Molecular Machines: DIY Biology of Making Cells GlowScience can be beautiful, especially when it glows. Learn how to make E. coli make the genes you want it to, like Green Fluorescent Protein.This is a hands on DIY genetic engineering class where you learn how design DNA and put it into a living system. No experience is necessary to ...
Graduating from Stanford opened the door to a world of possibilities for me. Crossing the threshold involved five jobs, an abandoned power plant and building a team to help me do what I couldn't do alone. Now Station A is getting started on upending a 100-year old industry. In addition to developing ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Tuesday, 03/31/15
Biomedical Device ConferenceThe Biomedical Engineering Society at San Jose State University is pleased to announce the convening of the 6th Annual Bay Area Biomedical Device Conference.See weblink for registration and program information.Room: Ballroom
Where: San JoseCost: Varies, see website
Saturn's Rings: An accessible Astrophysical DiskSaturn's ring system is an astrophysical disk that is neither light-years away nor billions of years in the past. We can visit this disk at close range and observe a number of phenomena that also operate in disks of other kinds. As a result, we see small-scale processes that shape ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Healthcare 2024In her candid presentation, Kathleen Sebelius will offer valuable insights into the healthcare reform debate and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Specifics will include health insurance exchanges, the expansion of Medicaid and the significance of moving from fee-based to an outcomes- and value-based payment system. Sebelius will also ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Design in Tech Trends ReportJoin the Berkeley Forum and the Berkeley-Haas Dean's Speaker Series for an address by design expert John Maeda. Dr. Maeda is the Design Partner at leading venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and formerly served as the President of the Rhode Island School of Design. Well-known for promoting ...
Please join us in the Digital Arts Research Center (DARC) 108 for refreshments at 6:45 p.m. followed at 7 p.m. with presentations by the conceptual artist/photographer Catherine Wagner, Mills College; documentary filmmaker Jennifer Maytorena Taylor, UCSC; composer, artist, and bio-acoustic reseacher David Dunn, UCSC, and archeologist/anthropologist J. Cameron Monroe, UCSC. David Dunn "Communication ...
Learn about the fascinating life of sea turtles and how these species have swam into some of the biggest environmental issues facing the survival of our planet in the past 25 years. Turtle Island Restoration Network, headquartered in Marin, has been at the forefront of the fight to protect these ...
According to futurist (and Long Now board member) Paul Saffo, the 'new economy" anticipated in the late 01990s is arriving late and in utterly unexpected ways. Social media, maker culture, the proliferation of sensors, and even the 02008 market crash are merely local phenomena in a much larger shift. What ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $16.52
Wednesday, 04/01/15
Free First WednesdayFree museum admission all day, to anyone from anywhere, at Bay Area Discovery Museum
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Free Wednesday at UC Botanical GardensEnjoy free admission to the UC Botanical Garden on the first Wednesday of the month. Parking is limited. Docent-led tours for groups are not available on Free Wednesdays. No admission after 4:30 pm. In order to minimize the impact on the plant collection, ensure the safety of visitors, and to ...
Bacteria forming close associations with eukaryotic hosts, called microbiota, exert great influences on the biology and physiology of their hosts and could dictate host ecological success. My lab investigates the binary and synergistic interactions of members of these microbiota on the physiology and ecology of the marine diatom Pseudo-nitzschia, with ...
Clinically viable and minimally invasive neural interfaces stand to revolutionize disease care for patients of neurological conditions. For example, recent research in Brain Machine Interfaces (BMIs) has shown success in using electronic signals from the motor cortex of the brain to control artificial limbs, providing hope for patients with spinal ...
Molten fluoride salts have greatly different chemical and thermophysical properties than other reactor coolants. They are chemically stable, have very high boiling temperatures (and thus are intrinsically low-pressure), have high volumetric heat capacity, and are optically transparent. This talk will provide an overview of the current status of molten salt ...
While once considered a research dead-end, artificial neural networks are making a huge resurgence. Over the past decade, neural network researchers have leveraged a combination of novel research and hardware advances to drastically advance the state of the art in neural networking. This new area, called Deep Learning, has shown ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Three Presentations at Romberg Tiburon CenterLaura Duffy (Hines Lab) Patterns in Habitat Use by Harbor Porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in Central San Francisco Bay Athena Maguire (Nielsen Lab) A cryptic infestation of concern: A blood-sucking ectoparasitic snail, Evalea tenuisculpta, infests California's wild and aquacultured abalone Katharyn Barretto (Carpenter Lab) Understanding microalgal species ...
