Institute Calendar
Fall 2008-2009
Monday, October 27th, 2008
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Biophysics Lecture
Biological Interactions in Space and Time
Jacob Israelachvili,
professor of chemical engineering and materials,
UC Santa Barbara,
4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Evidence for the Presence of Water in the Moon's Interior
Alberto Saal,
assistant professor of geological sciences,
Brown University,
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Identifying Top Jets at the LHC
Keith Rehermann,
graduate student in physics,
the Johns Hopkins University,
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Local Thinking
Andrei Shleifer,
professor of economics,
Harvard University,
7:00pm
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
8:00am
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2:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Metabolic Engineering of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae for the Production of Benzylisoquinoline Alkaloids
Kristy Hawkins,
graduate student in chemical engineering,
Caltech,
3:30pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
Elucidating the SN-GRB Connection from the SN Perspective
Maryam Modjaz,
postdoctoral fellow on astronomy,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Single molecule probing of dynamic conformation, molecular interactions and dynamic localizations in-vitro
Shimon Weiss,
professor,
department of chemistry and biochemistry,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Exploring Macroscopic Quantum Mechanics with LIGO
Yanbei Chen,
assistant professor of physics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Immunological Analysis of Amyloid Structural Diversity Using Conformation-Dependent Antibodies
Charles Glabe,
professor of molecular biology and biochemistry,
UC Irvine,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
8:00am
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11/4
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10:00am
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Powers of Large Random Unitary Matrices and Toeplitz Determinants
Maurice Duits,
Olga Taussky and John Todd Instructor in Mathematics,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Interpreting the Variability of Oceanic Oxygen
Curtis Deutsch,
assistant professor,
atmospheric and oceanic sciences,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium
Ultrahigh Density Magnetic Recording Technology
Mark Kryder,
professor of electrical and computer engineering,
Carnegie Mellon University,
4:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
Putting the Pieces Together: Modeling Integrated Cognition
David Danks,
associate professor of philosophy,
Carnegie Mellon University,
6:30pm
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Thursday, October 30th, 2008
9:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Global Water Issues
Zack Lebo,
graduate student in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
10:00am
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1:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Completion of a Programmable DNA-Binding Small Molecule Library
Carey Hsu,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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Biological Network Modeling Center Seminar
The Visual Ethology of Fruit Flies
Michael Dickinson,
Zarem Professor of Bioengineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
How Do Emotion and Motivation Affect Information Processing in the Brain?
Luiz Pessoa,
associate professor of neuroscience,
Indiana University,
4:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
The Emergence of Life at a Submarine Alkaline Hydrothermal Vent
Michael Russell,
senior research fellow,
JPL,
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope: First Light
Peter Michelson,
professor of physics,
Kavli Institute of Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, and Stanford University,
7:00pm
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Index for Nonrelativistic Superconformal Field Theory—from LLM to ABJM and BL
Yu Nakayama,
department of physics,
UC Berkeley,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Hatice Ozsoy,
postdoctoral fellow,
Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL),
Caltech,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Conformal Collider Physics
Diego Hofman,
graduate student in physics,
Princeton University,
2:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Investigating Structure-Function Relationships in Ion Channels Using Unnatural Amino Acids
Amy Eastwood,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Nonlinear Dynamics in Granular Systems
Surajit Sen,
professor of physics,
SUNY—Buffalo,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Mechanistic Investigations into Palladium Catalyzed Decarboxylative Allylation
Nathaniel Sherden,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:15pm
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11/1
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Saturday, November 1st, 2008
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Minassian Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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2:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Coghlan/Wallack Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Tatevossian Party
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2:30pm
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Non-Commercial Photography on Campus: Agazaryan Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Shahinian Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
7:00pm
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11/2
6:30am
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Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
10:00am
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008
4:00pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
A Family of Expanding Wave Solutions of the Einstein Equations that Includes the Standard Model of Cosmology
4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Superplastic Creep of Ice: Implications for the Viscous Flow of Ice Sheets and Icy Satellites
David Goldsby,
postdoctoral scholar in geological sciences,
Brown University,