Institute Calendar
March 2012
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
8:00am
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3/16
5:00pm
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar
NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassadors and Educators: Volunteer Networks as Communities of Practice
Kay Ferrari,
JPL,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Aryne Annulation Reactions Toward the Synthesis of Heterocyclic Molecules
Aryne Annulation Reactions Toward the Synthesis of Heterocyclic Molecules
Christopher Gilmore,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Stoltz Group,
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Kepler and the RR Lyrae stars
Katrien Kolenberg,
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA & KU Leuven, Belgium,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Subjective Learning
David Dillenberger,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Distributions, sources and sinks of greenhouse gases assessed using global and regional aircraft measurements
Steve Wofsy,
Abbott Lawrence Rotch Professor,
Atmospheric and Environmental Science,
Harvard University,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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8:00pm
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9:00pm
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Thursday, March 15th, 2012
4:00am
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5:00am
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Informal Biology seminar
Specification of sensory placodes: towards a gene regulatory network
Andrea Streit,
Dept. of Craniofacial Development,
Kings College,
10:00am
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1:00pm
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10:30am
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11:30am
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11:30am
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
The olfactory-specific and activity-dependent histone variant Hist2h2be modulates neuronal life span
Stephen Santoro,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology,
Harvard University,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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3:00pm
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4:30pm
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Computer Science Seminar
Erlang from the Trenches
Francesco Cesarini,
Founder and Technical Director,
Erlang Solutions, Ltd.,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Resnick Institute Seminar
Smart Grid: Opportunities and Challenges in the Creation of the 21st Century Power Grid
Rajit Gadh,
Professor,
Henry Samueli School of Engineering & Applied Science,
UCLA,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Fitness Effects of All Possible Point-Mutants in Ubiquitin
Dan Bolon,
Associate Professor,
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology,
University of Massachusetts Medical School,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Mysterious Titan
Tina Ray,
astronomer, Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn; cochair, Tital Orbiter Science Team,
JPL,
8:00pm
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11:30pm
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Friday, March 16th, 2012
8:00am
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5:00pm
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8:30am
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12:30pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Measuring the Performance of Large-Scale Combinatorial Auctions: A Structural Estimation Approach
Gabriel Y. Weintraub,
Associate Professor of Decision, Risk & Operations,
Columbia Business School,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Reactivity of Novel Tricopper Complexes
Davide Lionetti,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
Mysterious Titan
Tina Ray,
astronomer, Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn; and cochair, Titan Orbiter Science Team,
JPL,
Saturday, March 17th, 2012
8:00am
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Ongoing
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3:00pm
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6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Zargaryan Christening Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, March 18th, 2012
10:00am
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11:00am
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11:00am
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12:30pm
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6:30pm
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7:30pm
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Monday, March 19th, 2012
9:00am
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10:00am
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Thesis Seminar
Computational Modeling Studies of Fundamental Aerosol-Cloud Interactions
Zachary J. Lebo,
Graduate student ,
Environmental Science and Engineering,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
tert-Butyl Chalcogenides as Useful Precursors for Semiconductor Nanocrystal Synthesis and their Surface Modification
Richard Brutchey,
assistant professor of chemistry,
USC,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wiersma Lecture
Autism Genetics: From gene to brain to cognition and behavior"
Daniel Geschwind,
Director,
Center for Autism Research and Treatment,
UCLA,
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Skeptics Society Lecture
Revelations: Visions, Prophecy and Politics in the Book of Revelation
Dr. Elaine Pagels,
department of religion,
Princeton University,
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
10:00am
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12:00pm
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10:30am
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11:30am
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2:00pm
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2:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Polarization of Migrating Neurons by Reelin via Rap1 and N-Cadherin to Control Lamination in the Neocortex
Yves Jossin,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Gold-Catalyzed Molecular Gymnastics
Antonio M. Echavarren,
Professor,
Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ),
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:30pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
"An Ultraviolet Perspective on Old Stellar Populations"
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Systematic identification of reaction coordinates with (and now also without) transition path sampling
Baron Peters,
Assistant Professor,
Chemical Engineering Department,
University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
CANCELLED "Dynamics of neuronal circuits in the developing neocortex of wild type and fragile X mice"
Carlos Portera-Cailliau,
Professor,
Neurology and neurobiology,
UCLA,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
9:00am
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9:01am
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10:00am
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11:00am
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Exploring the molecular basis of normal memory storage and age-related memory loss
Elias Pavlopoulos,
Associate Research Scientist,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Nanostructured Membranes and Monoliths from Reactive Multifunctional Block Polymers
Marc A. Hillmyer,
professor of chemistry,
University of Minnesota,
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
10:00am
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1:00pm
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10:30am
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12:30pm
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10:30am
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11:30am
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Special Chemical Physics Seminar
Computational electrochemistry of transition metal oxide water interfaces
Michiel Sprik,
Professor of Chemistry,
Chemistry Department,
University of Cambridge,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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4:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Charge Transfer in DNA
Tetsuro Majima,
Professor,
Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (SANKEN),
Osaka University,