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[PAST EVENT] A Scientist Walks Into a Bar: Graduate Student Edition

October 8, 2018
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location
Alewerks Brewing Company, 189 B Ewell Rd, Williamsburg, Virginia 23188
Access & Features
  • Open to the public
VIMS graduate students provide information on their research
VIMS graduate students provide information on their research

Alewerks Brewing Company in Williamsburg will be our host as three VIMS graduate students give 5-minute fast-talks describing their research. Drop in, interact with the students, and enter to win cool door prizes and discounts. Students will have posters of their research and be available to talk with you between presentations. Topics for the evening are:    

Michelle Onofrio @ 6:30 - Cytobots in the Bay: How technology helps keep Virginians safe

Serina Wittyngham @ 7:00 - When Plants Fight Back: How plant chemistry can save salt marshes from sea-level rise

Meredith Evans Seeley @ 7:30 - The Dirt on Microplastics: How plastic pollution affects marine food webs

This event is free and open to the public. Registration is not required. For more information call the VIMS Outreach Program at 804-684-7061 or email programs@vims.edu. 

Contact

VIMS Outreach, programs@vims.edu, 804-684-7061

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