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SLAC is committed to protecting the health and safety of our staff, the community, and the environment as we carry out our scientific mission.

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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
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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
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public lecture

Photosynthesis: How Plants Build the Air We Breathe – Atom by Atom

Presented by Franklin Fuller. Over billions of years, plants and cyanobacteria changed the Earth’s atmosphere by inhaling carbon dioxide, storing the carbon in solid...

Date Thursday, November 18, 2021
9:00 a.m.  –  10:00 a.m.  PT
Public Lecture poster: picture of movie
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public lecture

Getting to the Core of Earth’s Magnetic Field by Ben Ofori-Okai

Presented by Ben Ofori-Okai. Earth’s magnetic field does more than just help us to navigate. It is also used by animals for orientation and...

Date Thursday, February 3, 2022
9:00 a.m.  –  10:00 a.m.  PT
Public lecture poster for Getting to the Core of Earth’s Magnetic Field
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Community Day

Community Day 2019

Community Day is an evening of enriching activities to learn about science and have fun doing it.

Date Saturday, October 19, 2019
5:00 p.m.  –  9:00 p.m.  PT
Scientist wearing a hard had showing a young person how to do a science experiment.
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SLAC ON TAP

A battery walks into a bar...

Presented by Johanna Nelson Weker. X-ray vision might sound like the stuff of superheroes and science fiction, but at SLAC’s Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource...

Date Monday, January 27, 2020
6:00 p.m.  –  7:00 p.m.  PT
Location The Old Pro
Staff scientist Johanna Nelson Weker gives a talk about pushing the battery revolution.
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Art Meets Science

A Different Physics: The Poetics of Discovery

Presented by Lisa Rosenberg. How do poetic and scientific exploration create access and insight between domains? Can art created within the worlds of science...

Date Thursday, November 7, 2019
3:30 p.m.  –  5:00 p.m.  PT
Art Meets Science: A Different Physics

Coming to SLAC: for users

SLAC’s scientific users are critical to the laboratory’s success, driving scientific discoveries and contributing to the lab’s technological advancements.

Science and User Support Building (SUSB)

Partner with us

Learn how SLAC’s partnerships promote scientific discoveries and their practical applications.

SLAC’s Arianna Gleason speaks with advisors to Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouilette