Starts in
May 20, 2026
7:00pm – 9:30pm
Venue
The Rosegold Saloon, 11501 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA
Survival and Survivor: Marmots teach us social strategies
Taylor Bastian (Graduate Student, UCLA)
Whether you’re a contestant in Survivor or a yellow-bellied marmot living in the RockyMountains, you have big decisions to make. How many friends do you need to survive the night, will that change tomorrow? Is it a better strategy tohave a few close friends, or to switch it up? Being socially flexible canbenefit social species, an animal might be friendly one day and asocial the next, and marmots can teach us about keeping our furry friends happy and healthy. You may just leave with a desire to change your social strategies to outwit, outplay, and outlast in your current social scene.
Long live the tree: DNA reveals the fate ofCalifornia Oaks
Heidi Yang (Graduate Student, UCLA)
California’s native oaks are foundational to ecosystems across the state as providers of food and habitat for wildlife, but are threatened by development and climate change. To conserve oak species, we need to understand how they can respond to these environmental changes. My research uses information stored in their DNA to understand how oaks can persist in the present and future.
Website: https://pintofscience.us/event/learning-from-nature-how-to-win-and-survive/