DO WIMPS RULE? THE LUX AND LZ EXPERIMENTS AND THE SEARCH FOR COSMIC DARK MATTERThe nature of dark matter is a profound mystery at the intersection of particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology. A leading possibility is that it is composed of weakly interacting massive particles, or WIMPs, which may be detectable using terrestrial particle detectors. Recent technological advances are enabling very rapid increases in ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Big Data, Genomics and Precision MedicineThe Life Sciences Foundation invites you to join Dr. Eric Green - Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute for conversations with Bay Area genomic research leaders at the Tech Museum of Innovation.Guests include Anne Wojcicki (23 and Me), Neil Risch (UCSF), David Haussler (UCSC), Mike Hunkapiller (Applied Biosystems), ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free - Tickets required
Captivology:The Science of Capturing People's Attention Attention is the fundamental lifeblood and currency of the modern economy. Entrepreneurs need the attention of users. Teachers need to keep the focus of their students. Artists and performers need to captivate their audiences. Yet most people have a very limited understanding of attention -- how it works, why we ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
The First Five Kilobytes are the HardestAlan Turing's one-dimensional model of universal computation of 1936 led directly to John von Neumann's two-dimensional implementation of 1946. The Electronic Computer Project at the Institute for Advanced Study jump-started the digital revolution by bringing engineers into the den of the mathematicians, rather than by bringing mathematicians into a den ...
Step right up! For one night and one night only, the Exploratorium transforms into a Carnival featuring Amazing Animal Acts, Astounding Forces of Nature, Mysterious Mental Manipulations, and Thrilling Games of Skill and Chance. Within these walls lurk some of the Most Astonishing Phenomena Found in Nature-the biggest "freakshow" of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $10 Members
Cafe InquiryMeet up with rationalists, skeptics, and freethinkers south of San FranciscoCafe Inquiry is a social event hosted by the Center for Inquiry|San Francisco. We'll meet at Café Borrone http://www.cafeborrone.com/ next to Kepler's Books. Look for CFI t-shirts.For more information or if you have questions please email sf@centerforinquiry.net ...
Get ready for your close-up this week with film screenings, filmmaker talks, and other cinematic surprises in honor of the SF International Film Festival.In African Hall, settle in to watch a trio of short films against a backdrop of adorable African penguins.First up, animated short The Damkeeper, which snagged a ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
Premier of 'Butterfly Town, USA'Butterfly Town, USA follows a community of activists living in Pacific Grove, who are working together to restore the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary. The heart of this film is the story of one activist, Bob Pacelli, who is leading an effort to plant more trees in the Sanctuary to protect the butterflies from ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Friday, 04/03/15
Replication, Communication, and the Population Dynamics of Scientific DiscoveryMany published research results are false, and controversy continues over the roles of replication and publication policy in improving the reliability of research. I will present a mathematical model of scientific discovery in the context of replication, publication bias, and variation in research quality. This model provides a formal framework ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Optofluidic Devices for Droplet and Cell ManipulationThe area of lab-on-a-chip offers exciting new capabilities for chemical/biological assays - with increased automatic, throughput and sensitivity of detection, and reduced sample and reagent usage. The field has seen remarkable progress in the last decade with applications ranging from drug development to point-of-care diagnostics. Our group has focused on ...
The David Brower Center is one of the Bay Area's most advanced green buildings and an inspiring home for environmental and social action, housing like-minded organizations. The building combines offices, the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Theater, the Hazel Wolf Gallery, meeting space, and a restaurant under one roof. It is ...
Fifteen years ago I created a multi-panel format of 2-dimensional art, which I have called "symvisio", a word that I made up from the Latin roots, "sym" and "visio" to mean "viewing together". In this format, the synergistic relationships between the panels strongly affect the dynamics of the presentation of ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
Saturday, 04/04/15
Total Lunar EclipseThe observatory deck opens at 2am for the late night viewing festivities. A Lunar Eclipse occurs when the Moon passes through the shadow of the Earth. Witness the stellar occurrence from our observation deck and come ready with your questions for our experts. Bring binoculars, blankets and warm clothes.
Where: OaklandCost: $15
NanoDays 2015NanoDays is a nationwide festival of educational programs about nanoscale science, engineering, and Technology and its potential impact on the future. NanoDays events are organized by partners in the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net), and take place at over 250 science museums, Research centers, and universities across the country.
Where: OaklandCost: Free with admission
Trekking the ModelJoin a Ranger guided tour of the Bay Model, a 1.5-acre hydraulic model of San Francisco Bay and Delta. Discover the stories of the two major operations that took place at this location between 1942–2000.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Reading your mind: An 'Image and Inquiry' presentationJoin Mark Lescroart and Natalia Bilenko to learn about their efforts to map out the visual parts of the cerebral cortex: that is, which parts of the brain respond to which characteristics of visual images. They will show how this knowledge can be used to decode brain activity. Get ...
