Institute Calendar
April 2012
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
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Physics Research Conference
Inflation, infinity, equilibrium and the observable Universe
Andreas Albrecht,
Professor of Physics & Department Chair,
UC Davis,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Gale Crater: Exploring the Mars Science Laboratory Landing Site
Dr. Matthew Golembeck,
senior research scientist; Mars Exploration Program Landing Site Scientist,
JPL,
Friday, April 13th, 2012
2:00am
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3:00pm
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11:00am
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Recent Experience Applying Advanced Modeling and Uncertainty Quantification to Spacecraft Integrated Modeling
Lee Peterson,
JPL,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Pincer-Enforced Nickel-Arene Interactions: Reactivity and Arene Activation
Sibo Lin,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
Stochastic optimal control as a theory of brain-machine interface operation
Lakshminarayan "Ram" Srinivasan,
Principal Investigator ,
Department of Radiology,
University of California Los Angeles,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Analysing Alkaloids, Analysis Mania: What Liebig's 1830 Laboratory Notebook Can Tell Us About the Practice of Organic Analysis
Catherine Jackson,
Chemical Heritage Foundation,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Robotic Exploration of Planetary Bodies
Robotic Exploration of Planetary Bodies
Issa Nesnas,
Dr.,
JPL,
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Eshagh Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
Gale Crater: Exploring the Mars Science Laboratory Landing Site
Dr. Matthew Golembeck,
senior research scientist; Mars Exploration Program Landing Site Scientist,
JPL,
7:30pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, April 14th, 2012
8:00am
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12:00pm
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10:00am
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6:00pm
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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2:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Sinoryan Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Sunday, April 15th, 2012
9:30am
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10:00am
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11:00am
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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Skeptics Society Lecture
Born Believers: The Science of Children's Religious Belief
Dr. Justin Barrett,
developmental psychologist and anthropologist,
Oxford University,
6:30pm
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7:30pm
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Monday, April 16th, 2012
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture
Discrete Steps and Inter-Subunit Coordination of a DNA Packaging Ring-ATPase
Carlos Bustamante,
Professor,
Molecular and Cell Biology, Physics, and Chemistry,
University of California, Berkeley,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Heavy-Element Enrichment in the Early Universe Observed with FIRE
Rob Simcoe,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Learning to Tolerate the Microbial Self
Sarkis Mazmanian,
Assistant Professor,
Biology,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
The Tibet-Himalaya Accommodation Zone: New Perspectives on Quaternary Tectonics
Kip Hodges,
Foundation Professor of Geological Sciences,
Director, School of Earth and Space Exploration,
Arizona State University,
4:00pm
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4:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Community Structure in Networks
Mason Porter,
University Lecturer,
Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics,
University of Oxford,
7:30pm
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8:30pm
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9:00pm
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Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
10:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar
Recent Observational Results from Optical Interferometry
Gerard van Belle,
Lowell Observatory,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
If P, then Q: Form, System and Reasoning in Babylonian Divination
Francesca Rochberg,
Department of Near Eastern Studies,
UC Berkeley,
2:00pm
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4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Mechanisms of transcription factor evolution: the next dimension of developmental evolution
Gunter Wagner,
professor of ecology and evolutionary biology,
Yale University,
Gunter Wagner,
Prof. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
Systems Biology Institute,
Yale University,
4:00pm
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Kliegel Lectures in Planetary Sciences
Sasha Hinkley,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Dept. of Astronomy,
California Institute of Technology,
4:45pm
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6:00pm
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7:30pm
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Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
10:00am
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11:00am
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Thesis Seminar
DNA mechanics and transcriptional regulation in the E. coli lac operon
Stephanie Johnson,
graduate student,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
10:00am
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12:00pm
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11:30am
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1:30pm
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IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar
Status of ALMA: Progress of Cycle 0 Observations & Anticipated Capabilities
Kartik Sheth,
ALMA,