Life’s Code + Gut Feeling – May 28
Wonderfest Science Envoys are early-career researchers with special communication skills and aspirations. Following short talks on provocative modern science topics, these two Science Envoys will answer questions with insight and enthusiasm:
• UC Berkeley plant biologist Enrico Calvanese on The Interpreters of Life’s Code — Proteins are molecular machines that enable all cellular life. How proteins are produced infuses our understanding of microbiology. New research proposes a novel understanding of how proteins come to exist, promising to open an entirely new dimension of cellular life.
• Stanford biophysicist Rachel Porter on The Bacterial Space Age — Like human communities, bacterial communities are shaped by the available food, water, and space. Researchers largely understand the importance of food and water for bacteria in the human digestive system. However, only now are we discovering the importance of spatial organization for bacteria within our gut microbiome.
This interactive science presentation, free and unticketed, is produced by Wonderfest in partnership with Marin Science Seminar.
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Special screening of GATTACA, with gene/law expert Hank Greely, Sept 30
Perhaps “Biology is not destiny.” But our genetic code is at least writing on the wall! 1997’s GATTACA is a sci-fi thriller that explores what happens when society can control that writing — when eugenics and genetic discrimination are the norm. Is this our future? Expert commentary and audience Q&A will be provided by Prof. Hank Greely, Director of the Center for Law and the Biosciences at Stanford University. Dr. Greely is both Professor of Law and Professor of Genetics, and he directs Stanford’s Program in Neuroscience and Society.
- WHAT: Special screening of GATTACA, with Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman
- WHO: Expert commentary by Hank Greely, Professor of Genetics and of Law, Stanford
- WHEN: 7:00 PM, Wednesday, Sept 30, 2015
- WHERE: Balboa Theater, 3630 Balboa Street, San Francisco
- TICKETS: <http://www.cinemasf.com/
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Love, Sex, & DNA – May 11
Can 21st-century molecular biology answer age-old questions about the human experience? Can studying proteins and DNA help us understand how we make our choices in sex and love? How we communicate? Where our emotions come from? Or why we age and die? Using stories of people and animals, Peter Schattner will show how the amazing new world of molecular biology is revolutionizing our understanding of what it means to be human.
- WHAT: Love, Sex, & DNA
- WHO: Dr. Peter Schattner
- WHEN: 7 PM, Monday, May 11, 2015
- WHERE: PianoFight, 144 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA
- HOW: Please register below.
- WHY: Because we’re curious creatures.
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