Join me at the Atlanta Science Festival
The 2024 ASF will be held from March 9-23rd! I'm partnering with ASF on several events. Save the date & book tix now!
I’m proud to support the Atlanta Science Festival! #ATLSciFest returns March 9–23 with 100+ events, ending with the Exploration Expo on March 23rd! The 2024 event schedule is now LIVE at AtlantaScienceFestival.org
Read on to learn about some special events I’m partnering on with the ASF. Want to get involved? You can support the festival by signing up as a volunteer! Visit this LINK to learn more.
HOLOBIOME
Film screening and interactive discussion on humans, microbes, and the future of infectious disease
Date
Saturday, March 9, 2024; 5-7 PM
Tickets
No tickets required. This event is FREE. Seats available until the auditorium fills, so come early to grab your spot! Visit this LINK to learn more and get information on free parking.
Presented by
Emory University Center for the Study of Human Health, Small-r Films, and Novo Nordisk Foundation
Location
Emory University Goodrich C. White Hall Room 208
301 Dowman Dr
Atlanta, GA 30322
Description
What if you found out that, on a cellular level, you, your body at least, is more microbial than human… way more! And what if it wasn’t just your body that is more microbial than it seems, but that almost everything, all life on earth, is made possible by microbes? The concept of the Holobiome captures this reality and also beckons us to reconsider our understanding of health and infectious disease, along with our relationship to the microbial world. This event features two innovative short films that explore this emergent, holobiome, understanding of life and health as well as a panel of experts to answer and help audience members navigate the questions raised by these films.
Film 1 (20min) is a documentary featuring the harrowing tale of a young woman and her mother confronting what happens when the human immune system becomes compromised and the drugs stop working.
Film 2 (18min) is a sci-fi / documentary hybrid explores the future past of biotechnology and the need for innovation and more innovative thinking in our relationship with infectious diseases and the microbial world.
Expert panelists include:
Maryn McKenna (moderator) - author and science journalist
Cassandra Quave, PhD - medical ethnobotanist, Emory University
Michael Graziano - the filmmaker
CDR Alison Laufer Halpin, PhD - genomic epidemiologist, CDC
NATURE’S PHARMACY WITH EMORY UNIVERSITY HERBARIUM
Date
Tuesday, March 12, 2024; 6:30-8:30 PM
Tickets
Tickets required ($12). Book early as this event sold out last year! Plenty of on-site, free parking is available. Visit this LINK to learn more and reserve your spot.
Presented by
Location
Carter Presidential Library & Museum
441 Freedom Pkwy NE
Atlanta, GA 30307
Description
Join leading medical ethnobotanist and explorer, Dr. Cassandra Quave, as she shares the story of her quest to develop new ways to fight illness and disease through the healing powers of plants. Blend your own tea and create a DIY herbarium keepsake to take home!
In addition to the tea blending and herbarium art activities, we’ll also have hardback copies of The Plant Hunter book available on site for sale and signing.
EXPLORATION EXPO
Date
Saturday, March 23, 2024; 10 AM-5 PM
Tickets
No tickets required. This event is FREE. Visit this LINK to learn more.
Location
Piedmont Park
Atlanta, GA
Description
Atlanta’s biggest interactive science event is FREE and open to adults, families, and children of all ages and interests. No registration is necessary. Touch a human brain! Smell outer space! 3-D print your own bones! Look inside a jet engine! Pen your own science haiku! Control a robot with your brain! Test your brain with laser beams! Paint like an elephant! Meet frogs, lizards, snakes… and scientists!
With 100 hands-on, interactive science booths from local organizations, universities, and companies, we’ll be showing off Atlanta science at this year’s Exploration Expo. Additional information including an exhibitor list, map, and parking info will be available in early spring.
The Emory Herbarium will be on site with a fun, interactive booth featuring botanical activities!
Hope to see you there!
Yours in health, Dr. Quave
Cassandra L. Quave, Ph.D. is a scientist, author, speaker, podcast host, wife, mother, explorer, and professor at Emory University School of Medicine. She teaches college courses and leads a group of research scientists studying medicinal plants to find new life-saving drugs from nature. She hosts the Foodie Pharmacology podcast and writes the Nature’s Pharmacy newsletter to share the science behind natural medicines. To support her effort, consider a paid or founding subscription, with founding members receiving an autographed 1st edition hardcover copy of her book, The Plant Hunter.
Available in hardcover, paperback, audio, and e-book formats!
