Events

Monday May 15, 2006
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm

yvette@citris-uc.org

Yvette Subramanian

290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, the Maria & Dado Banatao Conference Room, UC Berkeley

The awards for the CITRIS White Paper competition were handed out on Monday, May 15 at 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday May 23, 2006
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:30 pm

travisr@citris-uc.org

Travis Richardson

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290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, the Maria & Dado Banatao Conference Room, UC Berkeley

On May 23,  Dr. Arabinda Mitra, Executive Director of the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum, spoke on the Berkeley Campus from 12 ' 1:30p.m. in 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building.

Thursday May 25, 2006
Start: 8:30 am
Start: 2006-05-25 08:30
End: 2006-05-26 16:30

Yvette@citris-uc.org

Yvette Subramanian

Molecular Foundry Workshop

Molecular Foundry Building, LBNL

The Molecular Foundry, a User Facility for Nanoscale Science Research at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, will celebrate the inauguration of the Foundry's $85M new laboratory with this May 25-26 workshop that will introduce prospective users to the capabilities of the Foundry, the Foundry staff, the nature of research already underway and the procedures involved in applying for and using the facilities.

Start: 8:30 am
Start: 2006-05-25 08:30
End: 2006-05-26 17:30

yvette@citris-uc.org

Yvette Subramanian

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South Hall and Sibley Auditorium, UC Berkeley campus

The goal of the International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) on May 25 and 26 is to provide a forum for academic researchers working with ICT applied to development. This scientifically rigorous conference will bring together researchers in both the social and technical sciences, with representation from a number of academic disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, economics, political science, computer science, electrical engineering, and industrial design.  

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Friday May 26, 2006
End: 4:30 pm
Start: 2006-05-25 08:30
End: 2006-05-26 16:30

Yvette@citris-uc.org

Yvette Subramanian

Molecular Foundry Workshop

Molecular Foundry Building, LBNL

The Molecular Foundry, a User Facility for Nanoscale Science Research at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, will celebrate the inauguration of the Foundry's $85M new laboratory with this May 25-26 workshop that will introduce prospective users to the capabilities of the Foundry, the Foundry staff, the nature of research already underway and the procedures involved in applying for and using the facilities.

End: 5:30 pm
Start: 2006-05-25 08:30
End: 2006-05-26 17:30

yvette@citris-uc.org

Yvette Subramanian

More information and registration

South Hall and Sibley Auditorium, UC Berkeley campus

The goal of the International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) on May 25 and 26 is to provide a forum for academic researchers working with ICT applied to development. This scientifically rigorous conference will bring together researchers in both the social and technical sciences, with representation from a number of academic disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, economics, political science, computer science, electrical engineering, and industrial design.  

More information and registration. 

Thursday June 8, 2006
Start: 8:45 am
End: 6:30 pm

http://www.qb3.org

Details Soon Available

Byers Auditorium, Genentech Hall, UCSF Mission Bay, San Francisco

 

This event is sponsored by Sirna Therapeutics and QB3.

This meeting will explore the rapidly expanding field of RNA-modulated gene expression including miRNAs, RNAi, antisense, RNA editing, splicing, viral RNA function, and oligonucleotide-based applications. Approaches and interests will be very broad: Biochemistry, Genetics, Structural Biology, Microbiology, Virology, and Biotech.

Monday June 12, 2006
Start: 1:30 pm
End: 2:30 pm

travisr@citris-uc.org

Travis Richardson

Hearst Memorial Mining Building lobby

On June 12, His Excellency Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark, addressed a gathering of faculty, students, and visiting guests. In a 45-minute talk entitled "Partnership in a Globalized World: A Declaration of Interdependence," Rasmussen outlined proposals for the creation of an economic union between the European Union and the United States and mutual efforts for sustainable development. This event was hosted jointly by CITRIS and the Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE).