Bio Nebraska Partners with UNMC to Bring Two Science Cafés

Bio Nebraska partners with UNMC to bring you the Science Café. The Omaha Science Café is held at The Slowdown, 729 North 14th Street, in Omaha.

Omaha Science Café on September 7, 2010
The next Science Café will be held on September 7, 2010, from 7 – 8 p.m. James Jenkins, D.D.S., will discuss “Forensic Dentistry.” Dr. Jenkins is an Assistant Professor in the Adult Restorative Dentistry Department at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He received his B.S. in dentistry from the University of Nebraska and his D.D.S. from the University of Nebraska College of Dentistry. Dr. Jenkins’ research interests include practice management and patient management.

Omaha Science Café on October 5, 2010
On October 5, 2010, from 7 – 8 p.m., Omaha Science Café welcomes John Hibbing, Ph.D., the Foundation Regents University Professor of Political Science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Dr. Hibbing will discuss “Are Liberals and Conservatives Physiologically Different?” Dr. Hibbing’s current work, mostly with John Alford of Rice University, employs economic games, fMRIs, evolutionary theory, and behavioral genetics in order to identify the deeper biological causes of social and political behavior.

For more information on speakers and topics visit www.unmc.edu/sciencecafe.