From a September 7, 2023 SFU Café Scientifique announcement of their Fall 2023 event schedule (received via email),
We hope you had a great summer and are all excited for a brand new fall line-up:
SFU Café Scientifique lectures and discussions on Zoom
Tuesdays from 5:00-6:30pm, Zoom invites are sent to those who register.
Email cafe_scientifique@sfu.ca for inquires.
Sept 26, 2023 Vance Williams, Chemistry
Title: (Un)Natural Beauty: Art, Science and Technology
Description: While art is often described in opposition to science and technology, in reality, these disciplines are mutually supporting and reinforcing explorations of the natural and constructed world. In this presentation, I will examine the intersection of art and science and the often blurry distinction between the scientist and the artist.
[Register here for September 26, 2023 event]
October 24, 2023 Ailene MacPherson, Mathematics
Title: Who, What, Where, When, and Why: the power of genomics in public health
Description: Within days of first being identified the full genome sequence of SARS Cov-2 was published online. Here we discuss the extraordinary power and limitations of genomics for understanding disease spread and for designing effective public health interventions.
[Register here for October 24, 2023 event]
November 28, 2023 Dustin King, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Title: Decoding how life senses and responds to carbon dioxide gas.
Description: Dustin King’s Indigenous background is central to his work and relationship with the biochemical research he conducts. He brings Indigenous ways of knowing and a two-eye seeing approach to critical questions about humanity’s impact upon the natural world.
Join Dr. King on a microscopic journey into intricate cellular systems, which make use of CO2 in incredible ways. The presence of CO2 on Earth has given rise to a diverse evolutionary tree, with plants and animals developing ingenious methods for harnessing and using CO2 in their unique habitats. We travel from the depths of the ocean floor to the air we breathe, to understand the implications of increasing CO2 levels in nature and in daily human life.
I wouldn’t have thought art/science or, as it sometimes called, sciart was a particularly obscure concept these days but it’s a good reminder that much depends on the community from which you draw your audience.