Science on Tap is a weekly Friday afternoon social where members of the Martinos community gather to eat, maybe have a libation or two, and get to know each other’s work a little better. Every meeting features a 10 to 15 minute talk by a Martinos investigator about his or her latest research, including work in progress, or not yet published efforts, followed by informal discussion over chips and guacamole!

The videos below show many of these presentations, and thus open a window onto the cutting-edge research under way at the Martinos Center.

Seminar Organizers:

Maaike van den Boomen, Founder (05/2018 – present)
John Samuelsson, Founder (05/2018 – present)
Patricia Cirillo, (04/2019 – present)

If you’re interested in presenting your work at an upcoming Science on Tap seminar, email the seminar organizers.

Science on Tap Presentations

Science Rehashed

Dr. Mehdi Jorfi - an instructor at the Genetics and Aging Research Unit at MGH and at the MGH Center for Engineering in Medicine, and Shen Ning - an MD/PHD candidate at the BU Medical School. Mehdi and Shen are founders of the science dissemination podcast "Science Rehashed", and they share about the needs that their platform aims to address, how they came about to put it together, and how their initiative facilitates anyone with an internet access to get access to groundbreaking discoveries in a simple and digestible way. For more information visit https://www.sciencerehashed.com/ For more information about the Science on Tap Seminar Series and series organizers, visit https://www.martinos.org/education/scienceontap/ Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging https://www.martinos.org/ Follow @MGHMartinos on Facebook, Instagram + Twitter!

Hope For Sight Initiative - a mission to help people see again

Lakshmi Gopinathan Science on Tap, 10/16/2020 Hope For Sight Initiative - a mission to help people see again "The Hope For Sight Initiative is a project I've worked on since the tenth grade, and our aim is to initiate change and help facilitate access to healthcare (specifically through cataract surgeries) for disadvantaged communities in Nigeria and India. Currently, untreated cataracts are among the leading causes of vision impairment and blindness worldwide. As of now, HopeForSight has been able to fund raise and conduct surgeries for over 700 people withour partnered healthcare providers. With your donations and support, we can work together to continue giving back hope and vision to hundreds of people who don't have the resources to afford this needed service and to access primary healthcare." - L. Gopinathan For more information about the Science on Tap Seminar Series, visit https://www.martinos.org/education/scienceontap/ Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging https://www.martinos.org/ Follow @MGHMartinos on Facebook, Instagram + Twitter! Video edited by Laura Gee

Women in Science Fall Series + Structure + Elections

Viviana Siless & Paige Sparks, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging This Science on Tap seminar focuses on the Women in Science Fall Series + Structure + Elections. For more information about the Women in Science, please visit https://wis.martinos.org/ Women in Science Fall Series + Structure + Elections Science on Tap, 9/11/2020 For more information about the Science on Tap Seminar Series, visit https://www.martinos.org/education/scienceontap/ Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging https://www.martinos.org/ Follow @MGHMartinos on Facebook, Instagram + Twitter!

Heartbeat-to-heartbeat Cardiac Tissue Characterization

Maaike van den Boomen Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, University of Groningen Heartbeat-to-heartbeat Cardiac Tissue Characterization Science on Tap, 06/26/2020 For more information about the Science on Tap Seminar Series please visit https://www.martinos.org/education/scienceontap/ Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging https://www.martinos.org/ Follow @MGHMartinos on Facebook, Instagram + Twitter!

Neuro-rehabilitative strategies to improve treatment outcomes in bipolar disorder

Kristen Ellard PhD Clinical Psychologist Program for Neuro-psychiatry in Neuromodulation Neuro-rehabilitative strategies to improve treatment outcomes in bipolar disorder Science on Tap, 06/19/2020 For more information about the Science on Tap Seminar Series visit https://www.martinos.org/education/scienceontap/ Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging https://www.martinos.org/ Follow @MGHMartinos on Facebook, Instagram + Twitter!