Science Outreach
Athabasca University, 1 University Drive T9S 3A3 Athabasca, AB, Canada

NEED AN ANTIDOTE TO LOCKDOWN BLUES? INVITATION TO JOIN US IN CELEBRATING OUR BOREAL BIRDS WITH THE 2020 ATHABASCA CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT SUNDAY JANUARY 27. Poster and details coming soon--Please ask any questions here or to the contacts on the poster. In the meantime, here's a video of European bird migrations (borrowed from @MikeHedema on Twitter), https://twitter.com/i/status/1336164137521569792

November 19, 2020 Coping with Covid 19 with Dr. Shauna Zenteno, Dean and Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Athabasca University at 7 PM. To view the recording CLICK HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp9Uzt5gKZQ

October 6, 2020 at 7 PM was our first talk in our VIRTUAL SPEAKER SESSION as Science Outreach Athabasca presents The age of enLICHENment: what high-throughput DNA sequencing can tell us about organisms who just can't social distance with speaker Carmen Allen, MSc, PhD student, University of Alberta Click here to view the recording of this presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbF67kNYdqs&feature=youtu.be

ScienceMag.Org: "Arecibo telescope collapses, ending 57-year run" "Arecibo Observatory staff believe one of the remaining suspension cables broke on 1 December, sending the 900-ton instrument platform crashing into the dish. RICARDO ARDUENGO/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES"