Podcasts about keck institute

Host Dave Schlom is joined by Dr. Bethany Ehlmann, Director of Caltech's Keck Institute for Space Studies and Principal Investigator for the upcoming Lunar Trailblazer mission.

Kiana Aran, Ph.D. is an associate professor and director of the Aran Lab at Keck Institute and is also the Chief Scientific Officer at Cardea Bio. She is an electrical engineer with a driving interest in biology that has led her to combining these two seemingly unconnected fields. Her research has led to the discovery that amplification is not required for targeted DNA and gene detection. Click on play to learn: How functionalizing materials can be used in biosensing technologies and in lab-on-a-chip (LOC) systems. How linking biology directly with electronics molecular control signals can be accessed and studied. How the first DNA search engine is possible using a CRISPR-SNP-chip and graphene. Dr. Aran is interested in the integration electrical, mechanical, chemical, and bioengineering to develop new device solutions for use in clinical research. She thinks of the CRISPR chip as a microscopic robot that can be used as a genome typing tool, a kind of DNA search engine. This tool provides the ability to search through a complete genome in record time, among other things. Currently, the sensitivity of the platform is being evaluated and improved to allow for more types of research. Work is currently being conducted to assess the accuracy and efficiency of CRISPR itself. Research continues on combining the power of CRISPR in its search capabilities and the power of biology as a technology to facilitate research and new discoveries. To learn more visit: aranlab.org and cardeabio.com Episode also available on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/30PvU9C

Watch Dr. Olivier Hainaut from European Southern Observatory present his talk Fantastic Targets and How to Find Them at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course Exploring Once-in-a-Lifetime Targets on October 29, 2018.

Watch Dr. Hope Ishii from HIGP/Univ. of Hawai’i at Mānoa present her talk Getting Close to Long-Period Objects – Lessons Learned from Past Missions at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course Exploring Once-in-a-Lifetime Targets on October 29, 2018.

Watch Dr. Kristina Hogstrom from JPL present her talk Small but Powerful - State of the Art in Small Satellites at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course Exploring Once-in-a-Lifetime Targets on October 29, 2018.

Watch Christian Davenport from The Washington Post tell the story of a group of billionaire entrepreneurs who are pouring their fortunes into the epic resurrection of the American space program. This lecture was sponsored by the Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences - Exploration: The Globe And Beyond Series, and the Keck Institute for Space Studies (Caltech).

Watch Prof. Jeannine Cavender-Bares from University of Minnesota talk about Biodiversity Science at the Biodiversity Science and Remote Sensing Fundamentals short course on October 1, 2018 at the Keck Institute for Space Studies.

Watch Prof. Kyle McDonald from CCNY-CUNY/JPL talk about Remote Sensing Physics and Measurements at the Biodiversity Science and Remote Sensing Fundamentals short course on October 1, 2018 at the Keck Institute for Space Studies, Caltech.

Watch Prof. Phil Townsend from University of Wisconsin analyze Imaging Spectroscopy from Space at the Biodiversity Science and Remote Sensing Fundamentals short course on October 1, 2018 at the Keck Institute for Space Studies, Caltech.

Watch Dr. Robert Guralnick from Florida Museum of Natural History evaluate Species Distribution Modeling at the Biodiversity Science and Remote Sensing Fundamentals short course on October 1, 2018 at the Keck Institute for Space Studies, Caltech.

Watch Dr. Gary Geller from JPL present his talk Biodiversity Policy and Assessing Progress Toward Policy Goals at the Biodiversity Science and Remote Sensing Fundamentals short course on October 1, 2018 at the Keck Institute for Space Studies, Caltech.

