Institute Calendar
May 2010
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Simulations of Matter at Extreme and Ambient Conditions
Julius T. Su, Ph.D.,
Member of the Staff, Materials and Process Simulation Center,
Beckman Institute,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Dissection of the Visual Motion Detection Circuitry in Drosophila: A Combined Genetic and Physiological Approach
Dierk Reiff,
Department of Systems and Computational Neurobiology,
Max-Planck Institute for Neurobiology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar
What's New on Venus? Implications for Climate and Interior
Sue Smrekar,
planetary scientist,
JPL,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
10:00am
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11:00am
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Thesis Seminar
Investigating Molecular Size Variations in Thin Film Chemical Vapor Sensors
Anna Folinsky,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
10:00am
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12:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
On the Infinite Gap Case
Jacob S. Christiansen,
research fellow in mathematical sciences,
University of Copenhagen,
12:15pm
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1:15pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Distinguishing Classical from Quantum Annealing in a Multi-qubit System
Mohammad Amin,
head theorist,
D-Wave Systems,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Multistate GTPases Control Co-Translational Protein Targeting
Xin Zhang,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Gas and Galaxy Evolution in the Local Universe
Jacqueline van Gorkom,
professor of astronomy,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Resolving the Discrepancy between Laboratory and Field-based Reaction Rates: Insights from Isotopes and Reactive Transport Models
Kate Maher,
assistant professor of environmental isotope geochemistry,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Cellular Mechanisms of Morphogenesis in C. Elegans
Bob Goldstein,
associate professor of biology,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
4:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Molecular Studies of Catalytic Selectivity of Metal Nanoparticles under Reaction Conditions. New Instruments and Evolution of Concepts.
Gabor A. Somorjai,
professor of chemistry,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Activity-Based Proteomics—Applications for Enzyme and Inhibitor Discovery
Benjamin Cravatt,
professor of chemical physiology,
The Scripps Research Institute,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Thursday, May 13th, 2010
10:00am
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
Emotion and Attention in the Primate Amygdala: Neural and Autonomic Correlates
Katalin Gothard,
associate professor of physiology,
University of Arizona,
4:00pm
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Civil Engineering Seminar
Modeling Nonlinear Hystectic Restoring Forces
Jin-Song Pei,
associate professor of structural engineering,
University of Oklahoma,
4:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Microbial Mat-Environment Interactions in Lake Joyce, Antarctica, and Implications for Archean Microbialites
Dawn Sumner,
professor of geology,
UC Davis,
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Soft Directions in Biology: What Can We Learn About from Networks?
Sharad Ramanathan,
assistant professor of molecular and cellular biology and of applied physics,
Harvard University,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Friday, May 14th, 2010
8:00am
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10:00am
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Thesis Seminar
Dynamic DNA Strand Displacement Circuits
David Yu Zhang,
graduate student in computation and neural systems,
Caltech,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Supercurrents and Supergravity
Zohar Komargodski,
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Superconductivity and Quantum Hall States on the Surface of a Topological Insulator
Ashvin Vishwanath,
associate professor of physics,
UC Berkeley,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
The Ecology and Fluid Dynamics of Marine Microorganisms
Roman Stocker,
associate professor of environmental engineering,
MIT,
4:00pm
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Dix Seismo Lab Seminar
Scaling of Earthquake Rupture Growth in Parkfield Area
Takahiko Uchide,
postdoctoral researcher,
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics,
UC San Diego,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Characterizing Site-Directed Mutants of Endonuclease III
Christine A. Romano,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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6:00pm
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7:00pm
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Saturday, May 15th, 2010
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11:00am
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12:30pm
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6:30pm
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Photography on Campus: Black Lodus (Moranon) Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, May 16th, 2010
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