A Guided Tour to Possible IT-facilitated Future Scenarios with Global ReachIn this R-rated talk (where "R" stands for "Research" ...) we will visualize future IT-facilitated scenarios in the new worlds created after the "Bit Bang". Examples of these new worlds which continue to invade and modify our lives - hopefully for the better - will be given; personalized genetically adapted ...
Speaker: Penny Herscher, President and CEO, First RainRoom ENG 189.
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Who is Catalyzing Life Science Startups? New Opportunities for FundingIt's becoming a more frequent occurrence that investors and drugmakers are getting involved in building companies from the ground-up. Third Rock Ventures has a renowned model for "launching" new ventures and Johnson & Johnson's COSAT program sets out to "identify and nurture promising technologies". There are also a few firms ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: $60
Emerging Trend in Engaging Engineering Tools to Biological ResearchNew discoveries in molecular biology, genetic engineering and experimental tools that were developed over the past 60 years have revolutionized the study of "omic" technologies. Living organisms can be studied and classified based on genome, transcriptome, proteome and metabolome. Metabolomics enables scientists to investigate the relationship between an organism's genotype ...
Get a head start on celebrating St. Patrick's Day this year with a pint-and-pedal-powered edition of NightLife. Join the folks at the United Irish Cultural Center for a performance by traditional Irish step dancers, and learn from local community organizations what it truly means to be green. Plus, learn the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
Award Winning Documentary 'YERT' (Your Environmental Road Trip) with Filmmaker Mark Dixon50 States. 1 Year. Zero Garbage? Called to action by a planet in peril, three friends hit the road - traveling with hope, humor, and all of their garbage - to explore every state in America (the good, the bad...and the weird) in search of the extraordinary innovators and citizens ...
Years before making The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, filmmaker Judy Irving had begun researching her favorite bird, the Brown Pelican. She is now in mid-production on Pelican Dreams and will show excerpts from this work in progress. The film features a young pelican that landed-tired, hungry, and confused-on the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $5 General, Free Members
Return of the Harbor PorpoisesBill Keener, cofounder of Golden Gate Cetacean Research, created to study the porpoise, will tell us of their disappearance by the 1940′s, the mystery of their unexpected return in recent years, and how you can help by reporting your porpoise sightings.
