Science on Tap - Philadelphia

Hey everyone, this is a reminder that we are taking a break this month to observe Indigenous People's Day. We will return on Monday, November 10th with a program hosted by the The Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Happy Fall!

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Tickets are still available for tonight’s Science On Tap featuring Dr. Jason Weckstein. This is a FREE virtual event, but registration is required. http://bit.ly/3XARYyW

Dr. Jason Weckstein, Associate Curator of Ornithology at Philadelphia’s Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, will take us on an armchair expedition into the Belém area in Northeastern Brazil, where he co-led a team conducting research to discover and describe the bird and bird parasite diversity in the region. He’ll share an up-close-and-personal look at everything from daily life in the field to the area’s biodiversity, the endemism patterns in birds and their associated parasites found there, and how the team’s findings are being used to advance our understanding of speciation, disease and parasite ecology, and conservation.