Institute Calendar
February 2014
Thursday, February 6th, 2014
2:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Structural basis for bacterial cellulose biosynthesis
Jochen Zimmer,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics,
University of Virginia,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Constantin G. Economou Memorial Lecture
The role of compression in the dynamics of colloidal suspensions
Mu Wang,
graduate student,
Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
The sea level fingerprint of a Snowball Earth deglaciation
JC Creveling,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Exploring Big Questions on Small scales
Eugene Demler,
Professor of Physics,
Harvard University,
7:30pm
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10:30pm
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Friday, February 7th, 2014
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
The holography of electric/magnetic duality breaking
Oscar Varela,
Harvard University,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Scattering coefficients from Monodromies
Maria Rodriguez,
Harvard University,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Assessing the Role of Stellar Feedback from Small to Large Scales
Laura Lopez,
Pappalardo Fellow in Physics and NASA Einstein Fellow,
Kavli Institute for Astrophysics & Space Research,
MIT,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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W. Duncan Rannie Lecture in Aerospace
INSTABILITIES IN REACTIVE AND NON-REACTIVE FLOWFIELDS: FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES UNDERLYING FUTURE ENERGY AND PROPULSION SYSTEMS
Ann Karagozian,
Professor,
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Tripodal Ligands in Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry: Carbon Dioxide Functionalization, Mercury Detoxification, and New Classes of Atranes
Gerard Parkin,
Professor and Associate Chair for Research,
Chemistry,
Columbia University,
Saturday, February 8th, 2014
12:00am
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12:00am
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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1:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Orudzhgan Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
1:00pm
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5:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus:Sepani Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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5:00pm
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5:30pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, February 9th, 2014
11:00am
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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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Monday, February 10th, 2014
10:30am
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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Aerospace Engineering Seminar
Spinning Landers for Solar System Exploration Missions
Rex Ridenoure,
CEO & Co-Founder,
Ecliptic,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Thin film interference in ultra-thin layers: color coatings, tunable absorbers, and anomalous thermal emitters
Mikhail Kats,
Postdoctoral Researcher,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Membrane protein structure determinations by single particle cryo-EM
Yifan Cheng,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics,
University of California, San Francisco,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biology and Biotechnology of Microbial Mineral Respiration
Jeffrey A. Gralnick,
Associate Professor,
Department of Microbiology,
University of Minnesota,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Cancelled CNS Seminar
Tomaso Poggio,
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Toward true topological insulator materials
Johnpierre Paglione,
Professor,
University of Maryland,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Neutrino Interactions at MINERvA
Kevin McFarland,
University of Rochester,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
A Unified Strategy to Ent-Kauranoids: Total Syntheses of Maoecrystal Z, Trichorabdal A, and Longikaurin E
John Yeoman,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Reisman group,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Galileo and Descartes on Copernicanism and the Cause of the Tides
Tad Schmaltz,
Professor of Philosophy,
University of Michigan,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Smoke Rings from Smoke
Peter Schröder,
Professor of Computer Science and Applied and Computational Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, February 11th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Universal Laws and Architectures: Nets, Grids, Brains, and Bugs
John Doyle,
Jean-Lou Chameau Professor of Control and Dynamical Systems, Electrical Engineering, and BioEngineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Beckman Institute Special Seminar
Organometallic Anticancer Therapeutics & Development of Nanosensor-based Assays for Enzymatic Activity Measurements
Annie Castonguay,
Prof.,
Institut national de la recherche scientifique,
Université du Québec,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
TBA
Prof. Mary Putman,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Adaptability of Intracellular Structures to Variations in Cell Size and Shape
Matthew Good,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Molecular & Cellular Biology/Bioengineering ,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Chemical Physics Seminar
Coherent Excitons, Coherent Spectroscopies
Joel Yuen-Zhou,
Robert J. Silbey Postdoctoral Fellow,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Wednesday, February 12th, 2014
9:30am
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10:30am
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11:00am
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar
Hitting Times of Randomly Moving Hanoi Towers: Means and Moment Generating Functions
Toby Berger,
Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering ,
University of Virginia,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Super-resolution fluorescence imaging and applications to aggregation-prone proteins in cells
Steffen J. Sahl,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The Ecology of Galaxy Formation Within the "Cosmic Web"
Chuck Steidel,
Caltech,