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Science Pub Portland: Hawai'i's Reefs
A Deep Dive into Hawai'i's Reefs
With Dwayne Minton, PhD, Marine Scientist for The Nature Conservancy in Hawai'i, and Science Fiction Author
October 5, 2017 | 7-9PM; Doors Open @ 5PM |
$5 advance purchase for guaranteed seats; $5 suggested donation at the door. Tickets available online or at the OMSI front desk, see below for details.
Few places on Earth can rival Hawai‘i’s amazing diversity of life. But Hawai‘i’s rare beauty and natural diversity, both on land and in the surrounding waters, are exceptionally fragile.
Hawai'i’s once fertile and well-managed reefs and fisheries helped sustain a self-sufficient Hawaiian population for a thousand years. But the pressures of an increasing population and over 7 million visitors a year are straining reefs and fisheries. Impacts from climate change, overfishing, sedimentation, land-based pollution, and invasive species have contributed to a 40% decline in living coral reefs in some areas in the last 40 years, and a more than 75% decline in commercially important reef fish populations over the past century.
Dwayne Minton is a marine biologist for The Nature Conservancy in Hawai’i whose work focuses on identifying problems on reefs, designing studies and helping communities track progress and analyze results.
Minton holds a PhD in zoology and more than two decades of experience in Pacific coral reef ecology. He has planned coral reef mitigation and assessed reef conservation actions, managed lands and waters for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service, advised the United Nations on World Heritage site assessments in Papua New Guinea, and served as a field invertebrate specialist on numerous NOAA Pacific research cruises. He is also an accomplished science fiction author.
OMSI Science Pub at the Mission Theater will be a ticketed event beginning on October 5. To guarantee a seat at this event, please buy tickets online or at the OMSI front desk. Please show your ticket at the theater entrance upon arrival.
If the event sells out, we will update the website and Facebook listings accordingly. If the event does not sell out in advance, attendance will be first-come, first-served at the door and at-the-door admission will remain a suggested donation.
Science Pub Mission is a monthly event that is open to anyone and everyone – no scientific background required. Just bring your curiosity, sense of humor, and appetite for food, drinks and knowledge! For more information or to sign up for our mailing list, email: sciencepub@omsi.edu.
Dinner and drinks will be available throughout the presentation. Please visit the McMenamins Mission Theater website for a dinner menu and venue information.
Science Pub Corvallis: Geology of Oregon & Washington
Assembling the Northwest: A Roadside View of Oregon and Washington Geology
With Marli Miller, PhD, Senior Instructor in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Oregon
October 9, 2017 | Doors open @ 5PM | FREE
Ever wonder about the origins of an interesting rock along the road –or why some parts of the Pacific Northwest look so different from others? Chances are, you’re onto an amazing story. Together, Oregon and Washington host an unusually diverse and eventful geological history that illustrates—among other things—the growth of our continent, enormous floods of both lava and water, explosive volcanic activity, and the effects of glaciation.
In this presentation, geologist and photographer Marli Miller will outline the geology of Oregon and Washington as seen along our federal and state highways. Beginning with our plate tectonic setting, she will describe the process of continental growth that forms the underlying but diverse “basement” of the region and is readily visible in the Coast Range, North Cascades, Okanogan, Klamath, and Blue Mountains. Following that, a photographic “roadtrip” up I-84 and Washington State Highway 14 in the Columbia Gorge will illustrate many of the younger features that make our landscape so unique.
Marli Miller is a senior instructor and researcher in the Dept. of Earth Sciences at the University of Oregon, where she’s been since 1997. Most recently, she and coauthor Darrel Cowan completed a complete rewrite of the book Roadside Geology of Washington; before that she rewrote Roadside Geology of Oregon, (both published by Mountain Press in Missoula). She earned her M.S. and Ph.D. in geology at the University of Washington in 1987 and 1992 respectively and a B.A. in geology at Colorado College in 1982. As a photographer, she concentrates on geological images, and contributes regularly to textbooks, museum exhibits, journals, and teaching collections of other instructors. Her website (marlimillerphoto.com) offers free downloads of more than 2000 images for non-commercial use.
The Science Pub presentation is free and open to the public.
Sponsors of Science Pub include Terra magazine at OSU, the Downtown Corvallis Association and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.
Fore more information or to sign up for our mailing list, email: sciencepub@omsi.edu.
You can also listen to their podcasts at http://communications.oregonstate.edu/podcast.
Science Pub Eugene: Geology of Oregon & Washington
Rocks Along Our Roads: Exploring the Geology of Oregon and Washington
With Marli Miller, PhD, Senior Instructor in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Oregon
October 12, 2017 | Doors open @ 5PM | $5 Suggested Donation
Ever wonder about the origins of an interesting rock along the road –or why some parts of the Pacific Northwest look so different from others? Chances are, you’re onto an amazing story. Together, Oregon and Washington host an unusually diverse and eventful geological history that illustrates—among other things—the growth of our continent, enormous floods of both lava and water, explosive volcanic activity, and the effects of glaciation.
In this presentation, geologist and photographer Marli Miller will outline the geology of Oregon and Washington as seen along our federal and state highways. Beginning with our plate tectonic setting, she will describe the process of continental growth that forms the underlying but diverse “basement” of the region and is readily visible in the Coast Range, North Cascades, Okanogan, Klamath, and Blue Mountains. Following that, a photographic “roadtrip” up I-84 and Washington State Highway 14 in the Columbia Gorge will illustrate many of the younger features that make our landscape so unique.
Marli Miller is a senior instructor and researcher in the Dept. of Earth Sciences at the University of Oregon, where she’s been since 1997. Most recently, she and coauthor Darrel Cowan completed a complete rewrite of the book Roadside Geology of Washington; before that she rewrote Roadside Geology of Oregon, (both published by Mountain Press in Missoula). She earned her M.S. and Ph.D. in geology at the University of Washington in 1987 and 1992 respectively and a B.A. in geology at Colorado College in 1982. As a photographer, she concentrates on geological images, and contributes regularly to textbooks, museum exhibits, journals, and teaching collections of other instructors. Her website (marlimillerphoto.com) offers free downloads of more than 2000 images for non-commercial use.
Science Pub Eugene is a monthly event that is open to anyone and everyone. No RSVP or scientific background required. Just bring your curiosity, sense of humor, and appetite for food, drinks, and knowledge! For more information or to sign up for our mailing list, email: sciencepub@omsi.edu.
Science Pub Portland: Early Cancer Detection
Early Cancer Detection and Saving Lives
With Dr. Sadik Esener, Director of the Knight Cancer Institute’s Cancer Early Detection Advanced Research Center at OHSU
October 17, 2017 | Event 7-9PM; Doors Open @ 5PM |
$5 advance purchase for guaranteed seats; $5 suggested donation at the door. Tickets available online or at the OMSI front desk, see below for details.
Cancer research is changing, for the better. Nevertheless, much of cancer research is focused on later stage disease, helping patients survive a cancer that may have already fully developed. What if we could detect those cancers earlier? What if we could discover what makes the body create cancer, so that we could eliminate it before it ever begins? That would truly end cancer as we know it!
Dr. Sadik Esener is the Director of the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute’s Cancer Early Detection Advanced Research Center (CEDAR). A nano-engineer by training, Dr. Esener is assembling a diverse team comprised of the best and brightest minds in the world. His team includes people who specialize in technology, basic biology, population science, and researchers who bring a unique perspective to the problems of early detection.
His operating model looks a little more like Google than a traditional academic medical institution’s research lab – and there are reasons for that. The Knight is reinventing the model for its focus on early detection – because the earlier you can spot and treat cancers, the more lives are saved.
