Scientist in the Spotlight - Natural History Museum of Utah
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August 5: Cultural Anthropolist Quinn Christiansen
Discover what it’s like to be a cultural anthropologist. Join Quinn Christiansen to explore humankind, history, and culture! See and touch artifacts and hear narrated life stories. Try your hand at deciphering another language.
August 19: Molecular Ecologist
Discover what it’s like to be a molecular ecologist. Join Dylan Klure to explore how small mammals are able to live on diets of poisonous plants! Interact with specimens including skins of small mammals and plants, gear for trapping and working with wildlife, and lab equipment for extracting toxins from plants and DNA from animals. Try your hand at extracting DNA from fruit!
September 2: Archaeologist
Discover what it’s like to be an archaeologist! Join Abby Baka to explore North American hunter-gatherers as they survived the end of the Ice Age. See and touch spear points, arrowheads, mammoth teeth, grinding stones, and trowels! Try your hand atarchaeological excavation and artifact identification.
September 2: Immunologist
Discover what it’s like to be an immunologist! Join Becca Mellema to explore platelets! See and touch, platelets under a microscope, on a wound, and in the test tube. Try your hand at pipetting blood plasma like a scientist.
September 16: Neuroscientist
Discover what it’s like to be a Neuroscientist. Join Sam Alper to explore neuroscience and spinal cord regeneration. See and touch Zebrafish larvae, microscopes, and other laboratory equipment. Try your hand at micropipetting and optical illusions.
September 16: Learning Scientist
Discover what it’s like to be a learning scientist. Join Jason Trump to explore the development of educational technology for teaching astronomy! See and touch, star charts, models of the Solar System, Moon phase memory games, and other tools used by teachers. Try your hand at determining which teaching tool is best.
October 7: Biochemist
Discover what it’s like to be a Biochemist. Join Adedeji Aderounmu to explore the evolution of the Dicer enzyme. See and touch DNA and RNA structures, fruit flies, microscopic pipettes and other tools used in the study of biochemistry. Try your hand at handling microscopic biochemical samples like DNA.
October 7: Biological Anthropologist
Discover what it’s like to be a Biological Anthropologist! Join Carrie Schultz and explore the amazing science of Primate Genetics & Genomics! Learn about the whole research process from field work, to lab work, to data analysis! Even try your hand at Coding!
October 21: Immunologist
Discover what it’s like to be an immunologist! Join Becca Mellema to explore platelets! See and touch, platelets under a microscope, on a wound, and in the test tube. Try your hand at pipetting blood plasma like a scientist.
October 21: Learning Scientist
Discover what it’s like to be a learning scientist. Join Jason Trump to explore the development of educational technology for teaching astronomy! See and touch, star charts, models of the Solar System, Moon phase memory games, and other tools used by teachers. Try your hand at determining which teaching tool is best.
November 4: Neuroscientist
Discover what it’s like to be a Neuroscientist. Join Sam Alper to explore neuroscience and spinal cord regeneration. See and touch Zebrafish larvae, microscopes, and other laboratory equipment. Try your hand at micropipetting and optical illusions.
November 4: Geneticist
Discover what it’s like to be a fungal geneticist. Join Kendra Autumn to explore the biology of lobster mushrooms! See and touch dried mushroom specimens, a microscope used for viewing spores, and cloth models of fungi. Try your hand atsolving a fungal mystery.
November 18: Biological Anthropologist
Discover what it’s like to be a Biological Anthropologist! Join Carrie Schultz and explore the amazing science of Primate Genetics & Genomics! Learn about the whole research process from field work, to lab work, to data analysis! Even try your hand at Coding!
December 2: Cultural Anthropologist
Discover what it’s like to be a cultural anthropologist. Join Quinn Christiansen to explore humankind, history, and culture! See and touch artifacts and hear narrated life stories. Try your hand at deciphering another language.
January 6: Dinosaur Genealogist
Discover what it’s like to be a dinosaur genealogist! Join Savhannah Carpenter to explore ceratopsian evolution! See and touch dinosaur fossils and casts, rock hammers, and field equipment. Try your hand at creating dinosaur family trees.
January 20: Archaeologist
Discover what it’s like to be an archaeologist! Join Abby Baka to explore North American hunter-gatherers as they survived the end of the Ice Age. See and touch spear points, arrowheads, mammoth teeth, grinding stones, and trowels! Try your hand atarchaeological excavation and artifact identification.
February 3: Anthropologist
Discover what it’s like to be an Anthropologist. Join Megan Mullineaux to explore evolutionary ecology! See and learn about a puppet show used to assess social evaluation in infants. Try your hand at experimental behavioral research.
February 17: Geneticist
Discover what it’s like to be a fungal geneticist. Join Kendra Autumn to explore the biology of lobster mushrooms! See and touch dried mushroom specimens, a microscope used for viewing spores, and cloth models of fungi. Try your hand atsolving a fungal mystery.
March 3: Biochemist
Discover what it’s like to be a Biochemist. Join Adedeji Aderounmu to explore the evolution of the Dicer enzyme. See and touch DNA and RNA structures, fruit flies, microscopic pipettes and other tools used in the study of biochemistry. Try your hand at handling microscopic biochemical samples like DNA.
March 17: Mitochondrial Biologist
Discover what it’s to be a Mitochondrial biologist! Join Sangeetha Balasubramaniam to explore the mitochondria, also known as, “the powerhouse of the cell.” Learn how the mitochondria produce energy to support our daily activities. You will even have an opportunity to make your own little mitochondria!
April 21: Anthropologist
Discover what it’s like to be an Anthropologist. Join Megan Mullineaux to explore evolutionary ecology! See and learn about a puppet show used to assess social evaluation in infants. Try your hand at experimental behavioral research.
May 5: Mitochondrial Biologist
Discover what it’s to be a Mitochondrial biologist! Join Sangeetha Balasubramaniam to explore the mitochondria, also known as, “the powerhouse of the cell.” Learn how the mitochondria produce energy to support our daily activities. You will even have an opportunity to make your own little mitochondria!
May 19: Dinosaur Genealogist
Discover what it’s like to be a dinosaur genealogist! Join Savhannah Carpenter to explore ceratopsian evolution! See and touch dinosaur fossils and casts, rock hammers, and field equipment. Try your hand at creating dinosaur family trees.
June 2: Molecular Ecologist
Discover what it’s like to be a molecular ecologist. Join Dylan Klure to explore how small mammals are able to live on diets of poisonous plants! Interact with specimens including skins of small mammals and plants, gear for trapping and working with wildlife, and lab equipment for extracting toxins from plants and DNA from animals. Try your hand at extracting DNA from fruit!
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