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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 SciencesResilience in Diversity: Climate Change and Seed Selection Among Organic Farms in Western WA​Robin Ruhm, UW School of Environmental and Forest SciencesThe Hidden Cost of Gold: Mercury Accumulation, Forest Degradation and Ecosystem-Wide Effects Spread Far Throughout The AmazonGus Wettstein, UW School of Environmental and Forest SciencesBeyond Prediction: Climate Adaptation as Future-Making​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!

 

July 7
​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 cancer

 

Kacey 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 26Andrea LiusIt's Time To DieAndrea 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.​​