Featured Speaker: Mark McDaniel, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology in Arts & Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis and author, Prospective Memory and Memory Fitness: A Guide for Successful Aging

A forgotten telephone number, a familiar face and a name you can’t recall, remembering to pay a due bill, or pick up bread on the way home, remembering the way home-- do I remember the way home? Memory is central to our daily lives. Lapses in memory can be distressing, and some-- potentially alarming. Do all adults experience memory difficulties as they age? What is the difference between normal memory change and the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease? Is it possible to stem, or even reverse memory decline? Washington University psychologist and memory expert, Dr. Mark McDaniel provides insight into what the scientific research suggests will happen to our memory capabilities as we age, explores the memory challenges we all face as we grow older, and offers the layperson suggestions and strategies for improving memory.

Don’t forget to join us for a fascinating look at memory and aging. Copies of Memory Fitness: A Guide for Successful Aging, are available for purchase and signing by the author.

OASIS St. Charles Community College, 4601 Mid Rivers Mall Drive, Cottleville, MO 63376-2865

FREE to the first 10 registrants, $9 per person thereafter. OPEN to ALL.

To register call or e-mail Maggie Bauer at 314-533-8586 or mbauer@academyofsciencestl.org

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Baked goods, beverages, nutrition bars and more! You never want to miss an opportunity to tour a global headquarters. Solae LLC is a world leader headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Junior Academy students have been invited to an insider tour! Students will learn about the science conducted in this premier research facility followed by a tour including: chemical labs, pilot plant facilities, sensory lab and food bars process demo.

Careers in science will be showcased!

At Solae, the journey to innovation begins with nature. Solae's soy ingredients are enjoyed by consumers around the world in products such as baked goods, beverages, nutrition bars, and much more.

PARTICIPANTS NEED TO WEAR CLOSED-TOE SHOES

RSVP by July 10th to peggyw@academyofsciencestl.org

Earn 25 achievement points

Parents welcome!

Free and open to Junior Academy members

A demonstration of the new Simulation Surgery Lab at Washington University School of Medicine will be provided to Junior Academy students! See how doctors respond to emergency medical situations ranging from a collapsed lung, heart murmur, or an acute heart attack. An instructor controls the simulated symptoms via a computer in an observation area.

Following the simulation, a hands-on program will be provided by the Washington University doctoral students (WU Young Scientist Program). This is a great opportunity to work side-by-side with WU students who are the top in the nation, if not the world!

PARTICIPANTS NEED TO WEAR CLOSED TOE SHOES

RSVP by July 17th @ peggyw@academyofsciencestl.org

(Details will be e-mailed back to you.)

Earn 25 Achievement points

Free and open to Junior Academy members

Featured Speaker: Sherman J. Silber, M.D., The Infertility Center of St. Louis. St. Luke’s Hospital; Fellow, Academy of Science – St. Louis and 2008 Outstanding St. Louis Scientist James B. Eads Award recipient

In 1978, the world’s first test tube baby made headlines and launched a reproductive revolution. The science of modern reproductive technology has come a long way; and today’s infertility treatments include options such as-- donated eggs, donor sperm, gestational surrogacy, pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, and cloning. Renowned infertility expert, Dr. Sherman Silber, tells us what’s new in the fertility industry and talks about the ethical dilemmas faced by the infertile and the physicians with whom they consult. You won’t want to miss this provocative look at the modern science of having babies.

A pioneer in microsurgery and infertility, Dr. Silber performed the world’s first microsurgical vasectomy reversal as well as the first testicle and ovary transplants. Treating thousands of infertile couples from across the globe, from teachers and truck drivers to princes and kings, he directs one of the most successful high tech infertility programs in the world. He is the author of three medical textbooks, five best-selling books for the layperson and more than 200 scientific papers on human infertility and reproduction.

OASIS at the Center of Clayton, 50 Gay Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63105

FREE to the first 10 registrants, $9 per person thereafter. OPEN to ALL.

