Category: Announcements
Next event is March 21, 2024!
Speaker Lineup for January 25, 2024!
Here’s the speakers for Nerd Nite San Diego’s return! Get your tickets here:
https://events.humanitix.com/nerd-nite-san-diego-returns
Bradley Voytek
Title: How to measure a brain
From archaic brain circulation seesaws to Neuralink brain implants, neuroscience has a long and diverse history of creative—and sometimes outlandish—approaches for measuring the human brain and its activity. Although not all approaches worked, even the strangest among them got us to where we are today… In this talk, Prof. Voytek will sample some of the weirder approaches that have been developed for studying the human brain, discussing his research with mini-brains grown in human dishes to working with people implanted with permanent brain stimulators.
Danielle Gaffen
Title: Decoding Your Diet: Personalizing Your Plate with Nutrigenetics, Nutrigenomics, and Microbiome Science
From the earliest feasts to futuristic foods, the quest for the perfect plate has evolved. Today, it’s not just about the power-packed provisions that propel health or the savory selections that shield against sickness. The real spice lies in the dynamic interplay between our genetic blueprint and the bustling community of microbes residing within us – our microbiome. Gear up for a feast of knowledge, sprinkled with fun, and discover the fine dining experience designed by precision nutrition for your body.
Nicholas Peters
Title: Pokémeh: Design Oddities in the Pokémon World
Pokémon continues to be the very best in terms of the world’s top performing media franchises, but for every proverbial Hyper Beam the brand unleashes on popular culture, there have been several storied not-so-super effective moves. With particular mind to art, narrative, and game design, we’ll catch some of Pokémon’s most hilarious, fascinating, and head-scratching controversies; including dashed evolutionary dreams, monsters that can’t sit, game breaking miscalculations, and a quest so inaccessible, it’s downright shocking.
Save the Date! Nerd Nite Returns 1/25/24
Nerd Nite San Diego returns in 2024
Yes, it’s true! Keep an eye out here and on our social media pages for news about our great return in January 2024…
Nerd Nite SD reduces gender gap
Nerd Nite SD are actively increasing the participation and representation of women scientists in science communication. In 2017, only 12% of NNSD presenters were female. By 2019, the number of female speakers more than doubled (29%) and in 2020, the male-female presenter ratio was 60% vs. 40%. Our goal for 2021 is to reach equal representation of male and female presenters on NNSD!
Female scientists are encourage to nominate themselves or other female scientists to present their work at Nerd Nite SD! Contact
