This page will contain information about the Friday portion about the program AND will also serve as the place for participants to organize their own events, lunch, carpooling, etc. Keep an eye on this spot – more will come soon.

Coffee Science

For Coffee Science, sign up here

Lab Tours

For Lab Tours, sign up here

Liveblog Friday Fermentable Wine Tasting – Solicitation of Interest

While we plan to serve some libations at the WiSE event (below) beginning at 7 pm, Abel Pharmboy is soliciting interest for a small (20 people) group to meet at Sigma Xi at 6-7 pm for an intimate wine tasting and liveblogging of his near-weekly blog feature, The Friday Fermentable. No knowledge of wine is necessary and Abel will provide the wine selections free-of-charge.

So as not to clutter this page with a sign-up list, please G-mail Abel directly at this dedicated e-mail address: fridayfermentable [at] gmail [dot] com or drop a comment to his blogpost on the event.

Women’s Networking Event

Registration for this event is now closed!
6:30pm Doors open
7-8pm Networking/desserts/local groups fair
8-9pm Keynote Speaker: Rebecca Skloot
“Women, science, and storytelling: The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks (a.k.a. HeLa), and one woman’s journey from scientist to writer “:

“Award winning writer Rebecca Skloot will speak about women in science journalism, her own journey from scientist to writer, and her forthcoming book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, which tells the remarkable story of HeLa