After Dark
Reinvent your Thursday nights at After Dark. Experience a fascinating array of unique, adult-only programs and events that change each week. Grab dinner by the Bay, play with hundreds of hands-on exhibits, crawl through our pitch-black Tactile Dome, sip cocktails, and explore.
Featured Programs
Pairings: Communal Cheese (free with After Dark admission; reservation required onsite)
To reserve a seat and something to eat, pick up free tickets onsite at the Observatory. Seating is limited to 95.
7:00 p.m.
Fisher Bay Observatory Gallery
The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star.
�"Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, Physiologie du Gout, 1825
Join us for robust presentations and refreshing conversations designed to inspire your scientific palate.
Learn more about the series, Pairings: Cultivating a Taste for Science Through Food.
Tonight’s Menu: Communal Cheese
Cheese rarely stands alone. Consider the Camembert: its white, “bloomy†rind hosts colonies of bacteria and fungi that help define its creamy interior as well as its taste. And while all cheeses begin with lactic acid bacteria fermenting milk, aged cheeses are distinguished by their signature microbial communities�"both by the species present, and how they interact.
Get a taste for the transformative roles of microbial communities with Rachel Dutton, who uses cheese as a model system for studying the formation of more complex microbial systems. SeaGlass' chef Loretta Keller and manager Clay Reynolds will serve delicious samples of microbial labor paired with wine and spirits.
Rachel Dutton is Assistant Professor in the Division of Biological Sciences at the University of California, San Diego. Her lab studies the complexity of microbial life using simplified microbial communities such as those found on cheese. Previously a Bauer Fellow at the Harvard University Center for Systems Biology, Dr. Dutton has collaborated with numerous chefs, as well as the food science author Harold McGee. She received her Ph.D. in microbiology from Harvard University.
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Thursday, 09/08/16
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San Francisco, CA 94111
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Phone: (415) 528-4444
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