Remember a few months ago, when I cajoled Bryan into presenting on the biochemical effects of methamphetamines for the local Nerd Nite? And, then again when Nerd Nite viewers liked him so much they elected to bring him back for the alumni event in December? Both of those events were just fantastic, and apparently caught the eye of the coordinators for another local science event: Science on Tap.
This event, which is coordinated by the Natural History Museum on campus, is held a few times each semester at the local brew pub. The team called him in January, and he had about a month to prepare his talk on next generation cancer therapies. This venue gave him a chance to be even more technical in his approach, though he did a remarkable job of making a pretty complicated topic accessible for the more than 70 participants.
To see him in a role like this—especially one in which he’s explaining his actual work—just makes my heart burst with pride. He was brilliant yet affable, and the crowd was notably engaged. After a 30 minute presentation, he answered group and individual questions for nearly an hour more. He’s humble enough to wonder if he did an acceptable job this morning, but trust me when I tell you he absolutely knocked it out of the park.
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