Ridge Trail HikeJoin the Ridge Trail Council on Friday, September 21st as part of the Visions of the Wild festival which is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Wild & Scenic Rivers and National Scenic Trails. This outing provides an opportunity to hike through Solano Land Trust’s Vallejo-Swett property which connects to ...
Where: ValejoCost: Free (RSVP required)
Physical Chemistry of Nanocrystals with the Graphene Liquid CellColloidal nanocrystals have emerged as a major building block for nanoscience and nanotechnology. Today it is possible to control the size, shape, and topology of nanocrystals and to harness the variations of their properties with size to create materials with proven applications in biological imaging and electronic displays, and many ...
The Basics of Astrophotography, Parts I and II: Widefield DSLR Imaging, and Imaging using the Hyperstar SystemPart I: Digital cameras have improved dramatically over the last decade, enabling low-noise images with short exposure times, and thus opening up the prospects of astrophotography to anyone who owns a camera and a tripod. Ken Sperber will give an introduction to the basics of widefield astrophotography, including bringing some ...
Where: LivermoreCost: Free
Wild & Scenic Film Festival “On Tourâ€Join us for a screening of thirteen short films about rivers and trails.In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Wild & Scenic Rivers Act and National Trails Act, Visions of the Wild is hosting the Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour.The Wild & Scenic Film Festival is one ...
Smithsonial Museum Day Live at Hiller Aviation MuseumSmithsonian Museum Day Live! is an annual event hosted by Smithsonian magazine. On this day, visitors who present the Museum Day Live! ticket at the Hiller Aviation Museum will gain free museum admission for two.Click the weblink for instructions on getting passes.
Where: San CarlosCost: Free
BaySplashBaySplash is a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) focused Bayview Hunters Point community engagement event. The purpose of this FREE event is to bring the neighborhood together with local educators, leaders, and organizations that inspire and empower the BVHP community. Our goal is to encourage people to explore and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
DATAPRINT: Technology and the arts blend into a participatory experience about data privacyWhat does your data say about you? And what is the impact of your online fingerprint?DATAPRINT is an interactive installation and performance that blends theater, music, dance, and multimedia. The experience invites audiences to witness a visual representation of their online behavior as they enter a stunning world of dynamic ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Golden Gate Raptor Observatory Hawk TalkThe Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Conditions permitting, a banding volunteer will bring up a newly banded hawk, talk about the banding program, and release the hawk in front of the crowd. ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
John Reber, the Man with Grand IdeasBack in the 1940s, John Reber would look out over the San Francisco Bay and visualize a massive civil works project of dams and locks to harvest fresh drinking water, and barriers that would support railway systems and a highway. His intention was to improve the quality of life for ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
'Queen' @Bay Area South Asian Film Festival Fame - Ethics - Science COLLIDE in Madhuri Shekhar’s Queen.Bees are dying everywhere. Governments are worried. The significant economic losses that the world faces due to systemic Colony Collapse Disorder are just the tip of the iceberg in the impact on humanity.  MIT, Stanford and a host of other top-notch universities are racing to ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: 25
Galaxies, Dark Matter, Cannibalism, Black Holes, and Gravitational WavesMy talk will be a slide presentation illustrated by the latest astronomical images, animations, videos, etc. I will discuss how the very material that human beings and other life forms are made of was once synthesized inside the Sun's ancestral stars. Our dark matter dominated Milky Way galaxy and other ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Sunday, 09/23/18
Digital Health EPPICon Meeting - Where Technology Meets HealthcareEPPICon's 18th Annual Meeting is just around the corner featuring sessions on digital health, data driven drug discovery, and personalized genomics using bioinformatics.Speakers include leaders from Google, Roche, Genentech, Eli Lilly, Illumina, and more cutting edge companies using data to drive advances in healthcare.See weblink for speakers, agenda, and registration.
Where: BurlingameCost: $100 until 9/10, $150 after
The size, strength and skills of the ocean's top predators are simply one of a kind. This month we celebrate National Wildlife Day with those animals that rule the ocean in Top Predators: Orcas and Sharks! Come learn more at Marine Science Sunday - fun educational programs for kids and adults! ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
DATAPRINT: Technology and the arts blend into a participatory experience about data privacyWhat does your data say about you? And what is the impact of your online fingerprint?DATAPRINT is an interactive installation and performance that blends theater, music, dance, and multimedia. The experience invites audiences to witness a visual representation of their online behavior as they enter a stunning world of dynamic ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Golden Gate Raptor Observatory Hawk TalkThe Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Conditions permitting, a banding volunteer will bring up a newly banded hawk, talk about the banding program, and release the hawk in front of the crowd. ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Full-Spectrum Science with Ron Hipschman: TimeYou know what time is because of your daily experience, but what seems constant and unchanging is not. In 1905, Albert Einstein threw a monkey wrench in our perception of time and space. Join us as we examine a few of these quirks on a conceptual non-mathematical level. Yes, you ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Hike the Headlands 2018Bring your friends and family and join us for NatureBridge’s fifth annual Hike the Headlands: an exciting day of exploration in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.  Discover the Headlands with a NatureBridge educator and engage in hands-on science activities in our learning labs. Enjoy live music, delicious food, arts, crafts, and inspiring hikes! ...
'How Galaxies Form Stars'Observed star-forming galaxies convert their gas into stars inefficiently. The typical time on which available gas in galaxies is depleted is ~5-10 Gyr which is orders of magnitude longer than any physical timescale relevant for star formation. The origin of long depletion times is a long-standing puzzle. Many galaxy simulations ...
The particle that makes up the dark matter of the universe could be an axion or some other light boson. A collection of axions can condense into a gravitationally bound Bose Einstein condensate called an axion star. It is possible that a significant fraction of the axion dark matter is ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Hunting for topological phases amidst Hofstadter butterflies and disordered landscapes In this talk, rich topological behavior in two related models will be  discussed - the Majorana wire and a Su-Schrieffer-Heeger ladder- in the presence of potential energy landscapes. An introduction of the two models and of techniques that directly provide information on edge-state properties will form the starting point for ...
IEEE Workshops on Machine Learning, Convolutional Neural Networks and TensorflowAs data sources proliferate along with the computing power to process them, going straight to the data is one of the most straightforward ways to quickly gain insights and make predictions. Machine learning brings together computer science and statistics to harness that predictive power. It’s a must-have skill for all ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: $175
STORING ENERGY AND INFORMATION USING ELECTROCHEMICAL ION INSERTIONDr. Yiyang Li of Sandia National Laboratories will describe how electrochemical ion insertion is used to store energy in lithium-ion batteries and store information for low-power neuromorphic computation, meeting our society’s goals in energy storage and low-power computing.
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
The Challenges of Self-Driving TrucksIn this talk, Jur will share his passion for the specific application of autonomous vehicle technology to moving freight on highways, as it meaningfully downscopes the technical challenges of autonomous mobility in multiple ways, while at the same time allowing for a compelling business case. He will explain in detail ...
Efforts to make swift and deep reductions in the electricity sector will require an unprecedented amount of policy change, market reform, and technological innovation. UCS’s Laura Wisland will discuss what she believes it will take to dramatically scale up the use of clean electricity in a cost-effective and socially equitable ...
Nerd Nite East BayLearn how machines are teaching themselves about atoms, hear why termites are overturning theories of personality and speciation, and hear a bit on the history of the banjo in America and follow its recent worldwide invasion.The Banjo in America, The European Invasion, and How to Play (A Little)Like a strange ...
Where: OaklandCost: $8 Advance, $10 at door
Relying on Discourse Analysis to Manage Dialogues for a ChatbotChatbots are becoming fairly popular, however, open-source chatbot systems are lagging behind. We introduce a platform for transactional and question-answering chatbot based on machine learning and linguistic analysis of OpenNLP for search engineers and generalists. We will learn how to design a dialogue manager for a given domain as well ...
For 150 million years, all over planet Earth, mammals were successful ... but tiny. The death of the dinosaurs signaled a major change as mammals shot up to the size of dogs ... and elephants ... and beyond. How did we get so big? And how did such changes usher ...
Where: NovatoCost: Free
Tuesday, 09/25/18
Putting AI to WorkArtificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning, and assistive technologies will transform the future of work, with wide-ranging effects on employment, wages, and income distribution. Despite dystopian forecasts of robots replacing workers, AI and intelligent tools can also be applied to make the workforce more inclusive. As industries evolve, how can AI ...
Our group is particularly inspired by natural products not only because of their importance as synthetic targets but also due to their ability to serve as invaluable identifiers of unanswered chemical, medicinal, biological, and biophysical questions. One major focus of our research has been the selective halogenation of alkenes. Dihalogenation ...
One Tam: Wildlife Picture Index ProjectCome contribute to the Marin Wildlife Picture Index Project.This project depends on volunteer "Community Scientists" to help maintain wildlife cameras and process photos, and we are especially looking to train and retain volunteers for the long-term.At this training, we will be viewing and cataloging photos (on the computer) acquired from ...
In recent decades, developmental psychologists' discoveries about the powerful cognitive mechanisms that underlie children's early learning have led them to dub children "little scientists." Appreciating the surprising potential in children’s natural abilities to solve problems, reason, and experiment can help us make better decisions for our families and communities. In ...
