Sac Science Distilled

Hosted by Nicole Soltis, Lauren Camp, and Bobby Castagna

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The Sacramento Grid finally has its own science café series! Debuting in September 2016, Sac Science Distilled was created by Sacramento scicomm leaders Bobby Castagna and Nicole Soltis, with Don Gibson and Jenna Savage. The series is supported by the Powerhouse Science Center and Science Says and promoted by CapSciComm. Learn more about the concepts behind the series here.

Sac Science Distilled is currently held at Streets Pub on the Sacramento Grid on the third Wednesday of each month. It is free to the public and is a 21+ event.

Press: Inside Sacramento – 08.30.17 | Sacramento Bee – 09.19.16 | UC Davis CBS – 02.06.18

2018

• October 25th: After Hours Science at the Powerhouse, 7 Deadly Sins (Facebook Event | Poster | CapSciComm Promo)
• September 19th: Designer Drugs with Dr. Christian Krintel, Morgan Connolly, and Pam Denish of UC Davis (Facebook Event | Poster | CapSciComm Promo)
• August: No Event.
• July 18th: Trivia Night! (Facebook Event | Poster | CapSciComm Promo)
• June 13th: “Whale Tales and Shark Stories” with Dr. Matt Savoca of Hopkins Marine Station and Alex McInturf of UC Davis (Facebook Event | Poster | CapSciComm Promo)
• May 16th: “Grape Expectations: An Expert Wine Panel” with Dr. Anita Oberholster of UC Davis, Dr. Gordon Walker of Flotek, Kevin Luther of Wise Villa Winery, Julia Navarro of Constellation Brands (Facebook Event | Poster | CapSciComm Promo)
• April 18th: “Going with the Flow: Using Tracers to Protect California Groundwater” with Amelia Vankeuren and Dr. Justin Miller-Schulze of CSUS (Facebook Event | Poster | CapSciComm Promo)
• March 21st: “Autism Spectrum Disorder: Risk Factors and Early Detection” with Dr. Jacqueline Barkoski and Dr. Devon Gangi of the UC Davis MIND Institute (Facebook Event | Poster | CapSciComm Promo)
• February 21st: “Tiny Solutions to Big Problems in Human Medicine” with Sam Tucci and Sydney Wyatt of UC Davis (Facebook Event | Poster | CapSciComm Promo)
• January 17th: Sac Science Idol! (Facebook Event | Poster | CapSciComm Promo)

2017

• December 20th: “Futurism: Bioinformatics Revolution and Psychedelic Psychiatry” with Donald Gibson and Dr. Daniel Ahlers (Facebook Event | Poster | CapSciComm Promo)
• November 15th: “Hungry, Thirsty Giants: Light and Water in California Trees” with Nicole Soltis and Alana Chin of UC Davis (Facebook Event | Poster | CapSciComm Promo)
• October 18th: “Mathemagical Tricks and Creepy Crawler Treats” with Dr. Jay Cummings of CSUS and Dr. Lauren Camp of UC Davis (Facebook Event | Poster | CapSciComm Promo)
• September 20th: “Agriculture, Food Security, and Climate Change in California” with Alison Marklein and Sarah Light (Facebook Event | Poster | CapSciComm Promo)
• August 16th: “Conservation and Management in the Yolo Basin” with Pete Bontadelli and Jeff Stoddard (Facebook Event  | Poster | CapSciComm Promo)
• July 19th: Sac Science Idol! (Facebook Event | Join the Competition! | Poster | CapSciComm Promo)
• June 21st: “Microbes in Space” with Dr. David Coil and Julia DeMarines (Facebook Event | Poster | CapSciComm Promo)
• May 17th: “Wild Romance: Animal Behavior in Mating” with Dr. Sean Fogarty and Dr. Sara Freeman of UC Davis Psychology (Facebook Event | Poster | CapSciComm Promo)
• April 19th: “Local Ecology: Ringtails in the Sutter Buttes” with Dr. David Wyatt of Sacramento City College Biology (Facebook Event | Poster | CapSciComm Promo)
• March 15th: “The Hidden World of Parasites” with Dr. Lauren Camp of UC Davis Entomology & Nematology and Hung Doan of UC Davis Plant Pathology (Facebook Event | Poster | CapSciComm Promo)
• February 15th: “HIV Microbiology: Immunity and Vaccines” with Dr. Brenna Kiniry and Dr. Lauren Hirao of UC Davis Microbiology (Facebook Event | Poster | CapSciComm Promo)
• January 18th: “Chemical Tinker Toys: How to Build Useful Molecules” with Dr. Jared Shaw and Dr. Annaliese Franz of UC Davis Chemistry (Facebook Event | Poster | CapSciComm Promo)

2016

• December 14th: “Clean Energy: Harnessing CO2 to Combat Climate Change” with Dr. Atefeh Taheri and Cody Carr of UC Davis  (Facebook Event | Poster | CapSciComm Promo)
• November 16th: “Deep Sea Dives and Antarctic Geology” with Dr. Amy Wagner and Dr. Steven Skinner of CSUS (Blog Post | Facebook Event | Poster | CapSciComm Promo | Science Says Coverage)
• October 26th: “The Math of Elections” with Dr. Jay Cummings of CSUS Mathematics (Facebook Event | Poster | CapSciComm Promo | Capital Public Radio “Insight” Preview )
• September 21st (Series Premiere): “Wine, Walnuts, and Wildlife” with Sacha Heath of UC Davis and Dr. Sara Kross of CSUS (Facebook Event | Poster | CapSciComm Promo | Sacramento Bee Coverage | KCRA Coverage/Aired Segment/Natalie Brunell Preview)