SECRET SCIENCE CLUB PRESENTS: “MICROSCOPIC CITY” WITH CHRISTOPHER MASON
TUE, MARCH 24, 2015
Doors: 7:30 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
The Bell House
Brooklyn, New York
Free
FREE
This event is 21 and over
Secret Science Club presents “Microscopic City” with Christopher Mason from the Physiology and Biophysics departments at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Mason led a team that swabbed New York City's subway stations and trains to uncover the microbes among us. The subway samples (from turnstiles, poles, seats, ticket machines, and more) were sequenced for DNA, revealing 637 known species of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and microscopic animals. Eek! No worries though, most of these microscopic citizens are actually benign or even beneficial. Dr. Mason is using the data to create baseline "PathoMaps" of the Big Microbial Apple.
Before & After
--Sway to teeny-tiny grooves
--Imbibe our cocktail of the night, the Third Rail
--Stick around for the itty-bitty Q&A
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