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 ...
