Institute Calendar
Fall 2006-2007
Monday, September 25th, 2006
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Thesis Seminar
Dendritic Spines Dance Before They Die: Spine Motility, Cell Adhesion, and Structural Plasticity
2:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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6:00pm
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4:00pm
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6:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
The Beginning of Earth History
David Stevenson,
George Van Osdol Professor of Planetary Science,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Modular Strategies in Oxazoline Ligand Design: Applications in Homogeneous Catalysis
Lutz H. Gade,
Chair III of inorganic chemistry, and director, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry,
University of Heidelberg,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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8:30pm
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Tuesday, September 26th, 2006
9:00am
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Mitochondrial Dynamics: Mechanism, Cell Biology, and Neurodegeneration
David Chan,
assistant professor of biology and applied physics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Reinventing the Accelerator for the High-Energy Frontier
James Rosenzweig,
professor of physics,
UCLA,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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The Friends of Caltech Libraries Present a Special "At-Home" Event with Amy Ephron
See event detail for location
7:30pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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11:00pm
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Wednesday, September 27th, 2006
10:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Certain Distinguished Orthogonal Polynomials
Percy Deift,
professor of mathematics,
Courant Institute, and Caltech Taussky-Todd/Moore Distinguished Scholar,
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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2:30pm
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3:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Supersymmetric Standard Model Embeddings in Orientifold String Vacua
Elias Kiritsis,
Crete U. and Ecole Polytechnique,
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
LOFAR and Studies of Powerful Radio Galaxies as Probes of Distant Protoclusters
Huub Röttgering,
associate professor,
Leiden University, the Netherlands,
Huub Rottgering,
IPAC,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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7:00pm
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4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
New Palladium-Catalyzed Reactions for the Stereoselective Synthesis of Tetrahydrofurans and Pyrrolidines
John P. Wolfe,
assistant professor of chemistry,
University of Michigan,
6:00pm
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7:30pm
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7:30pm
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Thursday, September 28th, 2006
10:00am
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1:00pm
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11:00am
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12:30pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Small Black Holes in String Theory
Aninda Sinha,
theoretical high energy particle physics group,
University of Cambridge,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Biological Network Modeling Center Seminar
SBML, SBGN, and BioModels.net
Michael Hucka,
codirector,
Biological Network Modeling Center,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Mercurial Wetting and Other Nanotube Tales
Konstantinos P. Giapis,
associate professor of chemical engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
2006 Division Field Trip in Tien Shan Foreland Basin, Xinjiang, China
GPS students,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Probing Memory with Molecules
Pamela M. England,
assistant professor of pharmaceutical chemistry,
UC San Francisco,
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Metastable Decay via Quantum Activation
Mark Dykman,
professor of physics,
Michigan State University,
6:00pm
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10:30pm
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Friday, September 29th, 2006
11:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:10pm
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Thesis Seminar
Microfluidic Devices for Genetic Analysis and Gene Expression Studies
Jian Liu,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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9:00pm
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Saturday, September 30th, 2006
7:00am
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8:00am
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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12:45pm
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1:45pm
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1:30pm
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3:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Boikian Party (Ford-Arakelian)
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
1:30pm
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4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Chan/Lieu Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Boghosian Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Boyle/Rowen Party
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3:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Ingirghoolian/Kadkhodazadeh Party
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Hairapetian/Aghajani Party
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Rucker Party (Shalan Rockwell's wedding)
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
6:00pm
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8:00pm
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7:30pm
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Sunday, October 1st, 2006
11:00am
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Monday, October 2nd, 2006
4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Experimental Volcanology: Can Mechanistic Understanding Enhance Crisis Response?
Donald Dingwell,
professor of mineralogy and petrology,
department of earth and environmental sciences,
University of Munich,
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Holographic Probabilities in Eternal Inflation and the String Landscape
Raphael Bousso,
associate professor of physics,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium
DNA Translocation through Solid-State Nanopores
Cees Dekker,
professor of molecular biophysics,
Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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