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Thursday, April 13th, 2006
4:00pm 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

The Means to the Ends: mRNA Localization, Translation, and Membrane Trafficking in Drosophila
Dr. James Wilhelm, staff associate, Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institute of Washington,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Exploration of Moon, Mars, and Beyond: Perspective from Short-Lived Radionuclides
Meenakshi Wadhwa, curator of meteorites, department of geology, the Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar

Modular Static Analysis with Sets and Relations
Viktor Kuncak, PhD candidate, electrical engineering and computer science department, and research assistant, computer science and artifical intelligence laboratory, MIT,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

So, What's Going on Over at LIGO?
Stan Whitcomb, LIGO detector group leader, department of physics, Caltech,
7:00pm 8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture

JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Radar Sounding of Mars: MARSIS on Mars Express
Dr. Jeffrey Plaut, co-principal investigator, MARSIS Instrument, Mars Express Spacecraft, JPL,
Friday, April 14th, 2006
8:00am 5:00pm
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9:00am 5:00pm
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11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Topic to be announced.
Albrecht Klemm, associate professor, department of physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar

Topic to be announced.
Leonid Butov, professor of physics, UC San Diego,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group

An Interdisciplinary Examination of Sustainable Development
Nathan Chan, ESE, Caltech,
2:30pm 4:00pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar

Global Methods for High-Dimensional Datasets
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Development of a Closer Mimic of the Shilov Catalyst: Selectivity Trends in C-H Bond Activation by Ar2(NN)Pt2+ Complexes
Thomas Driver, postdoctoral scholar in chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Special Seminar

Quantum Information and Condensed Matter Physics with Cold Polar Molecules
Peter Zoller, professor of theoretical physics, University of Innsbruck,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Kellogg Seminar

On the Neutrino Mass Hierarchy
André de Gouvêa, assistant professor of physics, Northwestern University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar

The VLSI Design of a Bio-Inspired Silicon Cortex: Mixed-Signal and Analog Approaches
George Yuan, graduate student in electrical engineering, University of Pennsylvania,
7:00pm 9:00pm
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7:00pm 8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture

Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
Radar Sounding of Mars: MARSIS on Mars Express
Dr. Jeffrey Plaut, co-principal investigator, MARSIS Instrument, Mars Express Spacecraft, JPL ,
Saturday, April 15th, 2006
8:00am 5:00pm
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8:00am 8:00pm
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WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY: PUIG PARTY

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
1:00pm 3:30pm
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9:00pm 11:55pm
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Sunday, April 16th, 2006
3:00pm 7:00pm
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WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY: ZENG/HSING PARTY

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Monday, April 17th, 2006
4:00pm 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Cellular Mechanisms of Asymmetric Stem-Cell Division in the Niche
Dr. Yukiko Yamashita, Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Evidence from Ophiolites, Blueschists, and Ultra-High Pressure Metamorphic Terranes that the Modern Episode of Plate Tectonics began in Neoproterozoic Time (1000–544 Ma)
Robert Stern, professor of geosciences, University of Texas, Dallas,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Modifications of the Properties of a Light Higgs Boson
Mark Wise, John A. McCone Professor of High Energy Physics, Caltech,
Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
3:00pm 4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar

Applications of the Jones Polynomial to Quantum Computation and Complexity Theory
Jon Yard, postdoctoral scholar in physics, Institute for Quantum Information, Caltech,
3:00pm 4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar

Dynamics of Strings and Rods with Applications to Flagellar Motion
K. Ravi-Chandar, professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics, University of Texas, Austin,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar

Squeezed States in Gravitational-Wave Interferometers
Nergis Mavalvala, professor of physics, MIT,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

The Indian Neutrino Observatory
Brajesh Choudhary, senior scientist, physics department, Fermilab,
7:30pm 9:00pm
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7:30pm 8:30pm
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Carnegie Observatories Lecture

Huntington Library
Unlocking the Secrets of Gamma-Ray Bursts
Edo Berger, postdoctoral fellow, Carnegie Observatories,
Wednesday, April 19th, 2006
3:40pm 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

Flow through Aquatic Vegetation
Heidi Nepf, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, MIT,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Gravitational-Wave Detection with Interferometers
Nergis Mavalvala, professor of physics, MIT,
Thursday, April 20th, 2006