HIGH-SPEED CELL SORTING AND CYTOMETRY: APPLICATIONS FROM STEM CELL THERAPIES TO ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGYHigh-speed cell sorters are used in fields as disparate as vaccine development and global climate change. Dr. Timothy W. Peterson, from the Advanced Cytometry Group at Becton Dickinson Biosciences, will describe how high-speed cell sorters use lasers to measure, classify, and sort cells into constituent populations and share a few ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Soft computing approach to evaluation and selection of energy development strategiesEvaluation, comparison and selection of alternative energy development strategies are decision problems that can be solved using soft computing models. The goal of this presentation is to introduce the LSP method for soft computing evaluation and comparison of complex alternatives and to discuss its applicability in building comprehensive quantitative models ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Ultrafast Physics In Photosynthesis: Mapping Sub-nanometer Energy FlowIn the first picoseconds of photosynthesis, photoexcitations of chlorophyll molecules are passed through a network of chlorophyll-binding proteins to a charge transfer site, initiating the conversion of absorbed energy to chemical fuels. The remarkably high quantum efficiency of this energy transfer relies on near-field coupling between adjacent chlorophyll molecules and ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Mis-Mapping the MindMonday Night Philosophy explores the issues caused by the shift from a highly subjective to a purely descriptive, categorical approach for defining mental illness. Past diagnostic systems relied heavily on unsubstantiated notions about causes, but during the 1970s, developments in the field resulted in favoring new diagnostic systems based upon ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, Free Members
Free Climate Action Workshop SeriesDuring three weekly workshop sessions, you will join with a small group of Bay Area residents to calculate your carbon footprint, create a measurable personal action plan to reduce your footprint and make substantive changes in your community. Participation is free. A $10 fee (at cost) will be charged for ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
September LASER Event6:30pm-6:45pm: Socializing/networking. Anyone in the audience is welcome to describe in 30 seconds what they are working on.6:45-7:10pm: Tanu Sankalia (USF) on "Urban Fabric of Past, Present, and Future""Slots" are interstitial spaces located between Victorian-era buildings in San Francisco. Slots can be interpreted as architectural devices that can connect past, ...
Noted forensic anthropologist Maples, whose specialty is the study of bones, and freelance journalist Browning here recount Maples's criminal and anthropological investigations over the past 20 years. The meandering text combines episodes from Maples's personal life and education with discourses on his philosophy, his teaching at the Univ. of Florida ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Benjamin Dean Lecture - Kepler: Are There Any Good Worlds Out There?The Kepler Mission began on May 12, 2009, initiating NASA's first search for Earth-like planets. Kepler released light curves for the first 43 days of observations for over 150,000 target stars and announced the identification of over 700 planetary candidates, 3000 eclipsing binaries, and five multiple transiting planet candidate systems. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Seniors, $6 Members
Looking for the Good News in Your GenomeProfessor Jasper Rine will give the kickoff lecture for the fall 2010 On the Same Page program, then take questions from the audience. Focused on the theme of personalized medicine, this promises to be a lively and informative event.Speaker: Professor Jasper Rine, Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley
