Speaker: Maureen R. Hanson is the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics. She received a B.S. degree at Duke University and a Ph.D. in Cell and Developmental Biology from Harvard University. Her lab aims to understand the mechanism of RNA editing in chloroplasts and ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Symposium on Connections between the SF Bay & Greater Farallones Sanctuary Join sanctuary advisors, scientists, ocean managers, community members, and students, for an information-sharing symposium to explore ecological, oceanographic, and anthropogenic connections and influences between the San Francisco Bay and the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary just beyond the Golden Gate.Please note that parking is limited. We recommend carpooling and giving ...
One year ago, the IPCC’s released its SR15 report, which has focused public debate and activism upon demands to stabilize global temperatures at 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. Ironically, these demands come at a moment at which it is increasingly clear that limiting warming to 2C will be extremely challenging, much ...
Conversations About Landscape: Feel the Heat - Climate Impacts on Communities, Workers, and Vulnerable PopulationsThe most serious and direct consequence of climate change for human health is the projection of longer and more severe heat waves in the future. Heat exposure is the leading cause of weather-related fatalities in the nation and disproportionately affects low-income communities and outdoor workers across California and worldwide.Join public ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free, RSVP required
RACE your FACTs: Making AI work for EnterprisesThere is renewed interest among companies these days to implement and deploy AI models in their business processes either to increase automation or to improve human productivity. AI models are making their way as chatbots in customer support scenarios, as doctors' assistants in hospitals, as legal research assistants in the ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Encounter with Ultima Thule: The Most Distant Object Humanity Has Ever ExploredAfter a successful encounter with Pluto, the New Horizons spacecraft, for the first time flew by a member of the Kuiper Belt of icy objects beyond Neptune. This particular object, officially called 2014MU69, but informally named “Ultimate Thule” (meaning the farthest place beyond the known world,) turned out to be ...
Where: Los Altos HillsCost: Free ($3 parking)
Nerd Nite SF #113: Sharks & Seaweed & TBA!“Art & Algae”In her newest book, “The Curious World of Seaweed”, author and artist Josie Iselin interweaves the science of seaweed with tales of pioneering women scientists and beautiful images of marine algae. Dive into the wondrous and surprising world of these foundational organisms.Speaker: Josie Iselin is a photographer, author ...
From 2012 to 2018, Bill Weihl was Director of Sustainability at Facebook. He built a team that directs work on sustainability and energy efficiency across the company, driving projects to track and reduce the company's environmental footprint in all aspects of its operations. They also drove cross-industry collaborations, including playing ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $10
How Dangerous are Microwaves?The physics behind non-ionizing radiation and a tale of two books titled ‘Zapped‘” with Warren Wiscombe Ph.D. of NASA Goddard.
Join Brian Day, of NASA's Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, for a presentation on Exploring Planetary Surfaces with NASA’s Solar System Treks. Learn about NASA’s Solar System Treks project that is producing a suite of online interactive visualization and analysis portals. There are now seven web portals in the program ...
Since Fall 2002, the Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering has hosted the Silicon Valley Leaders Symposium (SVLS). The Symposium hosts industry and technology leaders to talk about business and technology trends. It also features prominent leaders who discuss broader societal and political issues that shape our life and society.Pat ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
LITQUAKE: The State of Water: Understanding California's Most Precious ResourceAward-winning writer Obi Kaufman offers an illustrated guide to the ways we conserve, use, abuse and restore water--the source of life and habitat in California.Obi Kaufmann, author of the best-selling California Field Atlas, turns his attention to the Golden State's most complex and controversial resource: water. In this new book, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
The New Jim Code: Race, Caceral Technoscience, and Liberatory Imagination in Everyday LifeFrom everyday apps to complex algorithms, technology has the potential to hide, speed, and even deepen discrimination, while appearing neutral and even benevolent when compared to racist practices of a previous era. In this talk, Dr. Ruha Benjamin, Associate Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, presents the concept ...
