Come learn from world leading scientists as they address the organ donation problem in the United States and discuss tissue engineering and cryopreservation.Snacks and refreshments will be served, and many networking opportunities available.1:00PM Welcome1:25PM A Story of Survival due to Organ Transplantation Charity Tilleman-dick1:50PM Revolutionalizing Transplant Medicine - Organ Banking Dr Sebastian ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Adapting to Rising Tides in Mission Creek - CANCELEDLocated along the eastern waterfront of San Francisco, Mission Creek, one of the city's lowest-lying areas, is vulnerable to flooding from both sea level rise and stormwater runoff. For the past year, SPUR has been a leader in the Mission Creek Project, a public-private partnership to understand vulnerability and propose ...
Where: San FranciscoCost:
Formal Foundations of ClusteringClustering is a central unsupervised learning task with a wide variety of applications. However, in spite of its popularity, it lacks unified formal foundations. Recently, there has been work aimed at developing such foundations. We will discuss this work starting with results on clustering axioms.Speaker: Dr. Margareta Ackerman, Florida State ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Current research in kidney cancer risk and prognosis:: towards a transdisciplinary approachKidney cancer is diagnosed in more than 330,000 people each year worldwide, and accounts for 2.4% of all adult cancers and over 140,000 deaths annually. Incidence rates have been increasing sharply with unexplained variation in different countries and ethnicities. Epidemiological studies have identified several lifestyle and host risk factors, among ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The Forgotten Epidemic: HIV/AIDS in Women and ChildrenJoin Arthur Ammann, M.D. as he discusses the global impact of HIV/AIDS in women and children. The scientific advances in HIV/AIDS that occurred over the next two decades were remarkable resulting in the near eradication of HIV in infants in the US and transforming an acute and fatal infection in ...
44th Annual Pauling LectureSpeaker: Joseph D. Puglisi, PhD, Stanford Magnetic Resonance LabRoom: Auditorium
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Driving the Future: Advanced Bioenergy Technology Development at the DOE Joint Bioenergy InstituteToday, carbon-rich fossil fuels, primarily oil, coal and natural gas, provide 85% of the energy consumed in the United States. Fossil fuel use increases CO2 emissions, increasing the concentration of greenhouse gases and raising the risk of global warming. The high energy content of liquid hydrocarbon fuels makes them the ...
Lunar New Year NightlifeThis week, NightLife gives you a second chance to kick off your (lunar) new year.Catch a powerful performance by the Jing Mo Athletic Association, a Chinatown-based martial arts performance troupe.Plus, behold the mystery and wonder of a traditional Bian Lian Mask performance by Dan Chan.Pay homage to the "Year of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
The Slimy and the Spineless: Portraits of Unsung Ocean HeroesA presenation and student-led discussion celebrating the art of science with authors/photographers Susan Middleton and Josie Iselin.Both Middleton and Iselin want us to appreciate the dazzling and bizarre beauty of algae and marine invertebrates and they want us to learn the science behind what we are seeing. They are also ...
Although officially protected in all of the Snow Leopard range countries, the laws have been rarely enforced due to lack of awareness, insufficient political will to uphold regulations, or a shortage of funds and trained personnel. Those snow leopards living outside protected areas are very vulnerable. Did you know there ...
Where: SonomaCost: $8
From black holes to superconductors (part 1 of 2)The Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics announces the second mini-course by Stanford physics faculty on recent fundamental advances in theoretical physics. The winter quarter's lectures will be by Professor Sean Hartnoll.Black holes have the remarkable property of irreversibility: if you fall into a black hole you can't get out (classically). This ...
Ritchie will discuss how philosophy, physics, games, theology, music, gardens, art & architecture can all be connected through readings of the secret history of diagrams. His recent 18 month residency at the ICA Boston culminated in The Long Count/The Long Game, a museum-spanning, multimedia production featuring diverse musical partners ranging ...
Hear about river response to the largest dam removal in history.Causing disturbance as a means of restoration: how well does it work?Will legendary salmon runs return?Speaker: Amy East, USGS Research Geologist
What's going on inside the nucleus of an atom? Why does it spit out radiation? Did you know that you are exposed to radioactivity every day? Learn the facts about this somewhat controversial topic.
