Sessile organisms face unique challenges in acquiring and allocating resources to various cellular processes. In plants, competition for limited resources such as light and nutrients drives transcriptional programs that maximize growth. Conversely, herbivores and pathogens activate the expression of defense-related genes at the expense of plant growth. Research in the ...
Andrew Berke will discuss USDA Rural Utilities Service (RUS) role in implementing provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) to support clean energy initiatives in rural America. This includes a historic $65 billion investment in broadband infrastructure, and a $9.7 billion for electric cooperatives transition ...
Join us at our YSI Vasona Park Nature Center for an amazing educational event hosted by bat specialist Dave Johnston. Learn all about bats and their local ecosystems during an introductory educational presentation followed by an evening stroll through Vasona down to the lake to observe our nocturnal friends fly ...
Where: Los GatosCost: Free
Science on Tap: CoRE: Supporting and Empowering Women in AcademiaCoRE (for Community of Replenishment and Empowerment) is devoted to supporting and empowering women in academia through intensive weekend retreats. I will talk about the 30-year history of CoRE (originally called Nag’s Heart), our goals, our many retreats (>100) focused on a wide range of themes, our retreat formula/process, our ...
Our oceans are facing many threats, including warming temperatures, ocean acidification, and overfishing (to name a few). At Point Blue Conservation Science, we have over 50 years of experience studying marine wildlife and what they can tell us about the health of our ocean. We work with federal agencies (U.S. ...