Where: San RafaelCost: $10 General Advance, $12 at door, $8 Members
'Neutrino cosmology and large scale structureIn this talk, I will present studies of the model-dependence of cosmological neutrino mass constraints. In particular, I will focus on two phenomenological parameterizations of time-varying dark energy (early dark energy and barotropic dark energy) that can exhibit degeneracies with the cosmic neutrino background over extended periods of cosmic time, ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
IEEE Workshops on Machine Learning, Convolutional Neural Networks and TensorflowAs data sources proliferate along with the computing power to process them, going straight to the data is one of the most straightforward ways to quickly gain insights and make predictions. Machine learning brings together computer science and statistics to harness that predictive power. It’s a must-have skill for all ...
The Bay Area is currently the jewel in the crown of capitalism - the tech capital of the world and a gusher of wealth from the Silicon gold rush. It has been generating jobs, spawning new innovation and spreading ideas that are changing lives everywhere. It boasts of being the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members, $8 Students
September Point Bonita Sunset HikeJoin park staff and volunteer docents for a tour down the Point Bonita Trail, through the hand carved tunnel and out to the Lighthouse. We will walk along the half-mile Point Bonita Trail, which is steep in places. Dress warmly and bring a flashlight. Meet at the Point Bonita Trailhead. ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Two Talks: ECC Memory in Automotive Solutions / Deep Learning with AWS DeepLensISSI’s ECC Advantage for Memory Subsystem Consideration in AutomotiveISSI offers a broad portfolio of SRAM, DRAM and Flash devices. In this presentation we will examine how ECC has been used to enhance the features and benefits of these devices. We start with a discussion of SRAM, DRAM and Flash and the ...
7:00-7:25: Hank Greely(Director of the Stanford Center for Law and the Biosciences) on "The End of Sex and the Future of Human Reproduction"Two different biotechnologies are coming together in a way that will change how we make babies...Read more7:25-7:50: Irina Raicu (Santa Clara University/ Director of the Internet ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Think Beyond PlasticMarcy Rustad, COO of Think Beyond Plastic, will speak about Think Beyond Plastic’s important projects in California and globally, to address plastic pollution by accelerating the circular economy for plastics. Since 2009, Think Beyond Plastic has led the shift away from fossil fuel-based plastics towards bio-based, bio-benign materials from renewable ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Cryo-EM: Amazing 3-D Views of Life’s Molecular MachinesCryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is a revolutionary technology for making 3D images of the inner workings of cells in much higher resolution than ever possible before. Under development for four decades, it’s seen such rapid progress over the past few years that three of its developers were awarded a Nobel ...
Evidence from ecosystems around the world suggests that jellyfish blooms are increasing in terms of frequency and severity most likely due to human activities such as overfishing, habitat modification, and species introductions. Although jellyfish have some positive benefits to humans in terms of food production and the aquarium trade, most ...
The Oiled Wildlife Care Network: Program overview and how to get involved What is the Oiled Wildlife Care Network (OWCN)? The OWCN is the world's only oiled wildlife response organization boasting more than 40different Member Organizations comprising world-class aquaria, universities, scientific organizations and rehabilitation groups. Established in 1994 by the Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR) ...
The study of biological function in intact organisms and the development of targeted cellular therapeutics necessitate methods to image and control cellular function in vivo. Technologies such as fluorescent proteins and optogenetics serve this purpose in small, translucent specimens, but are limited by the poor penetration of light into deeper ...
If you’ve never heard of the Embarcadero Seawall, you’re not alone. This rock and concrete barrier running from Fisherman’s Wharf to AT&T Park is mostly hidden from view, but it protects San Francisco’s waterfront against flooding and erosion.The Seawall has served us well for over a century, but it needs ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free, RSVP Required
Drinkering and TinkeringJoin Chabot Space and Science Center for a tinkering and drinkering happy hour! Bring a friend, grab a beer, and start making stuff! We will bring the tools and technology for you to explore, from circuit building to sewing!No preregistration required. Just show up!
Ertharin Cousin is the former executive director of the World Food Programme and US ambassador to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture in Rome, nominated by President Obama. In these roles, she led efforts to address issues related to nutrition and agriculture, including the relationship between climate change and ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $10 Genera, Free Members & Students
If ye value critical thinking, and if ye scorn the flim-flam man, join us, your friends. We are a group who informally discuss the latest in science or pseudoscience over good eats & ale. Sponsored by Bay Area Skeptics.WHY: Because we’re curious creatures.
Where: MillbraeCost: Free
taste of science: Science of taste and finding E.T.Power Your Taste with Super SonicsDiscovery your good taste and what are the underlying forces that can shape your quality of life.Speaker: Wan-Jin Lu, StanfordFinding E.T.: How to detect extraterrestrial life on planets and moonsHow are we going to find E.T? Are we even looking for E.T. and what would ...
Air-Traffic Control for Angry BirdsOne hundred miles east of New York City lies a tiny speck of land called Great Gull Island. Formerly an U.S. Army fort, it is now a research station of the American Museum of Natural History. It is also the summer home of over 20,000 common and roseate terns. These ...
Wonderfest: The Ecology of Systems Without Central ControlMany systems - ant colonies, brains, and some data networks - operate without central control. Local interactions, collectively, regulate the behavior of the system. There are more than 14,000 species of ants, in every conceivable habitat. Their diverse behavior helps us understand how collective behavior evolves to deal with different ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: Free
Thursday, 09/27/18
Photo Processing with Your iPhoneYou have all these photos you have taken with your phone. What if you knew how to make them better through the apps that already exist and are free? In this class Doc Miles covers all the features of both Apple Photos on your iPhone or desktop and on the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Donations encouraged
Imaging All the Sky All the Time in Search of Radio ExoplanetsAll the magnetized planets in our solar system, including Earth, produce bright emission at low radio frequencies, predominantly originating in high magnetic latitudes and powered by magnetospheric currents. It has long been speculated that similar radio emission may be detectable from exoplanets orbiting nearby stars, potentially providing the first direct ...
Speaker: Myung-June Lee, Senior Principal Hardware Development Engineer, Oracle
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Star Formation Law in Nearby GalaxiesStar formation governs the secular evolution of galaxies. Within galaxies, we usually describe star formation in terms of an empirical "law" that relates the local star formation rate to local conditions such as molecular gas density. While this model serves as a good first step, it breaks down beyond normal ...
You know what time is because of your daily experience, but what seems constant and unchanging is not. In 1905, Albert Einstein threw a monkey wrench in our perception of time and space. Join us as we examine a few of these quirks on a conceptual non-mathematical level. Yes, you can age ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: 17.95 advance, 19.95 door, AD members free
PubScience: The CRISPR Generation - How might we edit ourselves?Curious about what CRISPR is or how it works? Excited that we might be able to cure disease, yet concerned about the ethics of changing the DNA of our kids? Join us to learn about CRISPR and discuss the ethical considerations of genome editing.Â
Where: El CerritoCost: Free
Geektoberfest @ The TechJoin us for the fourth annual Geektoberfest!Dive into the biology of beer with tastings from local and regional craft breweries, presented by The Tech Museum of Innovation, in partnership with BioCurious. We’ll also have demos, hands-on experiments and live German music by Zicke-Zacke band. More than a dozen local breweries will be ...
The Hayward Fault in the heart of the Bay Area is one of the most urbanized faults in the US.Studies of the fault reveal that it has produced 12 large earthquakes in the past 2000 years spaced 100-220 years apart.There is nearly a 3 out of 4 chance of a ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Friday, 09/28/18
Two KIPAC Tea TalksConstraining Self-Interacting Dark Matter with Galaxy WarpsSpeaker: Kris Pardk, PrincetonHeating of the lamppost corona in Seyfert GalaxiesSpeaker: Yajie Yuan, Princeton
Getting the Best of Nanomaterials: Intercalated Graphene/Quantum Dot Hybrid PhotodetectorRecently, hybrid graphene quantum dot (Gr/QD) systems have emerged as high responsivity photodetectors, taking advantage of the high charge carrier mobility of graphene and the high light absorption of PbS quantum dots. However the performance of this hybrid system is still limited by the charge carrier diffusion length of quantum ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
PIC simulations of magnetospheres in laboratory and astrophysical scenariosParticle-in-cell (PIC) is a method to solve the self-consistent interaction between plasma particles and fields with nearly no approximations for space and time scales larger than the quantum scales. Being able to resolve plasma kinetic scales, PIC simulations are an excellent tool to model the interaction between plasmas and magnetized ...
Friday Nights @ CHM: The Silicon Valley Science Fiction Short Film Festival Returning for the second year to the CHM, the Silicon Valley Science Fiction Short Film Festival will show 18 phenomenal films from around the world! The collection ensures to appeal to everyone with features such as 8-bit animations on the nature of gaming to powerful romantic comedies that explore the ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost:
Grounds for Science: Regeneration, replacement, and renewal: lessons from fish teethWhen we lose our baby teeth, they are typically replaced with our permanent adult teeth. But what happens when we lose our permanent teeth? Why are they not replaced again? In non-mammalian vertebrates, like sharks, fish, and reptiles, teeth are continuously regenerated throughout their adult life. Harnessing natural variation in ...
Where: EmeryvilleCost: Free
Summer Hike Series: Adult Night HikeThe journey begins at sunset from the Center into the beautiful surrounding redwood forest. We’ll hike along some of the most popular trails and learn about local history as we uncover evidence from early settlers and will examine local plants as we discuss the ecology of the forest. The evening ...
Where: OaklandCost: $30 General, $27 Members
Buffalo Road ShowBuffalo Field Campaign’s Co-Founder and Campaign Coordinator Mike Mease is hitting the road this fall for his annual BFC Road Show! Come out and join us as we celebrate 21 years of the Road Show!As he has done since 1999, Mike will be visiting communities in Washington, Oregon, and California ...
