Color Colloquium: BrazilCome join us for this wonderful opportunity to learn all about the native dye plants of Brazil and the conservation concerns surrounding their use and harvest. The Garden is thrilled to invite master dyers from Brazil, Eber Lopes- Ferreira and Alexandra Oliviera to present this colloquium in partnership with Slow ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $40 General, $35 Member
Sea Level Rise, Extreme Water Levels, and Coastal Erosion How Bad Could It Be? - CANCELEDSea level rise will radically redefine the coastline of the 21st century. For many regions, projections of the global rise of up to 2 meters by the year 2100, are comparable to the short-lived extremes we experience now due to storms. The 21st century will see significant changes to coastal ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free with Admission
Cancelled: Observing the Sky: (Some) Astronomical Innovation From Then to Now, and Annual DinnerTo: Our Dear Members,From: The Entire EAS Board of DirectorsYour EAS Board of Directors has met to assess the risk that the coronavirus poses to the attendees of our Annual Awards dinner, their families, and to the greater community but much is unknown.Official advisories are strongly recommending the cancellation of ...
OneAPI on Heterogenous Computing & HumanCentric vs. Smartphone Centric Methods Patterns of diseases are changing; they relate less and less to sudden infections or crippling accidents, and on a growing scale they develop as slow and debilitating afflictions caused by repetitive harmful behaviors (e.g., poor nutrition). These behaviors relate to different domains - the physical, psychological, social and environmental - ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: Free
Extreme spin-triplet superconductivity in uranium ditelluride - CANCELEDWe recently discovered a new superconducting state in UTe2 below 1.6 K. This state emerges from a heavy fermion normal state, coexists with strong spin fluctuations, has an extremely high upper critical field of 35 T, and supports an even higher-field reentrant superconducting phase between 40 T and 65 T. ...
A new generation of x-ray free-electron laser sources is opening a new chapter in the investigation of matter. After the early experience with the first free-electron laser powered by a superconducting linear accelerator, the FLASH facility at DESY, the experimental activity at the European XFEL started in late 2017 and the completion of the ...
Physics for maggots - CANCELEDWhen a fruit fly lays an egg, in twenty four hours that single cell transforms into a fully functioning maggot;  within just three hours, a blueprint for the body plan can be read from the spatially varying concentrations of just a few different molecules. These molecules are at very low ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
RESCHEDULED to 5.20.20 Quantifying Quality of Life of SmartphoneCentric via HumanCentric Methods rescheduled to 5.20.20Patterns of diseases are changing; they relate less and less to sudden infections or crippling accidents, and on a growing scale they develop as slow and debilitating afflictions caused by repetitive harmful behaviors (e.g., poor nutrition). These behaviors relate to different domains - the physical, psychological, social and ...
I will present two recent technologies our group has developed that harness RNA regulation - one for basic science purposes and one for therapeutic development. First, I will describe new methods that use our RNA polymerase-based biosensors to harness evolution in order to probe the emergence of “selectivity†between biomolecular ...
This lecture draws heavily on Dr. Holdren’s career-long engagement with environmental policy and science policy, culminating in his roles in the White House under Presidents Clinton (as a member of his Council of Advisors on Science and Technology) and Obama (as the longest-serving Science Advisor to the President since the ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Coronavirus / COVID-19 - CANCELEDHow and why does coronavirus jump species? What are the mechanisms of infection, and what kinds of vaccines and therapeutic measures are being developed? Join us for an informative talk with Drs. Brooke Harmon & Oscar Negrete, virologists who study emerging infectious disease at Sandia National Laboratories.Editor's Note: This event ...
A search is underway to find intelligent life in the universe. Can SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) researchers detect radio, infrared, or optical signals from other civilizations? Current and future SETI projects, including the new $100-million Breakthrough Prize Foundation "Listen" project, may provide an answer.Speaker: Dan Werthimer, UC Berkeley and ...
Photovoltaic solar electricity has grown much faster than was expected. Continuation of the historical growth rate would enable solar to generate as much electricity as the entire world uses by ~ 2030. California, in particular, has taken a leading role; 19% of electricity generated in 2018 in the state of ...
In "Let Them Drown," the 2016 London Edward W. Said lecture, Naomi Klein called attention, as Rob Nixon's "Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor" had done, to the nexus of climate change, (colonial) racism and poverty. But she shifted the spotlight onto the oft-overlooked low-lying island nations. Their ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Combatting Coronavirus in Our Community: What Works, Why Now -LIVESTREAM ONLYCombatting the coronavirus pandemic has quickly become a global health priority. Communities across the United States, including here in the Bay Area, are using a range of strategies to mitigate the spread of coronavirus spread. In its first program on the coronavirus crisis, The Commonwealth Club will feature two experts who ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with registration
Rivers on Fire: Working in Environmental Regulation - Livestream OnlyIn 1969, the Cuyahoga River caught on fire for the thirteenth time. This event catalyzed a decade of environmental legislation in the U.S. including the National Environmental Policy Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Endangered Species Act. How do water-quality and natural resource agency staff balance development and the ...
