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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 Spring and Fall semesters, 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
Upcoming Journal Articles
Upcoming Topics:
September 1
By request, this month's SciNight paper is on the discovery of bioessential sugars in samples from the asteroid Bennu. We'll discuss why conditions on the early Earth made it difficult for the precursor molecules for life to form, but how they are readily formed in space and delivered to Earth.
Bio-essential sugars in samples from asteroid Bennu
October 6
Are we able to "author" new genomes with AI? Using Genome Language Models (gLMs) we were able to create new, functioning viral genomes. Let's take a look at how LLMs are speaking the language of life and what this might mean for genetic engineering and our future
Generative design of bacteriophages with genome language models
November 3
TBA
December 1
TBA