Institute Calendar
May 2012
Saturday, May 5th, 2012
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, May 6th, 2012
10:00am
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11:00am
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11:00am
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12:30pm
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11:00am
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4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Zakhari Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
12:30pm
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1:00pm
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3:30pm
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5:30pm
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3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, May 7th, 2012
11:00am
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12:00pm
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DNA-mediated Charge Transport in a Biological Context: Cooperation Among Metalloproteins to Find Lesions in the Genome
DNA-mediated Charge Transport in a Biological Context: Cooperation Among Metalloproteins to Find Lesions in the Genome
Pamela Sontz,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Barton Group,
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
DNA-mediated Charge Transport in a Biological Context: Cooperation Among Metalloproteins to Find Lesions in the Genome
Pamela Sontz,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Barton Group,
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
The Design, Synthesis, and Application of Ruthenium Metathesis Catalysts for the Preparation of Small Molecules and Polymers
Renee Thomas,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Grubbs group,
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
How to tie peptide knots
A. James Link,
Assistant Professor,
Chemical and Biological Engineering,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Exceptional fossils and new technologies: revealing the big steps in our early evolution
John Long,
Vice President,
Research and Collections ,
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County ,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Functional Analogues of the FeFe Hydrogenases with an Emphasis on Hydride Intermediates
Thomas B. Rauchfuss,
professor of chemistry,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Statistics and Computation in the Age of Massive Data
Michael Jordan,
Pehong Chen Distinguished Professor,
EECS & Statistics,
UC Berkeley,
8:00pm
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9:00pm
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Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
10:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Characterizing the Time Domain
Matthew Graham,
Computational Scientist,
Center for Advanced Computing Research,
Caltech,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Classification of Sub-10 nm Aerosol: Theory, Instrument Development, and Experiment
Andrew Downard,
graduate student,
chemical engineering,
california institute of technology,
1:15pm
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3:30pm
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3:30pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
TBD
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Applications of Surface Plasmons Polaritons in Opto-electronics & in Early Health Diagnosis
Alain Dereux,
Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
"Molecular and cellular mechanisms of memory allocation in neuronal networks"
Alcino Silva,
Professor,
Gonda Neuroscience and Genetics Center,
ULCA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Kliegel Lectures in Planetary Sciences
Jeffrey Andews-Hanna,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Geophysics,
Colorado School of Mines,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Re-Election Through Division
Richard Van Weelden,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
University of Chicago,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
10:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar
How To Use Cloud Computing To Do Astronomy
Bruce Berriman,
IPAC,
Ewa Deelman,
Computer Science,
USC ,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Boundary Data Maps and a Multi-dimensional Variant of the Jost and Pais Formula
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:30pm
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4:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Mixed Functionality Semiconductor Surfaces
Leslie O'Leary,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Lewis group,
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Herschel view on star formation: from local star forming regions to the most distant galaxies
Laurent Vigroux,
IAP Director/Kingsley Visitor,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Homophily in Peer Groups
Mariagiovanna Baccara,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Washington University, St. Louis,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Chlorophyll fluorescence from space, new avenues in carbon cycle research
Christian Frankenberg,
Scientist,
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Leonidas Alaoglu Memorial Lecture
Motives associated to configuration spaces, fundamental groups, . . .
Spencer Bloch,
R. M. Hutchins Distinguished Service Professor,
Mathematics,
University of Chicago,
5:00pm
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6:30pm
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Everhart Lecture
Discrete Differential Geometry: Helping Machines (and People) Think Clearly About Shape
Keenan Crane,
Graduate Student,
Computer Science,
Caltech,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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8:00pm
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9:00pm
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Thursday, May 10th, 2012
10:00am
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Science at Conservation International
Andrew Rosenberg,
Chief Scientist,
Conservation International,
2:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Mechanisms of allosteric control in the EGF receptor
John Kuriyan,
Chancellor's Professor,
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology & 
Department of Chemistry,
University of California, Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Transport of ions and penetrants through structured polymeric matrices: interplay of structure and dynamics of polymers
Venkat Ganesan,
Associate Professor,
Chemical Engineering,
University of Texas at Austin,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Soil Phenomena at the Particle/Pore Scale
Carlos Santamaria,
Senior Research Engineer,
Georgia Tech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Diving For Treasure in Complex Data: From Roman Urns to Alzheimer's
Marvin Weinstein,
Theoretical Physicist,
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford,