Institute Calendar
Fall 2016-2017
Tuesday, September 27th, 2016
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Kroc Lecture
Probing Transcription Regulation in ES Cells and Disease Models by Single Molecule Imaging
Robert Tjian,
Professor,
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology,
University of California Berkeley,
5:30pm
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7:00pm
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Photography on Campus: Avedikyan Wedding Photoshoot
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
6:10pm
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8:30pm
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7:00pm
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10:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Alpine Club Talk
Rock Climbing Anchors: A Discussion of Forces and Methods
Aron Stockhausen,
Southern California Mountaineers Association,
Wednesday, September 28th, 2016
10:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Asymptotic stability in the variable-speed $\phi^4$ model
Stanley Snelson,
L. E. Dickson Instructor,
Mathematics,
University of Chicago,
4:00pm
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7:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Heavy Element Enrichment in Early Circumgalactic and Intergalactic Environmnents
Robert Simcoe,
MIT-Kavli,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Cornelis Wiersma Visiting Professor Lecture
"Optical physics for biological imaging"
Na Ji,
Group Leader,
Janelia Research Campus,
Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, Virgina,
6:00pm
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9:00pm
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Associates Northern California Panel: The Future of Driverless Cars
Off Campus
The Road Ahead: The Future of Driverless Cars
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, September 29th, 2016
10:30am
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11:30am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
"Metamaterials with tailored elasticity and nonlinearities: from impact absorption to mechanical logic gates"
Chiara Daraio,
Professor,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
A quantum gas of polar KRb molecules in an optical lattice
Jacob Covey,
Graduate Student, Jun Ye's Group,
JILA/ University of Colorado, Boulder,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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1:30pm
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2:30pm
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Theory of Computing Seminar
The entropy power inequality for the Renyi entropy
Arnaud Marsiglietti,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
The LISA Pathfinder mission: first results and implications for an orbiting gravitational wave observatory
William Joseph Weber,
Dipartimento di Fisica Università di Trento,
and TIFPA/INFN, Italy,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Chemical Engineering Seminar
Nanoscale biophotonics and its applications in life sciences and medicine
Luke P. Lee,
Arnold and Barbara Silverman Distinguished Professor; Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor; Co-Director, Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center ,
Bioengineering, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science and Biophysics Program; Medicine, Surgery, Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry and Physics,
University of California, Berkeley; Biomedical Institute for Global Health Research & Technology (BIGHEART), National University of Singapore,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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HSS 50th Anniversary Lecture
George Ellery Hale's Vision of the Humane Scientist: Has it Survived?
John Sutherland,
Emeritus Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature,
University College London,
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, September 30th, 2016
12:00am
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12:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Studying IR Dynamics with Conformal Truncation
Matthew Walters,
Boston University,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Unraveling the history of the Milky Way
Yuan-Sen Ting,
Graduate Student,
Harvard University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Using Computational Fluid Dynamics to Understand Organism Form, Function, and Behavior
Laura Miller,
Associate Professor of Biology and Mathematics,
UNC,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science - TO BE RESCHEDULED
Topic to be Announced
Cosma Shalizi,
Carnegie Mellon University,
5:30pm
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7:00pm
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Photography on Campus :Nazarian Wedding Photoshoot
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, October 1st, 2016
12:00am
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12:00am
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12:00am
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12:00am
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12:00am
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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Photography on Campus: Kim Wedding Photo Shoot
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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5:00pm
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3:00pm
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6:00pm
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5:00pm
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9:00pm
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Sunday, October 2nd, 2016
12:00am
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Monday, October 3rd, 2016
12:00am
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12:00am
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8:00am
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12:30pm
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Keck Institute for Space Studies - Short Course
What is Exploration Telepresence and How Can it Help Us Explore Planetary Surfaces of the Solar System?
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Graph Cohomology via Toric Geometry
Dagan Karp,
Associate Professor of Mathematics,
Department of Mathematics,
Harvey Mudd College,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Delayed CO2 emissions from mid-ocean ridge volcanism as a possible cause of late-Pleistocene glacial cycles
Peter Huybers,
Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences and of Environmental Sciences and Engineering,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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4:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Processes Underpinning the Production of Renewable Fuels
Jillian L. Dempsey,
Assistant Professor,
Chemistry,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Alpine Club Talk
Climbing Attempt of the North Col Northeast Ridge Route of Mount Everest
Edmond Stevens,
Caltech Alpine Club,
Tuesday, October 4th, 2016
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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