Science on Saturdays at Yale, 2015 - 2016

Science Saturdays is a special lecture series designed for families that brings the excitement of research and the passion of scientists to school-age children and adults. Each event involves a lecture by a Yale professor and engaging science demonstrations run by Yale college students. The lectures are free and open to the public and the topics explored are for kids in 7th grade and above. Professor Arthur Horwich (Yale Professor of Genetics and of Pediatrics) gives his talk, Chaperonins: Molecular Origami Machines, at Yale Science on Saturdays

Professor James Mayer (Chemistry) gives his talk, Energy Challenges, One Proton and One Electron at a Time, at Yale Science on Saturdays Science Saturdays is a special lecture series designed for families that brings the excitement of research and the passion of scientists to school-age children and adults. Each event involves a lecture by a Yale professor and engaging science demonstrations run by Yale college students. The lectures are free and open to the public and the topics explored are for kids in 7th grade and above.

Professor David Post (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology) gives his talk, Wildebeests, Hippos, Alewives, and Isotopes, at Yale Science on Saturdays. Science Saturdays is a special lecture series designed for families that brings the excitement of research and the passion of scientists to school-age children and adults. Each event involves a lecture by a Yale professor and engaging science demonstrations run by Yale college students. The lectures are free and open to the public and the topics explored are for kids in 7th grade and above.

Professor Richard Lifton (Genetics) gives his talk, "Genetics & Precision Personalized Medicine," at Yale Science on Saturdays. Science Saturdays is a special lecture series designed for families that brings the excitement of research and the passion of scientists to school-age children and adults. Each event involves a lecture by a Yale professor and engaging science demonstrations run by Yale college students. The lectures are free and open to the public and the topics explored are for kids in 7th grade and above.

The invention of the transistor lead to a revolution in electronics that produced integrated circuits, which in many ways define our modern civilization. Yet within our lifetime, the face of electronics will change as we approach the limits of the present technology. At the same time, we are poised at the edge of another revolution where even more complex and different devices may create a radically different form of new electronics. At Yale's Science on Saturdays on February, 6, 2016, Prof. Mark Reed tells us about the potential of this new world in his lecture "The Future of Electronics." Science on Saturdays is an award-winning lecture series that features scientists whose passion for their work inspires us all. Each event involves a lecture by a Yale professor and engaging science demonstrations by Yale college students. Science on Saturdays provides an opportunity for Yale scientists and residents of New Haven and beyond to come together over a shared sense of wonder. Past topics

Science on Saturdays is an award-winning lecture series that features scientists whose passion for their work inspires us all. Each event involves a lecture by a Yale professor and engaging science demonstrations by Yale college students. Science on Saturdays provides an opportunity for Yale scientists and residents of New Haven and beyond to come together over a shared sense of wonder. On March 5th, Susan Baserga teaches about the human microbiome and how fecal transplants are being developed as treatments for curing disease.

Science on Saturdays is an award-winning lecture series that features scientists whose passion for their work inspires us all. Each event involves a lecture by a Yale professor and engaging science demonstrations by Yale college students. Science on Saturdays provides an opportunity for Yale scientists and residents of New Haven and beyond to come together over a shared sense of wonder. On April 9th, Karen Wynn asks us the questions: Is morality inherent to the human condition? Are babies born knowing the difference between good and bad, or do they have to learn this?

Science on Saturdays at Yale - Maureen Long - Earthquakes, Volcanoes, & Tsunamis, oh My! The Science of Natural Disasters When the earth twitches buildings fall, volcanoes erupt, and killer waves reshape the ocean shore. Join us this Saturday to learn from Professor Maureen Long about how earth scientists use the theory of plate tectonics to understand and prepare for geologic disasters. Science on Saturdays is an award-winning lecture series that features scientists whose passion for their work inspires us all. Each event involves a lecture by a Yale professor and engaging science demonstrations by Yale college students. Science on Saturdays provides an opportunity for Yale scientists and residents of New Haven and beyond to come together over a shared sense of wonder.

Tastes like chicken you say - or should it be tastes like Apatosaurus? Professor Jacques Gauthier of Yale Geology & Geophysics tells us how we know the dinosaurs didn't really all disappear, they just learned to fly. Science on Saturdays is an award-winning lecture series that features scientists whose passion for their work inspires us all. Each event involves a lecture by a Yale professor and engaging science demonstrations by Yale college students. Science on Saturdays provides an opportunity for Yale scientists and residents of New Haven and beyond to come together over a shared sense of wonder.

Yale Science on Saturday, 11/12/16, Patrick Vaccaro - Molecules & Light: Illuminating Phenomena With Lasers Lasers are the flashlight of chemistry. This Saturday Professor Patrick Vaccaro will tell us how his group uses light and lasers to bend, rotate, and push molecules around in the lab, and even distinguish molecules that are mirror images of each other. Science Saturdays is a special lecture series designed for families that brings the excitement of research and the passion of scientists to the community. Each event involves a lecture by a Yale professor and hands-on science demonstrations run by Yale College students. Bring the whole family! For more event information, go to: