In complex organisms such as ourselves, cells must coordinate their proliferation and differentiation to build and maintain normal tissues and structures. The Hedgehog signaling protein is one of the extracellular signals that cells use to coordinate their behavior. Hedgehog signaling has profoundly important roles in the normal processes of embryonic ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
GRAVITATIONAL WAVES FROM MERGING COMPACT BINARIESProf. Lynn Cominsky from Sonoma State University will present an introduction to LIGO's discoveries of gravitational waves and will review the most recent results reported from LIGO and Virgo.
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Advantages of Streaming Architecture in Management of Machine Learning ModelsThere is a massive shift underway, a change in the best way to build things, and a key aspect of that change is a widespread and fundamental use of streaming architecture. The advantages of an event-stream-based approach go far beyond just the need to address real-time or low latency applications ...
7:00-7:25: Deneb Karentz(USF/Biology) on "Considerations of Antarctic Ozone Depletion"What is expected for the future of our ozone layer? ...Read more7:25-7:50: Neeraj Sonalkar(Stanford/ Design) on "What improvised theater, jazz and design thinking have in common"Design thinking has a lot in common with the improvisational mindset practiced through improvisational ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Nerd Nite East Bay: Thermal Comfort, Quantum Communist, East Bay Hills HistoryQuestioning the Core of Quantum Physics with CommunistsQuantum physics attempts to explain reality, but Heisenberg and Bohr’s famous “Copenhagen Interpretation†of quantum mechanics fails to answer some simple questions and paradoxes about the real world. A revolutionary second theory, encouraged by Einstein, answered many of these questions with faster than ...
Where: OaklandCost: $8 Advance, $10 at door
Science vs Cinema: THE MARTIANFollowing the film, join Kishore Hari (@sciencequiche) and Jeff Silverman (@J_M_Silverman) as we dissect what is regarded as one of the most scientifically accurate sci-fi movies ever. Are ion propulsion engines real? Can you keep yourself warm with spent nuclear fuel? And even if you can you grow potatoes with ...
