Free Wednesday at Cal AcademyFree admission is available to visitors on the third Wednesday of every month, through the generosity of The Bernard Osher Foundation. Admission is on a first come, first served basis, and early arrival is recommended due to the likelihood of high demand. Also, please note that final entry to the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Human Biospecimens in the Era of Personalized MedicineModern biomedical research requires continuous supply of legally and ethically acquired high quality human biospecimens and associated data. Preservation of pre-analytical biospecimen variables, significantly confounding research of the disease biomarkers and development of modern diagnostics, will be discussed. Other topics include: collection of biospecimens using standard protocols versus custom protocols; ...
Where: San JoseCost: $30 Advanced, see web site
Consumers and Sustainability: Can Transparency in the Marketplace Advance Sustainable Behaviors?Dara O'Rourke has spent the last 20 years researching the environmental, labor, and health impacts of global production systems. He is the co-founder of GoodGuide, which provides free and easy access to the most reliable information on the health, environmental and social impacts of products and the companies that manufacture ...
Google Innovation: Culture and PracticesAs a company, Google clearly relies on innovation to keep our business alive and growing. Translating that desire into a continual innovation practice is central to the outlook and world-view that Google has as a corporate culture. Innovation isn't just for the futurists, but a part of what everyone in ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Robustness in Nature: Challenges and Opportunities for the Systems Biology CommunityRobustness, the ability to maintain performance in the face of perturbations and uncertainty, is a key property of living systems. While 'homeostasis' has long been recognized as an important phenomenon, the molecular and cellular bases of robustness have only recently begun to be understood. Biology and engineering employ a common ...
Marc d'Alarcao is a professor in the chemistry department. His research involves the use of synthetic organic chemistry to shed light on questions in biology and medicine, including treatments for type II diabetes and cancer.This event is free! All are welcome!For additional information about the University Scholar Series, please go ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Before the Levees Break: Lessons Learned Abroad in Flood Risk Perception, Management, and Risk CommunicationDespite a national policy aimed at reducing risk, flood damages and loss of life in the United States are ever-increasing. In California, we encounter the precarious situation where residents living in sub-sea-level developments behind certified levees are "removed" from the official regulatory floodplain and subsequently unaware of and unprepared for ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Health Care and the New EconomyHealth care reform and the recent economic downturn are placing unprecedented pressure on the health care system to provide consumers with value. Patients, purchasers, regulators, and other key stakeholders are demanding that care be readily accessible, proactive, and focused on improving health while containing costs. Many in the health care ...
The Grid: Integration of Renewable EnergyIntegrating renewable energy into the U.S. power grid has become an important issue. The peak power periods for wind and solar energy differ but they both exhibit natural variability that must be managed before they can supply a substantial portion of the country's energy needs. Join an expert panel discussion ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Interdisciplinary Green Chemistry: A Catalyst for ChangeIn keeping with the first-quarter theme of "Environment" for the 2011 International Year of Chemistry, and as a preview of the March 24th conference being organized by the Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry (BCGC) on "Green Chemistry: Collaborative Approaches and New Solutions", the Director of the BCGC will present an ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $28 (free if attending only presentation)
Knee replacements More than 800,000 total knee replacements are performed yearly, and that number continues to rise. Stone is pioneering biologic joint repair – a surgical technique that uses a patient's own stem cells and donor meniscus cartilage to forestall or avoid invasive surgeries such as total knee replacement. He has been ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members
'A Crude Awakening' Yet in the big picture the "oil age" will be remembered as a mere 200-300 year "blip" in human history – a brief orgy of cheap energy. This is a limited commodity and when gone we are unlikely to have a good replacement. Alternate energy sources lack oil's cheap abundance ...
Where: OaklandCost: $5 Donation
ARCAS Wildlife Rescue in Guatemala!Guatemala is one of the most biologically diverse countries in the Americas. However, this biodiversity is under serious threat by the spread of the agricultural frontier, forest fires, hunting and poaching for the illegal pet trade.The Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Association (ARCAS) has been working for the last 20 years ...
Where: OaklandCost: $12-$20 General, $10-$20 Members
Lunar evidence of Late Heavy Bombardment has been interpreted to suggest that large-body impacting declined rapidly after about 3.8 Ga and that by 3.5 Ga the terrestrial bombardment rate was not much greater than the impact rates of today. In 1986 and 1989 Dr. Lowe and colleagues described four major ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Virus Hunting Joseph DeRisi will discuss new technological approaches to the study of infectious disease, especially viruses. He will use examples from his own work to illustrate the rapidly changing landscape of emerging viral illness.
Where: BelmontCost: Free
Nerd Nite SF #10: Visualization of Science, Undersea Internet, & the Art of VideogamesIdes of March got you down? Come, distract yourself from any lingering sense of foreboding (or other mid-month malaise) with beer and brainpower, as we assimilate this month's presentations on the defense of videogames as art; the very long internet cable under the sea; and the wicked-cool technology behind the ...
