The Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) Consortium has finished the first truly complete 3.055 billion base pair (bp) sequence of a human genome, representing the largest improvement to the human reference genome since its initial release. The new T2T-CHM13 reference includes gapless assemblies for all 22 autosomes, plus chromosomes X and Y, corrects ...
Where: Cost: Free
The Vision for the EU’s Digital Decade - LivestreamIn this special presentation, guest speaker Roberto Viola, Director-General of the European Commission’s department for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT) will discuss how the EU is positioning itself in the face of fast digitalisation of our societies and our economies. How is Europe promoting strategic digital technologies and digital sovereignty in ...
It is critical to improve our understanding of the impacts of the ocean/atmosphere system on climate as Earth undergoes unprecedented change. Current models are limited in their treatment of marine aerosols, atmospheric chemistry, and clouds. A particularly challenging area involves determining the impact of ocean microbial emissions on the atmosphere. ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric - and What It Means for America's Power GridAuthor Katherine Blunt provides what is being called a "revelatory, urgent narrative with national implications," exploring the decline of California’s largest utility company that led to countless wildfires - including the one that destroyed the town of Paradise - and the human cost of infrastructure failurePacific Gas and Electric was ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General live, Free for students; $10 Online
Becca Fenwick will present on her work with the CITRIS Initiative for Drone Education and Research (CIDER) at the University of California, Santa Cruz, the first UC undergraduate drone training program. CIDER offers training and research support for the use of drone technology across academic disciplines and industry sectors. Students ...
Reverse osmosis modules comprised of composite polymermembranes represent a leading technology in desalination and purification of brackish water. Nanoporous polymeric membranes are key for prefiltering of such reverse osmosis systems, as well as for purification of biopharmaceutical products, such as monoclonal antibodies. The field has relied on intricate contro lof ...
Nathaniel Stinnett is the Founder & Executive Director of the Environmental Voter Project, a non-partisan nonprofit that uses data analytics and behavioral science to mobilize environmentalists to vote. Named one of five global “climate visionaries†by The New York Times in 2018, and dubbed “The Voting Guru†by Grist magazine, ...
On this special 2nd Wednesday edition of Nerd Nite SF, we will learn about sand and sustenance. Is sand sustenance? Well no, but it is important to life on earth!Thanks, Sand! The miraculous story of how the sediment cycle enables life on earthSpeaker: Jeremy Snyder, Lawrence Berkeley National LabsSand is ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 advance, $12 at door
Thursday, 09/15/22
Coastal Walk at Pillar Point BluffJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust for an afternoon walk at Pillar Point Bluff just north of Half Moon Bay! You will be guided by a POST representative who will share details about the area’s interesting natural history, from the coastal scrub habitat to the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve that hosts tide ...
Where: Moss BeachCost: Free
Science at Cal - Outer Space’s Hottest and Brightest Objects - LivestreamAt this month’s Midday Science Cafe, we’ll take a star-studded intergalactic journey to see some of the universe’s hottest and brightest objects. First stop: quasars. Berkeley Lab’s Dr. Satya Gontcho A Gontcho will explain how quasars - the most luminous astronomical objects in the universe - are used as “lighthouses†...
Where: Cost: Free
JWST Directly Images First ExoplanetsThe JWST's Early Release Science program is making a variety of observations during the first five months of science operations that will allow scientists to quickly learn how to use the instruments and produce scientific results. As a part of this program, a team is making high contrast images of ...
International Observe the Moon Night is an annual public outreach event sponsored by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission, the Solar System Exploration Division at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, and other NASA and astronomical organizations that encourages observation, appreciation, and understanding of our Moon and its connection to planetary science ...
Intel® FPGAs enable real-time, low-latency, and low-power deep learning inference combined with the following advantages:I/O flexibilityReconfigurationEase of integration into custom platformsLong lifetimeIntel® FPGA AI Suite was developed with the vision of ease-of-use of artificial intelligence (AI) inference on Intel® FPGAs. The suite enables FPGA designers, machine learning engineers, and software ...