Dr. Esener was recruited to the Knight’s CEDAR Center because of his strengths as a scientific innovator and a catalyst for discovery. He has a strong record of bringing together scientists and technology from different disciplines to focus on a specific challenge. Dr. Esener came to OHSU from UCSD, where he was a professor at the Jacobs School of Engineering; he also led the Cancer Nanotechnology Center of Excellence, funded by the National Cancer Institute at USCD’s Moores Cancer Center. The Cancer Nanotechnology Center explores ways to use nanoscale devices to detect and target cancerous tumors. Dr. Esener’s technologies have launched many start-up companies, including five of his own.
Of Turkish origin, Dr. Esener grew up in France, earned his B.S. from the Instanbul Technical University, an M.S. from the University of Michigan in Electrical Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering from UCSD, specializing in photonic devices.
OMSI Science Pub at the Empirical Theater will be a ticketed event beginning on October 17. To guarantee a seat at this event, please buy tickets online or at the OMSI front desk. Please show your ticket at the theater entrance upon arrival.
If the event sells out, we will update the website and Facebook listings accordingly. If the event does not sell out in advance, attendance will be first-come, first-served at the door and at-the-door admission will remain a suggested donation.
There will no longer be official seat reservations available at the door. You are welcome to reserve a seat with your jacket or sweater.
Science Pub OMSI is a monthly event that is open to anyone and everyone – no scientific background required. Just bring your curiosity, sense of humor, and appetite for food, drinks and knowledge! For more information or to sign up for our mailing list, email: sciencepub@omsi.edu.
Dinner will be available in our restaurant, Theory, or from the Empirical Café. Guests can check-in at the theater entrance and find a seat before grabbing dinner and drinks. Food and drink are welcome in the theater. Parking is free for the event. Doors open at 5pm.
For more information or to sign up for our mailing list, email: sciencepub@omsi.edu.
Science Pub Portland: Geology of Oregon & Washington
Rocks Along Our Road: Exploring the Geology of Oregon and Washington
With Marli Miller, PhD, Senior Instructor in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Oregon
November 2, 2017 | Event 7-9PM; Doors Open @ 5PM |
$5 advance purchase for guaranteed seats; $5 suggested donation at the door. Tickets available online or at the OMSI front desk; see below for details.
Ever wonder about the origins of an interesting rock along the road –or why some parts of the Pacific Northwest look so different from others? Chances are, you’re onto an amazing story. Together, Oregon and Washington host an unusually diverse and eventful geological history that illustrates—among other things—the growth of our continent, enormous floods of both lava and water, explosive volcanic activity, and the effects of glaciation.
In this presentation, geologist and photographer Marli Miller will outline the geology of Oregon and Washington as seen along our federal and state highways. Beginning with our plate tectonic setting, she will describe the process of continental growth that forms the underlying but diverse “basement” of the region and is readily visible in the Coast Range, North Cascades, Okanogan, Klamath, and Blue Mountains. Following that, a photographic “roadtrip” up I-84 and Washington State Highway 14 in the Columbia Gorge will illustrate many of the younger features that make our landscape so unique.
Marli Miller is a senior instructor and researcher in the Dept. of Earth Sciences at the University of Oregon, where she’s been since 1997. Most recently, she and coauthor Darrel Cowan completed a complete rewrite of the book Roadside Geology of Washington; before that she rewrote Roadside Geology of Oregon, (both published by Mountain Press in Missoula). She earned her M.S. and Ph.D. in geology at the University of Washington in 1987 and 1992 respectively and a B.A. in geology at Colorado College in 1982. As a photographer, she concentrates on geological images, and contributes regularly to textbooks, museum exhibits, journals, and teaching collections of other instructors. Her website (marlimillerphoto.com) offers free downloads of more than 2000 images for non-commercial use.
OMSI Science Pub at the Mission Theater will be a ticketed event beginning on October 5. To guarantee a seat at this event, please buy tickets online or at the OMSI front desk. Please show your ticket at the theater entrance upon arrival.
If the event sells out, we will update the website and Facebook listings accordingly. If the event does not sell out in advance, attendance will be first-come, first-served at the door and at-the-door admission will remain a suggested donation.
