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CARTA: Imagining the Future of Anthropogeny with Evan Eichler and Daniel Geschwind
February 22, 2023 21:00 - 49 minutes - 23 MBAnthropogeny, has provided many new discoveries over the past decade, ranging from new fossil finds to ancient DNA data, including from extinct hominins. This CARTA symposium highlights where future efforts should be focused and what type of novel collaborations are most promising to improve our understanding of the human phenomenon. Evan Eichler talks about the discovery and resolution of genetic variation which is critical to understanding disease and evolution. The data suggests that large...
CARTA: Imagining the Future of Anthropogeny with Pascal Gagneux Robert Kluender Anne Stone
February 20, 2023 21:00 - 51 minutes - 23.6 MBAnthropogeny, has provided many new discoveries over the past decade, ranging from new fossil finds to ancient DNA data, including from extinct hominins. This CARTA symposium highlights where the future efforts should be focused and what type of novel collaborations are most promising for improving our understanding of the human phenomenon. Pascal Gagneux offers a zoological view of the human cultural animal. Robert Kluender talks about the evolution of language structure and the future of li...
CARTA: Imagining the Future of Anthropogeny with Yohannes Haile-Selassie and Carol Marchetto
February 17, 2023 21:00 - 42 minutes - 19.6 MBAnthropogeny, has provided many new discoveries over the past decade, ranging from new fossil finds to ancient DNA data, including from extinct hominins. This CARTA symposium highlights where the future efforts should be focused and what type of novel collaborations are most promising for improving our understanding of the human phenomenon. Yohannes Haile-Selassie discusses the importance of fossil based human origin research. Carol Marchetto talks about the use of stem cells to study human o...
CARTA: Imagining the Future of Anthropogeny with Terry Sejnowski and Sarah Tishkoff
February 10, 2023 21:00 - 47 minutes - 22.2 MBAnthropogeny, has provided many new discoveries over the past decade, ranging from new fossil finds to ancient DNA data, including from extinct hominins. This CARTA symposium highlights where the future efforts should be focused and what type of novel collaborations are most promising for improving our understanding of the human phenomenon. Terry Sejnowski discusses how large-scale neural network models have inspired major advances in artificial intelligence. Sarah Tishkoff talks on how Afric...
Integrating Single Neurons and Circuits in Stem Cell Derived Neuronal Networks: A Systems Neuroscience Perspective with Julio Martinez-Trujillo - Breaking News in Stem Cells
February 07, 2023 21:00 - 1 hour - 40.1 MBSystems neuroscience aims to understand how brain cells and circuits are organized to produce behavior in living organisms. Julio Martinez-Trujillo, M.D., Ph.D., shares his research studying how neurons interact with one another and other cell types within a circuit during ex vivo and in vivo conditions. He also looks to the future and discusses how stem cell technologies can provide unique access to study human circuits and new insights into the nervous system. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [...
Big Data: The Path Toward Wildfire Resilience
January 30, 2023 21:00 - 50 minutes - 23.4 MBIncreasingly frequent and intense wildfires in California and the western US are impacting communities across the state. Even areas not prone to fires suffer from degraded air and water quality – direct consequences of these extreme events. ALERTCalifornia combines a state-wide fire camera network with state-of-the-art sensor technology to support data-driven decision making before, during, and after wildfires. Join Dr. Neal Driscoll as he describes the scientific and technological expertise ...
Application of 3D Bioprinting and Biomaterial Technology for Translational Regenerative Medicine with Jin-Hyung Shim - Breaking News in Stem Cells
January 11, 2023 21:00 - 56 minutes - 27 MBAs a mechanical engineer, Jin-Hyung Shim, Ph.D. has a unique perspective on tissue and organ regeneration. He discusses the present and potential of 3D printed biomaterials. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 38321]
Marion Nestle: The Journey of One Woman in Science and Policy
January 09, 2023 21:00 - 1 hour - 37.5 MBMarion Nestle, Ph.D., MPH, reflects on her late-in-life career as a world-renowned food politics expert, public health advocate, and a founder of the field of food studies after facing decades of low expectations. She discusses her new memoir, "Slow Cooked," that tells her personal story, including her rise from bench scientist to the pinnacles of academia, while overcoming the barriers and biases facing women of her generation and finding her life's purpose after age 50. Series: "Philip R. L...
