Science SIG

A SIG is a special interest group. The MWW Science SIG consists of people with a wide range of interests and a shared love for science. We meet at a member’s home in Redmond, the third Friday of every month at 7:30 pm.

Some of our past talks include the following speakers, their topics, and the dates on which they spoke:

• Sarah Gaichas (NMFS, UW): Gulf of Alaska ecosystem (January 2005)
• Fritz Reitz (UW): Tracking Enzymes (April 2006)
• Donna Shirley (former Director of the Mars Exploration Program at JPL ): Mars Rover (June 2006)
• Jon Neher, M.D. (Clinical Professor of Family Medicine (University of Washington)): Medical Research Design (July 2006)
• Jodi Sass (supervisor of the DNA unit at the state crime lab in Seattle): The Science behind DNA Matching (May 2007)
• Jon Neher M.D. (UW): Theories of Aging (October 2007)
• Betty Parry Fisher (Genzyme Corporation): Vitamin D-iscussion (June 2008)
• Richard Stachurski (Boeing): Henrietta Leavitt and Standard Candles: The Key to a Cosmological Revolution (July 2008)
• Brian Tillotson (Boeing): Dark Energy (September 2008)
• Jon Neher (Clinical Professor of Family Medicine (University of Washington)): Medical Aspects of Salt and Water Metabolism (October 2008)
• Lyle Rudensey (owner of BioLyle’s Biodiesel Workshop): biodiesel (November 2008)
• David Vossler (director of the Washington Neurosciences Institute): Mechanisms, Genetics, and Rational Treatment of Seizures (March 2009)
• Mark Ahlers (Boeing): aircraft environmental control systems (ECS) (May 2009)
• John Brew (Boeing): Convergence of Biological and Electronic Systems: Past, Present and Future (July 2009)
• Rhonda Kaetzel (Exponent): Toxicology Principles and Applications (August 2009)
• Marcia Baker (UW): Why is Climate Sensitivity so Unpredictable? (January 2010)
• Kevin Siedentopf (Boeing): The Science and Craft of Beer (March 2010)
• Philip Horner (UW): Stem cell biology and adult neural regeneration (April 2010)
• Kathryn McGonigle, MD (Women’s Cancer Care of Seattle): Robotic Surgery Is it Fad or For Real? Applications in Gynecologic Oncology (May 2010)
• Theodore W. Pietsch (UW): Oceanic Anglerfishes – Extraordinary diversity in the deep sea (June 2010)
• Tom McCarthy (Panthera): Snow Leopards – update of latest research (July 2010)
• Nicholas Wolf (UW): Ecology of Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) (September 2010)
• Alicia Hotovec (UW): Screams and Drumbeats: Strange Seismic Observations During the 2009 Eruption of Redoubt Volcano (October 2010)
• Sarah Reichard (UW): Aliens among us: Invasive species (November 2010)
• Michael Shadlen (UW): How the Brain Makes Decisions (April 2011)
• Katie Kaku: Impact of Aerosols on Climate Change (May 2011)
• Firas Khatib (UW): FoldIt – crowdsourcing protein folding (June 2011)
• Setthivoine You (UW): Plasma Physics and Astrophysical Jets (July 2011)
• Timothy Nelson (SPU): Red, green and brown tides: Ecology, Significance and Vexing Questions. (October 2011)
• Kirstin Holsman (NOAA): How do Dungeness crabs master the risks and opportunities of their habitat? (November 2011)
• Matthew Bachmann (USGS): Water Wars (February 2012)
• Eleanor Kirtley (Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers): Marine Vessel environmental Performance Assessment (March 2012)
• Dominick Auci (Seattle Cancer Care Alliance): Cancer Vaccines (June 2012)
• James L. Bodkin (Alaska Science Center): Mysteries of Sea Otters and their Nearshore Ecosystem (August 2012)
• Daniel Rouseff (UW): Underwater acoustics (November 2012)