Research Civitan Club - Birmingham

02/15/2022

Don't forget that SCI Cafe is tonight!🦐

Join us virtually tonight at 6:30pm with special guest, David Teichert-Coddington, Ph.D.

Greene Prairie Aquafarm, LLC. was established in 2001 to commercially produce shrimp in low salinity water of Greene County 150 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico. Earthen ponds are filled with low salinity ground water that must be amended with potassium and some magnesium for shrimp to survive. After 21 years, the most difficult part of the business is to compete in a market that imports more than 1.3 billion lbs/yr.

Follow the link for zoom event details: https://www.mcwane.org/sci-cafe/dtc-shrimp

02/08/2022

SCI Cafe is next week, and we are talking SHRIMP!

Join us virtually for SCI Cafe on Tuesday, February 15th at 6:30pm with special guest, David Teichert-Coddington, Ph.D.

Greene Prairie Aquafarm, LLC. was established in 2001 to commercially produce shrimp in low salinity water of Greene County 150 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico. Earthen ponds are filled with low salinity ground water that must be amended with potassium and some magnesium for shrimp to survive. After 21 years, the most difficult part of the business is to compete in a market that imports more than 1.3 billion lbs/yr.

01/11/2022

SCI Cafe is next week and we are diving into NASA Engineering!

Join us virtually with speaker, Adam Willis, engineer at NASA, as he discusses his work with propulsion design, space launch systems, additive manufacturing, and more!

SCI Cafe is next Tuesday, January 18th at 6:30pm. More details in the link: https://www.mcwane.org/sci-cafe/

12/14/2021

12/07/2021

Save the date for SCI Cafe!

Join us next Tuesday, December 14th at 6:30pm, for Virtual SCI Cafe! Our very own McWaniac, Drew Gentry, PhD, will be discussing his research into the lost continent of Appalachia, including describing newly discovered fossil species and exploring how data from these fossils can be used to reconstruct ancient ecosystems.

Follow the link for more details: https://www.mcwane.org/sci-cafe/gentry-lostcontinent

11/10/2021

Save the date for SCI Cafe!

Join us next Tuesday, November 16th at 6:30pm for another virtual SCI Cafe. We have speaker Chandra Earl, PhD, Biodiversity Informatics and Computational Biology Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Malacology, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum. She will be discussing Pacific Island land snail biodiversity and what we can do conserve what remains.

Learn more about SCI Cafe: https://www.mcwane.org/sci-cafe/

10/19/2021

Tonight!!

🌀Sci Cafe is tonight🌀

Join us for this FREE virtual event happening tonight, Tuesday, October 19th at 6:30pm. We are kicking off National Chemistry week with speaker Alankriti Bajbal, Ph.D. as she explores how porous materials have evolved from age-old remedies into advanced functional formulas.

Follow the link for more details: https://www.mcwane.org/sci-cafe/abajpai-holeymaterials

10/13/2021

‼️Sci Cafe is back‼️

Mark your calendars for this FREE virtual event happening on Tuesday, October 19th at 6:30pm. Join us as we kick off National Chemistry week with speaker Alankriti Bajbal, Ph.D. and explore how porous materials have evolved from age-old remedies into advanced functional formulas.

Zoom details will be released the day of the event. Stay tuned!

06/15/2021

Virtual SCI Cafe is TONIGHT!

Join us virtually for SCI Cafe tonight June 15th at 6:30 for "Surgical Systems" with guest speaker Dr. Daniel Chu, MD, MSPH, FACS, FASCRS. Our guest speaker, Dr. Daniel Chu, is the Associate Professor of Surgery, Associate Director, Health Services Research, Associate Vice Chair for Health Services Research, Co-Leader, Surgical Grand Rounds for UAB Department of Surgery.

Follow the link for details https://www.mcwane.org/sci-cafe/

06/08/2021

Virtual SCI Cafe is next Tuesday🩺

Join us virtually for SCI Cafe next Tuesday, June 15th at 6:30 for "Surgical Systems" with guest speaker Dr. Daniel Chu, MD, MSPH, FACS, FASCRS. Our guest speaker, Dr. Daniel Chu, is the Associate Professor of Surgery, Associate Director, Health Services Research, Associate Vice Chair for Health Services Research, Co-Leader, Surgical Grand Rounds for UAB Department of Surgery.

Stay tuned for zoom details!

05/11/2021

awesome talk coming up on May 18!

Mark your calendars bird and nature lovers🐦

Virtual SCI Cafe, "Birding in the Black Belt and Tourism" is next week May 18th at 6:30pm with guest speaker Christopher Joe, owner of Connecting Birds and Nature Tours, LLC.

Virtual event details coming soon!

04/20/2021

Don't miss SCI Cafe tonight with Kellyn Lacour-Conant, MsC presenting "Tales from the Trail: Adventures in Restoration Ecology"

Barreling through a forest fire astride an ATV, cruising across Gulf waves to distant barrier islands, wrestling 300 lb fish – no, this isn’t the latest action blockbuster, it’s just a day in the life of an ecologist! From extreme ecosystems to your local public park, nature has so much to teach us. Ecologists dedicate their lives to studying how living organisms interact with their environment, and what happens when an ecosystem becomes unbalanced. Similar to how a medical doctor may prescribe treatment to a sick patient, restoration ecologists work to heal broken ecosystems. In the wake of a year fraught with environmental disasters, restoration ecology will become increasingly key in mitigating climate change. While this field of study is critically important, it is also chock full of adventure! Join Kellyn LaCour-Conant as she shares stories from the field, from Alaska to Costa Rica and beyond, and teaches how we can all be restoration ecologists in our everyday lives.

Virtual event is FREE and starts at 6:30pm. Follow the link for Zoom details: https://www.mcwane.org/sci-cafe/lacour-conant-resteco/