CARTA: Imagining the Future of Anthropogeny - Symposium Welcome and Opening Remarks
January 06, 2023 21:00 - 7 minutes - 3.25 MBAnthropogeny, has provided many new discoveries over the past decade, ranging from new fossil finds to ancient DNA data, including from extinct hominins. New methods and multi-disciplinary collaborations are providing exciting new insights into the complicated evolutionary journey that gave rise to our species. However, we remain far from understanding some of the most striking human-specific characteristics: the reasons for our bipedality, the factors selecting for our dexterity at creating ...
CARTA: Imagining the Future of Anthropogeny - Perspectives on the Future of Fossil-Based Human Origins Research with Yohannes Haile-Selassie
January 06, 2023 21:00 - 21 minutes - 9.91 MBCurrent knowledge of our deep past is primarily derived from ancient fossils of our ancestors that paleoanthropologists search for and discover in some of the most remote areas of the world. In the last two decades, significant fossil discoveries have been made and these discoveries have re-written some parts of our deep past. However, the fossil record is still far from complete, primarily due to the absence of fossils from some critical geological times and the lack of robust samples for th...
High-Performance Training and Inference on GPUs for NLP Models with Lei Li
January 05, 2023 21:00 - 11 minutes - 5.6 MBLei Li is an assistant professor in Computer Science Department at University of California Santa Barbara. His research interest lies in natural language processing, machine translation, and AI-powered drug discovery. He received his B.S. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University. Series: "Institute for Energy Efficiency" [Science] [Show ID: 38476]
AI Cluster Trends with Robert Ober
January 04, 2023 21:00 - 18 minutes - 8.68 MBRob Ober is Chief Platform Architect of NVIDIA’s data center products, and works with global Hyperscales to architect AI and Deep Learning clusters, develop systems and platform architecture, and influence NVIDIA hardware and software platform roadmaps. His background is in processor and system architecture, with experience in networking, storage, memories, and wireless. Rob has over 40 international patents in processor architecture, low power design, storage, networks, wireless, and mobile ...
Problems Faced by Data Centers Today and Future Needs with Katharine Schmidtke
January 03, 2023 21:00 - 20 minutes - 9.5 MBKatharine E. Schmidtke received a B.Sc. Degree in physics and mathematics from Keele University, UK, in 1989 and Ph.D in laser physics and non-linear optics from the University of Southampton in 1993. She went on to do post-doctoral research in epitaxial growth of non-linear optical materials at Stanford University, CA, USA. She has a 25-year career in the optical communications industry including roles at Finisar, JDS Uniphase and New Focus. For the past 7 years she has worked at Facebook, M...
Compiler and Runtime Support for Exploring AI-GPU Acceleration with Yufei Ding
January 03, 2023 21:00 - 17 minutes - 8.46 MBYufei Ding joined the Department of Computer Science (with a joint appointment in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering), University of California at Santa Barbara as an Assistant Professor in Nov 2017. Her research interests lie in the broad fields of domain-specific language design, architecture and compiler optimization, and hardware acceleration. Her current research focuses on building high-performance, energy-efficient, and high-fidelity programming frameworks for emerging...
Building Operations Decarbonization with Dan Nall
January 02, 2023 21:00 - 39 minutes - 19.2 MBDan Nall is a professional engineer, a registered architect, an ASHRAE and an AIA Fellow, a LEED Fellow, an ASHRAE Certified Building Energy Modeling Professional, a certified High Performance Building Design Professional and a Certified Passive House Consultant. He is currently a member of the ASHRAE Task Force for Building Decarbonization, is Chair of ASHRAE Standards Project Committee 227P, the Passive Building Design Standard, and is a member of the Commercial Buildings Working Group of t...
Performance by Design with Martin Fischer
January 02, 2023 21:00 - 52 minutes - 24.4 MBMartin Fischer is the Kumagai Professor of Engineering at Stanford University and directs the Center for Integrated Facility Engineering. He is known globally for his work and leadership in developing and applying digital methods to increase the productivity of construction project teams, enhance building performance, and create new strategic opportunities for firms in the construction industry. His award-winning research results have been used operationally and strategically by many industri...
A Deep Look into Mental Health: On Campus In Our Community and Around the World
December 31, 2022 21:00 - 1 hour - 35.7 MBJoin UC San Diego’s School of Biological Sciences for the next event in our Deep Look public speaker series. As we move into the holidays and the winter season, society continues to grapple with challenges to our mental health and wellbeing, from the lingering uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic, to an ongoing war, the climate crisis and the struggles of daily living. Long-ignored issues related to mental health have now come to the forefront of our collective consciousness and become less...
