Our Story

Beaker Street is a social enterprise launched in Hobart in 2016, with the aim of bringing science to anyone and to anywhere.

Why should scientists have all the fun? At Beaker Street, we know that you don't need a laboratory to do an experiment, and you don't need a degree to engage in scientific investigation and debate.

Scientific progress relies on collaboration, shared ideas, and new initiatives brought about by the meeting of minds from diverse backgrounds. Please get in touch and help us build a community of makers, thinkers, doers, scientists.

We host workshops, events, talks, discussions, and create interactive spaces where everyone is invited to participate in scientific discovery, given the tools to explore the world around us, and of course, to meet some new and interesting people and learn from each other.

Beaker Street's founder Margo Adler earned her PhD in Evolutionary Biology from the University of New South Wales in Sydney in 2013. Her recent research has focussed on the effects of diet on lifespan and ageing, though she has also published papers and carried out experiments in the fields of sexual conflict, human mate choice preferences, and forced copulation in waterfowl.