Be there and be square on December 11th!
Doors at 7:00, talks at 8 PM. $5 cover
Mercury Bar, Downtown Honolulu
Nerd Nite #11: Freezing bugs, big waves, and individuality amid symbiosis!
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Ryan Caesar: Colder than a snow flea’s aedeagus: Diversity and Adaptation of insects in extreme cold climates
Bio: Ryan is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Hawaii where he studies insect evolution. He earned his Ph.D. from Ohio State University and a masters from Texas A&M.
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Jeanette Clark: Town and Country: The Science Behind Oahu’s Waves
Abstract: When the wave breaks here, don’t be there – why waves break the way they do
Bio: Jeanette has a B.A. in Environmental Science from Columbia University and an M.S. in Physical oceanography from University of Hawaii. She can often be found surfing town-side at Diamond Head.
Symbiosis is all around us – learn about microbial interactions and the endosymbiotic theory to the Gaia hypothesis.
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DJ Globes rocks Mercury with appropriately nerdy jams.