Accelerators are Green; Cloud Accelerators are Greener with Cliff Young
December 30, 2022 21:00 - 17 minutes - 8.02 MBCliff Young is a software engineer in Google Research, where he works on codesign for deep learning accelerators. He is one of the designers of Google’s Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) and one of the founders of the MLPerf benchmark. Previously, Cliff built special- purpose supercomputers for molecular dynamics at D. E. Shaw Research and was a Member of Technical Staff at Bell Labs. Cliff holds AB, MS, and PhD degrees in computer science from Harvard University. Cliff is a member of ACM and IEEE...
Comfort Health and Energy – Finding the New Balance with Mead Rusert
December 29, 2022 21:00 - 51 minutes - 24 MBMead Rusert is President of Automated Logic, a leading provider of innovative building automation and energy management solutions that maximize energy efficiency and ensure occupant comfort and engagement. With over 30 years of industry experience, he brings a broad background to the position including executive roles in engineering, product management, and marketing for commercial HVAC products at Carrier Corporation. He holds three patents related to temperature control algorithms. Mead ear...
Energy Efficient Training Fabric with Surendra Anubolu
December 29, 2022 21:00 - 13 minutes - 6.39 MBSurendra Anubolu is a Distinguished Engineer at Broadcom in the Switch Group. He is currently working on benchmarking and enhancing performance of distributed AI work loads and telemetry for network applications. Since joining Broadcom in 2015, Surendra worked on the Tomahawk and Trident line of products. Prior to Broadcom, Surendra worked at Cisco as Director of Engineering responsible for delivering Ethernet switch silicon. Surendra Anubolu holds an MS from Indian Institute of Science, Bang...
A First Generation Ph.D. Student in Materials Science with Maritza Sanchez
December 28, 2022 21:00 - 24 minutes - 12 MBGrowing up in Fontana, California, Maritza Sanchez developed a love of math and science early on. A native Spanish speaker, she found that numbers made sense in every language. With the support of her parents, friends, and a her high school teachers, she found herself on the path to college. Sanchez shares how she not only switched majors but transferred schools, how she found her academic path, and what it means to pursue a Ph.D. in materials science. Series: "Education Channel" [Science] [E...
CARTA: Imagining the Future of Anthropogeny - The Evolution of Language Structure and the History/Future of Lingustics with Robert Kluender
December 25, 2022 21:00 - 20 minutes - 9.52 MBFor the past 30 years, the frontiers of language science have been in the areas of neurolinguistics and genetics, both of which arose in conjunction with new technologies emerging in the 1990s. It is probably safe to say that these trends will continue apace as technology in these areas continues to advance, allowing for increasingly sophisticated and fine-grained analysis. From its inception, the study of language has been inextricably linked with cultural anthropology and the arts. It was o...
CARTA: Imagining the Future of Anthropogeny - An Evolutionary Perspective on Human Cognitive and Behavioral Variation with Daniel Geschwind
December 24, 2022 21:00 - 24 minutes - 11.2 MBHuman cognition and behavior are highly heritable and so is liability to disorders that affect them. This includes neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We have started to integrate genetic risk data with the emerging maps of gene regulation to study human specific aspects of gene expression and gene regulation. These analyses indicate that human specific aspects of gene regulation, such as genes regulated by human specific enhancers, are indeed ...
CARTA: Imagining the Future of Anthropogeny - African Genomic Analyses Shed Light on Human Evolutionary History with Sarah Tishkoff
December 21, 2022 21:00 - 25 minutes - 11.7 MBAfrica is thought to be the ancestral homeland of all modern human populations within the past 300,000 years. It is also a region of tremendous cultural, linguistic, climatic, and genetic diversity. Despite the important role that African populations have played in human history, they remain one of the most underrepresented groups in human genomics studies. A comprehensive knowledge of patterns of variation in African genomes is critical for a deeper understanding of human genomic diversity, ...
AI Use Cases and Deployments Today and Problem Statement for Future with Bharath Muthiah
December 21, 2022 21:00 - 14 minutes - 6.66 MBBharath Muthiah is a Technical Lead in Meta’s Infrastructure team and leads technical sourcing for large scale AI HW cluster technologies and solutions. In this capacity, Bharath engages extensively with Meta’s strategic technology partners, industry consortiums, hyperscale peers, and academic partners in influencing customization and optimizations for Meta’s key AI use cases. Prior to this, Bharath led the technical sourcing and enabling efforts for Meta’s Compute and Video Infrastructure ef...