Evolving Shorelines Happy Hour - Adapting to sea level rise in our communityOne Tam partners, Marin County Parks and the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, are about to embark on developing designs to adapt Bothin Marsh Open Space Preserve and the Mill Valley / Sausalito Pathway to climate change and sea level rise. Come out and talk with us to find out ...
Adaptive Optics is a technology that detects and corrects changing distortions in optical systems. It has been applied to great effect during the past decade to correct astronomical telescopes for blurring due to turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere. This talk will describe how Adaptive Optics works, and how it is ...
Drop, cover, and hold on . . . to After Dark: Earthquakes, where we’ll commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Loma Prieta quake and look ahead to the latest in earthquake preparation, safety research, and building practices. And don’t miss the return of Everything Matters, which picks up with element ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95, 14.95 explO members, AD members free
Automotive Ethernet and Functional SafetyOver the past several years there has been an upheaval in the automotive networking space as a number of mega-trends drive major changes:The trend towards a user defined car,Autonomous vehicle technology,ElectrificationThe presentation will cover these changes taking place in the in-vehicle-networking space, with an emphasis on automotive Ethernet and the ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Seismic NightLifeWe’re bracing ourselves for vibrations during Seismic NightLife, including on the dance floor. On the 30th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake, we’re digging back into seismic matters and ‘80s culture. Look back at the City’s major 20th-century earthquakes through historic images, and look to the future with experts in ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Varies
Conservation of Waterbirds of the North BayFor 30 years, Audubon Canyon Ranch has been studying the ecology of wintering and migrant shorebirds and waterbirds in the Bay Area. Find out what they've learned, as well as the results of their 50 years of work on herons and egrets throughout the Bay. This will include a presentation ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $5 donation for non members.
Introduction to GardeningWith the pending rains, fall and winter are the best time to plan and implement your garden plans.Learn gardening techniques to help care for your landscape, maintain aesthetic, and keep it looking fresh! Desmond Murray (Presidio Seed Ecologist & Longtime Bay Area Gardener) will emphasize natural pruning techniques, fertilizing, pest ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Donations encouraged
Two KIPAC Tea TalksExoplanet SpectroscopySpeaker: Tom Greene, NASA AmesProspecting for quadruply lensed quasars in the past decade and the nextQuadruply lensed quasars ("quads") are used to study several important astronomical problems, including the abundance of LIGO-mass primordial black holes. But quads are rare, with only one out of every 3000 quasars lensed into ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
The influence of melting and viscosity on the thermo-chemical evolution of Earth and other rocky planetsIn this presentation I will firstly show results from numerical simulations of global mantle convection to explore the effects of melting on the thermo-chemical evolution of terrestrial bodies. I applied the models to investigate (i) how does melting-induced crustal production affects the interior state and surface behavior of an Earth-like ...
Join the Astonomical Society of the Pacific in celebrating their 130th anniversary with speakers and activities for all. Planetarium Shows3:40 PM, 6:30 PM, 8:45 PM, 9:30 PM. Lines begin 30 minutes prior outside the planetarium. Thornton Hall.Portable Planetarium2:00 - 2:30 PM, 3:30 - 4:30 PM, 6:00 - 7:00 PM. Student Services ...
Miniaturized and rationally assembled nanostructures exhibit extraordinarily distinct physical and chemical properties beyond their individual units. This talk will focus on structured metal nanoparticle lattices that show unique diffractive coupling with lattice spacings engineered close to the wavelength of light. Collectively coupled plasmonic nanoparticles induce sharp, intense lattice ...
This talk describes complementary synthetic strategies to enhance the photoluminescence and photoredox properties of organometallic complexes. We have addressed the long-standing challenge of designing efficient and stable blue-phosphorescent molecules, currently the most significant technological hurdle in OLED technology. Our efforts have resulted in new designs for blue-emitting iridium complexes, using ...
NASA’s SOFIA Open DayNASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) will be open for viewing to registered guests on Saturday October 19, 2019. SOFIA is a Boeing 747SP jetliner modified to carry a 106-inch diameter telescope. Flying into the stratosphere at 38,000-45,000 feet puts SOFIA above 99 percent of Earth’s infrared-blocking atmosphere, allowing astronomers to study the ...
