Reform and the Healthcare WorkforceSpeaker: Joanne Spetz, PhD, Professor, UCSF Department of Community Health Systems & Center for the Health Professions
Where: San FranciscoCost: FREE
STUDY OF UNCONVENTIONAL SUPERCONDUCTIVITY IN PrOs4Sb12 VIA CHEMICAL SUBSTATIONDr. Pei-Chung Ho, of Fresno State University, will discuss the properties of unconventional superconductor PrOs4Sb12, and her recent investigation of the effect of the ferromagnetism via Nd substitution on this superconductivity. In addition, Dr. Ho will show the facilities in her newly established Strongly Correlated Electron Laboratory at Fresno State.
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
World of Good Development Organization PresentationAn award-winning nonprofit, World of Good Development Organization reduces human rights abuses and creates a better workplace for millions of workers around the world by providing unique worker-centric monitoring tools and training to companies, NGOs, governments, investors and workers, creating a systemic model for positive change, unlike traditional more expensive ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost:
The Chemical Enterprise: Thinking and Acting Globally"The Chemical Enterprise: Thinking and Acting Globally" will be the topic of Dr Joseph Francisco, President of the American Chemical Society, presentation at the Nov 15 meeting of the Santa Clara Valley Section of the American Chemical Society. T.R. Dickson will also be given the 2010 Teacher Scholar Award. Reservations at: ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: $27 (includes dinner)
Hepatitis C: The Silent EpidemicHepatitis C is a virus that causes cirrhosis of the liver and liver cancer. It's the leading cause for liver transplants in the U.S., and an estimated 4 million Americans have the disease. Current treatments are difficult to tolerate and are often ineffective, but recent breakthroughs from Bay Area scientists ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
The World's Oldest Living OrganismsWhile we may aspire to live a century, Rachel Sussman documents creatures who don't bat an eye at a millennium or two. Her photography has captured 4,500 year old bristlecone pines, 12,000 year old yucca, 400,000 year old Siberian bacteria, and many other wizened elders, all with stories longer than ...