Autism in Hollywood - Autism Tree Global Neuroscience Conference 2022
December 19, 2022 21:00 - 1 hour - 31.7 MBMichael Levy, M.D. joins the Living Autistically Panel to discuss the challenges of autism during adolescence and how the arts - from comic books to performance - have impacted their lives on the spectrum. You’ll hear from members of the autistic community who’ve found their calling in the arts. You’ll also learn about The Miracle Project, a theater, film, and expressive arts program focused on building communication, self-esteem, job and social skills for individuals with autism and all abil...
CARTA: Imagining the Future of Anthropogeny - Ancient DNA and Anthropogeny with Anne Stone
December 17, 2022 21:00 - 15 minutes - 7.07 MBThe first Neandertal DNA was recovered 25 years ago, and since then, ancient DNA has provided many surprising insights into human evolutionary history. Among these are the discoveries of the multiple admixture events among late Pleistocene humans and the remnants of archaic DNA in our own genomes. How does ancient DNA research contribute to the future of anthropogeny? In this talk, I will reflect on the findings of last quarter century of ancient DNA research about archaic humans and their en...
CARTA: Imagining the Future of Anthropogeny - Why Should We Care About Anthropogeny? with Pascal Gagneux
December 17, 2022 21:00 - 16 minutes - 7.48 MBOur species is between 300,000 and 200,000 years old. For most of this one-quarter of a million years, up until just 12,000 years ago, it appears that our ancestors lived in small populations, in small-scale societies of which we can only guess the real nature. We remain in the dark about the age of some of the most diagnostic features of our species: our striding bipedalism, complex tool manufacture and use, fire use, language and societies defining their own identities, collaborating with a...
Meta Data Centers Heterogenous Integration Driven by AI/ML and Network Applications with Ravi Agarwal
December 12, 2022 21:00 - 16 minutes - 7.65 MBRavi Agarwal is a technical sourcing manager at the Facebook Infrastructure group. In this role, he is responsible for driving advanced packaging architectures and foundry for both networking and AI/ML compute applications to meet Facebook future workloads. He is driving Chiplet Business Workstream in Open Domain-Specific Architecture (ODSA) Sub-Project within the Open Compute Project (OCP) working with ecosystem partners to enable Chiplet marketplace. Prior to Facebook, he spent 12+ years at...
Bringing Low-Power O-Band Coherent Optics to the Data Center with Clint Schow
December 12, 2022 21:00 - 20 minutes - 9.54 MBUC Santa Barbara's Clint Schow discusses how to bring low-power O-band coherent optics to data centers. Schow received B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. After positions at IBM and Agility Communications, Dr. Schow spent more than a decade at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY, as a Research Staff Member and Manager of the Optical Link and System Design group. He has led international R&D programs spanning chip-to-chip optical links, ...
CARTA: Imagining the Future of Anthropogeny - Genome Structure Variation and the Evolution of Human Specific Genes with Evan Eichler
December 10, 2022 21:00 - 26 minutes - 12 MBThe discovery and resolution of genetic variation is critical to understanding disease and evolution. Our most recent work sequences diverse human and nonhuman primate genomes using both ultra-long and high-fidelity long-read sequencing technologies. Advances in this area have made possible the first telomere-to-telomere assemblies of the human genome and much more complete chimp, gorilla and orangutan genomes providing new biological insights into regions typically excluded from human geneti...
CARTA: Imagining the Future of Anthropogeny - Computational Neuroscience and Anthropogeny with Terry Sejnowski
December 05, 2022 21:00 - 23 minutes - 10.7 MBNeuroscience has made great strides in the last decade following the Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative, a science and engineering grand challenge that has greatly accelerated research on large-scale recordings from neurons and reconstructions of neural circuits. Large-scale neural network models have in turn inspired major advances in artificial intelligence. These network models have been trained on large-scale data sets to recognize objects in ...