In 2013 NASA introduced an asteroid-capture mission called ARM (Asteroid Redirect Mission) which would bring an asteroid to moon's orbit. ____________________ Sources: The Evolution Of NASA’s Ambitious Asteroid-Capture Mission: https://www.space.com/28963-nasa-asteroid-capture-mission-history.html “NASA's ambitious asteroid-capture mission has changed a lot since the agency officially announced its existence less than two years ago. The original plan, which was revealed in April 2013, called for dragging an intact small space rock into orbit around the moon, where it would be visited by astronauts, perhaps as early as 2021." Animation Of Proposed Asteroid Retrieval Mission Video: https://www.youtube.com/user/VideoFromSpace “NASA's 2014 budget poposes a mission to robotically capture a small near-Earth asteroid and bring it into a stable lunar orbit where astronauts can visit and explore it, a 'stepping stone' to future missions to farther asteroids." Asteroid Retrieval Feasibility Study: https://www.rt.com/usa/158784-nasa-asteroid-landing-mining/ “This report describes the results of a study sponsored by the Keck Institute for Space Studies (KISS) to investigate the feasibility of identifying, robotically capturing, and returning an entire Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) to the vicinity of the Earth by the middle of the next decade." NASA Aims To Land On, Capture Asteroids Within Next 15 Years: https://www.rt.com/usa/158784-nasa-as... “NASA researchers are at work developing a plan that not only hopes to physically place astronauts on an asteroid for the first time, but also to wrangle a space object and place it in the orbit of the Earth’s moon." Meet The Team At Planetary Resources: https://www.planetaryresources.com/company/#company-intro ____________________ Follow Trace on twitter: http://twitter.com/tracedominguez Follow Seeker on twitter: http://twitter.com/seeker And, subscribe on YouTube too: http://youtube.com/seeker Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Visit the Seeker website for more science coverage https://www.seeker.com/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2013 NASA introduced an asteroid-capture mission called ARM (Asteroid Redirect Mission) which would bring an asteroid to moon's orbit. ____________________ Sources: The Evolution Of NASA’s Ambitious Asteroid-Capture Mission: https://www.space.com/28963-nasa-asteroid-capture-mission-history.html “NASA's ambitious asteroid-capture mission has changed a lot since the agency officially announced its existence less than two years ago. The original plan, which was revealed in April 2013, called for dragging an intact small space rock into orbit around the moon, where it would be visited by astronauts, perhaps as early as 2021." Animation Of Proposed Asteroid Retrieval Mission Video: https://www.youtube.com/user/VideoFromSpace “NASA's 2014 budget poposes a mission to robotically capture a small near-Earth asteroid and bring it into a stable lunar orbit where astronauts can visit and explore it, a 'stepping stone' to future missions to farther asteroids." Asteroid Retrieval Feasibility Study: https://www.rt.com/usa/158784-nasa-asteroid-landing-mining/ “This report describes the results of a study sponsored by the Keck Institute for Space Studies (KISS) to investigate the feasibility of identifying, robotically capturing, and returning an entire Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) to the vicinity of the Earth by the middle of the next decade." NASA Aims To Land On, Capture Asteroids Within Next 15 Years: https://www.rt.com/usa/158784-nasa-as... “NASA researchers are at work developing a plan that not only hopes to physically place astronauts on an asteroid for the first time, but also to wrangle a space object and place it in the orbit of the Earth’s moon." Meet The Team At Planetary Resources: https://www.planetaryresources.com/company/#company-intro ____________________ Follow Trace on twitter: http://twitter.com/tracedominguez Follow Seeker on twitter: http://twitter.com/seeker And, subscribe on YouTube too: http://youtube.com/seeker Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Visit the Seeker website for more science coverage https://www.seeker.com/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Watch Slava G. Turyshev (Physicist, JPL) and Louis Friedman (Co-Founder and Executive Director Emeritus, The Planetary Society) discuss a mission to the SGL focal region that could provide us with direct, multi-pixel, high-resolution images and spectroscopy of a potentially habitable Earth-like exoplanet. The speakers address some aspects of mission design and spacecraft requirements, as well as capabilities needed to fly this mission in the next two decades. This lecture took place at the workshop Technology Requirements to Operate at and Utilize the Solar Gravity Lens for Exoplanet Imaging at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on May 16, 2018.

The Moon Diver mission concept proposes to send the JPL-developed Axel extreme terrain rover into one of these pits, rappelling down the wall to expose the history of the lunar mare, and to illuminate the workings of the flood basalt eruptions that created them: eruptions on a scale never before witnessed in the history of humankind. This lecture was presented by Dr. Laura Kerber at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on April 2, 2018.

Watch Anthony Challinor from University of Cambridge present his talk on the future cosmic microwave background (CMB) exploration at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course The Whys and Hows of Future Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Exploration on March 19, 2018.

Watch Jacques Delabrouille from CNRS talk about the future cosmic microwave background (CMB) exploration at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course The Whys and Hows of Future Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Exploration on March 19, 2018.

