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FALL 2024
Fall 2024 schedule Flyers in B&W and Color: [B&W F24] – [Color F24]
SEPTEMBER 2024
- 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 2024
- 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 2024
- 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
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SPRING 2025
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. PLEASE NOTE that there is a new date for April’s Medical Simulation Workshop: April 30th (not 4/2).
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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 2025
- Wed. 1/29: “Auroras and Solar Storms” with Laura Peticolas Ph.D. of Sonoma State University
FEBRUARY 2025
- Wed. 2/5: “Human Hibernation: Is it Possible for Space Flight?” with Art Wallace M.D. Ph.D. of UCSF and VA Medical Center, San Francisco
- 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
- MON. 2/24: Wonderfest “Ask a Science Envoy” program “Black Holes & Kelp Forests” at Hopmonk Tavern, Novato 7:00 – 8:30pm
MARCH 2025
- 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 2025
- Tue. 4/15: Wonderfest “Ask a Science Envoy” program “Eye Movements and Tiny Galaxies” at Hopmonk Tavern, Novato 7:00 – 8:30pm
- Tue. 4/29: Wonderfest “Ask a Science Envoy” program “Kilonova Metals & Cat Ecology” at Hopmonk Tavern, Novato 7:00 – 8:30pm
- NEW DATE! Tue. 4/30: “Medical Simulation Workshop” with Derrick Duarte & Karrina Mock C.R.N.A.s, VAMC SF
MAY 2025
- Tue. 5/13: Wonderfest “Ask a Science Envoy” program “A.I. Memorization & Frog Secrets” 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