Big thank you to ASCB and Sharon Education Foundation for continued funding and support!
Sharon STEM Talks
Join us for science and snacks at 7pm in the Sharon High School Library!
Sponsored by the SHS Science Olympiad Team and the SHS Science and Library/Media Departments
Sponsored by the SHS Science Olympiad Team and the SHS Science and Library/Media Departments
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Event Photos I Summer Internship Opportunities I About Us 2/8/19 News: Sharon STEM Talks was spotlighted by ASCB Post! Read here We regret to announce that the December STEM Talk has been cancelled due to inclement weather. Stay safe and warm! See you in January! |
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October 10th, 2019
Dr. Alan Marscher, Boston University Super-Massive Black Holes at the Centers of Galaxies 
The recent Event Horizon Telescope image of the black hole in the galaxy M87 confirmed what astronomers had suspected: super-massive black holes reside in the centers of all large galaxies. The speaker will discuss how these extreme objects, which trap any matter or light that gets too close, actually create the most luminous phenomena in the universe. This apparent contradiction involves ultra-hot gas that has not yet been swallowed by the black hole monster, as well as near -light-speed jets of high-energy particles and strong magnetic fields.
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Dr. Thomas Rünger, Lahey Health The Sun’s Dark Side – How Solar Radiation Causes Skin Cancer 
Dr. Thomas Ruenger, Professor of Dermatology, received his MD degree from Christian-Albrecht University in Kiel, Germany in 1985. After a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, MD from 1986 – 1989, he completed his dermatology residency training at the Julius Maximilian University in Würzburg, Germany in 1992 and a fellowship in allergology in 1994. In 1995, he was recruited to the Georg-August University in Göttingen, Germany to serve as Vice-Chair of the Dermatology Department.
In 1999, he came to the US and was appointed to the faculty of Boston University School of Medicine as Professor of Dermatology and joined the Dermatology Department, where he served in many leadership roles, including Medical Director, Director of the International Graduate Training Program, and Vice-Chair, and also ran a research laboratory. From 2014 – 2016, he was Chair of the Dermatology Department at the BU-affiliated Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence, RI.
Dr. Ruenger is an internationally recognized expert in photobiology and photodermatology and has published more than 100 original articles, reviews, and book chapters. He also served as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Photodermatology, Photoimmunology & Photomedicine from 2013 to 2018.
Dr. Ruenger’s areas of special clinical expertise include photodermatology, phototherapy, psoriasis, vitiligo, complex medical dermatology, and cutaneous oncology. He is currently working at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington, MA, of Beth Israel Lahey Health.
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November 14, 2019
Dr. Avital Rodal, Brandeis University Finding your way inside of a nerve cell 
Avital Rodal grew up in Ottawa, Canada. She attended MIT for her undergraduate studies in Biology and Chemical Engineering, and then University of California Berkeley for her doctoral studies in Molecular and Cell Biology. She then did her postdoctoral work back at MIT, in the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory. She is currently an associate professor at Brandeis University, where she studies intracellular transport in neurons. She has been the recipient of NIH Pathway to Independence and NIH Director's New Innovator awards, a Pew scholar award, and recently the NINDS Landis Award for mentorship. Outside of the lab, she enjoys gardening, hanging out with her dogs and teenaged kids, and getting running tips from her husband.
January 16th
Meet the Architect Helping to Design Our New High School! Christopher Blessen |
