BIG IDEAS @ScienceStowers
The BIG IDEAS @ScienceStowers is a lecture series that brings thought-provoking science to a Kansas City public audience. Each lecture features a renowned scientist presenting their scientific work in a casual and engaging style with an open post-lecture question and answer session. A post-lecture reception allows for an opportunity to greet the scientists.
Previous events have featured research focused on how and why animals vary in color and pattern, the chemical communication of bacteria, the role of art in science, and one scientist’s efforts at overcoming science accessibility.
Past Events
Patrick Brown
CEO & Founder Impossible Foods
How Science Can Save Our Planet by Reinventing Meat
Hopi Hoekstra
Harvard University
Nature’s Palette: The Biological Significance of Color
Bonnie Bassler
Princeton University
Tiny Conspiracies: Cell-to-Cell Communication in Bacteria
Neil Shubin
University of Chicago
Finding Your Inner Fish
Ahna Skop
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Too Creative for Science?
Manu Prakash
Stanford University
Magnifying Curiosity Worldwide