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Register to watch in person in the  Kavli Auditorium,  or watch the lecture live on our  YouTube page. It is a mystery how the earliest organisms on earth evolved the means to thrive, grow and reproduce under the sparse conditions...
Public Lecture: Macon Abernathy
Oct 10
Past Event · STEM Community Day

STEM Community Day 2024

STEM Community Day is a fun-filled event that includes an action-packed program for all ages. Interactive demos Engaging displays Short science talks Mini facility tours Fun photo ops Refreshments & giveaways Check out the photos from our 2019 and 2023...
Visitors watch a science demonstration at Community Day
Past Event · Seminars and conferences

2024 SSRL/LCLS Users’ Meeting

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Participants present posters during the SSRL/LCLS Users’ Meeting at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

The Stanford-SLAC Cryo-EM Center will host an advanced cryo-EM image processing workshop.

aerial view of SLAC campus
Discovering millions of galaxies and unraveling the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy is far out! Join us at the Dutch Goose for SLAC on Tap on August 22 at 5 pm, when SLAC engineer Hannah Pollek will talk...
SLAC on Tap Hannah Polleck
Past Event · Seminars and conferences

52nd SLAC Summer Institute (SSI 2024)

The SLAC Summer Institute (SSI) is an annual two-week-long Summer School tradition since 1973. The theme of the 52st SLAC Summer Institute is “The Art of Precision: Calculations & Measurements.”

SLAC Summer Institute 2024 poster image

Presented by Chelsea Bartram

Public Lecture: Chelsea Bartram

The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is the afterglow of the Big Bang and represents the oldest light in the Universe, emitted when the Universe was 0.003% of its current age.

illustration of cosmos

Presented by Ashley James

Public Lecture: Ashley James

Double your pressure, double your fun! Join us for SLAC on Tap on May 9, when SLAC scientist and rock star Arianna Gleason will share the amazing secrets scientists are trying to squeeze from the depths of Earth and other...

SLAC on tap promo with Arianna Gleason