Institute Calendar
March 2011
Friday, March 11th, 2011
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Wilsonian and Holographic Renormalization Groups
Joe Polchinkski,
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics,
UC Santa Barbara,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Clustering, Caustics, and Collisions in Turbulent Aerosols
Michael Wilkinson,
professor of mathematics and statistics,
Open University, Milton Keynes, UK,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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Biological Network Modeling Center Seminar
Modeling and High-throughput Approaches in Developmental Patterning
Marcos Nahmad,
postdoctoral scholar in biology,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Iridium-Pincer Complexes and Small Molecule Activation
Ross Fu,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William Bennett Mumro Memorial Seminar
What Can We Learn from Analogy in Mathematics?
Paul Bartha,
associate professor of philosophy,
University of British Columbia,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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6:00pm
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10:00pm
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6:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Saturday, March 12th, 2011
8:00am
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Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum
Technology Transforming the Learning Landscape: Entrepreneurial Opportunities in eLearning
2:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:00pm
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6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Gifford Engagement Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Sunday, March 13th, 2011
10:00am
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11:00am
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2:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Tretten Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Monday, March 14th, 2011
8:00am
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5:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture
Geometry and Genetics
Eric D. Siggia,
Professor,
Laboratory of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics,
The Rockefeller University,
4:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Reggie Edgerton,
professor of integrative biology and physiology,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Competing Phases of 2D Electrons at $\nu$ = 5/2 and 7/3
Jing Xia,
Tolman Postdoctoral Scholar Experimental Physics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Learning under the Microscope: Long-term Imaging of Neuronal Activity in the Mouse Motor Cortex
Daniel Huber,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
Janelia Farm Research Campus,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Putting Metals to Work: Transition Metal Complexes for Electron Transfer and Electron Transport
Linda H. Doerrer,
assistant professor of chemistry,
Boston University,
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
10:00am
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12:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
The Circulation of Cosmic Metals and Baryons
4:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Predictive Defect Engineering for Scalable Photovoltaics at $1/Wp
Tonio Buonassissi,
professor of mechanical engineering and manufacturing,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bioengineering Lecture
Learning Structure-Based Principles of Protein Function
Gevorg Grigoryan,
postdoctoral researcher in biochemistry and biophysics,
the University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
DNA Methylation in Developing Germ Cells
Greg Hannon,
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory,
4:00pm
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Kliegel Lectures in Planetary Sciences
Topic to be announced.
Fred Adams,
professor of physics,
University of Michigan,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
8:00am
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Thesis Seminar
DNA-Mediated Charge-Transfer between [4Fe-4S] Cluster Glycosylases
Christine Romano,
Graduate Student in Chemistry,
Chemistry & Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
10:00am
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Special Inorganic Chemistry Seminar
Unpaired Spins: Probing Single-electron Chemistry by EPR
Stefan Stoll,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
UC Davis,
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Structure and Radiation of Relativistic Jets
Dimitrios Giannios,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Rational and Irrational Bubbles: An Experiment
SĂ©bastien Pouget,
professor of finance,
University of Toulouse,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Projected Changes in the Seasonal Cycle under Global Warming
Adam H. Sobel,
professor,
Department of Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics and Department of Earth & Environmental Science,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Reaction Design and Catalysis with Aromatic Ions
Tristan H. Lambert,
professor of chemistry,
Columbia University,