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Event Type: Explorer Tour

What’s Inside?

A child pushes a stuffed animal into a pretend MRI machine.

Learn all about superconducting magnets on this MRI lab tour! You’ll see how Magnetic Resonance Imaging works by capturing detailed images of fruits and vegetables, then experiment with how the pictures change as we play around with different parameters. The tour takes place near Koret Quad, with the exact location shared after registration. Ages 12+.

Unlocking Human Performance and Assessing Functional Movement

Human Performance Lab image: a strong person on a stationary bike has an air mask over their nose and mouth. 2 people point out and record data

Learn about how we translate science into patient performance then challenge yourself with a round robin of functional assessments like a vertical jump, a hop test, or balance test. It will be a mini-competition but all in good fun! Lab scientists will also share their educational backgrounds for those curious about career paths into the […]

Neuroscape Lab Tour

Glass Brain is illuminated with yellow lights from within a blue and teal tinged glass wavy surface

Visit a neuroscience research lab at UCSF with 3 immersive stations led by lab scientists. Learn how virtual reality is used in research to benefit brain cognition, see how the brain’s electrical activity can be captured, and measure your brain and body signals as you embark on a multisensory tour. The tour takes place near […]

Emotions, Motivation, and Neuroscience

3 scientists working in a small lab space that is illuminated by red lights

Have you ever wondered how the brain computes the emotions you feel every day? In this interactive lab tour, scientists Alex and Greg will share their research on human emotions, discuss how to design and build experiments, and lead participants through a hands-on electronics experiment. This tour takes place near Koret Quad, with the exact […]

Emotions, Motivation, and Neuroscience

3 scientists working in a small lab space that is illuminated by red lights

Have you ever wondered how the brain computes the emotions you feel every day? In this interactive lab tour, scientists Alex and Greg will share their research on human emotions, discuss how to design and build experiments, and lead participants through a hands-on electronics experiment. This tour takes place near Koret Quad, with the exact […]

Tour of a biotech laboratory

Take a short walk to MBC BioLabs and step inside a working biotech hub. View cells in multi-color fluoresence, watch cells grow in a time-lapse video, and check out lab robots in action. The tour will include a Q&A where you can hear directly from scientists about their work and discoveries, so be sure to […]

COVID Safety

The Bay Area Science Festival will manage all in-person events with the health, safety and well-being of our staff, volunteers, hosts, exhibitors, and guests in mind. In response to COVID-19, we will be implementing public health requirements for all event hosts and attendees in accordance with local and state guidelines in order to celebrate science safely throughout the Bay Area. 

The Bay Area Science Festival encourages you to get vaccinated, wear a mask and practice social distancing. Be sure to check back for updated and more detailed COVID safety information prior to attending.

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We strive to make all Bay Area Science Festival events free, when possible. To produce the Festival, we must annually raise hundreds of thousands of dollars. Every donation helps us make this important work possible.

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