Most of Dr. Gardner's 30 years of research at Stanford has been focused on investigating the potential health benefits of various dietary components or food patterns using randomized controlled trials. The interventions have involved vegetarian diets, soy, garlic, omega-3 fats/fish oil/flax oil, antioxidants, Ginkgo biloba, and popular weight loss diets. ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Understanding and manipulating immune modulation by the microbiomeCertain members of the commensal microbiota elicit a potent T cell response upon colonization. In this talk, I will describe two recent projects from my research group that share the goal of characterizing and manipulating anti-commensal immunity. In the first project, we explore the functional properties of colonist-induced T cells ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Ancient structural variants control balanced mating morphs is walnuts and pecansThe maintenance of stable mating type polymorphisms is a classic example of balancing selection. One lesser known but intriguing example of a balanced mating polymorphism in angiosperms is heterodichogamy - polymorphism for opposing directions of male and female flowering times in hermaphrodites. This mating system is common throughout Juglandaceae, the ...
In this presentation, first, a brief history of the production and evolution of electricity will be presented, then an overview of our body of work on the application of artificial intelligence (AI)-based control techniques and Internet of things (IoT) for control and management of microgrids (MGs), which are considered the ...
The first commercial 5G deployments were in March of 2019 - barely three years ago and the path to 6G is already a few years under way. It is without a doubt that 6G will be evolution and revolution beyond 5G, but some of the differences are already quite clear. ...
What is 'Oppenheimer' Good For? Panel Conversation and Q&AJoin us for a thought-provoking, interdisciplinary panel and Q&A discussion about the film Oppenheimer. We’ll hear from historians, physicists, and a filmmaker about Christopher Nolan’s Academy Award-winning film. Reception to follow.Panelist: Dmitri Brown, Assistant Professor of History, UC BerkeleyPanelist: Cathryn Carson, Professor and Chair of History, UC BerkeleyPanelist: Jon Else, ...
Look Out Below: Groundwater Rise Report BriefingSPUR’s latest report, Look Out Below, examines how rising groundwater is likely to affect one Bay Area city: East Palo Alto. SPUR partnered with community-based organization Nuestra Casa and examined recent scientific studies to learn more about the threat and potential policy responses. The report explains specific risks and offers ...
Join SRI for our next PARC Forum event as we welcome Parmy Olson, author of Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race that Will Change the World, and Karen Myers, Vice President of SRI’s Artificial Intelligence Center for engaging discussions around AI.Discover how AI is poised to transform the world and ...
From icy moons to asteroids, outer space holds many wonders and unknowns. This After Dark invites you to get inquisitive about the vastness above with our partners at NASA - learn more about the Europa Clipper Mission, which will send a spacecraft to investigate Jupiter’s moon, and a study on ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22.95, Free for members
NightLife the MusicalLights, curtains, action! Berkeley Rep joins NightLife for a sneak peek of their new show, Mexodus (and more!).Ages 21+
