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Summary: Misterrr and UCSF scientists host a Drag STEM Storytime featuring children’s book readings and a dazzling drag performance.
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Summary: Ever wanted to experience magic that’s actually real? “STEM: Science • Technology • Engineering • Magic” transforms audience members into active investigators.
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Summary: Butterflies, geckos, owls, and mussels all connect real world science and design breakthrough in a talk and documentary by an award-winning wildlife cinematographer for PBS/KQED’s Deep Look.
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Summary: Step inside the glowing intersection of art and optical physics with light artist Johan Fredrik Källman.
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Summary: Can UCSF PhD candidates present their research in three minutes? Hear from past UCSF Grad Slam Winners.
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Summary: The Tiny Rock band performs at BASF using miniature instruments playing songs about birds and other things.
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Summary: Meet reptiles and amphibians face-to-face and learn about how we as inhabitants of this shared planet can help save, preserve and maintain our home!
Saturday October 17, 2026
12:30 pm -
1:30 pm
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Summary: Tour the Cryogenic Electron Microscopy (CryoEM) facility at UCSF Mission Bay that is revolutionizing biology and medicine by allowing scientists to see amazing views of life’s machinery. See how CyroEM imaging generates 3D maps of molecules at the atomic level to enable researchers to understand, treat and find cures to diseases.
Saturday October 17, 2026
12:30 pm -
1:30 pm
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Saturday October 17, 2026
12:30 pm -
1:30 pm
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Summary: Visualize living cells using lasers, cutting-edge optics, and 3D movies during this tour of UCSF’s Center for Advance Light Microscopy.
Saturday October 17, 2026
12:30 pm -
1:30 pm
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Summary: Join an interactive lab tour to learn about the cancer research being investigated and the equipment scientists use to make discoveries. Find out how scientists study PP2A, a regulator of how cells talk to each other and respond to their environment, and its potential for cancer treatment and how other discoveries made in the lab help patients.
Saturday October 17, 2026
12:30 pm -
1:30 pm
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Summary: Ever wonder what happens inside world-renowned research labs? Take a hands-on lab tour where you’ll look through research microscopes to view fluorescent images of developing cells and tissues. Meet scientists researching how the brain grows and functions in ways that affect learning, behavior, communication and movement. Explore spaces where scientists conduct experiments and make discoveries. Bring your curious mind and be ready to discover what’s possible.
Saturday October 17, 2026
2:30 pm -
3:30 pm
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Summary: Visualize living cells using lasers, cutting-edge optics, and 3D movies during this tour of UCSF’s Center for Advance Light Microscopy.
Saturday October 17, 2026
2:30 pm -
3:30 pm
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Summary: Step inside the Wells Lab to see how biologists build custom microscopic tools to hunt and destroy disease. Walk through real research benches, explore high-tech gear used to design medicines, and see firsthand how rewriting molecular signals can protect our bodies. Join us to discover the labs study of protiens can translate into life-saving medicines!
Saturday October 17, 2026
2:30 pm -
3:30 pm
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Summary: Take a short walk to MBC BioLabs to experience a working biotech hub. See techniques like fluorescence in microscopy, a way to make cells glow in the dark, to advance their research. See research robots in action and time lapse video of cell growth. Speak with scientists about their discoveries! MBC is a 10 minute walk from Koret Quad. Exact location is shared after registration.
Saturday October 17, 2026
2:30 pm -
3:30 pm
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Summary: Ever wonder what happens inside world-renowned research labs? Take a hands-on lab tour where you’ll look through research microscopes to view fluorescent images of developing cells and tissues. Meet scientists researching how the brain grows and functions in ways that affect learning, behavior, communication and movement. Explore spaces where scientists conduct experiments and make discoveries. Bring your curious mind and be ready to discover what’s possible.
Saturday October 17, 2026
2:30 pm -
3:30 pm
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Summary: Tour the Cryogenic Electron Microscopy (CryoEM) facility at UCSF Mission Bay that is revolutionizing biology and medicine by allowing scientists to see amazing views of life’s machinery. See how CyroEM imaging generates 3D maps of molecules at the atomic level to enable researchers to understand, treat and find cures to diseases.
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