Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013
7:00-8:30 pm Cafe Scientifique presents Organ Transplantation
Taste
- 717 W. Smith Street
- Orlando, FL 32804
We’ll explore the different facets of solid-organ transplant and identify scientific breakthroughs that have helped us improve the quality of life among patients, and we’ll shed light onto the potential future of the field. Additionally, we will examine the fundamental principles of transplant and how they have resulted in medical and surgical innovation.
Giridhar Vedula MD is a multi-organ transplant surgeon at Florida Hospital, and focuses his practice primarily on liver, kidney and pancreas transplants. He trained at Columbia University in transplant surgery.
http://cafesciorl.com/2013-07-transplant
Monday, July 8th, 2013
9:00-10:00 am MS Biotech Thesis Defense of Ms. Swaran Nandini
BBS Lake Nona rm 103 (live)
BMS Conf. rm 136 (simulcast)
Characterization of Intracellular Transport Altered by Disruptions in the Dynein/Dynactin Motor Protein Complex
Tuesday, July 9th - Thursday, July 11th, 2013
The BioBricks Foundation Synthetic Biology Conference Series (SB6.0 Conference) is the world’s foremost professional meeting in the field of synthetic biology. Hosted by Imperial College London
http://sb6.biobricks.org/program/sessions/
Tuesday, July 9th, 2013
6:00-7:30 pm Cafe Scientifique presents "The Light on Other Planets"
Orlando Public Library- 101 E Central Blvd
- Orlando, FL 32801
Why do we see colors? Why don’t our eyes detect all wavelengths of light? Why is the sky blue and why are sunsets so colorful? Together with planetary scientists Dr. Addie Dove and Tracy Becker, we will address these questions, talk about the electromagnetic spectrum, and look at examples of how to change the way we see objects everyday. We will also learn how astronomers use telescopes that observe at different wavelengths of light to better understand our universe.
Tracy Becker is a graduate student in the physics department at the University of Central Florida on the Planetary Sciences track. She studies Saturn’s rings using data from the Cassini spacecraft, which is currently in orbit around Saturn. By looking at the way the tiny particles in the rings diffract starlight, she measures the sizes of some of the smallest dust particles in the rings. She runs the public outreach program at the Robinson Observatory at UCF and helped host the 2013 Southeast Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics.
Addie Dove, Ph.D., is a planetary scientist who currently holds a position as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Central Florida, and as the Laboratory Manager for the Center for Microgravity Research and Education (CMRE) there. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Colorado in May, 2012. Her thesis work was focused on the lunar plasma and dust environment, and her research expertise also includes lunar dust adhesion. At the CMRE, she leads laboratory-based studies of the behavior of planetary regolith in reduced gravity and normal gravity environments making use of parabolic airplane flights, suborbital rockets, the International Space Station, and a 0.8-second drop tower. She is a Co-Investigator of an experiment that will fly on the International Space Station to study low-velocity collisional behavior of small particles. She is also involved in a variety of outreach projects, and Co-Creator of the Lunar Graduate Conference (LunGradCon).
http://cafesciorl.com/2013-07-light
Wednesday, July 10th, 2013
7:00 pm Build Guild Orlando
The Other Bar
18 Wall Street
Orlando, FL
BUILD GUILD is a monthly gathering for web folks that enjoy chatting over drinks.
High-fives encouraged.
Mustaches optional.
GET GEEKY
with folks just like you
MAKE FRIENDS
and/or find new gigs
ENJOY BEER
or water or whatever
NO TALKS
or presentations, ever
http://orlando.buildguild.org/
Thursday, July 11th, 2013
5:30-7:00 pm General meeting
Graduate Center
Colbourn Hall
8:00-9:00 pm Markov Chain Chatbot Workshop
FamiLAB
1355 Bennett Dr #129
Longwood, FL 32750
Tetsu will be running this Markov Chain Chatbot Workshop at FamiLAB. All are welcome, please RSVP so we can get a head count. Markov chains are "is a mathematical system that undergoes transitions from one state to another, between a finite or countable number of possible states". What does that have to do with chat bots? Come out to the event and find out.
http://famimarkovchat.eventbrite.com/
