Chilling quietly in cold foggy forests but also unique and interesting, these spectacular trees define a rare and endangered ecosystem that contributes to the amazing biodiversity found in California. Redwoods are cool in both senses of the word. The California Redwood: Way cooler than you thought ( & also cooler than you!) by Ryan Kenneally Born in Detroit, raised in Buenos Aires, but a resident of the Mission since the 80s, he has dedicated his life to making and preserving blotter art in order to pay homage to the substance that he says saved his life. The Institute of Illegal Images by Mark McCloudĪrtist and San Francisco staple Mark McCloud will take us on a trip through his personal collection of LSD blotter housed, well, in his house. Through her research she hopes to advance our understanding of these rare epilepsies and help discover a treatment. Venkatraman is a research scholar at UCSF and currently uses zebrafish as a model system to study rare pediatric epilepsies. Why is the zebrafish such a powerful research model for human disease? Is it actually more closely related to humans or zebras? Come find out in this talk that will guide you through “Finding Danio”ĭr. Small freshwater fish called zebrafish ( Danio rerio) help researchers across the world study human diseases and develop treatments for disease. (way less).įinding Danio: Can transparent zebrafish help us see through diseases? by Dr. Think, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire except with less money on the line. Pick a number, take a shot of your choice, and spell some words to win a prize! The audience will participate as well to help our contestants out if needed. We’ll bond over fog and learn how redwoods rely on it.Īlso, come partake in the first 2021 Boozy Bee! Sign up here. Also, no one knows fog as well as San Francisco in August, unless you’re a redwood tree. There will be actual fish featured in a talk about how zebrafish are helping neuroscientists study rare epilepsies. If that’s not fishy enough for you, don’t worry. The lineup for all you nerds this month is a doozy! We’ll take a rollercoaster ride through the twists and turns of Mark McCloud’s mind as he tells us stories of his in-home museum of blotter art comprised of over 33,000 LSD sheets collected over the decades.
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