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Upcoming Event · Seminars and conferences

2024 SSRL/LCLS Users’ Meeting

Participants present posters during the SSRL/LCLS Users’ Meeting at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Sep 22–27

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

aerial view of SLAC campus
Sep 16–18
Upcoming 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
Aug 05–16
Upcoming Event · Public Lectures

Radio Axion: Tuning in to the Dark Matter Airwaves

Presented by Chelsea Bartram

Public Lecture: Chelsea Bartram
Aug 01

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
Register to watch in person in the  Kavli Auditorium,  or watch the lecture live on our  YouTube page. Every day, we come in contact with many different chemicals that have the potential to impact our lives. Toxicology is a field...
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
Past Event · Seminars and conferences

Image Sensors for Precision Astronomy (ISPA 2024)

Addressing the challenges of making state-of-the-art measurements with imperfect detectors.

LSSTCam
Past Event · Public Lecture

Searching for Trolls under the Electron Bridge

Register here to watch in person in the  Kavli Auditorium,  or watch the lecture live on our YouTube page. Plants draw energy for all their chemical reactions from sunlight. Why can't we? In theory, this can be done by building...
public lecture poster illustration of electrons going over a bridge
Past Event · Seminars and conferences

APS Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP)

The goal of APS CUWiP is to help undergraduate women continue in physics by providing them with the opportunity to experience a professional conference, information about graduate school and professions in physics, and access to other women in physics of...

Silhouettes of women with chalkboard sketches