Nerd Nite Sacramento

06/02/2020

06/02/2020

Black Lives Matter 🖤
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03/12/2020

Thank you to everyone who came out for Nerd Nite! We hear from our fantastic speakers about avifauna 🦕, pesticide regulations 🍏, and the Bracero Program.

Our next show will be announced once we determine crowd gatherings are safe again. In that vein, if you would like to give a talk on epidemiology, historical pandemics, or how climate change impacts disease vectors, please reach out to us! @ At Ease Brewing Company

02/28/2020

The US has a long history with migrant workers for agricultural labor. Come learn all about California’s Bracero Program after WWII from at Nerd Nite on March 10th! Ticket link in bio.



Marisol Beas:
Bracero Program: Disruption in the fields

What is the Bracero Program? Disruption in the fields happened during World War II across California and the US. It was a time where the United States used international labor forces to fill agricultural jobs. Come learn about how families across borders where affected, the treatment of Bracero workers, and our continued relations with Migrant workers in the field.

Bio:Marisol is an active member within her community. She is passionate and works toward creating equity within her community. She currently works as a project coordinator for Mental Health America of California. Is part of California’s Mental Health Oversight and Accountability Innovation Committee and volunteers with local organizations like NorCal Resist. Outside of these passions she is also a very skilled dancer, loves being out in nature, writing, and photography.

02/28/2020

Ever wonder what that bird is outside your window? Or what it does and where it goes? Come learn all about avifauna in California! March 10th, ticket link in bio.



Emir Gokce
California Avifauna and Conservation

Diversity of avifauna (especially in California), and how they benefit conservation of other species. I will start with taxonomy, moving on to niche occupancy and habitat diversity in California, ecosystem services birds provide for us and end with how birds can be used as umbrella species to protect other species and habitat.

Bio: I was born in Istanbul, Turkey. Attended UC Davis and got my degree in Fish and Wildlife Conservation Biology. During my time in UC Davis I took part in various projects studying several taxa but fell in love with birds (waterfowl particularly). Worked for labs that determined food availability for waterfowl wintering in the Central Valley and went on to do some trapping and banding work for Cal. Fish and Wildlife. I currently work as a Field Biologist for and Environmental Consulting firm.

02/27/2020

Ever wondered about pesticide use in CA? How is it regulated? What about the workers who deal with it? Come learn all about it from on 3/10! Ticket link in bio.

Alejandro Merchan
Pesticide reporting in California: Story, facts, some policy and a lot of numbers.

In this talk I’ll dwell into the nuts and bolts of pesticide reporting in California, how we started, how we collect the data and some of the information we put out to the public in the California Department of Pesticide Regulation. I’ll discuss the importance of pesticide reporting for worker health and other aspects of conservation. I’ll also mention some of the challenges we face and plans for the future. This is probably way more than you ever thought you needed to know about pesticide reporting.

Bio: Alejandro is a research scientist with the California Department of Pesticide Regulation. He has a PhD in Entomology from North Carolina State University and a MSc in Biology from Los Andes university in Colombia. He’s a recent resident of Sacramento and has only spent a few years in California. He likes cats, soccer (or a the world calls it, real football), basketball and spends an inordinate amount of time in front of computers.

02/20/2020

Nerd Nite Sacramento is back on March 10th! Get your tickets at link in bio, we still have some $5 early bird tickets left.

Come celebrate Cesar Chavez day and learn about the Bacero program, conservation and avifauna, and pesticide influences in California.

Be there and be square

01/31/2020

Thanks to everyone who came out to our first show of the roarin' 20s! We learned a ton about how versatile carob is, how we can measure neurological differences in parents' brains, and what happens to our brains when we become parents! Special thanks to our speakers, and for hosting us!

Save the date, March 10th, for our second show of the 20s!

@ At Ease Brewing Company

01/25/2020

Our final speaker for our first show of the decade is Victoria Farrar. She will be teaching us about differences in our brains when we go from lusting, to parenting. You won't want to miss it!

Be there and be square. Get your tickets before day-of prices! Show is at 7, . Link in bio.

From Party to Parent: How hormones affect reproduction

Why do some parents lose their s*x drive? Why don’t you want to get it on when you’re stressed? Why does libido correspond with certain times of the month? Hormones are behind all of these things! Come learn about why these chemicals have so much control our love life, just in time for Valentines’ Day!

Bio:
Victoria Farrar is a Ph.D. candidate in Animal Behavior at UC Davis, where she studies the hormones that drive animal behavior and change our brains, using the common pigeon as a model

01/23/2020

Our first show of the decade is just 5 days away! Our second speaker is April Booth, who will be explaining brain differences in single parenting.
RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/576884859821158/

January 28th,doors at 6:30 and show at 7 . Get your tickets before prices go up on the day-of. Link in bio.

Winging it alone, the effects of single parenthood on single parents

What is the effect of single parenthood on single parents? This talk will discuss the changes that go on in terms of hormones and changes in gene expression in the brain.

Bio:
April Booth is a fourth year Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology PhD candidate at U.C. Davis working in a lab that studies the neurobiology of parental care. In her free time, she enjoys reading, looking at art, and learning to play the guitar badly.