Institute Calendar
January 2014
Tuesday, January 21st, 2014
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Physics and Geometry Seminar
Compactness theorems for sequence of bounded energy SL(2;C) connections in dimensions 3 and 4
Clifford Taubes,
Harvard University,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Measuring the neutron-star equation of state with gravitational waves from binary inspiral
John Friedman,
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Symmetry Protected Topological Phases: Prediction, Construction, and Classification
Xie Chen,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Computational design of self-assembling protein nano materials with atomic-level accuracy
Neil King,
Ph.D.,
Department of Biochemistry,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Kleigel Lectures in Planetary Science
A New Model for Distal Impact Ejecta and, Perhaps, Chondrules
Brandon Johnson,
Graduate Stuent,
Physics,
Purdue,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Chemical Physics Seminar
Excitons in Organic Semiconductors: Elucidating the Mechanism of Singlet Fission
Timothy C. Berkelbach,
Ph.D.,
Department of Chemistry,
Columbia University,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014
2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Extra-solar planetary system formation and evolution in the golden age of high contrast imaging
Dimitri Mawet,
ESO,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Scaling controls on carbon cycling from organisms to ecosystems: Insights from novel isotopic measurements in temperate forests and thawing permafrost wetlands
Scott Saleska,
Associate Professor,
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
University of Arizona,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Chemistry Seminar
Exposing and Exploiting Novel Metabolic Pathways in Normal and Diseased Biology
Raymond Moellering,
Ph.D.,
The Scripps Research Institute,
7:30pm
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10:30pm
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Thursday, January 23rd, 2014
10:30am
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12:30pm
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10:30am
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11:30am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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5:30pm
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2:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
Mechanisms and Consequences of Individual Variation in Value Based Learning
Catherine Hartley,
Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry,
Weill Medical College of Cornell University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture
Reconstructing regulatory circuits: lessons from immune cells
Aviv Regev,
Associate Professor,
HHMI and Department of Biology,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
A Little Big Bang: Strong Interactions in Ultracold Fermi Gases
Martin Zwierlein,
Silverman Family Career Development Professor of Physics,
MIT,
7:30pm
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10:30pm
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7:30pm
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KNI Nanoscience Conference Lecture
The Next Life of Silicon
Gabriel Aeppli,
Director,
London Centre for Nanotechnology,
Friday, January 24th, 2014
8:00am
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5:00pm
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8:30am
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6:00pm
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James K. Knowles Lecture
Model Reduction in Multiscale Problems Focusing on Polar Ice
Pierre M. Suquet,
Senior Researcher,
National Center of Scientific Research in Marseille,
9:00am
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6:00pm
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James K. Knowles Lecture and Caltech Solid Mechanics Symposium
Model Reduction in Multiscale Problems Focusing on Polar Ice
Pierre M. Suquet,
Senior Researcher,
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique,
10:00am
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11:00am
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10:30am
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4:45pm
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Binary inspiral with extreme mass ratios
John Friedman,
Distinguished Professor Emeritus,
Physics,
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Rare Earth Metal Ions in Manganese-Oxido Clusters as Models of the Oxygen-Evolving Complex of Photosystem II
Po-Heng Lin,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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7:30pm
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Saturday, January 25th, 2014
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5:00pm
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7:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, January 26th, 2014
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Monday, January 27th, 2014
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Manipulating microwave photons in complex circuits
David Schuster,
Assistant Professor,
University of Chicago,