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Past Speakers
Explore the diverse range of speakers who have presented at Science on Tap, where we foster conversations across scientific disciplines
Multiple DatesTue, Dec 19Burlington Beer CompanyDec 19, 2023, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PMBurlington Beer Company, 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USA
Multiple DatesTue, Nov 21Burlington Beer CompanyNov 21, 2023, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PMBurlington Beer Company, 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USANov 21, 2023, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PMBurlington Beer Company, 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USAIn November, Byrony Sands, PhD will present our session. Her work integrates agroecology, entomology and veterinary parasitology and broadly seeks to understand the impacts of agricultural activities on insect biodiversity. Dr. Sands is a Gund Postdoctoral Fellow at UVM.
Multiple DatesTue, Oct 17Burlington Beer CompanyOct 17, 2023, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PMBurlington Beer Company, 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USAOct 17, 2023, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PMBurlington Beer Company, 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USAOur October session will feature Andrea Etter, PhD, assistant professor of Nutrition and Food Sciences at UVM. Dr. Etter works on food safety and food microbiology, specifically with bacterial genetics and stress tolerance and Salmonella risk in backyard chickens.
Multiple DatesTue, Sep 19Burlington Beer CompanySep 19, 2023, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PMBurlington Beer Company, 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USA
Multiple DatesTue, Aug 15Burlington Beer CompanyAug 15, 2023, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PMBurlington Beer Company, 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USA
Multiple DatesTue, Jul 18Burlington Beer CompanyJul 18, 2023, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PMBurlington Beer Company, 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USAJul 18, 2023, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PMBurlington Beer Company, 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USAOur July event features Felipe Machado de Sant'Anna, MS, DVM, PhD who will speak on "One Health - What is it and why is it important?" He is a postdoctoral scientist at the UVM College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences and is advised by Dr. John Barlow.
Tue, Jun 20Burlington Beer CompanyJun 20, 2023, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PMBurlington Beer Company, 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USA
Tue, May 16Burlington Beer CompanyMay 16, 2023, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PMBurlington Beer Company, 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USAMay 16, 2023, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PMBurlington Beer Company, 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USAWe will feature Rebekah Honce, PhD who will speak on "Viruses: Are they the good guys?" She is a postdoctoral scientist at the UVM Vermont Lung Center in the Larner College of Medicine and is advised by Dr. Jason Botten.
Tue, Mar 21Burlington Beer CompanyMar 21, 2023, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PMBurlington Beer Company, 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USA
Tue, Feb 21Burlington Beer CompanyFeb 21, 2023, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PMBurlington Beer Company, 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USAFeb 21, 2023, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PMBurlington Beer Company, 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USAOur February event features R. Chris Skinner, MS, PhD who will speak on "Getting a taste for craft brewing waste." Dr. Skinner is the research manager of the Food Systems Research Center at the University of Vermont.
Tue, Jan 17Burlington Beer CompanyJan 17, 2023, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PMBurlington Beer Company, 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USAJan 17, 2023, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PMBurlington Beer Company, 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USAJoin us as Amber Doiron, MS, PhD, speaks on "Nanomaterials for the detection and treatment of disease." Dr. Doiron is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Vermont.
Tue, Oct 18Burlington Beer CompanyOct 18, 2022, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PMBurlington Beer Company, 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USAOct 18, 2022, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PMBurlington Beer Company, 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USAJoin us as botanist Dr. Michael Sundue of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas and Assistant Curator of the Pringle Herbarium and Tyron Pteridophyte Library at UVM discusses "Discovering and describing the diversity of ferns"
Tue, Sep 20Burlington Beer CompanySep 20, 2022, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PMBurlington Beer Company, 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USA
Tue, Aug 16Burlington Beer CompanyAug 16, 2022, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PMBurlington Beer Company, 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USAAug 16, 2022, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PMBurlington Beer Company, 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USAWhat is more Vermont than maple syrup? Probably talking about the "Science of sap flow" at a craft brewery. Dr. Abby van den Berg of the Department of Plant Biology and Proctor Maple Research Center will present our August Science on Tap session.
Tue, Jul 19Burlington Beer CompanyJul 19, 2022, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PMBurlington Beer Company, 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USA
Tue, Jun 21Burlington Beer CompanyJun 21, 2022, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PMBurlington Beer Company, 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USA
Thu, Apr 21Burlington Beer CompanyApr 21, 2022, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PMBurlington Beer Company, 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USAApr 21, 2022, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PMBurlington Beer Company, 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USAFor our second event, Paul Kindstedt, PhD, will present "The science of cheese: what is it anyway?" Dr. Kindstedt is a Professor of Nutrition and Food Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at UVM.
Wed, Mar 23Burlington Beer CompanyMar 23, 2022, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PMBurlington Beer Company, 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USAMar 23, 2022, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PMBurlington Beer Company, 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USAFor our first event, we welocme recent Cellular and Molecular Biology graduate program alum JJ Bivona, PhD who will discuss "Growing Gains: how lab derived muscle can improve the next generation of medicine." Dr. Bivona recently completed his PhD with Dr. Matt Poynter at UVM.
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