Science Pub Mission is a monthly event that is open to anyone and everyone – no scientific background required. Just bring your curiosity, sense of humor, and appetite for food, drinks and knowledge! For more information or to sign up for our mailing list, email: sciencepub@omsi.edu.
Dinner and drinks will be available throughout the presentation. Please visit the McMenamins Mission Theater website for a dinner menu and venue information.
Science Pub Eugene: Cascadia's Past Earthquakes, Climate & Landscapes
Lakes Lurk Large: How Geologic Accidents Help Us Decipher Past Earthquakes, Climate, and Landscapes in Cascadia
With Josh Roering, PhD, Professor of Earth Science at the University of Oregon
November 9, 2017 | Doors open @ 5PM | $5 Suggested Donation
Residents of the Pacific Northwest are no stranger to mountainous landscapes. We ski on them, hike on them, and drive over them to get to the coast or most out-of-state destinations. But, the powerful, steep rivers that emerge from our mountainous surroundings are sometimes subject by geologic forces that impede river flow, creating lakes. By geologic standards, these lakes are not permanent, but rather serve as ephemeral repositories formed by an array of geologic accidents. Fortunately for geoscientists, these mountain lakes preserve sediments and sometimes even create ghost forests that reveal the climate and earthquake history of our region.
Dr. Josh Roering, Professor of Earth Science at the University of Oregon, is a geomorphologist specializing in the evolution of landscapes. His research group has been studying the dynamic nature of Cascadia over human to million-year timescales using "old school" and new technology. In this presentation, he will highlight recent discoveries that demonstrate how frequent and profound change defines landscapes of the Pacific Northwest.
Science Pub Eugene is a monthly event that is open to anyone and everyone. No RSVP or scientific background required. Just bring your curiosity, sense of humor, and appetite for food, drinks, and knowledge! For more information or to sign up for our mailing list, email: sciencepub@omsi.edu.
Science Pub Corvallis: Greenland
Clues from Greenland: Signs of a Changing Climate
With Alan Mix, PhD, Distinguished Professor in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University
November 13, 2017 | Doors open @ 5PM | FREE
Details coming soon!
The Science Pub presentation is free and open to the public.
Sponsors of Science Pub include Terra magazine at OSU, the Downtown Corvallis Association and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.
Fore more information or to sign up for our mailing list, email: sciencepub@omsi.edu.
You can also listen to their podcasts at http://communications.oregonstate.edu/podcast.
Science Pub Portland: Protecting Oregon’s Biodiversity
Space Cowboys: Protecting Oregon’s Biodiversity
With Vincent Jansen, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Idaho
November 14, 2017 | Doors Open @ 5PM |
$5 advance purchase for guaranteed seats; $5 suggested donation at the door. Tickets available online or at the OMSI front desk; see below for details.
In the Pacific Northwest and around the world, agriculture and other human activities have altered most native grasslands, leaving those that remain among Earth’s most endangered ecosystems. But at northeast Oregon’s Zumwalt Prairie, adjacent to the magnificent Wallowa Mountains, there is a stronghold. Here, in the largest remaining grassland of its type in North America, science, innovation and teamwork are bringing vitality to both land and livelihoods.
The Nature Conservancy, the University of Idaho and a group of private ranchers are working together to improve and protect biodiversity in this treasured landscape while supporting sustainable livestock grazing, ranching families and the local community. Learn about their collaborative efforts using remote sensing technologies and satellite data to monitor vegetation across the prairie, allowing ranchers and land managers to make smart decisions that provide benefits for both livestock, native species and the land upon which all depend.
OMSI Science Pub at the Empirical Theater will be a ticketed event beginning on October 17. To guarantee a seat at this event, please buy tickets online or at the OMSI front desk. Please show your ticket at the theater entrance upon arrival.
If the event sells out, we will update the website and Facebook listings accordingly. If the event does not sell out in advance, attendance will be first-come, first-served at the door and at-the-door admission will remain a suggested donation.
There will no longer be official seat reservations available at the door. You are welcome to reserve a seat with your jacket or sweater.
