Micro Nightlife

Go big this week as NightLife gets really, really small to discover the wonderful world of microbiology. Learn about the latest cutting-edge advances in exploring and explaining the science of small.

------> Join some of the Bay Area’s cutting-edge labs in checking out teeny-tiny things, including Stanford University’s innovative Foldscope, a portable origami microscope that can help make science part of your everyday life.

------> Look to the future with Indie Bio, the world’s largest biotech accelerator, and some of the exciting, promising young companies they’ve helped fund.

------> Take a crash course in mycology microscopy, the art of taking scientifically useful and beautiful images (of fungi) using a microscope, with Merritt Microscopy.

------> Meet the millions of microbes that call your body home with UCSF’s Turnbaugh Lab and see how researchers at UC Berkeley use easy-to-grow yeast microbes to help them explore larger scientific questions.

------> Learn about the future of biotech from Novozymes, a local company developing sustainable products and bio-enzymes using breakthrough science to address some of our planet’s most daunting problems.

------> Put on your amateur entomologist hat and head outside to the garden to explore the amazing world of insects with Save Nature. For a change of scope, get ready for big laughs with Eureka Comedy Science Show, an interactive show featuring scientists from Indie Bio.