Institute Calendar
January 2006
Monday, January 2nd, 2006
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Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006
8:00am
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4:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Compensating Thermal Lensing in Initial LIGO
Stefan Ballmer,
Graduate Student,
Department of Physics,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, January 4th, 2006
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Microbial Metabolism of Reduced Phosphorus Compounds: Novel Biochemistry and Biotechnological Applications
William W. Metcalf,
Associate Professor,
Department of Microbiology & Institute for Genomic Biology,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Quantification of Nanocrystal Charge Storage Using Electrostatic Force Microscopy in UHV
Dr. Michael J. Gordon,
Laboratoire des Technologies de la Microelectronique,
CNRS-LTM,
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, January 5th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar - CANCELLED
Microscale Tissue Engineering for Drug Development
Linda G. Griffith,
Professor of Biological and Mechanical Engineering ,
and Director, Biotechnology Process Engineering Center,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Surface Organometallic Chemistry: A Key to Discovery of New Catalytic Reactions via Single-Site Catalysis
Jean-Marie Basset,
Director of Laboratory,
Organometallic Chemistry Laboratory of Surface,
UMR 9986 CNRS-CPE Lyon,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
The International Linear Collider
Barry C. Barish,
Ronald and Maxine Linde Professor of Physics, Emeritus; Director, LIGO Laboratory,
Caltech,
Friday, January 6th, 2006
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Supersymmetry Breaking from a Calabi-Yau Singularity
Peter Ouyang,
UC Santa Barbara,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:30pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Synthesis of C2 Symmetric Zirconocenes and Their Use as Polymerization Catalysts for the Kinetic Resolution of Chiral Alpha-Olefins
Jeffery Byers,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Kellogg Seminar - TIME CORRECTION
Strangeness Spin and Magnetic Moment and the S Bar S Components of the Proton
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Saturday, January 7th, 2006
12:00pm
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8:00pm
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WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY: URSETTIE/O'BRIEN PARTY
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Sunday, January 8th, 2006
2:00pm
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4:00pm
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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, January 9th, 2006
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Fractal Geometry of Simple Random Covering: Late and Favorite Points
6:00pm
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8:00pm
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8:30pm
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10:00pm
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2006
10:00am
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11:00am
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Thesis Seminar
Characterization of Crosslinked Artificial Protein Films
Paul Nowatzki,
graduate student,
chemical engineering,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Lieb-Schultz-Mattis in Higher Dimensions
Matthew Hastings,
Los Alamos National Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Cell Polarity in E. elegans Embryos
Tony Hyman,
Dr.,
Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, January 11th, 2006
7:00am
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7:00pm
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Filming of Q'west Communications Commercial
Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:30pm
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2:30pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Strata Formation by Hyperpycnal Flows: Experiments, Modeling, and Observations from Lake Powell
Lincoln Pratson,
Associate Professor,
Earth and Ocean Sciences Division,
Duke University,
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, January 12th, 2006
10:30am
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12:30pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Cells, Gels, and the Engines of Life: A Fresh Paradigm for Cell Function
Gerald Pollack,
Professor,
Bioengineering,
University of Washington,
3:30pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
New Age Constraints on Syn-Tectonic Stratigraphy, Facies Migration, and Structural Evolution in the Southwestern Chinese Tian Shan Foreland
Richard Heermance,
UCSB,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Chemical and Biological O2 Activation and Hydrocarbon Oxidation by Diiron Carboxylates
Stephen J. Lippard,
Arthur Amos Noyes Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Twistor Spinoffs for Collider Physics
Lance Dixon,
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC),
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:30pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, January 13th, 2006
11:00am
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12:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Gromov-Witten Theory of Orbifolds and Their Crepant Resolutions
Tom Graber,
Associate Professor,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Pasadena's Green Building Program
Alice Sterling,
Senior Project Manager,
City of Pasadena,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry: New Opportunities for Molecular Recognition and Catalysis
Jeremy K. M. Sanders,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
Cambridge University,
2:30pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Using Isotopes to Perturb Conformation: Applications in Organic Stereochemistry
Daniel J. O'Leary,
Visiting Associate,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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RF and Microwave Seminar
Jitter Budget in High-Speed Serial Links-Connecting Circuit to System
Behnam Analui,
Senior Engineer,
Luxtera Inc.,
5:30pm
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6:30pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:30pm
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Saturday, January 14th, 2006
12:00pm
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11:00pm
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12:00pm
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8:00pm
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WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY: DECASTEO/DAMERY PARTY
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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5:00pm
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7:00pm
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7:30pm
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Sunday, January 15th, 2006
2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Monday, January 16th, 2006
8:00am
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5:00pm
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6:00pm
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8:00pm
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8:30pm
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10:00pm
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Tuesday, January 17th, 2006
9:00am
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5:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:30pm
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12:00pm
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1:30pm
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CMA Presents "New Neighbor in the Sky: Discovery of the 10th Planet"
Mike Brown,
Professor of Planetary Astronomy,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
The World of Matrix Product States: A Work in Progress
David Perez-Garcia,
Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Swift Lecture
The Currents of Life: Electron Flow through Iron and Copper Proteins
Harry B. Gray,
Arnold O. Beckman Professor of Chemistry and Founding Director of the Beckman Institute,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, January 18th, 2006
8:00am
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2:00pm
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8:30am
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4:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:30pm
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2:30pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Mechanics of the Cytoskeleton: Examining the Dynamics of Cytoplasmic Transport through Fluorescence Microscopy
Rajan Kulkarni,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Caltech graduate student,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Estimating Primary Production Rates in the Ocean: Recent in situ Versus Traditional in vitro Methods
Paul Quay,
Professor,
School of Oceanography,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey (SINGS): Recent Results
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Neutrinos, Dark Matter, and Baryon Asymmetry of the Universe
Mikhail Shaposhnikov,
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL),
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Synthesis with 'Thermodynamically Privileged' Molecules
Joseph M. Fox,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry,
University of Delaware,
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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6:00pm
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7:30pm
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Watson Lecture Dinner: Friends of Beckman Auditorium Event
See event detail for location
- Public Event
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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7:00pm
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10:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:30pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, January 19th, 2006
6:00am
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1/21
2:00am
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10:30am
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12:30pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Molecular Imaging of Cancer with PET
Hossein Jadvar,
M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor,
Radiology and Biomedical Engineering,
University of Southern California,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Constantin G. Economou Memorial Lecture
A Rational Approach for Improved siRNA Delivery and Treatment Design
Derek W. Bartlett,
Graduate Student,
Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,