Featured Appearances
In The News
View AllDenver museum researcher breaks down barriers for volunteers
02.06.2019
At the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, a small research lab is looking into how a person’s genetics affects his or her sense of taste. The research can help determine how people can pair healthy food with other things to make it taste better. But for Nicole Garneau, the study is also a way to bring more people to the table when it comes to science.
Crowdsourcing Aids Data Collection
09.24.2018
Wake Forest University
Appearing friendly and engaging, it’s easy to see why Garneau has been invited to speak at numerous venues, such as TEDxMileHigh, NPR and now Wake Forest. Throughout the presentation, she interacted with the audience, pulling examples from local research and calling on audience members by name. This seminar was part of a weekly series in the Department of Biology, bringing presenters with a range of expertise to speak on campus every Monday.
Hate IPAs? It’s Because Your Genetics Programmed You To Dislike Bitter Beers.
06.28.2018
A combination of human instinct, DNA and learned behavior determines whether you love or loathe hoppy brews.
Featured Videos
View AllTaking Taste Tests to the Next Level
01.18.2018
ColoradoBiz Magazine
The curator and chair of the health sciences PI genetics of taste lab at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science receives ColoradoBiz Magazine's 2018 Most Influential Young Professionals Honor.
The Human Biology Collection
07.19.2017
The Brain Scoop
We're hittin' the road, from The Field Museum to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. In this first video, I get to visit one of the most unique collections I've ever seen in a natural history museum, AND guess what, I'm actually going to become their latest donation. What!
Featured In Books
View AllHow to Market Beer to Women
09.01.2016
Women Enjoying Beer
Ginger Johnson, founder of Women Enjoying Beer, is releasing a comprehensive new book that instructs beer-industry companies on how to properly market beer to female consumers.
Beer Pairing: The Essential Guide from the Pairing Pros
01.01.2015
Amazon
Beer has reclaimed its place at the dinner table.
We Have the Technology: How Biohackers, Foodies, Physicians & Scientists Are Transforming Human Perception, One Sense at a Time
01.01.2015
Amazon
An award-winning journalist investigates how scientists and citizens around the world are re-tooling our senses-and what their discoveries are teaching us about the nature and future of human perception.
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