The Marin Science Seminar is a series of extra-curricular science lectures held during the school year and consisting of hour-long programs in all areas of science, engineering and mathematics. Specialists speak to high school students on a topic and there will be a discussion period afterwards.
Sept - Oct - Nov 2009
September – Physics
23: "Detecting Illicit Nuclear Materials" with Edward C. Morse Ph.D.
30: “Smashing Protons! Exploring Nature’s Fundamental Particles and Forces with the Large Hadron Collider” with Beate Heinemann Ph.D.
October – Biomed
14: "Bad Blood: Interrogating Signaling Networks in Blood Disease" with Michelle Hermiston, M.D. Ph.D.
21: " Stimulating the Brain with Electricity and Stem Cells" with Daniel Lim, M.D. Ph.D.
28: "Making Faces: Developmental Mechanisms of Craniofacial Evolution" with Rich Schneider, Ph.D
November – Environmental Science
4: " How to Bring Solar Energy to Seven Billion People" with Cyrus Wadia, Ph.D.
