Café Scientifique 2011-2012

Café Scientifique is a monthly public discussion series sponsored by the U. Victoria Faculty of Science.

See also http://cbr.uvic.ca for more info on the Café Scientifique series sponsored by the Centre for Biomedical Research.

Date         Event Place Poster
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Next Events:
September
7:00pm		 TBD
TBD coming soon
Past Events:
Mon Nov 7th
6:30pm		 "The Search for Life in the Universe"
Dr. Jon Willis
Dept of Physics and Astronomy
U. Victoria 		Peacock Billiards
1175 Douglas at View
Mon Dec 5th
6:30pm		 "Renewable energy from the oceans:
Is it feasible?"
Dr. Jody Klymak & Dr. Curran Crawford
Earth and Ocean Sciences and
Mechanical Engineering
U. Victoria 		Peacock Billiards
1175 Douglas at View 		   hi-res pdf
Tue Jan 10th
7:00pm (food 6:30) 		"The Physics and Chemistry of the
Apocalypse: Runaway Greenhouses,
Earth's Future, and Venus's Past"
Dr. Colin Goldblatt, SEOS, UVic 		Solstice Cafe
529 Pandora
http://solsticecafe.ca/ 		hi-res pdf
Tue Feb 7th
7:00pm		 "Golden alternatives for fighting cancer: Nanotechnology's contribution to the medicine of the future"
Dr. Alexandre Brolo
Dept of Chemistry
U. Victoria 		Solstice Cafe
529 Pandora 		coming soon
Tue Mar 13th
7:00pm		 Before Tragedy Strikes: The Quest to Predict Megadisasters
Dr. Florin Diacu
Dept of Mathematics and Statistics
U. Victoria
Abstract		 Solstice Cafe
529 Pandora 		high res pdf
Tue Apr 10th
7:00pm		 Genes from Arctic Bacteria help make Vaccines
Dr. Fran Nano
Dept of Biochemistry and Microbiology
U. Victoria
Link to news article on the subject of this talk 		Solstice Cafe
529 Pandora 		   hi-res pdf
Tue May 8th
7:00pm		 The last planet in the solar system: visiting Pluto
Dr. JJ Kavelaars
HIA and Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
U. Victoria
Abstract		 Solstice Cafe
529 Pandora 		high res pdf