One of the most pressing issues in ecology is determining the drivers of ecosystem functioning and stability. Researchers and managers of ecosystems and populations of concern are often faced with determining the relative effects of top down forces (top predators and lower level consumers), and bottom up forces (nutrient loading ...
Where: Moss LandingCost: Free
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.
Summer Permaculture Incoming!The Urban Permaculture Institute of San Francsico offers a place-based permaculture design course focusing on urban strategies that work in the city or anywhere you may go. Through a mix of classroom time and hands-on activities, we will explore methods of designing and establishing regenerative communities and economies. We visit ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $850, payment plans and work-trade available
An Evening with Peter Norvig and 'Her', Movie Screening & TalkIt's a great pleasure of modern life to watch a wonderful movie, and then to discuss it with a smart friend. Even better when the movie is Her, Spike Jonze's 2013 sci-fi-rom-comabout a man who falls in love with a female-voiced operating system (think Siri) - and the smart friend is Peter ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15
Nucleosome dynamics in the cell cycleHeterochromatin, or packaging of DNA, is a way to control gene expression. Gene expression is a fundamental question on which lies the basis of all cell-based life. Mammalian studies are time consuming, difficult to handle, and lack the ancestral, conserved mechanism which is not understood. Drosophila embryo exist during early development as ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Science and Reason with Skeptics in the Pub, West BayIf ye value critical thinking, and if ye scorn the flim-flam man, join us, your friends. Skeptics in the Pub is a group of like-minded people informally discussing the latest in science or pseudoscience over good eats & ale.Skeptics in the Pub is a monthly meeting for discussion of topics ...
Where: MillbraeCost: Free
Solving Real World Problems with Computer Simulations and Statistical ModelsMany modern problems involve computer simulations of physical or social processes, such as rocket science, groundwater contamination remediation, and health care policy. These simulators are typically very complex and expensive to run. Statistical models provide a fast approximation to the simulator, as well as a range of tools to help with design, analysis, prediction, ...
