Institute Calendar
Fall 2008-2009
Monday, November 10th, 2008
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CACR Seminar
Making and Using VO Tools to Study the QSO Distribution
Giuseppe Longo,
professor of physics,
University Federico II (Naples, Italy),
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Programming Protein Patterns on DNA Nanostructures with Pyrrole-Imidazole Polyamides
Justin Cohen,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Social Environment Affects the Expression of Chemical Signals and the Frequency of Mating in Drosophila Melanogaster
Joel Levine,
assistant professor of biology,
University of Toronto,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Probing Planetary Materials with Nuclear Resonant Spectroscopy
Wolfgang Sturhahn,
visiting associate in geophysics,
Argonne National Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Precision Muon Physics: New Results and Future Prospects
David Hertzog,
Univesity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm
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4:30pm
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar, Part I
FI Catalysts: Unique Olefin Polymerization Catalysis for the Creation of Value-Added Polymers
Terunori Fujita,
Catalysis Science Laboratory,
Mitsui Chemical, Inc.,
4:30pm
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5:00pm
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar, Part II
Bis(phenoxy-imine) Group 4 Metal Alkyls: Synthesis, Activation, and Olefin Polymerization
Haruyuki Makio,
Catalysis Science Laboratory,
Mitsui Chemical, Inc.,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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8:30pm
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9:45pm
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10:45pm
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
9:30am
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11:30am
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Key Scales and Mechanisms in Fluid Particle Systems
Michele Guala,
postdoctoral scholar in aeronautics,
Caltech,
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
Topic to be announced.
Brant Robertson,
Spitzer Fellow,
Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics,
the University of Chicago,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Gravitational Radiation from Pulsar Glitches: Nuclear Physics with LIGO
Andrew Melatos,
lecturer in physics,
University of Melbourne,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Integrated Tempering, Sampling, and Understanding of Water/Air Inferface Structure
Yi-Qin Gao,
assistant professor of chemistry,
Texas A&M University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
The Branching Program of Lung Development
Mark Krasnow,
professor of biochemistry,
Stanford University School of Medicine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Latest Results from Borexino
Andrea Pocar,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
Stanford University,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
10:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Toda Flows
Christian Remling,
assistant professor of mathematics,
University of Oklahoma,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Pollen and Asthma
Richard Flagan,
Irma and Ross McCollum-William H. Corcoran Professor of Chemical Engineering,
professor of environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
A Taxonomy of Nets and Crystal Design
Michael O'Keeffe,
professor of chemistry,
Arizona State University,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
New Twists on Nazarov Cyclization: Application to Natural Product Synthesis
Alison J. Frontier,
assistant professor of chemistry,
University of Rochester,
6:00pm
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9:00pm
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6:30pm
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Thursday, November 13th, 2008
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Innovations in Environmental Education (aka: "Are You Smarter than a 6th Grader?")
Lindsay Yee,
graduate student in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
10:00am
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1:00pm
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10:00am
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
Learning and the ACC
Tim Behrens,
research lecturer in experimental psychology,
University of Oxford,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Discovering New Minerals in the Early Solar System: A Nano-Mineralogy Investigation
Chi Ma,
member of the professional staff,
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Information Processing in Living Cells: Beyond First Approximations
Ido Golding,
assistant professor of physics,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
7:00pm
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8:30pm
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7:00pm
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Friday, November 14th, 2008
10:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Towards M2 Branes Probing Generic Toric Singularities
Diego Rodriguez-Gomez,
visiting postdoctoral research associate in physics,
Princeton University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Gaps in Our Understanding of High Temperature Superconductors
Eric Hudson,
professor of physics,
MIT,
12:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Dislocation-Based Models of Deformation and Fracture of Structural Materials in Extreme Environments
Nasr M. Ghoniem,
professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Probing Electron Transfer in P450 BM3 Using Ru(II)-diimine Photosensitizers
Lionel Cheruzel,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Kellogg Seminar
Short Baseline Neutrino Disappearance at Fermilab
Kendall Mahn,
graduate student in physics,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
Novel Electromagnetic Band Gap Designs: From Microwaves to Submillimeter Waves
Nuria Llombart,
postdoctoral fellow in electrical engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Voss Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
5:00pm
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6:30pm
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7:00pm
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7:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
New Discoveries from the Spitzer Telescope
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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8:00pm
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Saturday, November 15th, 2008
7:30am
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8:00am
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1:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Chen Party
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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9:30pm
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Sunday, November 16th, 2008
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11:00am
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