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Monday, February 4, 2013
10:00 am
Beckman Institute auditorium

Synthetic Molecular Machines for Active Self-Assembly: Prototype Algorithms, Designs and Experimental Verification

Nadine Dabby, Computation and Neural Systems, California Institute of Technology
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
10:30 am
153 Noyes, J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall

Ph.D. Thesis Seminar

Synthesis and Biological Studies of DNA Binding Cyclic Py-Im Polyamides
Benjamin C. Li, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Dervan Group, Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
2:00 pm
153 Noyes, J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall

Ph.D. Thesis Seminar

C=C Cyclopropanation and C-H Amination via Carbene and Nitrene Transfers Catalyzed by Engineered Cytochrome P450 Enzymes
Pedro D. Coelho, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Arnold Group, Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Monday, March 18, 2013
3:45 pm
153 Noyes, J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall

Ph.D. Thesis Seminar

Terahertz Time Domain Spectroscopy of Amino Acids and Sugars
Matthew J. Kelley, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Blake Group, Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
9:00 am
365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

Thesis Defense Seminar

Chemistry of Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation
Lindsay Yee, Graduate Student , Environmental Science and Engineering, Caltech
Monday, April 15, 2013
2:00 pm
153 Noyes, J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall

Ph.D. Thesis Seminar

Chemical Probes to Study Fucosylated Glycans
Chithra Krishnamurthy, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Hsieh-Wilson Group, Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
3:00 pm
147 Noyes, J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall

Ph.D. Thesis Seminar

Capturing Protein Folding Dynamics with Time-Resolved Luminescence Spectroscopy
Nicole B. Ford, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Gray Group, Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Monday, May 6, 2013
10:00 am
202 Guggenheim Laboratory

Thesis Seminar

"Tissue Engineering Active Biological Machines: Bio-inspired Design, Directed Self-assembly, and Characterization of a Primitive Heart"
Hesham Azizgolshani, Ph.D. Candidate in Bioengineering, Bioengineering, California Institute of Technology
Monday, May 6, 2013
3:00 pm
101 Guggenheim Lab, Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall

Thesis Seminar

Label-free single-molecule detection using microtoroid optical resonators
Judith Su, graduate student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics , Caltech
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
3:00 pm
151 Crellin

Ph.D. Thesis Seminar

Elucidating a New Role of RNA in Co-Translational Protein Targeting
Kuang Shen, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Shan Group, Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Thursday, May 16, 2013
1:00 pm
Beckman Institute auditorium

Ph.D. Thesis Seminar

Developing Peptide Based Capture Agents for Diagnostics and Therapeutics
Arundhati Nag, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Heath Group, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Thursday, May 16, 2013
2:00 pm
100 Broad Center

Ph.D. Thesis Seminar

Synthesis and Biological Activity of Anticoagulant Heparan Sulfate Glycopolymers
Young In Oh, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Hsieh-Wilson Group, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Friday, May 17, 2013
2:00 pm
147 Noyes, J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall

Ph.D. Thesis Seminar

Reactions of N2 and CO Facilitated by Metal-Acceptor Interactions
Daniel Suess, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Peters Group, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
2:00 pm
24 Beckman Labs

Thesis Seminar

"Signal Transduction with Hybridization Chain Reactions"
Jonathan Sternberg, Ph.D. Candidate in Bioengineering, Bioengineering, California Institute of Technology
Thursday, May 23, 2013
10:30 am
153 Noyes, J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall

Ph.D. Thesis Seminar

Earth-Abundant Materials for Solar Hydrogen Generation
James Robert McKone, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Lewis Group, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Thursday, May 23, 2013
2:00 pm
Beckman Institute auditorium

Thesis Defense.

"Beyond Watson and Crick: programming the self-assembly and reconfiguration of DNA nanostructures based on stacking interactions"
Sungwook Woo, Ph.D. Candidate in Bioengineering, Bioengineering, California Institute of Technology
Friday, May 24, 2013
1:00 pm
151 Crellin

Ph.D. Thesis Seminar

The Intramolecular Buchner Reaction of α-Diazo-β-Ketonitriles: Development and Application to the Total Synthesis of (+)-Salvileucalin B
Roger Rauhauser Nani, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Reisman Group, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
10:00 am
100 Broad Center

Ph.D. Thesis Seminar

Studying conscious and unconscious vision with fMRI: the BOLD promise
Julien Dubois, Graduate Student, Compuation and Neural Systems, California Institute of Technology
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
10:30 am
147 Noyes, J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall

Ph.D. Thesis Seminar

Synthetic Applications and Methodological Developments of Donor-Acceptor Cyclopropanes
Alexander Goldberg, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Stoltz Group, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
12:00 pm
102 Steele

Thesis Defense.

"Architecture, Limits, and Tradeoffs in Biology"
Fiona Chandra, Ph.D. Candidate in Bioengineering, Bioengineering, California Institute of Technology
Thursday, May 30, 2013
10:30 am
153 Noyes, J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall

Ph.D. Thesis Seminar

Biotechnologies for Cancer Diagnostics: Cell Sorting, Protein Analysis and Imaging of Cellular Metabolism
Kiwook Hwang, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Heath Group, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Thursday, May 30, 2013
2:00 pm
24 Beckman Labs

Ph.D. Thesis Seminar

Identification of Fucose Alpha (1-2)Galactose Binding Proteins in the Mammalian Brain
Arif Wibowo, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Hsieh-Wilson Group, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Thursday, May 30, 2013
2:00 pm
100 Broad Center

Thesis Seminar

Transient bistability generates anticipatory and deferred metabolic states
Ophelia Venturelli, graduate student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Caltech
Monday, June 3, 2013
9:30 am
147 Noyes, J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall

Ph.D. Thesis Seminar

Molecular Design of Side-Group Liquid Crystal Polymers: Understanding their Interactions with Small-Molecule Liquid Crystal Solvent
Zuleikha Kurji, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Kornfield Group, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Thursday, June 6, 2013
10:00 am
153 Noyes, J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall

Ph.D. Thesis Seminar

Quantum Simulation of Enzyme Catalysis
Nicholas Boekelheide, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Miller Group, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Friday, June 7, 2013
10:00 am
147 Noyes, J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall

Ph.D. Thesis Seminar

Palladium-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation: Insights, Applications, and the Total Synthesis of Four Daucane Sesquiterpenes
Nathan Bruce Bennett, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Stoltz Group, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology