The widepread deployment of AI systems in critical domains demands more rigorous approaches to evaluating their capabilities and safety. While current evaluation practices rely on static benchmarks, these methods face fundamental efficiency, reliability, and real-world relevance challenges. This talk presents a path toward a measurement framework that bridges established psychometric ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Acorns, Shellfish, and Uplands: Archaeology in the Santa Cruz MountainsThe archaeological record of the Santa Cruz Mountains, particularly around the San Vicente Creek Watershed, provides evidence of human occupation and utilization from approximately 4000 BP to the present. Despite extensive anthropogenic modifications??"resulting from over a century of logging, mining, and topographic restructuring??"the preserved deposits within this watershed offer a ...
Genome editing as an enabling tool has been revolutionizing the ways scientists advance basic understanding of biology and speed up application in medicine and agriculture. Creating and breeding broad-spectrum disease resistance to elite crops is critical to sustainable agriculture. Prime Editing, as one of CRISPR-based genome editing technologies, offers advantages ...
The long and the short of it: Mechanistic insights into the mRNA poly(A) tail machineryCells are defined by the genes they express. Moreover, rapid changes in gene expression allow cells to respond to their environments. The Passmore lab uses biochemical reconstitution, structural biology and functional studies to gain mechanistic insights into mRNA processing, mRNA stability and genome integrity - fundamental processes that affect gene ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Energy and Resources Group ColloquiumPersistent spatialized, racialized, and socioeconomic disparities characterize drinking water access in the U.S. Despite California’s legal recognition of the human right to water more than a decade ago, many residents face challenges accessing safe and affordable water. California presents a critical case to examine how state-society interactions shape water access. ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Carbon, Climate, and Humanity Join us live for a journey into the world of carbon, the most versatile element on the planet. Your tour guide is New York Times bestselling author Paul Hawken.Carbon is the only element that animates the entirety of the living world. Though comprising a tiny fraction of Earth’s composition, our ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 in person, $10 online, members get discount
A Logic For The Future: International Relations in the Age of TurbulenceStephen Heintz and Kim Stanley Robinson will discuss our polycrisis, and the swift and holistic reform of global governance institutions that is needed to respond to these urgent transnational and planetary challenges we are facing.We are living in an age of exceptional complexity and turbulence. What distinguishes this period in ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: TBA
Two Eyes are Better than One: JWST and ALMA Look at Star FormationStars and their planetary systems form in cold interstellar gas and dust clouds impermeable to the optical light our eyes can see. By contrast, light at much longer wavelengths is able to penetrate these regions allowing us to directly observe stars that are currently forming. The Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) aboard ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Waves of Change: Ensuring Equity in Coastal Access - LivestreamMany people across the Bay Area face safety, cultural and economic barriers when trying to access our shared outdoor spaces. How can we begin to change this? Join us as we explore equitable ways for communities to safely experience the beauty of the California coast. Find out how you can ...
Where: Cost: Free
Exploring BioAstronautics: A Path to the Stars - LivestreamRight now, we’re at the dawn of a new space age. As humanity prepares to return to the moon and beyond, one might ask: how can I be a part of this? Join Ben Foehr, BS in Aerospace Engineering and former graduate student studying Human Spaceflight at Colorado University at ...
Discover the intricate process of traditional cheese-making, focusing on the vital interactions between bacteria and fungi. This presentation emphasizes the scientific methods used to explore microbial communication and its implications for health and cheese production.Did you know that the unique flavors, textures, and aromas of traditional cheeses are crafted by ...
