The 36th edition of Soup and Science was held in the Redpath Museum between Sept 25-29. Students and community members heard from outstanding McGill professors and student speakers across disciplines talk about their research program in lightning-style talks, followed by active discussions.
Monday September 25
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM, Redpath Museum
Prof. Dieter P. Reinhardt
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Extracellular fiber systems in health and disease
Prof. Caroline Palmer
Department of Psychology
Modeling the Mind with Music
Prof. Chao-Jun Li
Department of Chemistry
Inventing reactions for sustainable chemical productions.
Prof. Shuaiqi Guo (Phil)
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
What makes bacteria stick?
Neha Dinesh (Student Speaker)
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Elucidating the functional role of fibronectin in skeletal development and associated pathologies
Tuesday September 26
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM, Redpath Museum
Prof. Vicki Kaspi
Department of Physics
The Fast Radio Cosmos
Prof. Golnoosh Farnadi
School of Computer Science
From Algorithmic Fairness to Responsible AI
Prof. Bettina Willie
Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences
Skeletal Mechanobiology
Prof. Nicole Li-Jessen
School of Communication Sciences and Disorders
How do wildfires affect our upper airway health
Michael Hetu (Student Speaker)
Department of Physics
Listening to the Cosmos in the High Arctic
Wednesday September 27
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM, Redpath Museum
Prof. William Pastor
Department of Biochemistry
DNA methylation: what does it do and how does it get there?
Prof. Sarah Woolley
Department of Biology
Uncovering circuits for communication and flight in songbirds
Prof. Heather Melichar
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Cellular and molecular brakes on T cell function
Parham Ghasemloo (Student Speaker)
School of Computer Science
Borderlands Science: a SOUPer guide for playing games AND doing science in gradschool
Thursday September 28
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM, Redpath Museum
Prof. Ross Otto
Department of Psychology
Does it really hurt to think? Understanding emotional responses to cognitively effortful situations using facial electromyography
Prof. Natalya Gomez
Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences
Ice, oceans and climate
Prof. Tomoko Ohyama
Department of Biology
How small brain make decision
Prof. Virginie Millien
Department of Biology
Sam Loutet (Student Speaker)
Department of Biology
Marine microbes and climate change: Research on land and at sea as an undergrad
Friday September 29
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM, Redpath Museum
Prof. Thomas Brunner
Department of Physics
Going deep underground to unravel some of the universe’s mysteries
Prof. Alanna Watt
Department of Biology
Cellular underpinnings of ataxia
Prof. Parisa A. Ariya
Department of Chemistry
Exploring physicochemical processes: From Earth's radicals to space
Cara Flynn (Student Speaker)
Department of Biochemistry
Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation in Response to Temperature
Previous Editions
Visit the pages below for information on previous editions of Soup and Science.
- 36th edition: Sept 2023
- Snacks and Science: July 2023
- 35th edition: March 2023
- 34th edition: September 2022
- 33rd edition: January 2022
- 32nd edition: Fall 2021
- Sun and Science: July 2021
- 31st edition: February 2021
- 30th edition: September 2020
- Sun and Science: May - August 2020
- 29th edition: January 2020
- 28th edition: September 2019
- 27th edition: January 2019
- 26th edition: September 2018
- 25th edition: January 2018