Watch Alan Kogut from NASA, GSFC discuss design challenges for future CMB experiments at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course The Whys and Hows of Future Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Exploration on March 19, 2018.

Watch Paul Steinhardt from Princeton University discuss cosmological predictions at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course The Whys and Hows of Future Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Exploration on March 19, 2018.

Watch Joe Silk from JHU/IAP analyze inflationary predictions for cosmology at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course The Whys and Hows of Future Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Exploration on March 19, 2018.

Watch Graca Rocha from JPL/Caltech present her talk on the future cosmic microwave background (CMB) exploration at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course The Whys and Hows of Future Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Exploration on March 19, 2018.

Watch Roh Bhartia from JPL discuss the search for life on Mars at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course MarsX - Mars Subsurface Exploration - Life and Resources in the Martian Subsurface on February 12, 2018.

Watch Nathaniel Putzig (PSI) talk about Subsurface Sounding on Mars and the Search for Water Ice at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course MarsX - Mars Subsurface Exploration - Life and Resources in the Martian Subsurface on February 12, 2018.

Watch Kris Zacny from Honeybee Robotics analyze drilling on Mars at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course MarsX - Mars Subsurface Exploration - Life and Resources in the Martian Subsurface on February 12, 2018.

Watch Gerald (Jerry) Sanders from NASA JSC discuss resources and ISRU from the Martian subsurface at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course MarsX - Mars Subsurface Exploration - Life and Resources in the Martian Subsurface on February 12, 2018.

Jonathan Fay, Ciro Donalek, and Santiago Lombeyda provide an introduction to demos at the Virtual and Augmented Reality for Space Science and Exploration symposium at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on January 30, 2018.

Emily Law, Michael Amori, Eduardo Siman, Jonathan Fay and Shayna Skolnik discuss a view from the industry and tech transfer during the Virtual and Augmented Reality for Space Science and Exploration symposium at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on January 30, 2018.

This panel discussion on VR/AR for Mission Design and Ops was part of the Virtual and Augmented Reality for Space Science and Exploration symposium at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on January 30, 2018. The panes features Scott Davidoff, Emine Basak Alper Ramaswamy, Parker Abercrombie, Joel W. Burdick, and Charles White.

Charles White, a JPL’s Knowledge Management Specialist for the Office of the Chief Engineer, talks about Virtual Heritage: Knowledge Management in VR during the Virtual and Augmented Reality for Space Science and Exploration symposium at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on January 30, 2018.

Emine Basak Alper Ramaswamy, a data visualization developer at JPL, talks about visualizing and designing spacecraft trajectories in VR at the Virtual and Augmented Reality for Space Science and Exploration symposium at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on January 30, 2018.

Parker Abercrombie, a senior software engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, presents Virtual Mars during the Virtual and Augmented Reality for Space Science and Exploration symposium at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on January 30, 2018.

Watch Wolfgang Stuerzlinger discuss the challenges and opportunities of interacting with N-dimensional data in immersive 3D during the Virtual and Augmented Reality for Space Science and Exploration symposium at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on January 30, 2018. Wolfgang Stuerzlinger is a Professor at the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at the Simon Fraser University, where he is the director of the VVISE lab.

Watch S. George Djorgovski, a Professor and Executive Officer (Dept. Chair) for Astronomy and the Director of the Center for Data Driven Discovery at Caltech, discuss VR/AR as a scientific and educational platform during the Virtual and Augmented Reality for Space Science and Exploration symposium at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on January 30, 2018. S. George Djorgovski's research encompassed a broad variety of topics, including structure and dynamics of globular clusters, fundamental properties of galaxies and their evolution, gamma-ray bursts, early phases of galaxy and structure formation, distant quasars, dark energy, and exploration of the time domain in astronomy. He has led several large digital sky surveys, and is one of the founders of the Virtual Observatory framework, as well as the emerging discipline of Astroinformatics. He was the Chair of the National Virtual Observatory Science Definition Team, the director or the Meta Institute for Computational Astrophysics (the first professional scientific institution based in virtual worlds), among many other leadership roles. His principal scientific interests are in the ways in which information and computation technologies are changing the ways we do science and scholarship in general, and the emergence of a new scientific methodology for the computationally enabled, data rich science in the 21st century. He has earned numerous recognitions, including the Presidential Young Investigator Award, the Dudley Observatory Award, the NASA Group Achievement Award, and first prize in the Boeing-Griffith Science Writing Contest, as well as fellowships with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Institute for the Advancement of Engineering, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The asteroid 24421 Djorgovski is named in his honor.

Watch Scott Davidoff present a talk on visual analytics as force multiplier for space exploration during the Virtual and Augmented Reality for Space Science and Exploration symposium at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on January 30, 2018. Scott Davidoff manages the Human Interfaces Group at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he leads design and development of the user interfaces that command all JPL spacecraft.

Watch Alex Endert, an Assistant Professor in the School of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, present a talk on Visual Analytics by Demonstration for Interactive and Immersive Data Analysis during the Virtual and Augmented Reality for Space Science and Exploration symposium at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on January 30, 2018.

Watch Dan Keefe, an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota, present his talk on experiential analytics during the Virtual and Augmented Reality for Space Science and Exploration symposium at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on January 30, 2018.

Doug A. Bowman, the Frank J. Maher Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Center for Human-Computer Interaction at Virginia Tech, presents his talk about immersive analytics beyond visualization during the Virtual and Augmented Reality for Space Science and Exploration symposium at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on January 30, 2018.

S. George Djorgovski, Wolfgang Stuerzlinger, Alex Endert, Dan Keefe and Doug A. Bowman analyze data visualization in VR/AR during the Virtual and Augmented Reality for Space Science and Exploration symposium at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on January 30, 2018.

Watch Dr. Stanislav (Stas) Babak from APC/Université Paris Diderot present his introduction to data analysis of gravitational-wave signals during the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course Science, Source Modeling, and Data Analysis for the Space-Based Gravitational-Wave Observatory LISA on January 16, 2018.

Watch Prof. Deirdre Shoemaker from Georgia Institute of Technology discuss analytical and numerical modeling of binary sources during the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course Science, Source Modeling, and Data Analysis for the Space-Based Gravitational-Wave Observatory LISA on January 16, 2018.

Watch Dr. Curt Cutler from JPL present an overview of Lisa science during the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course Science, Source Modeling, and Data Analysis for the Space-Based Gravitational-Wave Observatory LISA on January 16, 2018.

Dr. Christophe Sotin from JPL/Caltech talks about ocean and rock interactions and prospects for life on Europa and Enceladus. This lecture was part of the short course Accessing the Subsurface Oceans of Icy Worlds at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on October 9, 2017.

Dr. Tom Cwik from JPL/Caltech evaluates the challenges in designing a mission that travels through Europa Crust at the at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course Accessing the Subsurface Oceans of Icy Worlds on October 9, 2017.

Dr. John Priscu (Montana State University) and Dennis Duling (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) discuss the WISSARD and SALSA subglacial lake projects and lessons learned from drilling through the Antarctic ice sheet at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course on October 9, 2017.

Dr. Louise Prockter from Lunar and Planetary Institute analyzes the structure and thickness of Europa ice shell and what we hope to learn from the Europa Clipper at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course on October 9, 2017.

Dr. Joe Berry from Carnegie Institute for Science/Stanford talked about the new tools for investigating the Carbon Cycle at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on September 18, 2017. This talk was part of the short course Next-Generation Approach for Detecting Climate-Carbon Feedbacks.

Prof. Christian Frankenberg from Caltech evaluated the past, present and future of remote sensing of solar induced chlorophyll fluorescence at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on September 18, 2017. This talk was part of the short course"Next-Generation Approach for Detecting Climate-Carbon Feedbacks.

Dr. Ian Baker from Colorado State University talked about incorporating observations of OCS and SIF into carbon cycle models at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on September 18, 2017. This talk was part of the short course Next-Generation Approach for Detecting Climate-Carbon Feedbacks.

Prof. Elliott Campbell from UC Santa Cruz discussed what carbonyl sulfide teaches us about Earth biosphere at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on September 18, 2017. This talk was part of the short course Next-Generation Approach for Detecting Climate-Carbon Feedbacks.

Dr. Melinda Kahre from NASA's Ames Research Center presented her talk Amazonian Climate Modeling at the Keck Institute for Space Studies short course The Polar Ice Caps and Climate of Mars on August 8, 2017.