Name: Science Spotlights: Short of Breath? Here’s a Rock
Start: 2025-12-13T14:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-12-13T14:30:00-05:00
Location: 26 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA, United States, Massachusetts 02138

$Science Spotlights: Short of Breath? Here\u2019s a Rock$

Meet up-and-coming scientists and learn about questions at the forefront of research today in this series of short talks.
2:00–2:30 pm Short of Breath? Here’s a Rock
https://tinyurl.com/SciSpotlightsDec13
When we think of electricity, we often picture wires, circuits and generators. But did you know that living things can also produce electricity? In fact, electricity powers many of the biological processes in living things, including us! Even more surprising is that bacteria can use electricity to “breathe rocks.” What does this mean exactly?
Join Harvard scientist Federica Calabrese, Postdoctoral Fellow, Girguis Lab, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, as she uncovers how some microbes evolved to live in oxygen-free environments and how we can harness “bioelectricity” to power our own electronic devices.
Recommended for ages 10 and up. Regular museum admission rates apply.