Where: OaklandCost:
'Queen' @Bay Area South Asian Film Festival Fame - Ethics - Science COLLIDE in Madhuri Shekhar’s Queen.Bees are dying everywhere. Governments are worried. The significant economic losses that the world faces due to systemic Colony Collapse Disorder are just the tip of the iceberg in the impact on humanity.  MIT, Stanford and a host of other top-notch universities are racing to ...
Where: CupertinoCost: 25
Saturday, 09/29/18
Huddart Park BioBlitzJoin us for our fall San Mateo County Parks BioBlitz! We will spread out at Huddart Park to discover species of birds, plants, mammals, fish, invertebrates, reptiles, and more that the park has to offer!Please meet on Saturday, September 29th at 8:45 AM at a TBD location in the Park. ...
Guided Nature WalkExperience the beauty and rich natural history of this 535-acre preserve. Our guided nature walks are on Saturdays throughout fall and spring. Participants are divided into small groups and paired with a trained Bouverie volunteer to explore the mixed evergreen forest and flower-carpeted oak woodland. Guided Nature Walks begin at 10:00am ...
Where: Glen EllenCost: $20 suggested donation
Science Saturday: Journey to Outer SpaceIn September, Science Saturday turns its gaze skyward for Journey to Outer Space. View meteorites, learn how much you would weigh on the moon, create your own orbiting planet craft, and more!
Where: Pacific GroveCost: Free
Sharktoberfest 2018Celebrate the Annual Return of White Sharks at SHARKTOBERFEST!Enjoy shark science, shark experts, shark art, shark films, shark conservation, food and live music!Event Schedule- Main Event Free!!11am: All art & science activity stations open, food truck & refreshments available.11am-1pm: Live Music- Ukulele Friends 11:30am: Special Programs (see below)1pm: Ocean Life ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Main Event FREE!!
Golden Gate Raptor Observatory Hawk TalkThe Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Conditions permitting, a banding volunteer will bring up a newly banded hawk, talk about the banding program, and release the hawk in front of the crowd. ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Trekking the ModelJoin a Ranger or docent on a guided tour of the Bay Model, a 1.5-acre hydraulic model of the San Francisco Bay and Delta. Discover the stories of the two major operations that took place at this location between 1942 - 2000.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
'Queen' @Bay Area South Asian Film Festival Fame - Ethics - Science COLLIDE in Madhuri Shekhar’s Queen.Bees are dying everywhere. Governments are worried. The significant economic losses that the world faces due to systemic Colony Collapse Disorder are just the tip of the iceberg in the impact on humanity.  MIT, Stanford and a host of other top-notch universities are racing to ...
Do you sometimes see paw prints in mud or scat (poop) on the trails and assume that a dog left it? It could be from something else. Come along with me and I will show you how to distinguish and identify the markings of a gray fox. Gain some insights into the fox’s nature and ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
Sunday, 09/30/18
Alcatraz Gardens Class Series: Botanical ImpressionsCreate your own plaster casting of amazing botanicals through this fun, easy and rewarding process. Sue Fordyce-Darden, an instructor from Alden Lane Nursery will guide you through the steps. Wet clay is used to impress flowers, stems and/or leaves, then the physical plants are removed and plaster is poured into ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $60
Hike at Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve (SynBioBeta)Join Founder of SynBioBeta John Cumbers on a guided hike of the Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve. Nestled high in the Oakland Hills, the preserve offers breathtaking views of the City of San Francisco from across the Bay and some amazing volcanic rock formations and wildlife.
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Low budget Moonshots to move science forward (BioCurious)Biotech starts with the misfits, the rebels, and the round pegs in the square holes. Join BioCurious for a workshop to explore some of the current problems we are working to solve. You will get the chance to work on hands on projects in BioHacking. We will demonstrate how we ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: Free
Community Science DayStep into the (close-toed) shoes of a scientist and explore biology at this community-wide science event! Visit UC Berkeley’s campus to experience a range of activities designed for visitors of all ages. Discover the fascinating power of DNA, the instruction manual for life. From the basic foundations of biology to the latest genome ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Golden Gate Raptor Observatory Hawk TalkThe Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Conditions permitting, a banding volunteer will bring up a newly banded hawk, talk about the banding program, and release the hawk in front of the crowd. ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Agar Art - Painting with Bacteria! (Counter Culture Labs)Come and learn how to make colorful and unique living art. Design your own art piece using our colorful bacteria.Counter Culture Labs has been partnering with the American Society for Microbiology for their yearly Agar Art Contest (http://www.asm.org/agarart). This workshop will cover the basics of agar preparation and bacterial growth. Participants ...
Learn how to listen to the air. Join the Oakland Museum, the Exploratorium, and artist Rosten Woo for a listening party and the launch of artist project Mutual Air, a set of networked bells that will be installed throughout the city of Oakland. Each bell connects to global climate data and hyperlocal ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
The Art Inside of Us (Ulux)Join biologist, artist and designer Una Ryan for a gallery showing of her artwork.  Una’s work combines her life as a microscopist and now artist as she combines images of the very small under the microscope and the very big from satellite imagery.
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
GATTACA Movie Screening (SynBioBeta)Join us for a screening of the 1997 thriller GATTACA that explores the widespread deployment of genetic engineering in the near future to achieve a more “perfect†society.Come early to enjoy Una’s fabulous The Art Inside Us art exhibit!
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Monday, 10/01/18
Golden Gate Assembly (SynBioBeta)Join Founder of SynBioBeta John Cumbers for an early morning sojourn across the Golden Gate Bridge and discuss what makes the SF Bay Area a synthetic biology hub. Bagels and coffee will be provided.
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Engineered Cells for Growing Fuels and Chemicals (JBEI)Scientists from LBNL’s leading synthetic biology research and scale-up institutes will provide an overview of programs at Berkely Lab to advance scientific boundaries of synthetic biology and accelerate commercial adoption of new technologies. Attendees will be given an overview of JBEI (Joint BioEnergy Institute), ABPDU (Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process ...
Where: EmeryvilleCost: Free
Suppressing cooling flows in massive galaxies with cosmic ray injection and turbulent stirringThe quenching "maintenance" and related "cooling flow" problems are important in galaxies from Milky Way mass through clusters. We investigate this in halos with masses ~1e12-1e14 solar mass, using non-cosmological high-resolution hydrodynamic simulations with the FIRE-2 (Feedback In Realistic Environments) stellar feedback model. We first focus on physics present without ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
How do startups collaborate with corporations? (Digital Garage)In short, startups and corporations in the synthetic biology and genomics area working together looks simple on paper but can be challenging in real life. Join this event if you would like to hear how some companies are addressing those challenges and hear about their experiences and thoughts!The event will ...
Petroleum is the single largest source of energy used by humanity. Petroleum provides about 35% of total primary energy supply and meets ablut 95% of our transportation energy needs. Some argue that this dominance is short lived due to rapid expansion of electric vehicles, while others argue for a continued ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Opentrons Hands-On WorkshopLearn how to use the OT-2Get hands on with the world’s most affordable high-precision lab robot!Learn how to develop and run a protocol on the OT-2. There will be robots for you to use yourself, as well as members of the Opentrons team there to help you learn how to ...
Speaker: Tom Rudelius of the Institute for Advanced Study and Princeton University.
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Atomically Thin Integrated Circuits for Technology in the 21st CenturyManufacturing of paper, which started two thousand years ago, simplified all aspects of information technology: generation, processing, communication, delivery and storage. Similarly powerful changes have been seen in the past century through the development of integrated circuits based on silicon. In this talk, I will discuss how we can realize ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The 90 Minute Science Startup (Deep Science Ventures)Dominic Falcão, one of the founders of Deep Science Ventures, will be giving a fast-paced workshop for scientists and engineers. During this presentation, you will learn about the earliest stages of science venture creation, including how scientists and engineers can start companies, pre-idea, pre-team.Room 251
Retinal prostheses represent an exciting development in science, engineering, and medicine - an opportunity to create devices that exploit our knowledge of neural circuitry in order to replace or even enhance normal function. The lessons we learn in developing them may apply to many neural interfaces of the future. Existing ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Global BioFoundries (SynbiCITE)Join SynbiCITE to learn more about the transformative role BioFoundries will play in the future of synbio. Hear insights from both industry and academia on the importance of these facilities, and discuss the significance of collaboration between BioFoundries, leading to the establishment of a global alliance to further innovation and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
MACHINE LEARNING IN PHYSICSDr. Ehsan Khatami will discuss his work at San Jose State University where he uses a high-performance computational cluster to apply machine learning techniques to the solution of complex quantum problems.
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
People and Robots SeminarAlthough wildly successful, deep learning systems are also extremely brittle; this is evidenced for example by the widespread possibility of adversarial attacks, specially crafted inputs meant to fool deep classifiers. This talk will discuss our recent work in develop deep classifiers that are provably robust to (certain classes of) perturbation attacks. Our ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Cold and Ultracold Molecules for Quantum Information and Particle PhysicsWide-ranging scientific applications have created growing interest in ultracold molecules. Heteronuclear bialkali molecules, assembled from ultracold atoms, enabled the study of long-range dipolar interactions and quantum-state-controlled chemistry, and recently have been brought to quantum degeneracy. There are currently several approaches to producing ultracold molecules: atom association, magnetic, electrical, centrifugal, off-resonant ...