Where: TiburonCost: Free
Department of Chemistry ColloquiumImposing and Exploiting Diffusional Constraints to Control Access to Active SitesSpeaker: Samuel Leung, UC BerkeleySecondary Metabolism in ABE-Fermenting ClostridiaBacteria of the genus Clostridium are obligate anaerobic organisms historically valued for bioprocessing of sugars into acetone, butanol, and ethanol (ABE). Recent genomic analyses have revealed both the diversity of ABE producers ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Diverse Perspectives on Conservation Action in CaliforniaFeaturing: Dan Gluesenkamp, Executive Director, California Native Plant SocietyHeath Bartosh, Co-Founder and Senior Botanist, Nomad EcologyBart O'Brien, Director, Regional Parks Botanic GardenHolly Forbes, Curator, UC Botanical GardenFollowing these four presentations a panel discussion will be moderated by Dr. Vanessa Handley, Director of Collections and Research at the UC Botanical Garden.
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free to $100
Tech & the City Series - Artificial You: AI and the Future of your Mind - POSTPONEDFrom driverless cars to neural netting, AI is infiltrating our lives at every level, raising questions of consciousness and selfhood that have resounding implications for the future of humanity. Susan Schneider examines these and other pressing philosophical questions. Interspersing provocative thought experiments - like shopping for an AI mind in ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, Free for members
In general relativity, the presence of matter can curve spacetime, and the path of a light ray will be deflected as a result. This process is called gravitational lensing, analogous to the deflection of light by (e.g. glass) lenses in optics.In rare and extreme cases, light can take different paths ...
Since Fall 2002, the Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering has hosted the Silicon Valley Leaders Symposium (SVLS). The Symposium hosts industry and technology leaders to talk about business and technology trends. It also features prominent leaders who discuss broader societal and political issues that shape our life and society.Speaker: ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
After Dark: Synthetic Biology - CANCELEDTransformations in DNA synthesis are changing agriculture, medicine, and scientific research - but how, and what long-term effects will synthetic biology have on society and the environment? Find out more about this relatively new discipline and how it’s pushing the boundaries of science. And don’t miss the latest in our ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, $14.95 Daytime Members
Analog Nightlife - CANCELEDTune into NightLife and drop out of the digital world when NightLife transforms the museum into a phone-free zone with an experimental night dedicated to life in the analog.Our one-night, slow-down-and-watch-the-fishes experiment only works if we’re all in it together, so we’ve asked Yondr to help everybody place their phones ...
CANCELLED: BioFutures: Hacking the Human GenomeHaving your DNA analyzed is now as easy as spitting into a tube, and companies compete to offer genetic revelations about your ancestry and risk of disease. Are there downsides to allowing such easy access to our genetic information? Can our DNA also be translated into new to ways to connect? ...
Electrical Control of Interlayer Exciton Dynamics in Semiconducting Atomically Thin Heterostructures - CANCELEDVan der Waals heterostructures constructed of 2-dimensional (2-D) materials such as single layer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have sparked wide interest because of their large excitonic binding energy, allowing the exploration of novel quantum optical effects in a solid-state system and new opto-electronic devices. In this talk, I ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Is there a Star Party in Your Future? There Should Be! - CANCELEDThe severe light pollution levels in the urban and suburban areas in which we live make it nearly impossible to see the Milky Way and greatly limits everything else that we are able to see from our backyards or even nearby parks. Light pollution filters and narrow band imaging helps ...
Where: LivermoreCost: Free
Saturday, 03/21/20
CANCELLED Science CarnivalThe Center will be closed to the public through Tuesday, March 31. All public gatherings and events at Chabot through March 31 are currently cancelled or postponed in order to keep our community healthy and safe.https://chabotspace.org/visit/keeping-our-community-healthy/March is Women’s History Month and Chabot is partnering with Scientific Adventures for Girls to honor ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free with Admission
Frog Docent Training - CANCELEDDocents monitor habitat conditions for and educate hikers about native foothill yellow-legged frogs. The required training begins at the Sky Oaks Headquarters in Fairfax with a discussion of frog biology and population threats, radio training and methods for engaging the public. At noon we take a 3 mile round-trip hike ...
Saturdays in the Garden - CANCELEDInterested in learning more about the Bay Model waterfront? Stop by the Native Plant Garden on Saturdays to enjoy the garden and learn the latest about natural resources and recreational opportunities on Richardson Bay. Be sure to visit us on these Saturday afternoons for special activities.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Trekking the Model - CANCELEDJoin 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.
