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SLAC on Tap

The Fundamental Universe, Looking for Zebras, and the World’s Largest Demolition Derby

At CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), protons collide at nearly the speed of light, unleashing a particle party that might reveal secrets beyond our...
Date Thursday, May 8, 2025
5:00 p.m.  –  7:00 p.m.  PT
Location The Dutch Goose, 3567 Alameda de las Pulgas Menlo Park, CA 94025
SLAC on Tap Julia Gonski
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Seminars and conferences

2025 SSRL/LCLS Users' Meeting

21-26 September 2025 at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Date Sunday, September 21, 2025  –  Friday, September 26, 2025
Users' Meeting 2025
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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...

Date Monday, August 5, 2024  –  Friday, August 16, 2024
SLAC Summer Institute 2024 poster image
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Public Lectures

Radio Axion: Tuning in to the Dark Matter Airwaves

Presented by Chelsea Bartram

Date Thursday, August 1, 2024
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kavli Auditorium
Public Lecture: Chelsea Bartram
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Seminars and conferences

Single-Particle Cryo-Electron Microscopy (Cryo-EM) Image Processing Workshop

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

Date Monday, September 16, 2024  –  Wednesday, September 18, 2024
aerial view of SLAC campus
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KIPAC public lecture

Traveling Light: The Universe’s Oldest Story Told by the Cosmic Microwave Background

The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is the afterglow of the Big Bang and represents the oldest light in the Universe, emitted when the Universe...

Date Tuesday, July 16, 2024
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
illustration of cosmos
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Seminars and conferences

2024 SSRL/LCLS Users’ Meeting

Learn more and register now
Date Sunday, September 22, 2024  –  Friday, September 27, 2024
Participants present posters during the SSRL/LCLS Users’ Meeting at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
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SLAC on Tap

What’s the (dark) Matter with our Universe? Rubin Observatory is on the Case!

Discovering millions of galaxies and unraveling the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy is far out! Join us at the Dutch Goose for...
Date Thursday, August 22, 2024
5:00 p.m.  –  7:00 p.m.  PT
Location The Dutch Goose, 3567 Alameda de las Pulgas Menlo Park, CA 94025
SLAC on Tap Hannah Polleck
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Public Lectures

​​Primordial Pathway: A Legacy of Ancient Life on Earth

It is a mystery how the earliest organisms on earth evolved the means to thrive, grow and reproduce under the sparse conditions of the...
Date Thursday, October 10, 2024
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kavli Auditorium
Public Lecture: Macon Abernathy
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Public Lectures

Expecting the Unexpected with AI at Particle Colliders

Register to watch in person in the  Kavli Auditorium,  or watch the lecture live on our YouTube page.  In particle physics, we search for...
Date Thursday, December 5, 2024
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kavli Auditorium
Public lecture illustration
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Public Lectures

Microbes Mining Minerals: A New Route to Plant Cultivation

Register to watch in person in the  Kavli Auditorium,  or watch the lecture live on our YouTube page. Plants supply us with food, clothing...
Date Thursday, January 23, 2025
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kavli Auditorium
Public Lecture: Joycelyn Richardson
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public lecture

The Tug of War that Shapes the Universe

Presented by Justin Myles. As the universe expanded from the Big Bang, regions where the density of matter was higher than average grew into...

Date Thursday, September 30, 2021
10:00 a.m.  –  11:00 a.m.  PT
illustration of a tug of war in the universe