Julia Prochnik will share her insight from her work building new partnerships in the government, creating standards for the electric industry, and navigating new pathways for the environment.Speaker: Julia Prochnik, Natural Resources Defense Council
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Tech for Good: Using Data Science to Build Social EngagementThe Business & Leadership member-led forum is pleased to launch a new series highlighting the use of tech for good. This inaugural panel will focus on how social sector companies and nonprofit organizations are using innovations in data analytics, such as machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), to foster social ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members, $8 Students
Tuesday, 10/02/18
Empowering Women Change-Makers in The Synthetic Biology IndustryJoin us on for breakfast discussion at Synbiobeta. Our panel of women leaders in synthetic biology will talk about their experiences in creating and launching companies as women in science.Room 251Â Â
Where: San FranciscoCost:
SynBioBeta 2018: The Global Synthetic Biology SummitSynBioBeta 2018 comes to San Francisco, uniting biological engineers, entrepreneurs and investors for the Global Synthetic Biology Summit.Meet over 1000 attendees and 100 speakers, sponsors and exhibitors who are applying engineered biology to revolutionize agriculture, medicine, energy, and the production of food, consumer products, chemicals and materials.Take part in over ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $1,300 - $1,950
Exoplanet detection and characterization with direct imagingIn this short talk I will review some of the recent results from the Gemini Planet Imager Exoplanet survey, a campaign to search for self-luminous massive exoplanets in wide orbits around nearby, young stars via direct imaging. This technique is complementary to indirect detection methods such as radial velocity and ...
Astrophysical Tests of Gravitation and Dark Matter Dark energy and dark matter make up most of the energy content of the Universe; yet, we still know very little about either of them. During my talk, I will highlight two ways of using astrophysical data to constrain theories of dark energy and dark matter. First, I will discuss ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
'Photovoltaic Restoration of Sight in Retinal DegenerationStanford Physics/Applied Physics ColloquiumSpeaker: Daniel Palanker, Director of HEPL, Professor of Ophthalmology and, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Healthy Soil, Healthy Plants: Microbiome Magic - SOLD OUTLet’s get dirty! Join UC Berkeley Soil Scientists and Pivot Bio’s microbial scientists at the UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley and expand your knowledge of your garden’s soil microbiome. The microbiome is an intricate network of microbes that live in the soil and interact with your plants. You’ll leave with ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free, registration required
Odd Salon: RiskTales of peril and possibility, jeopardy and chance; of flirting with danger and being willing to lose it allSpeakers:Rebecca Power - The Double Life and Death of Chung Ling SooChris Carrico - Everyone Loves A BloodsportWillow Brugh - Life Insurance: Externalizing Risk for Improvement & ProfitNathan Parker - Risk, Revolution ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15
San Francisco Orchid Society MeetingSkills Session: begins at 7:00pGeneral Meeting: begins at 7:30pmSkills Session: hands-on demonstrations of re-potting or other skills related to growing orchidsSpeaker: Every month we have a different guest lecturer - see our website for more info (http://www.orchidsanfrancisco.org)Plant Opportunity Table: A variety of orchids are available to all attendees at each ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Wednesday, 10/03/18
SynBioBeta 2018: The Global Synthetic Biology SummitSynBioBeta 2018 comes to San Francisco, uniting biological engineers, entrepreneurs and investors for the Global Synthetic Biology Summit.Meet over 1000 attendees and 100 speakers, sponsors and exhibitors who are applying engineered biology to revolutionize agriculture, medicine, energy, and the production of food, consumer products, chemicals and materials.Take part in over ...
Discovery Station: SeedsMost plants are rooted in place, which makes dispersing their fruits and seeds particularly important. Discover how plants have adapted to distribute their seeds using wind, water and animals to help the next generation flourish and spread. Meet the hitchhikers, helicopters, parachutes, and boats of the plant world!
Our understanding of the planet suffers from a profound geophysical observation bias - seismometers and other sensors are sparse and clustered on dry land. A new seismic recording technology, called distributed fiber-optic acoustic sensing (DAS), transforms standard telecommunication fiber-optic cables into arrays of single-component ground motion sensors. The distance between ...
Scientists are often puzzled when members of the public reject what we consider to be well-founded explanations. They can’t understand why the presentation of scientific data and theory doesn’t suffice to convince others of the validity of “controversial†topics like evolution and climate change. Recent research highlights the importance of ...
Join us for a conversation with Maureen Fan, co-founder and CEO at Baobab Studios, an Emmy-award winning virtual reality animation studio. Before Baobab Studios, Fan held several senior production and project management roles, including VP of Games at Zynga. With interests in film, gaming and the consumer web, she’s been ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Arlie Hochschild and Eliza Griswold: Tales of Prosperity and ParadoxRenowned sociologist Arlie Hochschild’s best-selling book, Strangers in Their Own Land, takes her deep into Louisiana, where she meets with conservative communities near the heart of America’s oil industry. There, she meets Lee Sherman and many like him. Sherman works for a chemical company that, while dumping toxic waste into the Bayou, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
IMPACT Speaker Series - 'STROOP'Join us for the East Bay Premiere Screening of STROOP - Journey into the Rhino Horn War. A documentary film screening with live Q&A from the filmmakers Bonne De Bod and Susan Scott. This hard-hitting film explores the dangerous and intense world of the illegal wildlife trade with both stunning and harrowing ...
When light from space enters the Earth’s atmosphere, it is distorted and displaced, something our eyes perceive as “twinkling.â€Â A new technique, called adaptive optics, can remove a great deal of this distortion, essentially restoring much of the detail we’ve been robbed off in our view of the star and ...
SynBio Challenges and Solution Pathways: A VC Perspective.From the fashion industry to semiconductor technology, advances in SynBio are helping drive novel applications across a diversity of verticals. However, to achieve its full promise, SynBio has to overcome some key challenges both on the technology side and on the commercial side. This session presents a technology roadmap for ...
Where: San FranciscoCost:
Introduction to the Echo® Liquid Handler and Acoustic TXTL Circuit OptimizationMeet Rich Ellson, founder and CTO of Labcyte as he guides you through an introduction to acoustic liquid handling. This will be followed by a hands on activity, run by Jared Bailey of Labcyte, exploring cell-free transcription-translation systems (TXTL). Transcription-translation systems (TXTL) provide a tantalizing route to the creation of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Planet Formation Post-KeplerThe message of the Kepler space mission is this: super-Earths abound in the universe. These are planets 1--4 Earth radii and 2--20 Earth masses in size, and composed of solids and gas in proportions of 100:1 by mass. We describe how super-Earths/sub-Neptunes form within circumstellar disks of gas and dust. ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Biodesign Town Hall at The Tech Museum of InnovationThe intersection of biology and design - often called biodesign - is revolutionizing the consumer experience of biotechnology. In the last five years, dozens of biotech companies have launched consumer products. These include new biotextiles for fashion, foods made with cellular agriculture, cosmetics and fragrance made with synthetic biology, and ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Technology and Innovation in AgricultureAs California provides more than half the produce for the entire nation and leads the world in technology and life sciences, the state is also the ideal testbed for bold ideas and ambitions around AgTech. UC researchers and partners are applying innovative technology solutions to increase production to feed growing ...
Jessica Lessin is the founder and CEO of The Information, a publication known for original, in-depth reporting about the technology industry. Lessin previously covered the biggest tech companies for the Wall Street Journal, breaking major deals, product launches, and CEO changes. In 2011, she was part of a team that was a ...
Miniaturized Nextera XT for Efficient NGS Using the Echo Liquid HandlerNext-generation sequencing provides a breadth and depth of genomics information that was previously unobtainable. Scientists continuously seek more ways to implement this powerful technology into their work. By using the Labcyte® Echo® 525 Liquid Handler, we will demonstrate a 20-fold miniaturization of the Illumina Nextera XT library preparation process, decreasing ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Basic RF Measurements and TerminologySpeaker: Mr. Wei Lin, Senior RF Hardware Design Engineer, National InstrumentsEditor's Note: This talk was originally scheduled for October 18th.
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
GW170817: A neutron star merger observed in gravitational and electromagnetic waves.On August 17, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) and the Virgo detector observed the tipples in space from a neutron star merger. Two seconds later, NASA's Fermi Gamma Ray Burst Monitor detected a flash of gamma rays from the collision. LIGO and Virgo localized the source to a 30 ...
Myths symbolize ideas, values, history and other issues that are important to a people. They may be true or false, mundane or fantastic; their significance is their meaning, not their narrative content. Science is a way of knowing about the natural world. Its conclusions tentatively may be true or false, ...
Lab Data to Machine Learning in 30 Seconds (Riffyn and AWS)Join Riffyn,Amazon Web Services, and an esteemed panel of thought leaders from GSK, Amyris, Novartis & DRx Capital and others for an afternoon/evening of food/cocktails and discussion of machine learning & AI in the life sciences. AWS & Riffyn will provide brief introductions to their toolkits for experiment design, data shaping / integration, and ...
Dürer’s Knots: A Wired RenaissanceAround 1507, the German artist Albrecht Dürer created a set of six woodcut “knots,†ornamental images based on Islamic metalwork. The knots embody the entwined networks of early modern European and Islamic artisanal and industrial practices. These works also speak to the movement of natural resources and ...
Are you curious about the intersection of design thinking and synthetic biology? We understand that designers are trained to focus on people and their experiences, recognize what technology can become a product, how people might use the product, and what, if any, relationships might ensue. We get that biological design ...
