Seeing the Light (LBNL Science at the Theater)

Conference · Mon Sep 12 00:00:00 EDT 2011

OSTI ID:1041408

Brunger, Axel; Segalman, Rachel; Westphal, Andrew

Berkeley Lab's Science at the Theater event "Seeing the Light" took place on Sept 12, 2011, at Berkeley Repertory's Roda Theatre. Learn how the Advanced Light Source is improving medicine, paving the way for clean energy, changing the future of computers, and much more. Featured speakers are Berkeley Lab's Roger Falcone, Rachel Segalman, Andrew Westphal, and Stanford University's Axel Brunger. Rachel Segalman: The future of clean energy technology relies on a better understanding of materials at the nanoscale. Berkeley Lab's Rachel Segalman uses the ALS to conduct this research, which could lead to improved photovoltaics and fuel cells. Axel Brunger: Improved treatment for human diseases hinges on understanding molecular-scale processes. Stanford University's Axel Brunger will discuss a new melanoma drug that was developed by a local company, Plexxikon, using the ALS for X-ray data collection. Andrew Westphal: What's comet dust made of? Andrew Westphal of UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory uses the ALS to study comet dust and interplanetary space dust collected by a NASA spacecraft. Moderated by Roger Falcone, Division Director of the Advanced Light Source

• Research Organization: LBNL (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States))
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Friends of Science
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 1041408
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
ADVANCED LIGHT SOURCE
ALS APPLICATIONS
CLIMATIC CHANGE
ENERGY SOURCES
INFORMATION NEEDS
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
RENEWABLE ENERGY
SABOTAGE
SPACE DUST
SPACE FLIGHT
STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY