Public Events
in addition to Town talks, Telluride Science offers several public events throughout the year. we often partner with other community organizations to host events.
breathless:the scientific race to defeat a deadly virus
Live Talk with David Quammen
Thursday, march 16 at 5:30 pm
The Wilkinson Library is hosting an annual community read. Award-winning, best-selling science writer David Quammen will be live, in-person at the library for a talk about his new book, Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus, on Thursday, March 16th at 5:30.
All of the free promotional copies are currently spoken for, but Between the Covers has the book available. The library also has physical copies of the book, audiobook and ebook available for check out.
Highlights of Past Events Are Included Below.
Many events during the Winter of 2022 were virtual due to the pandemic.
Some of these events include:
Asleep to Remember
The Role of Sleep in Memory Consilidation
Dr.Paolo Malerba, PhD, Principal Investigator at Malerba Lab at Nationwide
Children’s Hospital, gave a very interesting discussion on how sleep affects our
memory. View the webinar in the window to the left.
Cellular Therapy
The Use of Living Drugs to Combat Viruses & Cancer
Dr. Peter Pisters, President of MD Anderson Cancer Center spoke about the novel work and cancer research done at MD Anderson and Dr. Katy Rezvani, Professor of Medicine at MD Anderson, addressed explained how a new frontier in immune cell therapeutics was being used to treat viruses and cancer.