Join us for an evening tuned to listening, music, and the physics of sound. Inspired by the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival held in Golden Gate Park on October 5 - 7, tonight’s program features instruments and sonic experiments.Hardly Strictly EelgrassWith the Association of National Estuary Programs7:00 p.m.  | Fisher Bay Observatory ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: 17.95 advance, 19.95 door, AD members free
Cafe InquiryMeet up with rationalists, skeptics, and freethinkers south of San Francisco.Cafe Inquiry is a social event hosted by the Center for Inquiry|San Francisco.For more information or if you have questions please email sf@centerforinquiry.net
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Sharktoberfest NightLifeIt’s that time of year again - when toothy sharks and thirsty humans unite for a salute to brews with an aquatic twist.SCHEDULE OF EVENTSBeer Garden 6:00 - 10:00pm-----> Sip your way through a pop-up beer garden with libations on tap from dozens of local brewerieslus, treat your tastebuds to NightLife’s ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
Facial Paralysis and Restoring MovementThis talk will discuss the impact of facial paralysis on patients and review current treatments.Speaker: Jon-Paul Pepper, MD
Community labs enable cutting-edge research on a shoe-string budget. Think of us as a germinator rather than an incubator, a place where wildly creative ideas can be nurtured and explored, but also a place to shake up some of the unexamined assumptions of the biotech industry, and where biotech professionals and ...
Learn how Codexis’ uses their CodeEvolver® technology to unlock the power of proteins™ for sustainable pharmaceutical manufacture, design of new food ingredient processes and products, and for creation of unique, targeted biotherapeutics. Visit their Silicon Valley headquarters for an introduction to protein engineering and for a laboratory tour that showcases ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: Free
Measuring What’s Important to Your Cell - Seahorse Cell Analysis Solutions (Agilent)Come meet Darlene Solomon and her team, who will introduce you to the Seahorse live cell characterization platform.  With over 20,000 genes, 200,000 proteins and thousands of pathways, you can’t measure everything in a cell at once, but you can measure what provides the energy that drives its metabolism. Easy to ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: Free
Modeling baryonic effects for future weak lensing surveyThe modification of matter distribution due to baryonic physics is one of the major theoretical uncertainties in cosmological weak lensing measurements. Developing mitigation schemes for effects of baryons is crucial to assure robustness of cosmological analysis, and has potential to increase the constraining power by extracting information from small scale ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Signatures of massive neutrinos on Large Scale Structure Neutrino oscillation experiments have shown that there are at least two massive neutrino eigenstates, in a mass range that can produce observable signatures in current and future cosmological surveys. I will talk about the challenges and progress in correctly including the effects of massive neutrinos in N-body simulations of structure ...
Profiling Synthetic Biology Pathways and Metabolites by Mass Spectrometry (Agilent)Join Agilent CTO Darlene Solomon for a workshop on metabolomics and mass spectrometry. Understand the importance and capability of molecular identification and measurement of biological systems in advancing the design, test and analysis of synthetic biology, ultimately making biology easier to engineer.  This workshop will also include a lab tour and ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost:
Smart Additive Manufacturing: Bioinspired Algorithmic - Driven Design of CompositesAfter billions of years of evolution, it comes as no surprise that biological materials are identified as invaluable sources of inspiration in the search for new materials. Bone, teeth, and spider silk are high-performing biological composites that possess impressive mechanical properties unmatched by their engineering counterparts. Many required mechanical properties ...
Titanium is an ideal metal for green and sustainable catalysis - it is the 2nd most earth-abundant transition metal, and the byproducts of Ti reactions (TiO2) are nontoxic. However, a significant challenge of utilizing early transition metals for catalytic redox processes is that they typically do not undergo facile oxidation ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
$5 First Friday: The Future of SpaceOur natural curiosity to learn about the universe and our place within it has driven us to explore further into the outer reaches of space than before. Learn why we go, how we get there, and what we do there, in this fun space-themed night. Hands-on activities, presentations and a ...
Where: OaklandCost: $5
swissnex Salon: Opening NightThe opening event of the swissnex Salon celebrates the theme of “Responsibility Towards Creation†with talks, performances, and experiences examining the challenges facing the fundamental values underlying democratic societies. The Salon proposes a radical change in the way we think about the role of science, technology, and creativity. In addition ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15
The Thrill of Discovery: Seeing Gravitational Waves AND Light from a Neutron Star Collision"Holy Smokes! Seeing Gravitational Waves AND light from a Neutron Star Smashup? Now we're big time!â€On Aug 17, 2017, astronomers around the world saw an event they had waited a long, long time for, observing Gravitational Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation from a Binary Neutron Star merger. In this talk, Dr ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
Saturday, 10/06/18
Science in the Park A benefit hosted by Alameda County Supervisor Richard Valle and the Hayward Area Recreation & Park District, in support of the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District, Hayward Education Foundation, New Haven Schools Foundation, Newark Educational Foundation, and Fremont Education Foundation. Science in the Park is a FREE family event that makes STEM ...
Where: HaywardCost: Free
Hayward Fault Walking TourOver the last million years, the natural beauty of Fremont has been shaped by the Hayward Fault. Instructors will be leading these 'ground breaking' tours and exposing the science and beauty of the Hayward Fault. This fault is one of several active faults in the world actually creeping at 5 ...
Discover the world of drones with flight simulation, real flight training in the Museum’s Drone Plex, exploration of historical aircraft and more!Launch an adventure into multi-rotor flight accessible for the youngest aspiring drone aces!  Drone Rangers is designed for children ages 5-10 and includes a range of explorations into remotely ...
Join us for a science open house at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station. We invite visitors of all ages to meet our scientists and explore the research we do here. Come touch tidepool creatures, dissect a jumbo squid, hear science talks, and much more in our beautiful location on Monterey ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: check website
The Future is Now (BioBuilder)BioBuilder presents a hands-on workshop, encouraging young scientists to put on their goggles and gloves to explore the future through synthetic biology. “The Future is Now†will bring students and teachers together to present cutting-edge topics and preform team oriented lab-based activities to jump-start their careers or passions for biology.
Where: San FranciscoCost:
Cinegram WorkshopExplore an unusual film form in this hands-on workshop. Create 16mm “cinegrams,†hand-exposed moving images, by placing objects and materials that cast shadows directly onto film, and by using light. Please bring transparent, translucent, or opaque materials with you to form latent shadowgraphic traces, which we’ll bring to life through ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 General, $15 Members
Ladies Do Launch: Space for WomenJoin us for a lunchtime panel discussion exploring the progress of women in the space industry. Panelists include: Astronaut Soyeon Yi, Astronomer Vivian White, Engineer Vanessa Kuroda, and Geologist Jen Blank. The event is produced in partnership with World Space Week and Bay Area Space for Women.
Northern California Bats: Demystifying and Discovering these Amazing AnimalsCome learn about our CA native bats with Director of NorCal Bats Corky Quirk. In her presentation, you will learn about the nature of bats and the importance of bats in our environment. We'll also discuss the harmful myths that surround these animals. Live bats will be presented for viewing ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $15 General, $10 Member, $5 Youth
Aero Workshop: Distance GlidersPut your engineering skills to the test in the Aero Workshop! Each session is a special 2-hour mini design challenge designed for children ages 8-12. Each workshop centers on a particular problem in aerospace illustrated by a pair of hands-on experiences. Participants then work in small teams of 3-5 to ...
Where: San CarlosCost: Free with admission
Monday, 10/08/18
Secondary Anisotropies: Cosmology from Joint Analyses of CMB and Galaxy SurveysLarge scale structure leaves an imprint in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) in the form of secondary anisotropies. As a result of these small distortions, CMB and galaxy surveys provide highly complementary cosmological probes. I will illustrate how this complementarity can be exploited using cross-survey correlations between galaxy surveys and ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Automated Physics Recovery from Galaxy Observations I discuss new methods that allow computers to recover the underlying physics of galaxy formation using only galaxy observations and dark matter simulations, and show how these methods have already changed our understanding of galaxy formation physics (including why galaxies stop forming stars). Basic extensions to the same techniques allow ...
Lithium-ion batteries have become widely used in applications due to their high energy and power densities and operating voltage. Some limitations of existing lithium-ion battery technology include underutilization, stress-induced material damage, capacity fade, and the potential for thermal runaway. This presentation provides perspectives on the modeling, prediction, and control of ...
Speaker: Senthil Todadri of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Semimetals Unlimited: Unbounded electrical and thermal transport properties in three-dimensional nodal semimetalsModern electronics is built on semiconductors, whose utility comes from their ability to operate on either side of the conductor-insulator dichotomy. For practical applications, however, semiconductors face certain unavoidable limitations imposed by the physics of Anderson localization and by the disorder introduced through doping. In this talk I discuss whether ...
On the eve of Kepler's launch in 2009, astronomers knew of a few hundred planets orbiting other stars in the Milky Way. Today, the discoveries spill into the thousands, and the sensitivity boundaries continue to expand. NASA's Kepler Mission unveiled a galaxy replete with small planets and revealed populations that ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
GALAXY EVOLUTION - RESCHEDULEDDr. Guillermo Barro of the University of the Pacific studies the formation and evolution of massive galaxies over cosmic time. He will discuss pushing our detection of massive galaxies earlier in time, as well as understanding the physics of their structures and stellar populations.Editor's Note: This event has been rescheduled ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
NOVA VIDEO - WHAT'S THE UNIVERSE MADE OF?A presentation of the PBS NOVA video "What's the Universe Made Of?" Peer into the deep unknowns of the universe to explore the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.Editor's Note: This event was rescheduled from Oct 15.
Phases of Particle Dark MatterDark matter is believed to make up most of the matter of our Universe, but its particle origin remains a mystery. A favorite candidate is the so-called Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP), but a diverse set of experiments are rapidly closing the available parameter space for WIMPs. I will show ...
