave a Comment
Our next café will happen on Tuesday, July 30th at 7:30pm in the back room at Yagger’s Downtown (433 W Pender). Our speaker for the evening will be Dr. Vahid Raeesi. Targeting heat for disease treatment Vahid is a nanotechnologist specializing in the design and development of functional platforms for disease detection and treatment. He holds a PhD in nano-biomaterials from the […]
Jun
11
June Café Scientifique with Lars Martin
Posted by: jdewitt | June 11, 2019 | Leave a Comment
Our next café will happen on Tuesday, June 25th at 7:30pm in the back room at Yagger’s Downtown (433 W Pender). Our speaker for the evening will be Dr. Lars Martin. From alpha to omega – particles and how we detect them Ever since the discovery of the electron in the late 19th century, physicists have used detectors to measure […]
May
14
May Café Scientifique with Catherine Johnson
Posted by: jdewitt | May 14, 2019 | Leave a Comment
Our next café will happen on Tuesday, May 28th at 7:30pm in the back room at Yagger’s Downtown (433 W Pender). Our speaker for the evening will be Dr. Catherine Johnson from the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at UBC. Getting to the heart of Mars with InSight Catherine Johnson is a professor of geophysics in the Dept of Earth, […]
Mar
5
March Café Scientifique with Love-Ese Chile
Posted by: jdewitt | March 5, 2019 | Leave a Comment
Our next café will happen on Tuesday, March 26th at 7:30pm in the back room at Yagger’s Downtown (433 W Pender). Our speaker for the evening will be Dr. Love-Ese Chile, founder of Grey to Green Sustainable Solutions. Shifting the plastic landscape: Bio-plastics, circular economy and sustainable material management Growing public and scientific opinion are […]
Nov
5
November Café Scientifique with Eva Oberle
Posted by: jdewitt | November 5, 2018 | Leave a Comment
Dear Café Scientifiquers, our next café will happen on Tuesday, November 27th at 7:30pm in the back room at Yagger’s Downtown (433 W Pender). Our speaker for the evening will be Dr. Eva Oberle, Assistant Professor with the Human Early Learning Partnership in the School of Population and Public Health at UBC. Her topic will be: Why should we teach social and emotional learning […]
Oct
1
October Café Scientifique with Vikramaditya G. Yadav
Posted by: jdewitt | October 1, 2018 | Leave a Comment
Dear Café Scientifiquers, our next café will happen on Tuesday, October 30th at 7:30pm in the back room at Yagger’s Downtown (433 W Pender). Our speaker for the evening will be Dr. Vikramaditya G. Yadav from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at UBC. His topic will be: Solving some of Canada’s grandest challenges with synthetic biology A warming climate, unrepressed mining and […]