Science Under the Stars: There Are Many Ways to Find a Mate
Event starts on this day
Dec
11
2025
Featured Speaker(s):
Sunishka Thakur
Event starts on this day
Dec
11
2025
Learn about mate selection in nature with Sunishka Thakura, a Ph.D. candidate in Integrative Biology at UT Austin who is studying how the social environment of animals can modulate their behavior, physiology and brain gene expression.
Description
Schedule:
- 7:00 pm: Kid’s activities and natural history displays
- 7:15 pm: Guided tour of Brackenridge Field Laboratory
- 8:00 pm: Talk begins
- 8:45 pm: Q&A with speaker
The talk will be held outdoors at Brackenridge Field Laboratory.
Science Under the Stars is a free public outreach lecture series in Austin, Texas run by UT graduate students. Events are held outdoors at Brackenridge Field Laboratory, 2907 Lake Austin Blvd, Austin, Texas 78703. Find schedules and links for each event on the SUtS blog, Instagram, X/Twitter and YouTube channel, or sign up on their listserv to get event notifications.
Location
Brackenridge Field Laboratory