As customers adopt more distributed energy resources (DERs) such as solar PV, storage, and electric vehicles, the grid and regulatory architecture must adapt. California law requires a utility to consider distributed energy resources as an alternative to investments in its distribution system to ensure reliable electric services at the lowest ...
Syntheses of some polycyclic alkaloids and terpenoids by our group will be presented in this lecture. Daphniphyllum alkaloids are a class of structurally intriguing natural products. We develop a series of strategies, such as electrocyclization, [3 + 2] cycloaddition, electrocyclic ring opening, and late-stage Diels - Alder cycloaddition, to achieve ...
A good understanding of the migration of the injected CO2 plume and how this is impacted by capillary heterogeneity is needed to ensure long-term security of the injected CO2. Residual trapping is one of the main mechanisms for immobilizing CO2 after the injection phase of a geological sequestration project. Residual ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Astrophysical systematics in weak lensing Current and upcoming large galaxy surveys will provide a wealth of cosmological information about our Universe. Weak lensing is one of the primary probes to uncover the nature of dark energy through its sensitivity to the growth of structure across cosmic time. However, a detailed understanding about systematic effects is ...
The Freedman research group's overarching theme is harnessing chemical intuition to approach fundamental challenges in physics. Within this framework, we are focused on three vital areas of contemporary physics: advancing quantum information science, probing magnetism, and creating new emergent materials. We pursue each of these directions through the lens of ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
A High Energy View of the Extreme UniverseDr. Julie McEnery of NASA-Ames will give Applied Physics/Physics colloquium, entitled "A High Energy View of the Extreme Universe."
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Shining Light on Gravity: Sometimes all that Shimmers IS Gold In 1916, Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves, a radiant form of energy similar to light, but caused by gravity. On August 17, 2017, a new kind of gravitational wave source was detectedâ€"two colliding neutron stars. Professor Ryan Foley will tell the harrowing David vs. Goliath story of ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: Free
Mathematics, Magic, and Meaning -- Saving California's Native Plants, Healing our CommunityWhat does it mean to live in one of earth’s biodiversity “hot spots� In this beautifully illustrated talk, Dan Gluesenkamp, executive director of the California Native Plant Society, presents a beautiful and inspiring talk on how local nature can help us - and how we can help maintain its variety ...
World-renowned educator, professor of chemistry by training, Nava Ben Zvi, will discuss her role assisting women to enter the STEM professions.
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Cell-cycle entry and exit: A tale of phosphorylation, transcription and degradationMammals must regulate the proliferation of stem, progenitor and differentiated cells to build, maintain, and repair tissues. Control of cell-cycle entry has been conceptualized by the restriction point, a time when cells escape the need for mitogens to complete the cell cycle. Our recent single-cell microscopy studies revealed sequential decisions ...
Redox active oxides, with mixed ionic and electronic conductivity, are critical components in a wide range of energy technologies, serving as electrodes in fuel cells and batteries, and as reactive substrates in solar-driven thermochemical reactors. Accurate knowledge of the surface reaction rate constant, is essential for both optimal design of ...
Join us for a conversation with Manish Chandra, founder and CEO at Poshmark, a social marketplace platform for buying and selling clothing items. Before Poshmark, Manish founded Kaboodle, also a social shopping company. He has experience as a software engineer at Intel and as a marketing executive at Versant, Versata ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Foreshadow: Breaking the Virtual Memory Abstraction with Transient Out-of-Order ExecutionForeshadow is a speculative execution attack on Intel processors which allows an attacker to steal sensitive information stored inside personal computers or third party clouds. Foreshadow has two versions, the original attack designed to extract data from SGX enclaves and a Next-Generation version which affects Virtual Machines (VMs), hypervisors (VMM), ...
Santa Cruz Forestry ChallengeThe Forestry Challenge is an academic event for high school students in technical forestry and current forestry topics. Participants spend four days in the forest learning about the ecology and management of the forested landscapes that provide communities with water, recreational opportunities, wood products, and wildlife habitat. Youth benefit by better ...
Where: Boulder CreekCost: $185/person
Thursday, 10/11/18
On the origin of the ultra-high energy cosmic-raysThe origin of the ultra-high energy cosmic-rays (UHECRs) is still unknown. I will show that the observational data on the spectrum and composition can be explained by a generic model having one Galactic component and one extragalactic component. I will also discuss the origin of the UHECR dipole anisotropy recently ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Carbonate formation in meteorite parent bodies: Clues from in-situ C and O isotope analysesCarbonaceous chondrites show evidence for fluid alteration in planetesimals within a few million years of the Solar Systenm's formation. To understand the formation conditions of carbonates in CM chondrites, we measured the C and O isotopic composition of Ca-carbinates and the O isotopic composition of magnetite. These minerals form via ...
Edward W. Felten is Robert E. Kahn Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs at Princeton University. His research interests include computer security and privacy, and public policy issues relating to information technology.
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Design in Research - How do you use design to support and shape R&D?Corporate Research and Development is evolving, and it increasingly incorporates user experience design, design research, and service design into the earliest stages. The historical separation between basic research, applied research and productization erodes as research horizons shorten, technology diffuses more rapidly, and companies want to take bigger risks sooner. When ...
In a pickle over preservation techniques for food, foodways, or ways of life? Follow kimchi fermentation at Pairings and archival films with Cinema Arts and delve into different strategies to safeguard today’s treasures for tomorrow. Kimchi-Making Workshop: With Krautsource6:30, 7:30, and 8:30 p.m. | Gallery 4 Explainer StationOriginally, Korean kimchi salted and fermented vegetables ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $17.95 advance, $19.95 at the door
How to make a topological quantum fluid in 10 easy stepsSince the mid-90s, scientists have been cooling atoms to temperatures lower than that of any other system in the known Universe. These quantum fluids are new materials in which questions from many realms of science, like quantum information and superconductivity, can be studied experimentally. Faced with the short-comings of atoms ...
7:00-7:25: Fabio Barry(Stanford/ Art History) on "Where Do White Temples Come From?"The Acropolis was an anomaly... the Greeks strove to build in light...Read more7:25-7:50: Carrie Partch(UCSC/ Biochemistry) on "Morning Larks and Night Owls: Differences in Human Circadian Rhythms Shed Light on How our Clock Works"How molecular clocks measure ...
WHAT: Â Beyond a Candle in the Dark Respectfully Debunking Conspiracy TheoriesHow do you get through to conspiracy theorists, especially those who are close to you like friends and family? Often the first step someone takes on their journey out of the rabbit hole is the realization that they and ...
Speaker: Sylvain Barbot, Earth Observatory of Singapore
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
Discovery of New Two-Dimensional Materials with Electro-Active FunctionalityIn this talk, two different strategies for the discovery of new two-dimensional (2D) materials with electro-active functionality will be introduced. Our new 2D materials are created based on the engineering of crystal structure dealing with electrons, showing unprecedented physical properties. The first material, “electrideâ€, which is regarded as a ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
'No Belles' - San RafaelNo Belles is a dramatic production about women scientists and the Nobel prize. Portal Theatre is a theater company based in Portland, OR, whose play "No Belles" focuses on the lives of women scientists who won Nobel Prizes and some who did not. It was performed at the Fall 2017 ...
Where: San RafaelCost: $15 General, $8 Students
Celebrating Stephen Hawking: How Black Holes are Not Quite BlackScientists and science enthusiasts are mourning the passing of Stephen Hawking, one of the great minds and spirits of our time. In this introductory, non-technical talk, Andrew Fraknoi will briefly summarize Hawking’s life, and talk about the importance of his scientific work. He’ll focus particularly on Hawking’s work merging the ...
Where: Los Altos HillsCost: Free ($3 parking)
Saturday, 10/13/18
Creative Coding Fest for Students and Teachers - CCFestSFCC Fest is an opportunity for students and teachers to engage in creative coding. Come spend a day making interactive and engaging digital art, animation, games. Teachers will work on bringing coding projects to their classes. Students will be introduced to projects that will help build their creative portfolios.RSVP at ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Guided Nature Walk Experience the beauty and rich natural history of this 535-acre preserve. Our guided nature walks are on Saturdays throughout fall and spring. Participants are divided into small groups and paired with a trained Bouverie volunteer to explore the mixed evergreen forest and flower-carpeted oak woodland. Guided Nature Walks begin at 10:00am ...
Where: Glen EllenCost: $20 suggested donation
Hayward Fault 150th Anniversary of Great Quake tour Tule PondsFree tours of the Hayward Fault (registration required), with lecture, activities, and tour included. Children welcome, under 10 must be accompanied by an adult. Wear comfortable shoes.
Where: FremontCost: Free
Rock, Gem and Mineral ShowThere will be display cases of our club lapidary classes, field trips, jewelry and member interests. Dealers will be selling hand crafted jewelry, gemstones, fossils, mineral specimens, collectable rocks for home display and other items. Raffle and door prize drawings! All children get a free ticket for the Treasure Wheel ...
