Tickets for Nerd Nite Eta are now available! Our last three events sold out, so get your seats now to avoid disappointment:
When: Thursday, March 12, 2015 @ 7pm
Where: The Wild Rose Brewery Taproom
Tickets: $10 online
This is an 18+ event.
Chicken Soup for the Common Cold
Curtis Dumonceaux, University of Calgary
Curtis Dumonceaux
Everyone has heard things like: “Feed a cold, starve a fever;” “There’s no cure for the common cold;” “Do up your coat or you’ll catch cold.” Fact? Fiction? Globally, very few researchers perform the kind of in-depth research with the Human Rhinovirus that Curtis’ group does. He will delineate between fact and fiction, show what is happening in their research, and give insight about what happens to us when we get sick.
The Flight of the Electron
David Cramb, University of Calgary
David Cramb
Ever wondered how the universe looks from an electron’s point of view? You will be taken on a journey through the wild, wacky and wavy world of the confined electron. You WILL play dice with the universe. You WILL play favourites with photons. You WILL interfere with yourself. You WILL be trapped in a nanoparticle. How do you escape?
Between the Devil’s Cut and the Angel’s Portion:
Things Not Everyone Knows about Whiskey
Adrian Schuster, Alberta Distillers Limited
Adrian Schuster
This talk will leave teach you some facts that will make you sound like a connoisseur of all things whiskey! Find out: How’s it made? What’s it made from? How’s it aged? What makes a whiskey ‘Canadian’? Why do cattle farmers love distilleries? And plenty more…