Institute Calendar
February 2016
Thursday, February 18th, 2016
4:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Droplet microfluidics for high throughput biology
Adam Abate,
Assistant Professor,
Bioengineering,
University of California, San Francisco,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Fundamental Lessons From String Theory
Cumrun Vafa,
Donner Professor of Science and Professor of Physics,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Biochemistry Seminar
eIF3-directed translation regulation during cell growth and differentiation
Amy Si-Ying Lee,
Ph.D.,
Molecular and Cell Biology,
University of California, Berkeley,
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, February 19th, 2016
12:00am
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10:00am
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11:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Fractional Quantum Hall Effect and M-Theory
Cumrun Vafa,
Harvard University,
1:30pm
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3:30pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
EFT of large scale structure, symmetries and constraints
Mehrdad Mirbabayi,
IAS Scholar,
School of Natural Sciences,
Institute for Advanced Study (IAS),
2:30pm
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5:30pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Bridging the Gap Between Turbulence Theories and Real Applications with Unique Experiments
Marcus Hultmark,
Assistant Professor,
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Cell Cycle Regulation of Morphogenesis: Insights from Nematode Uterine-vulval Attachment
Dave Matus,
Assistant Professor,
Biochemistry and Cell Biology,
Stony Brook University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Chemistry Seminar
Oh, the Places You'll Go: A Brief, Wondrous Tour of Life at a Startup
Dr. Joshua Palmer,
head of Research and Development,
Verrix, LLC,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Four-Dimensional Quantum Hall Effect with Ultracold Atoms
Hannah Price,
Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow,
INO-CNR BEC Center,
Università di Trento in Italy,
6:30pm
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10:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Stargazing Lecture
An Archaeological Road Trip with the Keck Telescope
Evan Kirby,
Assistant Professor of Astronomy,
Caltech,
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Saturday, February 20th, 2016
12:00am
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12:00am
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12:00am
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8:30am
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4:00pm
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Photography on Campus: Reasons to Believe Photo Shoot
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
10:00am
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1:00pm
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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1:30pm
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2:00pm
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6:00pm
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5:00pm
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8:00pm
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7:00pm
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10:00pm
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8:00pm
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8:00pm
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Sunday, February 21st, 2016
12:00am
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3:30pm
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4:00pm
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6:00pm
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Monday, February 22nd, 2016
9:30am
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10:30am
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4:00pm
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CNS Seminar
Neural coding of space and time in entorhinal cortex
Michael Hasselmo,
Director,
Center for Systems Neuroscience,
Boston Univeristy,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessment
Professor Randall J. LeVeque,
Applied Mathematics Department,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Formation and Compositions of Planet Interiors and Atmospheres: Discoveries from Kepler, K2, and Beyond
Erik A. Petigura,
Postdoctoral Scholar in Planetary Science,
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Using a Metal's Secondary Coordination Sphere as a Design Element to Control Reductive Catalysis
Nathaniel Szymczak,
Assistant Professor,
Chemistry,
University of Michigan,
7:30pm
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8:30pm
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016
9:30am
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10:30am
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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Learning Seminar
The 1-dimensional case: algebraic Hecke characters
nathan Lawless,
Grad Student,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
10:30am
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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
Computational Information Games
Houman Owhadi,
Professor,
Applied & Computational Mathematics and Control & Dynamical Systems,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
TBD
Prof. Guineveve Kauffman,
MPA,
4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar -- CANCELED
Deep Imaging to Explore Genome Structure and Function
Tom Misteli,
Senior Deputy Director for Research, CCR,
NIH/HHMI,
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
LUX and LZ: Dark Matter Searches and Beyond
Carmen Carmona-Benitez,
UC Santa Barbara,