Where: Cost: Free
Nighty NightLifeEven us night owls could use a little more sleep. Hit the snooze button on life’s stressors and chill with us at our dreamiest NightLife yet.SCHEDULE OF EVENTSDream On African HallAt 7:30 PM, Learn what different animals find comfy (from sleeping upside down to floating) in an intimate chat and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $18.75
After Dark: See for YourselfThe Exploratorium is your playground after dark! Wander the galleries, sip a cocktail, and let a DJ from Hip Hop for Change set the vibe. New exhibits are constantly being developed at the museum, but can you spot some classics from decades past? For a hint, check out the 1974 ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Algae, Genetics, and iNaturalist - LivestreamAlgea Bloom updates, Genetic Sequencing updates, and a presentation on how to make observations in iNaturalist.Speaker: Damon TigheSee weblink for Zoom information
Where: Cost: Free
Fungi for BioremediationBioremediation refers to cost-effective and environment-friendly method for converting the toxic, recalcitrant pollutants into environmentally benign products through the action of various biological treatments. Fungi play a major role in bioremediation owing to their robust morphology and diverse metabolic capacity.Speaker: TBDAttend in person or online
Where: Santa RosaCost: Free
Hardcore Natural History - Pollinator ConservationOur popular Hardcore Natural History Panel series returns in September with a focus on pollination. Pollinators like bumblebees, wild bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, wasps, and beetles all fill vital niches in our ecosystems. All are also facing significant challenges from habitat loss, pesticides, disease, and stresses from climate change. What is ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: $15 General, $10 Members, $5 Students
NightSchool: Swamp Party - LivestreamClaude, our beloved American alligator, is celebrating his 27th hatchday, so we’re throwing a party dedicated to the crocodilian icon himself and his swampy home. Tune in to learn about the plants and animals that live in Claude's native habitat, the swamps of the Southeastern United States.
Dr. Monika Fischer is a postdoctoral researcher in Prof. Matt Traxler's at UC Berkeley. She collaborates with Prof. Tom Bruns and started exploring burned ecosystems after the 2013 Rim Fire burned through Bruns Lab field sites in Stanislaus National Forest. The Rim Fire was the first fire of its kind, ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Friday, 09/16/22
Einstein!One-man show about the life of Albert Einstein.At the end of the play, you will have the chance to engage the playwright/actor and a UC Davis astronomer in a Q&A session.Â
Where: DavisCost: $50 General, $20 Student
The Evolution from Missing to DarkA century ago, the hot topic of the 1920's was the structure of the universe. Was the universe a single Galaxy or was the Milky Way just one of many galaxies? This was resolved by the late 20's and the general expansion was discovered. With the recognition that the galaxies ...
Where: LivermoreCost: Free
Saturday, 09/17/22
Family Nature Walks - Foothills Nature PreserveEnvironmental Volunteers’ Family Nature Walks program is designed to help students and their families get to know our local open space areas. Small family groups will be guided by a knowledgeable environmental educator during an exploration of a local open space. These small groups will be introduced to fun nature-based ...
Where: Los AltosCost: Free
Investigating Space: Asteroid ImpactAsteroid Impacts NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the world’s first full-scale mission to test technology for defending Earth against potential asteroid or comet hazards is on it’s it’s way and will be impacting an asteroid soon. Learn more about this once in a lifetime event at this special program.
Where: OaklandCost: Free with admission
Sunday, 09/18/22
Connecting the Dots Between Sick Sea Otters and Land-Based Pollution - LivestreamHave you ever considered a sea otter as a canary in the coal mine? Sea otters are not only important species for the coastal ecosystem, but they also offer early warning signs of potential risks to humans. These charismatic marine mammals are affected by diseases associated with land-based parasites, fungi, ...
Where: Cost: Free
Monday, 09/19/22
Cosmology and astrophysics with the extragalactic light: background and fluctuationsThe aggregate light emitted by all extragalactic sources can be measured either as an absolute intensity or through its spatial fluctuations; these are known as line-intensity mapping (LIM) when a particular line transition is targeted. I will discuss how these measurements can be used both to learn about galaxy evolution ...
Van Hove charge density waves on hexagonal lattices and kagome superconductorsI show that the charge density waves (CDWs) can realize a host of unconventional phenomena at the Van Hove singularity on the hexagonal lattices, especially in the recently uncovered kagome metals AV3Sb5 with A = K, Rb, and Cs. According to a renormalization group analysis, the imaginary CDW can develop ...
Quantum systems are notoriously unpredictable. Whether Schrödinger’s cat will end up dead or alive is as unpredictable as a coin flip. On the other hand, if you don’t go in and measure things, quantum systems evolve in an apparently very simple way, according to the Schrödinger equation. This apparent simplicity ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Cosmology: What we know, what we don’t know and what we don’t know we don’t knowFor most of the last century cosmology was the province of astronomers (mostly in California) and concerned itself with galaxies in an expanding universe. Beginning around 1980, ideas from particle physics began to enter cosmology, focussed on events that took place during the first microsecond. Circa 2000, with the discovery ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Science from Across the Solar System and Beyond: NASA’s Deep Space Network - LivestreamNearly every image of another planet that was taken by a NASA spacecraft has been transmitted to us through one or more antennas of NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN). For almost the past 60 years, the DSN has been guiding spacecraft to their destinations across the Solar System, sending them ...
Most populations of migratory birds are now threatened. It is estimated that the populations of 1 out of every 2 songbirds are declining in the Western Hemisphere with impacts predicted to worsen with climate change. However, because migratory birds have breeding, migratory, and wintering areas and may move vast distances ...