Where: Moffett FieldCost: Free
All Things Fall With David HerlockerVisit Martin Griffin Preserve throughout our limited Fall Season, with Nature Guide-led walks, activities, or materials to open your eyes to our lovely preserve in a different way each week. Visitors are also welcome to hike our trails on their own, scoop up a newt at the ponds, peer at ...
MSI loves sharks! Our special day invites one and all to learn about these amazing creatures while feeding and touching our local friendly leopard sharks and making a special take home craft.10:00 and 10:30 AM.
Where: Redwood CityCost: $20
The Surprises of the SunflowerFive thousand years ago, early farmers took a special interest in sunflowers. Through its continued cultivation since that time, the sunflower has evolved into an essential crop that permeates human life, whether in beautiful bouquets, as salty snacks, or as a primary source of cooking oil in many parts of ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Exploring the local universe with the Hubble and James Webb Space TelescopesMost galaxies are so far away that they appear to us only as faint smudges. However, for the nearest galaxies in our cosmic neighborhood, the clarity and sensitivity of the Hubble Space Telescope transforms them galaxies from smudges into spectacular collections of individual stars. These observations allow astronomers to study ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Golden Gate Raptor Observatory Hawk Talk & Raptor ReleaseThe Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Conditions permitting, a banding volunteer will bring up a newly banded hawk, talk about the banding program, and release the hawk in front of the crowd. ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
John Reber, the Man with Grand IdeasBack in the 1940s, John Reber would look out over the San Francisco Bay and visualize a massive civil works project of dams and locks to harvest fresh drinking water, and barriers that would support railway systems and a highway. His intention was to improve the quality of life for ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
What's Next for the Blue Bin?Last year, China stopped taking most foreign recyclables. Previously, 40 percent of the United States’s paper, plastics, and other recyclable materials were sent there. Beijing’s decision threw U.S. recycling into a crisis that reaches from global political decision-making all the way down to what we decide to put into our ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
ManyaThis is a living history presentation of one of our most famous chemists, Marie Curie, and allows us to celebrate the International Year of the Periodic Table (IYPT) in grand style. The story starts with childhood memories that include Marie's dawning interest in science and her determination to conquer obstacles ...
Where: OaklandCost: $15 General, $8 student
Community Day at KIPACThe Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at Stanford is holding a Community Day open house. See weblink for details.
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Charon, Pluto’s Mysterious MoonPluto’s large moon Charon turned out to be far more interesting than scientists expected. Pluto was the star of the New Horizons show, but the features on Charon’s surface tell a fascinating tale of how icy worlds could form far from the gravitational influences of the giant planets. There is ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Sunday, 10/20/19
Marine Science Sunday: Creatures of the DeepThis month we celebrate Halloween with a creepy collection of stories about the animals that live in the deepest parts of the ocean! Learn how elephant seal's can dive to 5000 feet and stay underwater for 2 hours at a time without imploding (!), find out how a sperm whale ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free with Admission
Golden Gate Raptor Observatory Hawk Talk & Raptor ReleaseThe Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Conditions permitting, a banding volunteer will bring up a newly banded hawk, talk about the banding program, and release the hawk in front of the crowd. ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Science Sundays: Tales from the Intertidal: Living Where Ocean Meets LandEvery organism inhabiting the intertidal, the interface of land and sea, has a story to tell. Living in an ever-changing and narrow landscape, these organisms are faced with unique challenges threatening their ultimate survival. We can only explore this diverse habitat when the ocean has receded at low tide and ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free with Admission
Monday, 10/21/19
Constraining Neutrino Mass with the BispectrumMassive neutrinos suppress the growth of structure below their free-streaming scale and leave an imprint on large-scale structure. Measuring this imprint allows us to constrain the sum of neutrino masses, Mnu, a key parameter in particle physics beyond the Standard Model. However, degeneracies among cosmological parameters, especially between Mnu and ...
