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ALT Queers In Sci-Fi QueersInSci-Fi will feature an international panel of queer astrophysicists providing commentary on a really gay episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. We will discuss what science fiction means to us, watch some Trek together, and talk about the greatest and worst parts of Star Trek and science fiction. When: Friday 21st July, 6:30-8:30 pm Where: The Motley Bauhaus, 118 Elgin St, Carlton VIC 3053
ALT QueersInScience presents: Science at the Edge Deadly Dark Skies Krystal De Napoli (she/they) Krystal De Napoli is a Gomeroi author, astrophysicist and science communicator devoted to the advocacy of Indigenous knowledge and equity in STEM. Krystal is co-author of Astronomy: Sky Country (2022), winner of the People's Choice Award at the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards (2023) and shortlisted for Book of the Year by the Age (2022). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the world’s first astronomers with astronomical traditions that have been sustained for over 65,000 years. In this talk, Krystal De Napoli will explore the ingenuity intrinsic to Indigenous astronomy while demonstrating the necessity of sustaining our dark skies.
ALT QueersInScience presents: Science at the Edge Rapid Climate adaptation: some of the science and a story behind the science - Dr Kay Hodgins (she/her) Dr. Kathryn Hodgins is a Senior Lecturer in Ecological Genomics at Monash University. Her lab blends ecological, evolutionary, and genomic approaches to elucidate how plants adapt to climate change. She is particularly fascinated by how plant invaders cope with the new environments they encounter as they expand across the landscape. Dr Hodgins conducted her PhD at the University of Toronto, where she studied the many ways plants have evolved to sexually reproduce. She moved the University of British Colombia as a Postdoctoral researcher to study climate adaptation in plants, where she also adapted to the local Vancouver climate by learning to snowboard.
ALT Associate Professor Deanne Fisher works in the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing at Swinburne University. She enjoys studying galaxies using the largest optical and radio telescopes in the world. She has been a CARMA Research Fellow, Swinburne Director’s Research Fellow and an ARC Future Fellow. She also served as the Deputy Director for the Centre for Astrophysics at Swinburne. As a very exciting exclusive, during her talk Assoc. Prof. Deanne Fisher will be discussing data from the first year of James Webb Space Telescope!
ALT Queers in Science logo & Midsumma festival logo on a rainbow banner. Title text: Science at the Edge Lecture Series 6:30pm, Wednesday 8th Feb Victorian Pride Centre Theatrette 79-81 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda Get your tickets now! https://www.midsumma.org.au/whats-on/events/queers-in-science-presents-science-at-the-edge/
ALT Queers in Science logo & Midsumma festival logo on a rainbow banner. Title text: Science at the Edge Lecture Series Body Text: Queers In Science is an Australian initiative aiming to build community and improve support for LGBTQIA+ people working in STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine) in Australia. We are returning to Midsumma for the 4th year running to present our Lecture Series, displaying the amazing work of queer scientists for the general public. The lecture presented by this year's queer scientists spotlights "Science at the Edge" - the latest findings pushing the limits of discovery, possibility and perception. After the lecture, enjoy light refreshments while you mingle and chat with our speakers.
ALT Queers in Science logo & Midsumma festival logo on a rainbow banner. Title text: Science at the Edge Lecture Series
ALT Queers in Science members at the 2020 Midsumma pride parade, smiling and holding a white and rainbow banner. The banner has the Queers in Science logo and text "Promoting Pride in STEMM".
ALT QueersInScience Pub night celebrating wear it purple day! When: Thursday 25th August, 6pm Where: Hopscotch (Ground floor, 4 Riverside Quay, Southbank VIC 3006)