To register call or e-mail Maggie Bauer at 314-533-8586 or mbauer@academyofsciencestl.org

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Featured Speaker: James Carter, Senior Food Safety Consultant, ASI Food Safety Consultants

Upton Sinclair’s 1906 muckraking novel The Jungle, exposed corruption and unsanitary conditions in the meat packing industry; and the hue and cry of an outraged public partly contributed to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug, and Meat Inspection Acts. With food product recalls, salmonella and e. coli outbreaks making today’s headlines, consumers are no less concerned with the quality and safety of their food then they were after Sinclair published The Jungle. ASI food safety consultant James Carter talks about today’s food safety standards and systems, food audits, and government regulations designed to keep our food safe. Established in 1948, 3rd generation ASI Food Safety Consultants advises companies such as Hershey’s and Frito-Lay, and more than 3,500 food stores, restaurants, processors, warehouses and distributors from across the globe on regulations and industry standards to protect our food and minimize contamination.

OASIS at the Center of Clayton, 50 Gay Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63105

FREE to the first 10 registrants, $9 per person thereafter. OPEN to ALL.

To register call or e-mail Maggie Bauer at 314-533-8586 or mbauer@academyofsciencestl.org

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Junior Academy students and their families will be welcomed with a bar-b-q followed by a night hike! Rich Hauermann, Washington University Earth and Planetary Science and St. Louis Astronomical Society will provide an overview of the night sky and the Perseids. Be prepared to stay up late! Let's hope for good weather and a clear sky as we view hundreds of shooting stars! Cost is minimal at $30 each which includes welcome bar-b-q, snacks, night in a log cabin, guided night hike, guided Perseid viewing, and continental breakfast!

Junior Academy students need to be accompanied by a parent

Siblings over age 7 welcome

RSVP by August 5th to peggyw@academyofsciencestl.org

Details will be e-mailed back to you

Open to Junior Academy members and their families

Junior Academy Gateway members attend for $20 each!

Featured Speaker: Debra F. Horwitz, DVM, Veterinary Behavior Consultations, and Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists

Pets have been a part of human families for centuries, enriching our

Support for Talking to the Animals is provided by Nestlé Purina PetCare.

Featured Speaker: Richard Heuermann, Administrative Officer, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, NASA Missouri Space Grant Consortium, Washington University

The exotic vacation destination in only a century or so may be – the Red Planet, Mars! Where will tourists go, and what will they see? Prime real estate is available just about anywhere, as our robot explorers are discovering. Right now, today, two roving laboratories inch along the dusty hills and plains of the Red Planet, as overhead three orbiting spacecraft probe the Martian surface. Eventually, scientists will follow the robot scouts. And where science blazes a trail, travel agents are almost sure to follow with vacation packages – possibly a climb down a crater wall, perhaps a hike up a volcano larger than the entire state of Arizona? Maybe a trip along a canyon over 2,500 miles long, up to 300 miles wide, and, in places, four miles deep? NASA images from the Martian surface and from the Martian sky are featured in A Tourist’s Guide To Mars.

Martinis served!

The Hallmark of Creve Coeur, One New Ballas Place, St. Louis, MO 63146

FREE to the first 10 registrants, $9 per person thereafter. OPEN to ALL.

To register call or e-mail Maggie Bauer at 314-533-8586 or mbauer@academyofsciencestl.org

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Save-the-date!

Details coming soon for the Fall Science Seminar Series.

All Seminars are held in The Living World (north side of Zoo) Parking FREE in Zoo North Lot.

FREE & OPEN to ALL.

For more information call 314-533-8586 or email mbauer@academyofsciencestl.org

Science Seminar Series Co-sponsored by:

Save-the-date!

Details Coming Soon for Fall Science Seminar Series.

All Seminars are held in The Living World (north side of Zoo) Parking FREE in Zoo North Lot.

FREE & OPEN to ALL.

For more information call 314-533-8586 or email mbauer@academyofsciencestl.org

Science Seminar Series Co-sponsored by:

Save-the-date!

Details coming soon for the Fall Science Seminar Series.

All Seminars are held in The Living World (north side of Zoo) Parking FREE in Zoo North Lot.

FREE & OPEN to ALL.

For more information call 314-533-8586 or email mbauer@academyofsciencestl.org

Science Seminar Series Co-sponsored by: