WHAT'S GOING ON AT BGBC?

 

Every Tuesday night at 7: King Trivia. Best trivia with the best host, with the best beer. Come join us! We have a lot of fun.

Every other Wednesday night at 7: Bingo. Beertender Flynn hosts a fun game - come join us!

Fourth Monday of every month, 630PM: Smarty Pints!
Clever people tell us about their work. Sometimes scientists, sometimes engineers, sometimes artists! Are you a clever person who would like to present a 30 minute talk on what you do? Reach out at info@burkegilmanbrewing.com
 

Upcoming Smarty Pints Topics:

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July 28:
Our Super Sciencey Summer continues on July 28, with three talks from graduate student researchers in @sefs_uw!

Masha Vernik, UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences

Resilience in Diversity: Climate Change and Seed Selection Among Organic Farms in Western WA

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Robin Ruhm, UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
The Hidden Cost of Gold: Mercury Accumulation, Forest Degradation and Ecosystem-Wide Effects Spread Far Throughout The Amazon

Gus Wettstein, UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
Beyond Prediction: Climate Adaptation as Future-Making

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This event is also part of the Summer Fight for Science campaign with @standupforscience @sufsseattle - if you think that science is an important part of society, this is for you!
 

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August 25:
Briana Abrahms, Assistant professor, UW Department of Biology - Center for Ecosystem Sentinels
Botswana and blue whales

Sally James, science writer
How science gets in your media

 

September 22:
Cailey Condit, UW Earth and Space Sciences

PNW earthquakes and subduction zones

Jacob Blickenstaff, STEM educator
Science in the movies

 

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Previous topics:

 

July 7

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How Science Works
Carl Bergstrom (Prof, UW Biology) and Kevin Gross (Prof, NCSU Statistics)
When our high school and college teachers talked about how science works, they usually focused on the so-called scientific method, stressing observation, data analysis, and hypothesis testing. What they didn’t talk about much is how science works as a social process. What are the norms and institutions that govern scientific activity? What incentives do they create for individual researchers? How do those incentives shape the questions that scientists ask and the approaches they take? How do scientists work collectively to develop ever-improving models of the physical world? What constitutes “good” science? What qualifies as expertise? How is scientific consensus formed—and what is it in the first place? By understanding how the science operates as a social process, we gain a deeper understanding of why science works and why scientific consensus is trustworthy. If that understanding were more widely shared, perhaps we would not be dealing with the all-out assault of science, medicine, and public health that we are facing today in the United States.

June 23
Kacey Rosenthal Putting the brakes on aggressive breast cancerKacey Rosenthal is a PhD candidate in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Washington. She studies an aggressive form of breast cancer using techniques like making cells glow in the dark so that doctors can understand better how to stop it from growing and spreading. She will talk about finding a way to put the brakes on this type of breast cancer in the hopes of helping patients live longer and healthier lives.Also, we could use another speaker on this date! Contact us if you're interested in speaking at a future Smarty Pints! info@burkegilmanbrewing.com

June 9

Hey, did you hear that the president’s budget request includes massive funding cuts for scientific research? We sure did! So on Monday, June 9th, a special edition of Smarty Pints is hosting five UW researchers for a panel on how recent federal actions are changing the landscape for science and research. Come learn what’s up and why it matters! Monday, June 9th at 6:30! And, buy your scientist friends a beer. They’ve been on a wild ride.

May 26
Andrea Lius
It's Time To Die
Andrea Lius is a PhD candidate in the Department of Pharmacology who studies a process in the cell that can make cancer more aggressive. In her James Bond-themed talk, she compares cancer cells to secret agents like Bond—while both of which may seem invincible, they have characteristics that can make them vulnerable. She shares how cancer biologists like herself can expose and target these vulnerabilities to find new ways to kill cancer.

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