High Volume Silicon Photonics for Co-Packaged Optics and Optical I/O with Thomas Liljeberg
December 05, 2022 21:00 - 19 minutes - 9.32 MBHigh Volume Silicon Photonics for Co-Packaged Optics and Optical I/O with Thomas Liljeberg of Intel. Series: "Institute for Energy Efficiency" [Science] [Show ID: 38466]
Scaling Highly Integrated Optical Interconnects with Manish Mehta
December 05, 2022 21:00 - 18 minutes - 8.7 MBManish Mehta is the VP of Marketing and Operations for the Optical Systems Division at Broadcom. Manish leads go-to- market and operational activity for the division responsible for developing and manufacturing devices and systems used in optical communications. Prior to joining Broadcom, Manish was EVP and Product Line Management of Source Photonics where he led the company's entry into the datacenter market. Manish holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from The University of California, S...
Rescuing Phenotypes in PTHS-Derived Brain Organoids with Alysson Muotri - Sanford Stem Cell Symposium 2022
November 28, 2022 21:00 - 18 minutes - 9.66 MBAlysson Muotri discusses modeling Pitt-Hopkins syndrome (PTHS) using stem cells and brain organoids. He shares how rescuing TCF4 expression with CRISPR-mediated epigenetic induction of AAV vector delivery provides a gateway for targeted therapeutics for PTHS and related conditions. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 38516]
Co-Packaged Optics in Future Server Designs with Ram Huggahalli
November 28, 2022 21:00 - 15 minutes - 7.12 MBRam Huggahalli is a Principal Hardware Engineer in Microsoft's Azure Hardware Systems and Infrastructure group. His focus areas are hyper-scalar systems architecture, SoC/platform-level interconnects and accelerator architecture strategies for the next 2-4 years. Prior to Microsoft, Ram has been with Intel Corporation contributing to memory and I/O subsystem directions in various Xeon processors and platforms, large scale HPC interconnect product roadmaps and system level simulation methodolo...
Optical Interconnects in Data Centers with Rob Stone
November 27, 2022 21:00 - 18 minutes - 8.71 MBRob Stone is a member of the infrastructure team at Meta, focusing on next generation optics and networking. Prior to Facebook, Rob was a distinguished engineer at Broadcom within the switch architecture team. He is active in industry communities including IEEE and other MSAs. Rob holds a D.Phil. in Physics from The University of Oxford. Series: "Institute for Energy Efficiency" [Science] [Show ID: 38463]
CARTA: Imagining the Future of Anthropogeny - Using Stem Cells to Study Human Origins with Carol Marchetto
November 26, 2022 21:00 - 22 minutes - 10.2 MBThe human brain has a larger mass with respect to body weight, increased cortical neurons with respect to size, an expanded proliferative zone, and unique connectivity patterns. Human-specific neurodevelopment is not only marked by physical differences, but also by temporal changes. Human neurons, during both prenatal neurodevelopment and adult neurogenesis, exhibit an exceptionally delayed time course, a characteristic termed neoteny. Signatures of human-specific neoteny have been observed a...
The Future of Robotics with CJ Taylor - Science Like Me
November 25, 2022 21:00 - 28 minutes - 13.5 MBWhen not teaching at the University of Pennsylvania, CJ Taylor is part of the Robotics team working on The Institute for Learning-Enabled Optimization at Scale (TILOS) at UC San Diego's Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute. He talks with Saura Naderi about his upbringing, his early interest in data science and his current position. He also talks about his involvement in projects that benefit the community. Series: "Science Like Me" [Science] [Show ID: 38501]
Honoring the Historic Contributions of Mayer Hall to the Field of Physics
November 24, 2022 21:00 - 3 minutes - 2.04 MBThe American Physical Society has designated UC San Diego’s Mayer Hall as a historic site in recognition of research conducted by physicists Walter Kohn and Lu Jeu Sham on density functional theory. Their development of the "Kohn-Sham equation" inside Mayer Hall became the foundation for the computation of the material properties of electrons and nuclei. Understanding the electronic properties of complex systems is essential to the design and engineering of new materials and drugs. Kohn and P...
Autism and Gene Therapy with Alysson Muotri - Autism Tree Global Neuroscience Conference 2022
November 23, 2022 21:00 - 58 minutes - 27.3 MBWhat is gene therapy and how does it relate to autism? Alysson Muotri, Ph.D., contextualizes the autism spectrum, defines gene therapy, shares how human stem cells can contribute to research, and lays out how gene therapy could be used in the future. Series: "Autism Tree Project Annual Neuroscience Conference" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 38387]
High Capacity Energy Efficient Interconnects for Data Centers with John Bowers
November 22, 2022 21:00 - 16 minutes - 7.96 MBJohn E. Bowers holds the UC Santa Barbara Fred Kavli Chair in Nanotechnology and is the Director of the Institute for Energy Efficiency and a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Bowers received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University and worked for AT&T Bell Laboratories and Honeywell before joining UC Santa Barbara. Dr. Bowers is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Inventors, a fellow of the IE...
