Institute Calendar
Spring 2009-2010
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Achieving Freely Falling Test Masses in LISA and LISA Pathfinder
Bill Weber,
University of Trento, Italy,
4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Multiscale Modeling of Complex Biological Systems; Exploring Problematic Dynamical Proposals and Quantifying Enzyme Catalysis
Arieh Warshel,
professor of chemistry,
USC,
4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Using Stem Cells and Reprogramming to Study Neural Degeneration: Case Studies in ALS
Kevin Eggan,
assistant professor of stem cell and regenerative biology,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Marshall Perrin,
postdoctoral fellow in physics and astronomy,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Screening with an Approximate Type Space
Kristof Madarasz,
assistant professor of managerial economics,
MES, STICERD,
London School of Economics,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Mesoscopic Glassy Orders in a Manganite Thin Film Observed by Microwave Imaging
Keji Lai,
postdoctoral scholar in applied physics,
Stanford University,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
10:00am
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Orthogonal Polynomials with Recursion Coefficients of Generalized Bounded Variation
Milivoje Lukic,
graduate student in PMA,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The Stellar Initial Mass Function and the Early Stages of Star and Brown Dwarf Evolution
Gilles Chabrier,
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Mak Saito,
associate scientist in marine chemistry and geochemistry,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
4:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
The Crystallization of NiTi Shape Memory Thin Films
Ainissa G. Ramirez,
associate professor of mechanical engineering,
Yale University,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar- Cancelled, To be rescheduled
Adapting Proteostasis to Ameliorate Loss- and Gain-of-Function Misfolding Diseases
Jeffery W. Kelly,
professor of chemistry,
the Scripps Research Institute,
4:45pm
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6:00pm
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CMA Presents "Sustainable Energy—Without the Hot Air"
See event detail for location
David MacKay (PhD '92),
Chief Scientific Advisor, DECC; Professor of Natural Philosophy,
University of Cambridge,
5:00pm
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Thursday, April 8th, 2010
10:00am
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
Social Cognition and Decision Making Impairments in Psychopathy: The Roles of the Amygdala and vmPFC
James Blair,
National Institute of Mental Health,
4:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Geomorphic and Stratigraphic Records of Climate Change in Wind-blown Dune Deposits in the North Polar Region of Mars
Ryan Ewing,
postdoctoral scholar in geology and planetary sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Simulations of Black Holes and Gravitational Waves
Saul Teukolsky,
professor of physics and astronomy,
Cornell University,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Friday, April 9th, 2010
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Gauge Threshold Corrections for Local String Models
Joseph Conlon,
University of Oxford,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Two-dimensional Electron Liquid State at Oxide Interfaces
Jochen Mannhart,
professor of physics,
University of Augsburg, Germany ,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied and Computational Mathematics
Integrability, Medical Imaging, and Boundary Value Problems
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
The Research Base for FailureCriteria.com
Richard Christensen,
professor of aeronautics and astronautics,
Stanford University,
3:00pm
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6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Zakaryan Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
4:00pm
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Dix Seismo Lab Seminar
New views on the rupture history of the San Andreas Fault in the Carrizo Plain, California
Sinan Akciz,
postdoctoral scholar,
Program in Public Health,
UC Irvine,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Access to and Redox Chemistry of Ru(I) and Os(I) Metalloradicals
Ayumi Takaoka,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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Saturday, April 10th, 2010
8:00am
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11:00am
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11:00am
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Marasian/Delp Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Haeutyunyan Party
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3:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Phi Mai and Anthony Gines Party
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4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Akelian/Nazarians Party
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Bulbulyan Party
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8:00pm
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Sunday, April 11th, 2010
2:00pm
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Skeptics Society Lecture
On Fact and Fraud: Cautionary Tales from the Front Lines of Science
David Goodstein,
professor of physics and applied physics,
Caltech,
3:30pm
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Monday, April 12th, 2010
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Thesis Seminar
Chemical-Scale Studies of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor: Insights From Amide-to-Ester Backbone Mutagenesis
Kristin Gleitsman,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture - CANCELED
Xiaowei Zhuang,
professor of chemistry and chemical biology, and professor of physics,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Genetics and Immunology of Narcolepsy and Hypocretin
Emmanuel Mignot,
professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Variations in the Asian Monsoon and Their Impacts of Continental Erosion and Mountain Building
Peter D. Clift,
professor of geology and petroleum geology,
University of Aberdeen,
4:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Disentangling Dark Matter Dynamics
Mariangela Lisanti,
graduate student in theoretical physics,
Stanford University,
8:00pm
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
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CPA Career Development Brown-Bag Seminar
Winnett Lounge
Is a Start-up Right for You? An Intro to Industry Science
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
A Simple Geometric Model for Elastic Deformations // A Verifying Compiler for DNA Chemical Reaction Networks