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April 30, 2021

Online Science Café – Probing the Infinitesimal to the Infinite with the ATLAS Experiment at...

Online Science Café – Probing the Infinitesimal to the Infinite with the ATLAS Experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider

One of the goals of particle physics is to explain the structure of matter at the smallest distance scales. For decades, the properties of the basic building blocks of matter... More

March 23, 2021

Online Science Café – A Gut Feeling About Stress

In this online Science Café recorded March 10, 2021 Carleton Neuroscience Professor Alfonso Abizaid talks about stress and how, under some circumstances, stress can increase appetite and alter our metabolism... More

March 3, 2021

Online Science Café – Creating a “Landscape of Practice” to Advance Trauma and Violence-Informed Physical...

Online Science Café – Creating a “Landscape of Practice” to Advance Trauma and Violence-Informed Physical Activity

The health and wellness benefits of physical activity are recognized globally, with the World Health Organization recommending that adults 18 years and older should do at least 150-300 minutes of... More

February 24, 2021

Online Science Café – Join Hanane Hadj-Moussa to explore how natural gene silences could solve...

Online Science Café – Join Hanane Hadj-Moussa to explore how natural gene silences could solve human problems

Our body relies on the coordination of thousands of molecules to regulate virtually all biological functions, with microRNAs emerging as a ‘master controller’. MicroRNAs are short RNAs which do not... More

December 22, 2020

Online Science Café – Watch Prof. Argel Aguilar-Valles Discuss the Workings of Novel Antidepressants

More than 1/3 of patients diagnosed with major depression do not respond to traditional antidepressant treatments, such as serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Recently, ketamine was approved for the treatment of those... More

December 8, 2020

Online Science Café – Join Sean Landsman for an Exploration of Migratory Fishes as Ecosystem...

Online Science Café – Join Sean Landsman for an Exploration of Migratory Fishes as Ecosystem Service Providers

When we think of migratory fish, most conjure up images of bright red sockeye salmon darting past grizzly bears in the Pacific Northwest. And while sockeye salmon, and indeed all... More

October 21, 2020

Online Science Café – Watch Prof. Erling Rud explain approaches and challenges with developing a...

Online Science Café – Watch Prof. Erling Rud explain approaches and challenges with developing a vaccine to prevent COVID-19

COVID-19 is a novel, highly pathogenic viral infection caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that originated in Wuhan City, China in late 2019. As of July... More

October 14, 2020

Online Science Café – Watch Erin Vanzyl discuss her research on understanding how defects in...

Online Science Café – Watch Erin Vanzyl discuss her research on understanding how defects in pre-mRNA splicing affect cancer cells

Cancer is a class of related diseases that are associated with the uncontrolled growth of cells in different parts of the body. Changes in cells leading to cancer are caused... More

October 1, 2020

Online Science Café – Watch Prof. Matthew Holden discuss how to improve patient outcomes in...

Online Science Café – Watch Prof. Matthew Holden discuss how to improve patient outcomes in surgery using machine learning

When a patient undergoes surgery, the operating room contains many devices to help perform and monitor the operation. For example, medical imaging devices allow us to see the patient's anatomy,... More

September 20, 2020

Online Science Café – Watch Prof. Vivian Nguyen discuss the afterlife of science

Science has always been portrayed as molecules, beakers, lab coats and math symbols. We often don’t think about how people actually interact with scientific information, and where the ‘science’ goes... More

August 7, 2020

Online Science Café – Watch Prof. Kyle Biggar discuss the anti-cancer potential of a novel...

Online Science Café – Watch Prof. Kyle Biggar discuss the anti-cancer potential of a novel KDM5C inhibitor

Cancer is caused by unregulated cellular growth, leading to catastrophic consequences for the tissues and organs in which these cells uncontrollably multiply. Research over the past 15+ years has revealed... More

July 15, 2020

Online Science Café – Watch Prof. Alex Wong discuss ultraviolet decontamination of medical masks

Adequate personal protective equipment is critical for ensuring the safety of nurses, doctors, and other frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, personal protective equipment supply chains are stretched, with... More