Data Center Energy Savings in this Decade with Chris Cole
November 17, 2022 21:00 - 19 minutes - 8.91 MBChris Cole is advising several companies including II-VI Inc. and Quintessent Inc., on advanced optical interfaces. Before, he was VP of Advanced Development, Finisar Corp. where he led the definition and development of 10 through 400 Gb/s optical interfaces for datacom and telecom applications. He delivered multiple generations of optical transceivers leading to ~$1billion of Finisar revenue. The 40G, 100G, 200G and 400G interfaces he defined and proposed for IEEE standardization constitute ...
Modeling Neurological Conditions Using Stem Cell-Derived Neurons: ApoE and APP in Alzheimer's Disease with Thomas C. Südhof - Sanford Stem Cell Symposium 2022
November 16, 2022 21:00 - 55 minutes - 26.7 MBThomas C. Südhof, M.D., Stanford University, discusses facets of the fundamental cell biology of ApoE and APP analyzed in stem cell-derived human neurons. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 38405]
Peak Human? Thoughts on the Evolution of Human Performance with 2022 Nierenberg Prize Winner Jesse Ausubel
November 15, 2022 21:00 - 53 minutes - 25 MBEnvironmental scientist Jesse Ausubel, awarded the 2022 Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest, discusses whether the human species can continue to improve—much like cars, computers, or other technology—or whether our species has reached its peak. In a career spanning more than four decades, Ausubel has conceived, developed, and led numerous projects to observe and better understand the environment. This includes high-profile work on several major programs to survey and catalog ...
Stem Cell Science and the Genesis of New Therapeutic Strategies for Patients with Derrick Rossi - Sanford Stem Cell Symposium 2022
November 11, 2022 21:00 - 56 minutes - 26.7 MBDerrick J. Rossi, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Convelo Therapeutics has a long history of pioneering methods to make stem cell–based treatments for disease a reality. He shares stories of science making its way from the lab and into biotech with the intention of improving the lives of patients. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 38404]
Deep Sea Collections: Public Engagement and Citizen Scientists with Greg Rouse - Exploring Ethics
November 09, 2022 21:00 - 54 minutes - 25.2 MBEver wonder what lives in the deepest parts of the ocean? Curious how many species of fish swim under the waves? Collections like those at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) are a way for everyone to engage and understand the world underwater. Greg Rouse, curator of the Benthic Invertebrate Collection at SIO, shares how collections can effectively communicate with the public and make science accessible to all. He also discusses how programs like SeadragonSearch, a community-based r...
iPSC-Derived Brain Cancer Avatars: Lessons Learned and Opportunities for Therapeutic Discovery with Frank Furnari - Sanford Stem Cell Symposium 2022
November 07, 2022 21:00 - 27 minutes - 13.4 MBFrank Furnari, Ph.D., of UC San Diego, shares his work using stem cells as a vehicle to generate models of brain cancer. Focusing on glioblastoma, he explains how tumor avatars could lead to new therapies. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 38514]
Coral Reefs and the Power of Adaptation to Climate Change
November 05, 2022 21:00 - 57 minutes - 26.6 MBScripps Institution of Oceanography marine biologist Stuart Sandin illuminates his work leading the 100 Island Challenge, a project that uses high tech ecological surveys to capture snapshots of coral reef ecosystems found in the tropical waters of the Pacific, Caribbean, and Indian oceans. His team uses large-area imaging and 3-D visualizations to make unprecedented detailed observations of how coral reefs are faring. While some reefs are struggling, others have been able to adapt in respons...
Age- and Mutation Profile-Specific Mechanisms of Pediatric Leukemia Initiation with Jeffrey Magee - Sanford Stem Cell Symposium 2022
November 04, 2022 21:00 - 28 minutes - 14.3 MBJeffrey Magee, M.D., Ph.D., of Washington University in St. Louis, discusses how mechanisms that regulate hematopoietic stem cells change with age and how this shapes the biology of pediatric leukemia. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 38398]