Science Pub OMSI is a monthly event that is open to anyone and everyone – no scientific background required. Just bring your curiosity, sense of humor, and appetite for food, drinks and knowledge! For more information or to sign up for our mailing list, email: sciencepub@omsi.edu.
Dinner will be available in our restaurant, Theory, or from the Empirical Café. Guests can check-in at the theater entrance and find a seat before grabbing dinner and drinks. Food and drink are welcome in the theater. Parking is free for the event. Doors open at 5pm.
For more information or to sign up for our mailing list, email: sciencepub@omsi.edu.
Science Pub Portland: Meteorites
Meteorites: Misconceptions, Reality, and Their Value
With Alex Ruzicka, PhD, Associate Professor of Geology at Portland State Univeristy and Director of the Cascadia Meteorite Lab
December 7, 2017 | 7-9PM; Doors Open @ 5PM |
$5 advance purchase for guaranteed seats; $5 suggested donation at the door. Tickets available online or at the OMSI front desk; see below for details.
Details coming soon!
OMSI Science Pub at the Mission Theater will be a ticketed event beginning on October 5. To guarantee a seat at this event, please buy tickets online or at the OMSI front desk. Please show your ticket at the theater entrance upon arrival.
If the event sells out, we will update the website and Facebook listings accordingly. If the event does not sell out in advance, attendance will be first-come, first-served at the door and at-the-door admission will remain a suggested donation.
Science Pub Mission is a monthly event that is open to anyone and everyone – no scientific background required. Just bring your curiosity, sense of humor, and appetite for food, drinks and knowledge! For more information or to sign up for our mailing list, email: sciencepub@omsi.edu.
Dinner and drinks will be available throughout the presentation. Please visit the McMenamins Mission Theater website for a dinner menu and venue information.
Science Pub Portland: Science of Cookies
Backvergnügen! The Fun Food Science Behind German Christmas Cookies
With Sue Queisser, BS, Project Manager in the Center for Sensory & Consumer Behavior Research at Oregon State University
December 12, 2017 | 7-9PM; Doors Open @ 5PM |
$5 advance purchase for guaranteed seats; $5 suggested donation at the door. Tickets available online or at the OMSI front desk; see below for details.
Presentation details coming soon!
Sue Queisser manages the Center for Sensory and Consumer Behavior Research at Oregon State University and owns Melarova Baking in Corvallis. At 18 she headed off to art school and got a degree in printmaking with a minor in Italian (drawing on limestone is very unmarketable, by the way) and quickly headed back to school to get a degree in mechanical engineering at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. She worked as a process engineer at Hewlett-Packard and loved it — figuring out the best way to make anything is an obsession of hers. After a stint as a stay-at-home mom, she got a food science degree at Oregon State so she could do process with food – her true passion. She worked at several Willamette Valley food companies before starting her own business. Now she is very happy to be back at OSU in the Department of Food Science and Technology running consumer taste test panels.
OMSI Science Pub at the Empirical Theater will be a ticketed event beginning on October 17. To guarantee a seat at this event, please buy tickets online or at the OMSI front desk. Please show your ticket at the theater entrance upon arrival.
If the event sells out, we will update the website and Facebook listings accordingly. If the event does not sell out in advance, attendance will be first-come, first-served at the door and at-the-door admission will remain a suggested donation.
There will no longer be official seat reservations available at the door. You are welcome to reserve a seat with your jacket or sweater.
Science Pub OMSI is a monthly event that is open to anyone and everyone – no scientific background required. Just bring your curiosity, sense of humor, and appetite for food, drinks and knowledge! For more information or to sign up for our mailing list, email: sciencepub@omsi.edu.
Dinner will be available in our restaurant, Theory, or from the Empirical Café. Guests can check-in at the theater entrance and find a seat before grabbing dinner and drinks. Food and drink are welcome in the theater. Parking is free for the event. Doors open at 5pm.
For more information or to sign up for our mailing list, email: sciencepub@omsi.edu.