Spring 2025 schedule Flyers in B&W and Color: [B&W MSS Flyer] – [Color MSS Flyer]
All regular Marin Science Seminar sessions are held on select Wednesdays from 7:30 – 8:30 p.m. at Terra Linda High School’s Innovation Hub, unless otherwise noted. Wonderfest events are held at Hopmonk Tavern in Novato on select Tuesday evenings at 7pm and are noted as such below.
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WINTER – SPRING 2025
WONDERFEST COLLAB This Spring we continue collaborating with Wonderfest: Bay Area Beacon of Science to help promote more free, mind-expanding science experiences in Marin. Wonderfest's "Ask a Science Envoy" program takes place select Tuesday evenings at Hopmonk Tavern in Novato from 7:00 - 8:30pm. The program features two short presentations with early-career researchers from UC Berkeley and Stanford U. followed by a Q&A period. Join us and learn!
JANUARY
- Wed. 1/29: “Auroras and Solar Storms” with Laura Peticolas Ph.D. of Sonoma State University
FEBRUARY
- Wed. 2/5: “Myths of Astronomy” with Thomas Targett Ph.D. of Sonoma State University
- Wed. 2/12: “Ask an Epidemiologist! Everything you wanted to know about the Flu (and Vaccines) but were afraid to ask” with Michaela George Ph.D. M.P.H. & Brett Bayles Ph.D. of Dominican University, San Rafael
- Tue. 2/26: Wonderfest “Ask a Science Envoy” program “Black Holes & Kelp Forests” at Hopmonk Tavern, Novato 7:00 – 8:30pm
MARCH
- Wed. 3/12: “How do Humans Influence Evolution? Studying the Impacts of Human-made Dams on Endangered Trout Anatomy” with Jackie Galvez, Ph.D. candidate, UC Berkeley
- Tue. 3/18: Wonderfest “Ask a Science Envoy” program “Anthropocene Alarm & Partisan Contagion” at Hopmonk Tavern, Novato 7:00 – 8:30pm
- Wed. 3/19: On Zoom! “Exploring BioAstronautics: A Path to the Stars!” with Ben Foehr (TLHS ’18)
APRIL
- Wed. 4/2: “Medical Simulation Workshop” with Derrick Duarte & Karrina Mock C.R.N.A.s, VAMC SF
- Tue. 4/15: Wonderfest “Ask a Science Envoy” program “Tiny Galaxies & Eye Movements” at Hopmonk Tavern, Novato 7:00 – 8:30pm
- Tue. 4/29: Wonderfest “Ask a Science Envoy” program “Kilonova Metals & Frog Secrets” at Hopmonk Tavern, Novato 7:00 – 8:30pm
MAY
- Tue. 5/13: Wonderfest “Ask a Science Envoy” program “A.I. Memorization & Cat Ecology” at Hopmonk Tavern, Novato 7:00 – 8:30pm
- Tue. 5/27: Wonderfest “Ask a Science Envoy” program “Smartphone Seismology & Histamine Neurology” at Hopmonk Tavern, Novato 7:00 – 8:30pm
Previous Semester: FALL 2024
Fall 2024 schedule Flyers in B&W and Color: [B&W F24] – [Color F24]
SEPTEMBER
- 9 (Monday): MSS internship application deadline.
- 14 (Saturday): Fall MSS internship status emailed to applicants by midnight.
- 18: “Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT): Stewarding Marin’s Working Lands” with Eric Rubenstahl of Marin Agricultural Land Trust (M.A.L.T.)
- 21 (Saturday): Zoom/FB Event from the East Bay Astronomical Society: “Is Human Hibernation a Possible Tool for Future Long-Term Crewed Space Flight?” with Art Wallace MD PhD of UCSF & VAMC SF
- 25: “Dangerous Materials: How California Protects Communities and the Environment from Hazardous Waste” with Julie Pettijohn M.P.H. of California Dept. of Toxic Substances Control
OCTOBER
- 9: “We Love Our Wetlands!: The Future of the San Francisco Estuary” with Julie Gonzalez Ph.D. of SFSU’s SF Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
- 30: “Marine Wildlife off our Coast: Studying Sea birds, Marine Mammals and More“ with Meredith Elliot of Point Blue Conservation Science
NOVEMBER
- 13: “What We Were Missing: How Studying the Whole Skeleton Changes our Understanding of Carnivore Evolution and Ecology” with Emily Bogner, Ph.D. candidate, UC Berkeley
- 20: “Finding and Fighting Cells that can Kill Us: One Patient’s Story” (Medicine/Pathology) with Bradley Stohr M.D. Ph.D. of UCSF
An archive of previous talks 2008 – present can be found here: MSS Calendar Archives (opens a new tab/window)