Seeing the Light (LBNL Science at the Theater)

Multimedia · 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: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (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
• Resource Relation: Conference: Science at the Theater Lecture Series, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, presented on September 12, 2011
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

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