Where: Los AltosCost: Adults $5, Children 12-18 $2
Wildlife Conservation ExpoEvery year, WCN’s Wildlife Conservation Expos provide a unique opportunity to bring together wildlife’s most ardent supporters with some of the world’s leading conservationists to connect, share stories, and make life-long friendships. At Expo you can hear what it’s like to live and work in some of the most remote parts of the world ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $100 General, $50 Students
Family Bird WalkLet family walks become a shared time of nature learning. We’ll begin by helping kids create their personal bird watching field guides, and then head out onto the trails to find those birds. A limited number of binoculars are available to borrow. Recommended for children ages 5-10. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. Register ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
Golden Gate Raptor Observatory Hawk TalkThe Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Conditions permitting, a banding volunteer will bring up a newly banded hawk, talk about the banding program, and release the hawk in front of the crowd. ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Trekking the ModelJoin a Ranger or docent on a guided tour of the Bay Model, a 1.5-acre hydraulic model of the San Francisco Bay and Delta. Discover the stories of the two major operations that took place at this location between 1942 - 2000.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Headlands Nightlife: Family Night Hike & CampfireExplore the mysterious lifestyle of nocturnal animals that start their day just as you're going to bed! Learn about special adaptations that allow owls, bats and other nighttime critters to hunt by moonlight.
Where: SausalitoCost: 15
Gravitational Waves and the Glow of Cosmic GoldIn October 2017, Earthlings detected gravitational waves - ripples in the fabric of space time - from the violent merger of two ultra-dense neutron stars. The signals showed that collision debris self-assembled into heavy elements, such as gold and platinum, providing an explanation for the cosmic origin of these special ...
Where: Mill ValleyCost: Free
Taking HeatTaking Heat is a global warming surfing safari. The endless summer meets the endless summer. Laugh and learn at the same time.The first show about climate change that is written and performed by an actual scientist(and comedian) - Tim Lee. Taking Heat is an educational comedy that follows Tim’s expedition around ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: $43 - $13
Sunday, 10/14/18
Fish, Fins, and Flukes Fall Festival Fish, Fins, and Flukes Fall Festival is a one-of-a-kind community event for all ages. Guests will explore our marine lab’s Science Showcase featuring unique science artifacts, our skull collection, and a whale of a skeleton (or two!). Family crafts, food truck (El Buen Taco), and live music from The Singing ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: $9 General, $7 Senior, student, Child, Free member
Garden Goddesses: Four California Women and Their Legendary GardensCelebrate the achievements of great women gardeners! In his new talk, “Garden Goddesses: Four California Women and Their Legendary Gardens,†popular garden writer Donald Olson takes you on an informative and entertaining tour of some spectacular California gardens and introduces you to the remarkable women who created them. You’ll meet ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $20 General, $15 Members
Rock, Gem and Mineral ShowThere will be display cases of our club lapidary classes, field trips, jewelry and member interests. Dealers will be selling hand crafted jewelry, gemstones, fossils, mineral specimens, collectable rocks for home display and other items. Raffle and door prize drawings! All children get a free ticket for the Treasure Wheel ...
Where: Los AltosCost: Adults $5, Children 12-18 $2
This month we celebrate Halloween with a creepy collection of stories about the animals that live in the deepest parts of the ocean! Learn how elephant seal's can dive to 5000 feet and stay underwater for 2 hours at a time without imploding (!), find out how a sperm whale ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Golden Gate Raptor Observatory Hawk TalkThe Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Conditions permitting, a banding volunteer will bring up a newly banded hawk, talk about the banding program, and release the hawk in front of the crowd. ...
All parts of the carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology have been fully tested and implemented over several decades and is recognized as a key technology for least-cost climate change mitigation on a global scale. However, its deployment rate is significantly slower than projected by organizations such as the IEA, ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Exploring novel probes and methods for cosmologyThere are still many unknowns that cosmological observations might help unveiling. Among these, the value for the sum of neutrino masses and the force driving the accelerated expansion of the Universe are some of the most interesting challenges. In this talk I will discuss a fairly new probe, the cosmic ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Revealing Young Planet Population from ALMA Large Program-DSHARP Despite thousands of planets have been discovered, these planets are billions of years old and we know little about their formation processes. To understand planet formation, we need to study young planets which are still growing in protoplanetary disks. Ideally, we would like to know both the properties of each ...
Synthetic chemists have long been inspired by the ability of nature to design and engineer complex natural products. Nature builds small molecules for a plethora of reasons including the protection of plants from fungal infections, insect damage, and the invasion of competitive species. These critical components of plant protection have ...
Dr. Danielson will discuss gigaton-scale grand challenges ripe for disruptive innovation to solve the global climate crisis by mid-century. He will also discuss his efforts at Stanford and in the private sector to support top climate-tech innovators.Speaker: David Danielson, Stanford
Speaker: Gonzalo Torroba of the Centro Atómico Bariloche.
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Topology and entanglement detected by partial transposePartial transpose is a useful operation in quantum many-body systems, that can be used to detect quantum entanglement. For example, it can beused to define a quantum entanglement measure -- entanglement negativity -- that can detect quantum correlation in mixed quantum states. In this talk, I will describe how partial ...
The quality, scope, and impact of U.S. science and technology is admired the world over. International scientific collaborations highlight key values including evidence, peer review, transparency, teamwork, and dialog. Scientific leadership and technological prowess are also elements of national power and national security for the U.S. and for other nations. ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
GALAXY EVOLUTIONDr. Guillermo Barro of the University of the Pacific studies the formation and evolution of massive galaxies over cosmic time. He will discuss pushing our detection of massive galaxies earlier in time, as well as understanding the physics of their structures and stellar populations.Editor's Note: This event was originally scheduled ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
NOVA VIDEO - WHAT'S THE UNIVERSE MADE OF? RESCHEDULEDA presentation of the PBS NOVA video "What's the Universe Made Of?" Peer into the deep unknowns of the universe to explore the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.Editor's Note: This event was rescheduled to Oct 8.
The Radiative Drivers of Climate Change: Known Knowns and Known UnknownsWe present four new findings regarding the state of knowledge and remaining uncertainties concerning the main anthropogenic agents of climate change, namely carbon dioxide and methane. We will show the first direct observations of the upward trends in the greenhouse effects (GHEs) of these gases, a demonstration that the remaining ...
Daphne Koller is the Founder and CEO of insitro which is leveraging cutting-edge machine learning techniques to aid in the drug discovery and development process. Daphne co-founded Coursera, the world’s largest online education platform. She has served as the company’s Co-CEO and President and remains on the Coursera Board. Previously she ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
'No Belles' - StanfordNo Belles is a dramatic production about women scientists and the Nobel prize. Portal Theatre is a theater company based in Portland, OR, whose play "No Belles" focuses on the lives of women scientists who won Nobel Prizes and some who did not. It was performed at the Fall 2017 ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free, registration required
From Climate Reality to Project Drawdown: Is This Happening to Us or for Us?This program will serve as a way-finding event that balances the realism of climate change with the practical solutions currently at work with the Buckminster Fuller Institute and Project Drawdown. The density and intensity of the presentations inspire action. The audience will be challenged to find their own voices and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members, $8 Students
Andy Weir: From Silicon Valley to MarsWith two massive bestsellers in The Martian and Artemis, Andy Weir might be the current king of sci-fi. But only recently, Weir was a Silicon Valley programmer shopping a manuscript about an astronaut marooned on Mars. Failing to find a book deal, he published it on his website, crowdsourcing its ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 Advance, $25 at door
Exploring Our Galactic NeighborhoodIt is important to know what is going on in your neighborhood, and that is also true of the immediate vicinity of our Sun in the Milky Way Galaxy. The Sun, along with our nearest stellar neighbors, is moving through giant clouds of interstellar gas and dust. Indeed, there is ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members & Seniors
Tuesday, 10/16/18
Hawk Identification Field ClassJoin Step Wilson (Golden Gate Raptor Observatory Hawkwatch Manager) for this unique outing in the field to practice your hawk identification skills with the fall migration! Meet at the trail head gate to Hawk Hill at the top of Conzelman Rd at 11am. After a steep and gravelly 250 yard ...
The Next Earthquake and the South BaySilicon Valley has long been one of the major drivers of our economy, but what will happen when the region is faced with its next earthquake? The USGS has been preparing the report HayWired, which looks at the impacts that a large quake might have on the Bay Area. Learn ...
Where: San JoseCost: $10 General, Free for Members
Measuring the Universe with Galaxy Clustering and MotionsI will review some recent advances in studies of large-scale structure, focusing on the latest clustering results from our VIPERS project at the ESO VLT, together with parallel development of analysis and modeling techniques. With 90,000 galaxy redshifts and multi-band photometric information, VIPERS has delivered at redshift 0.5 < z ...
The role of molecular spectroscopy in physics has evolved over the years. It was traditionally used to study molecular structure and its underlying quantum mechanics. Later, it led to various applications, including the first “atomic clock†that was actually based on molecular vibrations. More recent advances in techniques for quantum ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Botswana to Bolivia - The Life of an Itinerant Science EducatorPhilip Deutschle (Salinas High School and Hartnell College instructor) will give the Applied Physics/Physics colloquium entitled "Botswana to Bolivia - the Life of an Itinerant Science Educator."
Speaker: Alex Stamos, former chief security officer, Facebook
Where: StanfordCost: Free
'No Belles' - Santa CruzNo Belles is a dramatic production about women scientists and the Nobel prize. Portal Theatre is a theater company based in Portland, OR, whose play "No Belles" focuses on the lives of women scientists who won Nobel Prizes and some who did not. It was performed at the Fall 2017 ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free, registration required
From Cowboys to Communities: Changing the Face of Space ExplorationAs humans prepare to venture once more into deep space, there is a clear need for creating new models for space exploration and expanding the roles for those who travel in space and eventually settle on other worlds, and for those on the ground whose work ensures their success.In our first ...
The physiology of phytoplankton in fluctuating lightLight fluxes in natural conditions vary in time scales of seconds to days. I will focus on two areas of research that are being used to generate new hypotheses about how algae and cyanobacteria maintain growth and photosynthetic efficiency in fluctuating light. We have used systems biology tools to uncover ...
