AGING, RESEARCH, AND TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION SUMMIT: DISRUPTING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASESAlzheimer’s and neurodegenerative diseases are critical health and financial burdens on patients, families, and societies in this country and around the world. Through Medicare and Medicaid, the US government is spending $200B this year on care and support, and that is projected to reach $1Trillion by 2050. 5.8M people are ...
Synthetic polymers are significant importance in all aspects of modern life, and during the last few decades, these materials have facilitated major societal advances. Innovative polymeric materials have the potential to address humankind’s next grand scientific and technological challenges; however, taking advantage of the opportunities presented by these materials requires ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Two KIPAC Tea TalksPlanning for JWST ObservationsSpeaker: Becky Canning, KIPACAstrophysics in the MeV gamma-ray bandSpeaker: Regina Caputo, NASA Goddard
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Sonoma State Biology ColloquiumSonoma State University Biology ColloquiumSpeaker: Margaret Rousser, Conservation Society of California
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Electric Vehicles Are Charging AheadWhile not a panacea for transportation-related pollution, electric vehicles and fleets have an important role to play in reducing emissions. What infrastructure, planning and policy decisions will it take to make this mode of transportation more widespread and accessible? Come join us for a discussion about strategies and innovative approaches, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 General, Free for members
Intoxicating Plants Tour - SOLD OUTJoin us for a leisurely stroll through the Garden to learn about the plants people have used to heal pain, cause pain, bring about pleasure, celebrate the sacred, and symbolize faith. Cultures from around the world will be represented. This walk is hosted in conjunction with the current ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free with admission
The boundary of galaxy clusters and its implications on SFR quenching of satellite galaxiesInfalling particles form a sharp physical boundary around their first apocenters around the parent halo, which is called "splashback radius". The previous measurements of splashback radius using optical clusters reported a ~20% discrepancy against the theory prediction. Here, using galaxy clusters detected by SZ surveys (ACT, SPT), we present the ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Health disparities, inequalities, inequities: What’s the difference and why does it matter?Although the term health equity has become widely familiar in public health over the past few years, there is no consensus about its meaning or the meaning of the related terms health disparities and health inequalities.This talk will discuss these concepts, their inter-relationships and distinctions, and the implications for policy ...
Recent advances in super-resolution fluorescence microscopy have led to ~10 nm spatial resolution and exciting new biology. We are developing new approaches to advance beyond the structural (shape) information offered by existing super-resolution methods, and reveal multidimensional information of intracellular functional parameters, including chemical polarity, diffusivity, and reactivity, with nanoscale ...
J.R. Blair is a lecturer in biology at San Francisco State University and the director of the SFSU Sierra Nevada Field Campus near Yuba Pass. He obtained his Masters degree in 1999 studying under the MSSF Science Advisor, Dr. Dennis Desjardin. His thesis was Fungi Associated with Arctostaphylos in Central ...
