On February 22, 2011, the Rochester Science cafe will be happy to present the February Cafe talk:
"Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: Why Size Matters?"
Dr. Todd Krauss
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Institute of Optics
Biophysics, Structural and Computational Biology Program
Director, Materials Science Program
University of Rochester
The talk will be at 7pm at the Pittsford Plaza Barnes and Noble. Refreshments will be served, and ASL interpretation will be provided for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
We look forward to seeing everyone there.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
January Science Cafe: 1/25/2011: Personalized medicine: Tailoring health care in the information age
The Rochester Science cafe is happy to announce our January Science Cafe, which will lead of our Spring 2011 series:
"Personalized medicine: Tailoring health care in the information age"
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
7pm, Pittsford Plaza Barnes and Noble
Robert W. West, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Dr. Robert West, Ph.D., a geneticist and molecular biologist, teaches an
innovative course in personalized medicine to medical students at SUNY Upstate Medical University.
"Personalized medicine: Tailoring health care in the information age"
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
7pm, Pittsford Plaza Barnes and Noble
Robert W. West, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Dr. Robert West, Ph.D., a geneticist and molecular biologist, teaches an
innovative course in personalized medicine to medical students at SUNY Upstate Medical University.
Personalized medicine is a revolutionary approach to medical care emphasizing a wealth of information about an individual patient to select or optimize that patient's healthcare. Two paradigm-shifting technologies have helped create the opportunity for personalized medicine and, in doing so have altered healthcare forever. The internet has given rise to the empowered patient or “e-Patient”, and the human genome project is revealing genetic factors and providing tests that provide highly-individualized medical care. These technological advances are transforming physician training and are increasing the extent to which consumer patients can and should participate in their own healthcare. Appropriate catchphrases for healthcare in the 21st century are “right medication, right dose, right patient, right time”, and “P4 medicine”, for Predictive, Preventive, Personalized, and Participatory.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
November Cafe this Tuesday
Hi everyone,
Our final cafe for 2010 will be this coming Tuesday. We'll be announcing the 2011 winter/spring lineup soon, so keep an eye out for it. Meanwhile, please come to hear about:
November 30: “Action video games as exemplary learning tools”
Dr. Daphne Bavelier
Professor Brain & Cognitive Sciences and Imaging Sciences
Associate Director Rochester Center for Brain Imaging
University of Rochester
Cafes will continue to take place at 7:00pm at the Pittsford Plaza
Barnes and Noble on Monroe Ave., in the Community room upstairs.
Meetings will be the fourth (or fifth) Thursday of the month, unless clearly
noted otherwise. We'll continue to provide refreshments thanks to an
outreach grant from NASA, as well as interpretation services for the
deaf and hard-of-hearing.
If you know someone who would like to be on the mailing list,
encourage them to send an e-mail to me, and we'll put them on the
list, or subscribe to the following public Google Group:
http://groups.google.com/group/rochester-science-cafe
Our final cafe for 2010 will be this coming Tuesday. We'll be announcing the 2011 winter/spring lineup soon, so keep an eye out for it. Meanwhile, please come to hear about:
November 30: “Action video games as exemplary learning tools”
Dr. Daphne Bavelier
Professor Brain & Cognitive Sciences and Imaging Sciences
Associate Director Rochester Center for Brain Imaging
University of Rochester
Cafes will continue to take place at 7:00pm at the Pittsford Plaza
Barnes and Noble on Monroe Ave., in the Community room upstairs.
Meetings will be the fourth (or fifth) Thursday of the month, unless clearly
noted otherwise. We'll continue to provide refreshments thanks to an
outreach grant from NASA, as well as interpretation services for the
deaf and hard-of-hearing.
If you know someone who would like to be on the mailing list,
encourage them to send an e-mail to me, and we'll put them on the
list, or subscribe to the following public Google Group:
http://groups.google.com/group/rochester-science-cafe
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Revised October Cafe
Hi everyone, our scheduled October speaker is ill, so Dr. Zack Butler, Associate Professor of Computer Science at RIT, has graciously agreed to move up his talk by a month. Our October Cafe will be in 2 days, 7:00pm, Tuesday October 26, at the Pittsford Plaza Barned and Noble, on the topic:
We look forward to seeing you there.
"Robots: What can we expect from them?"
Dr. Zack Butler
Associate Professor of Computer Science
RIT
We look forward to seeing you there.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
October Cafe in a week; November Cafe announced
Hi everyone,
The Rochester Science Cafe is happy to announce the next two cafe
topics. They will be:
October 26: “Action video games as exemplary learning tools”
Dr. Daphne Bavelier
Professor Brain & Cognitive Sciences and Imaging Sciences
Associate Director Rochester Center for Brain Imaging
University of Rochester
and on November 30 (the FIFTH Tuesday in November, after Thanksgiving):
"Robots: What can we expect from them?"
Dr. Zack Butler
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, RIT
13-time participant and 9-time champion member of the US National Puzzle Team
Cafes will continue to take place at 7:00pm at the Pittsford Plaza
Barnes and Noble on Monroe Ave., in the Community room upstairs.
Meetings will be the fourth (or fifth) Thursday of the month, unless clearly
noted otherwise. We'll continue to provide refreshments thanks to an
outreach grant from NASA, as well as interpretation services for the
deaf and hearing-impaired.
If you know someone who would like to be on the mailing list,
encourage them to send an e-mail to me, and we'll put them on the
list, or subscribe to the following public Google Group:
http://groups.google.com/group/rochester-science-cafe
The Rochester Science Cafe is happy to announce the next two cafe
topics. They will be:
October 26: “Action video games as exemplary learning tools”
Dr. Daphne Bavelier
Professor Brain & Cognitive Sciences and Imaging Sciences
Associate Director Rochester Center for Brain Imaging
University of Rochester
and on November 30 (the FIFTH Tuesday in November, after Thanksgiving):
"Robots: What can we expect from them?"
Dr. Zack Butler
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, RIT
13-time participant and 9-time champion member of the US National Puzzle Team
Cafes will continue to take place at 7:00pm at the Pittsford Plaza
Barnes and Noble on Monroe Ave., in the Community room upstairs.
Meetings will be the fourth (or fifth) Thursday of the month, unless clearly
noted otherwise. We'll continue to provide refreshments thanks to an
outreach grant from NASA, as well as interpretation services for the
deaf and hearing-impaired.
If you know someone who would like to be on the mailing list,
encourage them to send an e-mail to me, and we'll put them on the
list, or subscribe to the following public Google Group:
http://groups.google.com/group/rochester-science-cafe
Monday, August 16, 2010
First two Fall 2010 Cafes announced!
Hi everyone,
The Rochester Science Cafe will be back for the 2010-2011 session. The first two cafes will be:
As always, Science Cafes are regularly held at 7:00pm on the fourth Tuesday of every month at the Pittsford Plaza Barnes and Noble. All Cafes are free and open to the public. Refreshments are provided, as is ASL Interpretation for the deaf and hearing impaired.
The Rochester Science Cafe will be back for the 2010-2011 session. The first two cafes will be:
September 28: “The science and folly of lifespan extending drugs”
Dr. David S. Goldfarb
Professor of Biology, Biochemistry and Biophysics, Biomedical
Genetics, and Oncology
University of Rochester
October 26: “Action video games as exemplary learning tools”
Dr. Daphne Bavelier
Professor Brain & Cognitive Sciences and Imaging Sciences
Associate Director Rochester Center for Brain Imaging
University of Rochester
As always, Science Cafes are regularly held at 7:00pm on the fourth Tuesday of every month at the Pittsford Plaza Barnes and Noble. All Cafes are free and open to the public. Refreshments are provided, as is ASL Interpretation for the deaf and hearing impaired.
Friday, April 16, 2010
April Science Cafe: Dr. Robert Williams, President of the International Astronomical Union
Rochester’s Science Café will take an insider’s look through the Hubble Space Telescope during a talk by Robert Williams, head of the International Astronomical Union, the association that reclassified Pluto as a “dwarf planet” in 2006.
Williams, a distinguished research scholar and a former director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, will present “Our Spectacular Cosmos: How a Hubble Astronomer Looks at the Universe,” at 7 p.m. April 22 at the Pittsford Plaza Barnes & Noble’s Community Room. Rochester Science Café—sponsored by Rochester Institute of Technology and University of Rochester—is a series of free talks and discussions intended for a general audience.
While serving as director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, Williams influenced the science program and operation of the Hubble Space Telescope. The institute and Goddard Space Flight Center operate the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope for NASA.
In 1999, NASA awarded Williams the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal for his leadership of the Hubble Deep Field project. The two-week project, involving more than 50 scientists, revealed thousands of galaxies. Williams other research interests include novae, or exploding stars, spectroscopy and nebular gas clouds.
Williams will also present “The New Universe Revealed by the Hubble Space Telescope” at 2 p.m. April 23 at the RIT Inn & Conference Center as part of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s Arts and Letters program.
Williams, a distinguished research scholar and a former director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, will present “Our Spectacular Cosmos: How a Hubble Astronomer Looks at the Universe,” at 7 p.m. April 22 at the Pittsford Plaza Barnes & Noble’s Community Room. Rochester Science Café—sponsored by Rochester Institute of Technology and University of Rochester—is a series of free talks and discussions intended for a general audience.
While serving as director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, Williams influenced the science program and operation of the Hubble Space Telescope. The institute and Goddard Space Flight Center operate the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope for NASA.
In 1999, NASA awarded Williams the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal for his leadership of the Hubble Deep Field project. The two-week project, involving more than 50 scientists, revealed thousands of galaxies. Williams other research interests include novae, or exploding stars, spectroscopy and nebular gas clouds.
Williams will also present “The New Universe Revealed by the Hubble Space Telescope” at 2 p.m. April 23 at the RIT Inn & Conference Center as part of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s Arts and Letters program.
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