Ambitious low-carbon transitions are underway in many jurisdictions, requiring the large-scale expansion of renewable energy. Simultaneously, growing energy demand in emerging economies is being met with rapid energy development, with the declining costs of wind and solar technologies making them among the most competitive options. These recent developments suggest the ...
Democratizing Data ScienceDespite great strides in the generation, collection, and processing of data at scale, data science is still extremely inconvenient for the vast majority of the population. The driving goal of our research is to make it easy for individuals and teams â regardless of programming or analysis expertise â manage, ...
Join us for a conversation with Puneet Agarwal, partner at True Ventures. Before True Ventures, Agarwal began his career as a product manager at a software startup later sold to IBM. After, he worked in tech investment banking and venture capital at the Mayfield Fund. Agarwal has several years of ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Rapid Adoption of Cloud Data Warehouse Technology Using Datometry Hyper-QThe database industry is about to undergo a fundamental transformation of unprecedented magnitude as enterprises start trading their well-established database stacks on premises for cloud database technology in order to take advantage of the economics cloud service providers have long promised. Industry experts and analysts expect the next years to ...
The last century has seen a revolution in our understanding of the universe and our place in it. We now know that the universe is about 13.8 billion years old and is only about 5% normal matter - the stuff we’re made up of, like protons, neutrons, electrons. Uncovering the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Nerd Night San Francisco #101: Spines, Sex Addiction, & Pain!A musculoskeletal expert zeroes in on spinal health in zero gravity, a clinical psychologist pours us a nice big bowl of sex addiction (with milk), and an evolutionary biologist/behavioral neuroscientist slices through cephalopod pain. No tricks here - just a typical October Nerd Nite of treats, including tunes, drinks, and ...
Mushrooms of Los Trancos Reserve Doug Smith wil be speaking about his long term fungal documentation of Los Trancos Reserve in Palo Alto. Many of the fungi found in those mixed oak woodlands are also found throughout the Bay Area, so it will be a good, local, pre-season mushroom refresher course for all!
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
'No Belles' - San JoseNo Belles is a dramatic production about women scientists and the Nobel prize. Portal Theatre is a theater company based in Portland, OR, whose play "No Belles" focuses on the lives of women scientists who won Nobel Prizes and some who did not. It was performed at the Fall 2017 ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free, registration required
Thursday, 10/18/18
Drones: Technology, Policy, and SocietyRecently, there has been an immense surge of interest in using unmanned aerial vehicles, also known as drones, for civil applications. New drone services such as commercial package delivery, aerial surveillance, emergency supply delivery, videography, and search and rescue are coming to the fore in the US and worldwide. New ...
Learning about Black Hole and Galaxy Co-evolution using the “COSMOSâ€Observations indicate that supermassive black holes (SMBHs, 10**6-10**9 Msun) dwell at the centers of most local galaxies. Scaling relations between SMBH mass and several large-scale properties of the host galaxies point to a co-ordindated growth of galaxies and their central engines over cosmic time: they "co-evolve". Who is the leading ...
LED Lighting: Cool and BrightSpeaker: Mr. Benny Smith, Consultant, Vision SmithEditor's Note: This talk was originally scheduled on October 4.
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
The Dynamics of the Local Group in the Era of Precision AstrometryOur understanding of the dynamics of our Local Group of galaxies has changed dramatically over the past few years owing to significant advancements in astrometry and our theoretical understanding of galaxy structure. New surveys now enable us to map the 3D structure of our Milky Way and the dynamics of ...
We usually think of cells as small, simple, building blocks of life, but in fact cells are highly complex nanomachines capable of sensing their environment, moving, hunting, solving problems, and even learning. This talk will use specific examples of cells that do crazy-sounding things, such as cells that walk, cells ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Fire and Ice: Documentary Storytelling and the Climate CrisisStephen Most will speak about visual storytelling as an effective form of public education on crucial subjects that mass media tend to ignore, misrepresent or present without adequate context. He will discuss how documentaries convey experiences that enlarge the viewer's understanding. Focusing on Oil on Ice and Wilder than Wild: Fires, Forests ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members, $8 Students
From the synapses in our bodies to superconductors to Earth’s magnetic field, electricity is everywhere. Get a charge out of Van de Graff generators and Tesla coils and encounter germanium’s potential at Everything Matters.Electrified Plants With Alex Pinigis7:00 and 9:00 p.m. | Gallery 3, Webcast StudioProve Your Textbooks Wrong With Zeke Kossover7:30, 8:30, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: 17.95 advance, 19.95 door, AD members free
Extraterrestrial NightlifeExplore the mysteries beyond our solar system with a night dedicated to the search for extraterrestrials. Join experts from the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View for fascinating talks on exoplanets and life beyond Earth.Meet members of the Kepler, K2, and TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) missions and learn ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
In 1971 after 800,000 gallons of crude oil spilled into the bay, concerned individuals led by a registered nurse named Alice Berkner jumped into action, bringing International Bird Rescue (“Bird Rescueâ€) to life. We have always had to pave a road where there is none. Staff and volunteers work with tenacity alongside clients, partners, and ...
Detecting Dark BlobsMost current dark matter detection strategies, including both direct and indirect efforts, are based on the assumption that the galactic dark matter number density is quite high, allowing for the detection of rare scattering events. Such a paradigm arises naturally if the dark matter self-interactions are weak. However, strong interactions ...
Location matters…no compound operates in isolation without interacting with its local environment. Metalloproteins are example systems whose active sites contain intricate structures that aid the performance of specific functions with high selectivities and efficiencies. The complexity of these systems complicates the study of their function and the understanding of the ...
Wild Rivers @ 50Featuring a panel of policy and literary experts, we’ll swap stories of past successes, reflect on legislative wins, and generate new ideas for river conservation efforts moving forward. We’ll highlight priority threats for the coming years, such as Temperance Flat and the Shasta Dam raise, and emphasize the critical need ...
Where: OaklandCost: $20 - $50
The Basics of Astrophotography, Part III: USB Camera Planetary, Solar and Lunar ImagingThe presentation will give an introduction to USB camera based planetary, solar and lunar imaging. Amateurs realized the potential of digital video astronomy for 'Lucky Imaging' when the first simple PC webcams entered the consumer market. Quickly an ecosystem evolved, many individuals contributed and turned the devices made for web ...
Designathon on Tour: Urban Swarm BehaviorThe ‘Designathon on Tour’ brings together talented people from the creative economy of both cities - Zurich and San Francisco - during the weekend of October 20/21.The Swiss Designathon Team and swissnex San Francisco invite you to participate in the co-creation process on topics around urbanization and technology. The format ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 - $25
The Bay Model Wants You!!!Become part of Sausalito’s very own attraction known around the world! We have a variety of volunteer positions that are suited for people just like you! Greet visitors, lead tours, work with school groups, and more! Come and be a part of one of the largest working hydraulic models in ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Earthquakes: How, Why - and What to DoTo mark both the 29th anniversary week of the 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta earthquake (October 17, 1989) and Earth Science Week (October 14 - 21), join us for a morning of hands-on science activities and a lively discussion about earthquakes with science educator and author Cary Sneider (Jake and the Quake) ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
A shaky anniversary: Lessons learned since the October 21, 1868 Hayward earthquakeIn 1868, a destructive earthquake ruptured along the Hayward fault in the Eastern Bay Area, which was then referred to as the “Great San Francisco earthquakeâ€. It lost that name to the much larger 1906 earthquake on the San Andreas fault across the Bay.During the last 150 years, much research ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Golden Gate Raptor Observatory Hawk TalkThe Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Conditions permitting, a banding volunteer will bring up a newly banded hawk, talk about the banding program, and release the hawk in front of the crowd. ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Laser-Plasma Accelerators: Riding the Wave to the Next Generation X-Ray Light SourcesParticle accelerators have been revolutionizing discoveries in science, medicine, industry and national security for over a century. An estimated 30,000 particle accelerators are currently active around the world. In these machines, electromagnetic fields accelerate charged particles to velocities nearing the speed of light. Although their scientific appeal will remain evident ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free with admission
Voices in the DarkJoin us for a special dusk/night hike (relatively flat) in search of the two inhabitants whose nightly sounds "haunt" many of our human visitors: The coyote and the great horned owl. Along the way, we will learn more about the secret lives of these reclusive creatures. Â Â Three hours. Five miles. ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
INTERNATIONAL OBSERVE THE MOON NIGHTThe 16" telescope will be open, and many PAS Members will have telescopes next to the observatory availble for viewing as well. NASA Scientist BRAIN DAY will bring his meteorite collection, Moon Rocks and even a meteoritic sample of MARS!Park in Lot #4
Where: Los Altos HillsCost: Free ($3 parking)
A Celebration of Mind: Mathematics, Art, and MagicMartin Gardner was considered one of the pre-eminent magicians of the 20th century, an expert on Lewis Carroll, a champion puzzler, and the creator of recreational mathematics. Every year dozens of mathematicians, artists, and magicians gather from around the country for a Celebration of Mind to play, perform, and provoke ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
City Star Party @ The ExplOratoriumCome join us for our monthly San Francisco City Star Party. SFAA members provide telescopes for your viewing pleasure. Be sure to check the SFAA website for the latest updates…bad weather or overcast skies will cancel!
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Jazz Under the StarsCome peer through our telescopes and see craters on the Moon, the visible planets, star clusters, and more while we listen to CSM's very own KCSM Jazz 91 FM. Dress warmly. Free parking in Marie Curie Lot 5. Directions are available on the Maps, Directions & Parking page.
