Stewardship Saturday: Restoring and Exploring the South BayJoin The Marine Mammal Center and Santa Clara County Parks as we take a summer stroll through the South Bay wetlands led by interpretation rangers. Through this event, you will participate in weeding and learn about the importance of restoring salt ponds and the invasive plant removal in the bay ...
Meet your avian neighbors in the family event focused on the birds of Monterey County.
Where: Pacific GroveCost: Free
Starry Nights Star PartyThe San Jose Astronomical Association (SJAA), working with the Santa Clara County Open Space Authority (OSA), is glad to co-host a public star party at Rancho Canada del Oro (RCDO) Open Space Preserve. This site, just 30 minutes south of downtown San Jose, features dark skies. It's dark enough to ...
Molecular degraders are becoming ubiquitous in chemical biology research given their proven ability to selectively degrade a diverse array of intracellular proteins. This process is achieved by employing a heterobifunctional ligand with one end that recruits an E3 ubiquitin ligase and another that binds to the protein of interest (POI). ...
Some types of information nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy of an atom can provide You are familiar with the idea of NMR as a tool that provides chemical structure, i.e., identity of functional groups that constitute a particular molecule, including secondary and tertiary structure of large macromolecules of interest to ...
What are the deep connections between music and healing?Music is one of humanity’s oldest medicines. From the Far East to the Ottoman Empire, Europe to Africa and the pre-colonial Americas, many cultures have developed their own rich traditions for using sound and rhythm to ease suffering, promote healing, and calm ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22 General in person, $10 online
This presentation explores two distinct but complementary approaches to assessing population viability in marine megafauna using long-term datasets. First, I examine common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) population viability trends in the Bay of Biscay using stranding data from 1997-2019, revealing a concerning decline in female lifespan from 24 to 17 years ...
One of the most striking, yet poorly understood, forms of plant movement is the climbing capacities of woody vines, also known as "lianas". These plants weave through the forest, attaching to host branches as they grow towards light at the top of the canopy. Surprisingly, this complex and unusual phenotype ...
I will present my dissertation research from ERG, highlighting my partnership with Blue Forest during my PhD and how this research has shaped our current initiatives. The presentation will focus on the interplay between wildfire, forest management, and carbon, emphasizing strategies for monetizing carbon benefits in a high-quality way.Speaker: Micah ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Understanding and Steering Generative AI SystemsLarge language models, vision-language models, and other generative AI systems are rapidly permeating society - when it was released, ChatGPT was the fastest-growing app in history. With the rapid proliferation of this technology, we need tools for society to understand and steer its effects.One route to understanding is measuring the ...
We are excited to hear from Southwest Research Institute’s Dr. Robert Ebert: Space Weather Report: Making SWiPS: The Solar Wind Monitor for NOAA’s Space Weather Mission, SWOF-L1 and The University of Texas at San Antonio PhD Candidate Kim Moreland: Unlocking the Secrets of the Sun - Inside NOAA’s Space Weather ...
Most of Dr. Gardner's 30 years of research at Stanford has been focused on investigating the potential health benefits of various dietary components or food patterns using randomized controlled trials. The interventions have involved vegetarian diets, soy, garlic, omega-3 fats/fish oil/flax oil, antioxidants, Ginkgo biloba, and popular weight loss diets. ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Understanding and manipulating immune modulation by the microbiomeCertain members of the commensal microbiota elicit a potent T cell response upon colonization. In this talk, I will describe two recent projects from my research group that share the goal of characterizing and manipulating anti-commensal immunity. In the first project, we explore the functional properties of colonist-induced T cells ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Ancient structural variants control balanced mating morphs is walnuts and pecansThe maintenance of stable mating type polymorphisms is a classic example of balancing selection. One lesser known but intriguing example of a balanced mating polymorphism in angiosperms is heterodichogamy - polymorphism for opposing directions of male and female flowering times in hermaphrodites. This mating system is common throughout Juglandaceae, the ...
In this presentation, first, a brief history of the production and evolution of electricity will be presented, then an overview of our body of work on the application of artificial intelligence (AI)-based control techniques and Internet of things (IoT) for control and management of microgrids (MGs), which are considered the ...
The first commercial 5G deployments were in March of 2019 - barely three years ago and the path to 6G is already a few years under way. It is without a doubt that 6G will be evolution and revolution beyond 5G, but some of the differences are already quite clear. ...
What is 'Oppenheimer' Good For? Panel Conversation and Q&AJoin us for a thought-provoking, interdisciplinary panel and Q&A discussion about the film Oppenheimer. We’ll hear from historians, physicists, and a filmmaker about Christopher Nolan’s Academy Award-winning film. Reception to follow.Panelist: Dmitri Brown, Assistant Professor of History, UC BerkeleyPanelist: Cathryn Carson, Professor and Chair of History, UC BerkeleyPanelist: Jon Else, ...
Look Out Below: Groundwater Rise Report BriefingSPUR’s latest report, Look Out Below, examines how rising groundwater is likely to affect one Bay Area city: East Palo Alto. SPUR partnered with community-based organization Nuestra Casa and examined recent scientific studies to learn more about the threat and potential policy responses. The report explains specific risks and offers ...
Join SRI for our next PARC Forum event as we welcome Parmy Olson, author of Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race that Will Change the World, and Karen Myers, Vice President of SRI’s Artificial Intelligence Center for engaging discussions around AI.Discover how AI is poised to transform the world and ...
From icy moons to asteroids, outer space holds many wonders and unknowns. This After Dark invites you to get inquisitive about the vastness above with our partners at NASA - learn more about the Europa Clipper Mission, which will send a spacecraft to investigate Jupiter’s moon, and a study on ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22.95, Free for members
NightLife the MusicalLights, curtains, action! Berkeley Rep joins NightLife for a sneak peek of their new show, Mexodus (and more!).Ages 21+
Where: San FranciscoCost: Varies
Friday, 09/06/24
Lunch & Learn: Diving Deeper Into AIFollowing the success of our March 2024 panel on AI in marketing and public relations, we're excited to host a more intimate “Lunch and Learn” with presenter Warner Johnston, founder of 5 Borough Communications, member of the interim SFPRRT board - and an AI ace and early adopter of this ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20
First Friday Nights at CuriodysseyJoin us for a Summer Sunset! Dance to some of your favorite pop and rock hits with the band, Right Time! while enjoying animal presentations, authentic Singaporean food from Satay By The Bay, and tacos from Carnitas Aguirre. Kids will imagine, create, and tinker with giant tangrams and maze puzzles!
Where: San MateoCost: $21.95 General, discount for members
First Friday: Sci FiThink you got what you've got what it takes to be a main character in a Sci-Fi movie adventure? This First Friday, grab your hoverbike and head to Chabot Space and Science Center, where adventure awaits. Explore the science behind the fiction with special guest speakers, design your own spacesuit ...
Where: OaklandCost: $10 General, $5 <12, srs, stdnt, Free for Members
First Friday Astronomy: Stargazing and Beyond: A Global Network of Citizen Astronomers - LivestreamDr. Franck Marchis, Senior Astronomer and Director of Citizen Science at the SETI Institute and Chief Science Officer and co-founder at Unistellar, will present: "Stargazing and Beyond: A Global Network of Citizen Astronomers".The event is free and open to the public.For those that cannot attend in person, the lecture will ...
Where: Cost: Free
The Future of Mars HelicoptersIngenuity has shown that flying in the Martian atmosphere is possible, and that helicopters can provide critical insight and support to ground-based assets. Though Ingenuity was designed for five flights, to date, 66 flights have been completed with ~119 min of flight time and ~9 miles flown. What would it ...
