Junior Academy of Science Featured Speaker: Catrina Adams, Ph.D., Education Technology Coordinator, Botanical Society of America and Ethnobotanist This event is full. Accepting WAIT LIST registrations below. Lost in the forest without food or provisions? Trying to live in a post apocalyptic world? Could you survive on your plant knowledge? Don't get caught unprepared! Expand […]
Junior Academy of Science This event is FULL as of Tuesday, November 5, 2013. We are accepting WAIT LIST registrants below. Featured Speaker: Kevin Gamber, Ph.D., Director, Marketing and Business Development, SAGE Labs What would you create if you had the tools for genetic engineering? In this interactive discussion on engineering genes, you'll learn how […]
On the Menu: The Science of Food Featured Speaker: Clarissa Cagnato, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis The ancient Maya (ca. AD 250-850) are known for their magnificent pyramids, exquisite art, hieroglyphic writing, and their grasp of time. Less certain are the details of their cuisine. But with access to chocolate, […]
Featured Speaker: Mark Paradise, Research Entomologist, Monsanto Company and Phil Koenig, Lepidopterist, and Missouri coordinator for “Butterflies and Moths of North America” database, www.butterfliesandmoths.org Work with real entomologists (insect scientists) in this mini-BioBlitz to discover beneficial and pesty insects in the library's backyard. FREE and OPEN to Junior Academy of Science Members and middle & […]
FREE and OPEN to ALL. Junior Academy members, middle and high school students welcome and encouraged to attend.
Featured Speaker: Rich Heuermann, Administrative Officer, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and campus Outreach Program Coordinator, NASA Missouri Space Grant Consortium, ret'd., Washington University in St. Louis
What scientists have learned about the land, seas, and skies of Earth can help us to understand the geology and weather of other planets and their moons. We'll peek at giant volcanoes and canyons on Mars, planet-sized storms on Jupiter and Neptune, and seas on satellite moons.
Combating The Evolution of Antibiotic Resistant Superbugs Across Diverse Habitats
Featured Speaker: Gautam Dantas, Ph.D., 2015 Outstanding St. Louis Scientist Innovation Award recipient, The Academy of Science of St. Louis; and Associate Professor, Department of Pathology & Immunology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine
Join 2015 Outstanding St. Louis Scientist Innovation Award recipient, Gautam Dantas for a compelling look at how these technologies reveal an intricate network of antibiotic resistance exchange between bacteria across habitats as diverse as the soil, the human body, and hospital environments.
Featured Speaker: Mark Paradise, Research Entomologist, Monsanto Company
Explore the amazing abilities of insects with real entomologists (insect scientists) and discover the tiny heroes of the animal kingdom.
FREE and OPEN to Junior Academy of Science Members and middle & high school students. Registration required. Registration open to all middle and high school students. Space is limited.
Featured Speaker: Mark Paradise, Research Entomologist, Monsanto Company
Explore the amazing abilities of insects with real entomologists (insect scientists) and discover the tiny heroes of the animal kingdom.
FREE and OPEN to Junior Academy of Science Members and middle & high school students. Registration required. Registration open to all middle and high school students. Space is limited.
