Cafe Sci Orlando announcements for 2013-09: The Math of Medicine; Extraterrestrial Life

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• "The Math in Modern Medicine" at Taste
  
• "The Search for Extraterrestrial Life" at Downtown Orlando Library
  
• ICal feed of Cafe events

This month we will have fascinating discussions at our Cafe Sci at 7PM on Wednesday 4 September, at Taste, in College Park; and at the Cafe Sci for kids at 6PM on Tuesday 10 September, at the downtown Orlando Public Library.

The Math in Modern Medicine

Medicine has advanced far past the practical knowledge of how to set bones and when to administer vaccines. The sheer volume of scientific data and immense complexity of biomedical research means that math is an essential tool driving medical science forward.

Dr Denise Kirschner loves math, and is currently working on host-pathogen interactions in infectious diseases and will use tuberculosis as an example in this talk. She is a full Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor. She has instructed advanced mathematical courses and biomedical research courses. She is also Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Theoretical Biology and director for the Center of Systems Biology at the University of Michigan. She has authored over 100 research papers and manages her research lab at UofM.

Directions

Taste

717 W. Smith Street

Orlando, United States

32804

Taste is near the corner of Princeton Street (really Smith Street after the fork) and Edgewater Drive, so about 2 minutes from I-4 to parking. One can park on the street or in the parking lot behind Taste. 

• From Downtown and south, drive north ("east") on I-4 through downtown. At the exit for Princeton Street, exit and turn left/west.
  
• From Altamonte Springs and north, drive south ("west") on I-4 toward downtown Orlando. At the exit for Princeton Street, exit and turn right/west.
  

From I-4, drive a few blocks to Edgewater Drive. At the intersection, you should see a orange building ahead of you, labeled "Taste". Park on the street or behind Taste.

The Search for Extraterrestrial Life

Derek Demeter, Director of the Seminole State College Planetarium, and first speaker at Cafe Sci in 2008, returns to discuss what “Extra-Terrestrial life” could mean, how we can and do look for ET, and significant milestones in the past.

Directions

Orlando Public Library, first floor

101 E Central Blvd

Orlando, Florida

32801

United States

The Library is at the corner of Central Blvd and Rosalind Ave, in downtown Orlando.  From northbound Rosalind, turn left/west onto Central.  From southbound Orange, turn left/east onto Central. The library is on the north side of the street, and directly across from it is a parking deck. Parking is free downtown starting at 6, so you might need to pay some negligible amount.  Or, from anywhere in downtown, ride free Lymmo busses to Central Ave.

ICal feed

Let technology make your life simpler, for once.  While it may not replace these email announcements completely, you can have Cafe Sci events automatically appear in your phone's schedule.

For Android or Google Calendar users, copy  http://cafesciorl.com/schedule.ics , and log in to your account at https://www.google.com/calendar .  Next to Other Calendars, click the arrow and "Add by URL". Paste. Okay.

For IOS users, on your device go to Settings / Calendars. Add Account, Other, Add Subscribed Calendar, and put   http://cafesciorl.com/schedule.ics  in Server field. Next, describe, Finish.