Transformational changes are needed to sustain energy and water systems in the 21st century. From decarbonizing the energy sector to building a circular water economy, these systemic transitions will require large scale infrastructure design and technology innovation. This presentation will outline these associated challenges for managing high salinity brines from ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Intermediate Energy Spin DynamicsThe dynamics of quantum spin systems beyond the 'universal' low-energy/long-wavelength regime is only poorly explored, despite the fact that plenty of experimental data has become available thanks to recent advances in neutron scattering technology. This talk focuses on 'generic' properties of the intermediate energy regime, in particular properties of magnets ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Allostery and genetic information integrationI will describe recent results which show that allosteric conformational ensembles of sufficient complexity can implement any form of information integration that is achievable without energy expenditure. I will discuss to what extent this mechanism may account for the information processing which occurs during eukaryotic gene regulation, in which many ...
SHINING X-RAYS ON TOPOLOGICAL TEXTURE: INSIGH INTO MAGNETIC SKYMIONS - RESCHEDULEDRecently discovered skyrmions is an example of a topological phase that manifest in magnetic systems as a hexagonal lattice of spin vortices. Due to topological protection, skyrmions can be moved coherently over macroscopic distances with low currents compared to domain wall motion, and is therefore a potential candidate for low ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Catching and reversing a quantum jump mid-flightMeasurements in quantum physics, unlike their classical physics counterparts, can fundamentally yield discrete and random results. Historically, Niels Bohr was the first to hypothesize that quantum jumps occurred between two discrete energy levels of an atom. Experimentally, quantum jumps were directly observed many decades later in an atomic ion driven ...
Challenges in Developing New Drugs: from the Bench to the BedsideNew medicines can change lives, but the development process is time consuming, expensive and fraught with failures. Hear industry veteran Steve Hurst's view on the challenges of drug development and how these challenges are managed. This event is presented by the San Mateo Public Library’s Biotechnology Learning Center.Speaker: Steve Hurst ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
Tuesday, 10/22/19
X-ray Impact on Planet Formation: an experimental viewI this talk, I will introduce how planets are formed in the disk of gas and dust surrounding young stars. Stars like classical T Tauri emit copious amounts of X-rays, in addition to ultraviolet photons, confirmed by Chandra/XMM observations of targets in the Taurus molecular cloud. Soft (<1 keV) and ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Sonoma State Biology ColloquiumSonoma State University Biology ColloquiumSpeaker: Dr. W. Berkeley Kauffman, US Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Mocking the Universe & Machine Learning Approaches to Large-Scale Structure Efficient generation of accurate mock observations of the sky, tailored specifically to near-future large-scale structure and cosmic microwave background surveys, is a key technical challenge in cosmology. I will first discuss the creation of these synthetic observations, or mocks, through the use of rapid so-called ‘approximate’ simulation techniques, with a ...
Grand Challenges in IoT & Consumer-Facing Automation (over burgers & brews)Robotics and the Internet of Things is driving innovation in how we work, how we socialize, and now, how we eat. What are the unique challenges of bringing automation to consumer products and traditional brick-and-mortars? We’ll explore trends in software spanning robotics and the cloud, human-machine interfaces, and consumer-facing applications. ...
We are entering the 4th major industrial revolution. The first saw the introduction of steam and water power. The 2nd saw assembly lines and mass production. The 3rd was fueled by computers. Now, we see a 4th, marked by AI, big data, Mobile devices, Industrial Internet of Things (IoT), machine ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Marine Mammal Research in Malaysia and VietnamJoin ACS San Francisco Bay Chapter for an enthralling evening with scientist, Dr. Ellen Hines, as she reports on her fascinating Fulbright Fellowship work doing surveys off the coastline of Malaysia and measuring bones in Vietnamese whale temples!
Where: SausalitoCost: $10 suggested donation
Fungal Symbioses and Plant Ecological NichesSpeaker: Dr. Michael Van Nuland is an ecologist and evolutionary biologist interested in plant-microbiome relationships. His work combines largescale observations, mechanistic experiments, and molecular approaches to explore how plants interact with their associated microbes, why these interactions vary under different environments, and what effect these interactions have on the ecology ...
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