Intrinsically disordered peptides are a special class of proteins that do not fold to a unique three-dimensional shape. These proteins play important roles in the cell, from signaling to serving as structural scaffolds. Under pathological conditions, these proteins are capable of self-assembling into structures that are toxic to the cell, ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Stress and Symbiosis: How a Crop Plant Prioritizes Communication with Friendly FungiUnderstanding how plants respond to drought is critical to improving agricultural yields under increasingly frequent droughts as a result of climate change. The UC lab grew the naturally drought-tolerant food crop sorghum in the field under drought stress to look at how this changes its gene expression. Their work revealed ...
 2019 Holiday HoursThanksgiving (November 28): 10 am - 3 pmChristmas Eve (December 24): 9:30 am - 5 pmChristmas Day (December 25): 11 am - 5 pmNew Year's Eve (December 31): 9:30 am - 5 pmNew Year's Day (January 1, 2020): 9:30 am - 5 pmNovember 29-30 & December 26-30: Open until 6 pmÂ
Celebrate the return of Pacific Grove's monarch butterfly population during Magnificent Monarchs. View live butterflies up close, migrate like a monarch, and learn how to garden with butterflies in mind. You can help our visiting monarchs by taking home your very own native wildflower pot!Science Saturdays 2019-2020Â Science Saturdays are family ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: Free
Photowalk: Inspiration PointEnjoy a two-hour photowalk led by knowledgeable photographer Doc Miles. Take a moderate walk from Inspiration Point and learn photo techniques along the way! Bring your personal camera equipment. Appropriate for teens and up. Reservations required, please email: parkphotographer@gmail.com. Rain cancels.
Come 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.This event is weather dependent. Latest ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
Monday, 12/02/19
Arm AIoT Dev SummitArm AIoT Dev Summit is a developer-focused conference to cast vision and share actionable technical knowledge to developers, data scientists, product managers, and all engineers and architects in IoT, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. Attendees will connect with industry leaders who will conduct deep-dive training, facilitate hands-on workshops and share real-world ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: $49 thru 11/17 with code, $149 after
Precision Cosmology with the Cosmic Microwave BackgroundThe cosmic microwave background (CMB) provides unparalleled views into the early universe and its later evolution. Recent and ongoing experiments have contributed to our understanding of neutrinos, dark energy, and dark matter through measurements of large scale structure imprinted on the CMB and constrained the conditions in the early universe, ...
Biomolecules are exquisitely adept at molecular recognition and self-assembly, enabling them to direct all of the processes that make life possible. These capabilities have been fine-tuned by billions of years of evolution, and more recently, have been harnessed in the laboratory to enable the use of biomolecules for applications beyond ...
Microbes are nature’s chemists, capable of producing and metabolizing a diverse array of compounds. In the human gut, microbial biochemistry can be beneficial, for example by producing vitamins or breaking down the complex carbohydrates of our diet; or detrimental, such as reactivating an inactive drug metabolite and causing patient toxicity. ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Molecular mechanism of DNA replication - from origins to forks and factoriesIn eukaryotes, DNA replication origins are activated in the late G1 phase of cell cycle, in which Origin Recognition Complex recruits the helicase core Mcm2-7 onto DNA and assemble an inactive double-hexamer. The Mcm2-7 double-hexamer is converted to two active CMG (Cdc45-Mcm2-7-GINS) helicases at the G1-to-S transition. And in the ...
The electric power industry is going through a digital transformation just like every other industry.  In particular, the digital transformation is enabling new approaches to customer participation, efficiency of operation (enabling the workforce), reliability and resiliency, and asset management. This discussion will focus in particular on the tremendous opportunities to ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Building an artificial brain with neuro-inspired deep learningThe field of Computer Vision explores how to make machines understand visual data in various ways. Modern Computer Vision started out with optimizing statistical machine learning methods primarily using hand-crafted "features" for tasks such as Object Detection, Segmentation, and Tracking. Another inspiration behind Computer Vision techniques comes from looking into ...
We have been applying the mathematics of information theory - originally developed for human communication systems and computers - to humpback whales in order to measure the complexity of their vocalizations. Is their "language" as complex as ours, or even more complex? Are there general rules for communicating knowledge that ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members & Seniors
