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Synthetic biology for sustainability

Synthetic biology is one of the most promising fields of research for the 21st century. It offers powerful ways to build the global economy, manufacture sustainable materials, and address climate change. However, current access to biotechnology breakthroughs is unequal, largely...

Michael Jewett

Dept. of Bioengineering at Stanford University

Date Monday, October 16, 2023  · 3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.  PT
Location In-person at the Kavli Bulding Auditorium, SLAC (refreshments at 3:15), and on zoom
Michael Jewett, Dept. of Bioengineering at Stanford University
Oct16

Climate & Sustainability: The Defining Issue of the 21st Century

The dramatic increase of human population and consumption over the last 100 years has led to exponential growth, both in the use of natural resources and the production of waste streams. The use of fossil fuels and the emissions of...

Prof. Arun Majumdar

Stanford University, Doerr School of Sustainability

Date Monday, May 22, 2023  · 3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.  PT
Location In-person at the Kavli Bulding Auditorium, SLAC, and on zoom
Prof. Arun Majumdar, Stanford University, Doerr School of Sustainability
May22

SLAC Colloquium: Landscape of Particle Accelerators, Snowmass Planning for Future, and Ultimate Colliders

For over half a century, high-energy particle accelerators have been a major enabling technology for particle and nuclear physics research as well as sources of X-rays for photon science research in material science, chemistry and biology. We will briefly review...

Vladimir Shiltsev

FermiLab

Date Monday, May 8, 2023  · 3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.  PT
Location In-person at Kavli Auditorium and on zoom
Vladimir Shiltsev, FermiLab
May8

Life and Science in an Absolute Monarchy

What is the day-to-day life like in the Vatican? And how does that compare to the ways that such places are depicted in some of your favorite (and not-so-favorite) fantasy novels? What is it really like to live in a...

Dr. Guy Consolmagno, SJ

Vatican Observatory

Date Monday, March 20, 2023  · 3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.  PT
Location In-person at the Kavli Bulding Auditorium, SLAC, and on zoom
Dr. Guy Consolmagno, SJ, Vatican Observatory
Mar20

Memory in a Glassy Landscape

Out-of-equilibrium systems preserve memories of their formation and training history in a variety of ways allowing for an innovative classification of material and dynamics. I will discuss one case where a cyclically sheared suspension of particles or a charge-density-wave solid...

Sidney Nagel, Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor

The James Franck Institute, The Enrico Fermi Institute, and the Department of Physics, The University of Chicago

Date Monday, January 23, 2023  · 3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.  PT
Location Virtual event
Sidney Nagel, Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor, The James Franck Institute, The Enrico Fermi Institute, and the Department of Physics, The University of Chicago
Jan23

Ask Me Anything: The SLAC-Stanford-DOE Relationship, and the Role of Stanford’s Vice President for SLAC

The Department of Energy operates sixteen of its seventeen national laboratories under the government-owned, contractor-operated (GOCO) model. Under this model, Stanford holds the contract for the operation of SLAC, and is responsible for overseeing the performance of the laboratory and...

Dr. Stephen Streiffer

Stanford University

Date Monday, December 12, 2022  · 3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.  PT
Location in-person (location: Redwood Rooms A/B) and on zoom
Dr. Stephen Streiffer, Stanford University
Dec12

Opening the Infrared Treasure Chest with JWST

The James Webb Space Telescope was launched on Dec. 25, 2021, and commissioning was completed in early July 2022. With its 6.5 m golden eye, and cameras and spectrometers covering 0.6 to 28 µm, Webb is already producing magnificent images...

John Mather

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Date Monday, November 14, 2022  · 3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.  PT
Location Virtual event
John Mather, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Nov14

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Survey (DESI) and Beyond

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is mapping the sky with a 5000-fiber robotic focal plane and 10 optical spectrographs. I will describe the challenges in construction, installation, commissioning, operations, and data reduction. The 13 million galaxies mapped in the...

David Schlegel

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Date Monday, November 7, 2022  · 3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC Redwood Rooms C/D and on zoom
David Schlegel, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Nov7

Making Fluids and Solids from Microwave Photons

In this talk I will discuss recent results from a collaboration between the Simon & Schuster labs, where we have developed techniques for assembling quantum matter from strongly interacting microwave photons. Beginning with a description of the platform - an...

Jon Simon

Stanford University, Physics and Applied Physics

Date Monday, October 31, 2022  · 3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.  PT
Location Redwood Roms C/D and on zoom
Jon Simon, Stanford University, Physics and Applied Physics
Oct31