This Cinco de Mayo, come get a little taste of some spicy homegrown science. Join taste of science's Memphis chapter and two U of M professors for a fun-filled night of everything you ever wanted to know about:
-black bears (Emily Puckett, PhD)
-bugs (Leigh Broadman, PhD)
-and what goes on behind the scenes with a tour from our friends at Flyway Brewing!
Timeline
5:30pm
Doors open at 5:30pm. Enjoy a bounty of food and drinks (with or without alcohol) at Flyaway Brewing while chatting with new friends.
6pm
Following a brief introduction to taste of science and thanks to our sponsors, we will hear from our speakers with plenty of time between for questions and refills.
Meet the speakers…
Dr. Emily Puckett
Emily is an Associate Professor at the University of Memphis. She and her group are interested in understanding the evolutionary history of bears (especially American black bears) through space and time.
Dr. Leigh Boardman
Leigh is also based at the University of Memphis, where she and her group Research in the Boardman Lab are interested in how arthropods (bugs) live in environments where they must cope with multiple stressful things in their environment such as changes in temperature, oxygen, and/or water availability.
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