Sunday, May 6, 2012

Union of Concerned Scientists Hosted at UCSD

The Union of Concerned Scientists will be giving a presentation this week concerning the development of clean energy in California, to RSVP please see their website http://ucsusa.org/cacleanenergy. The registration is completely free and it promises to be a very interesting talk looking at things we are doing right now for clean energy in our sate.

California's Clean Energy Opportunities & Obstacles

When: Thursday, May 10, 6:00 p.m.
Where: Center for Neural Circuits and Behavior, Large Lecture Hall (formerly named the Center for Molecular Genetics), University of California, San Diego
Host: Prof. Milton Saier

The Union of Concerned Scientists is a non-profit organization that was started at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1969. It currently has over 400,000 members, and attempts to carry out a mission of providing objective research and analysis on diverse topics such as energy, transportation, and sustainability.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Student and Postdoc Symposium Friday February 17th

Please join us for this month's Student and Postdoc Symposium; chaired by Dr. Brian Palenik & Dr. Bianca Brahamsha.


Our speakers will be:
Du Nui, Graduate Student from the Mitchell Lab 
"Life-cycle assessment on algal biofuel-Why do we biologists care?"


Garfield Kwan, Undergraduate Student from the Shurin Lab
"Partitioning the light spectrum in co-occurring algae"


Jon Shurin, Associate Professor in Biological Sciences Division of Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution
"A trait-based assessment of algal diversity and productivity"


When: February 17, 2012 from 4PM to 5PM (Reception to follow)
Where: Sumner Auditorium on the SIO campus (look for the Argo bell).
Visitors should park along La Jolla Shores Dr.