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A great way to learn how science works
SciNight Contact
Chelsey McKenna
North Las Vegas, S221-E
NLVS221
(702) 651-4390 | Obscure_mckenna
What is It?
The SciNight Journal Club is an open forum in which students and faculty can meet to informally discuss primary scientific research articles.
During the Fall 2025 semester, the journal club will meet the first Tuesday of every month at 7:30pm on the Henderson campus in room H317AA. Please contact Chelsey.McKenna@csn.edu with any questions.
Format and Categories
Each SciNight session the article to be discussed will be posted on this website below. Download the article, read it, and come ready to discuss what you have learned with your fellow students and various faculty.
The articles will come from different disciplines within the sciences to address a variety of research interests here at CSN. The general topic of each session will be one of the following:
Biological Sciences
Physical Sciences
Schedule
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| Sep 2 | Physical Science |
| Oct 7 | Biological Science |
| Nov 4 | Physical Science |
| Dec 2 | Biological Science |
Upcoming Journal Articles
Upcoming Topics:
Sept 2
Conventional paleontological wisdom says that prokaryotes (bacteria and archaea) live alone and that all cells of a particular species are alike. It says that eukaryotes like us humans are different; our cells all live together in one body, and they're differentiated into heart cells, brain cells, et cetera. But then we learned that different species of bacteria or aclerchaea can live together in biofilms. And then we found mixed biofilms of bacteria and archaea together. Now we've found a type of bacteria that live in consortia, have no unicellular stage in their life cycle, and that are differentiated, with different cells of the same species playing different roles in the consortia.
Oct 7
TBA
Nov 4
TBA
Dec 2
TBA