Institute Calendar
Spring 2012-2013
Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
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Astronomy Colloquium
Gone with the Wind? Galactic winds and star formation quenching
Christy Tremonti,
Wisconsin,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Accessing and Harnessing Metalated Intermediates toward Synthetic Utility
Eric M. Ferreira,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Chemistry Department,
Colorado State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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The Next Wave of Wireless Communications
The Wouk Lecture
Lawrence Larson,
Dean of School of Engineering,
Brown University,
6:00pm
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7:00pm
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Thursday, May 30th, 2013
9:00am
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10:00am
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Thesis Defense Seminar
Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation Interactions in Marine Stratocumulus Clouds
Yi-Chun Chen,
Graduate Student ,
Environmental Science and Engineering,
Caltech,
10:00am
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11:00am
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10:30am
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11:30am
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Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Biotechnologies for Cancer Diagnostics: Cell Sorting, Protein Analysis and Imaging of Cellular Metabolism
Kiwook Hwang,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Heath Group,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Soft Computing Applications in Simulation-Based Analysis/Optimization of Engineering Systems under Uncertainty
Alexandros Taflanidis,
Associate Professor,
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences,
University of Notre Dame ,
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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1:00pm
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PhD seminar
Synthetic Regulation of Eukaryotic Gene Expression by Noncoding RNA
Leopold d'Espaux,
chemical engineering,
california institute of technology,
2:00pm
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2:00pm
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Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Identification of Fucose Alpha (1-2)Galactose Binding Proteins in the Mammalian Brain
Arif Wibowo,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Hsieh-Wilson Group,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Transient bistability generates anticipatory and deferred metabolic states
Ophelia Venturelli,
graduate student,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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EE Systems Seminar
Coding and Information-Theoretic Aspects of Coordination in Networks
Joerg Kliewer,
Associate Professor,
Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering ,
New Mexico State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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John D. Roberts Lecture
Molecular Probes for the Study of Voltage-Gated Ion Channels
Justin Du Bois,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
The Black Hole Information Paradox, Alive and Kicking
Joseph Polchinski,
KITP, UCSB,
6:00pm
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7:00pm
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Friday, May 31st, 2013
8:00am
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9:00am
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10:00am
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11:00am
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Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
A Study of Protein Targeting Reveals Insights into Mitigating Protein Aggregation
Thang Xuan Nguyen,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Shan Group,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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PhD seminar
Towards Conditional RNAi: Shape and Sequence Transduction with Small Conditional RNAs
Lisa Hochrein,
graduate student,
chemical engineering,
california institute of technology,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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PhD seminar
Effects of Particle Size Ratio on Single Particle Motion in Colloidal Dispersions
Nicholas Hoh,
graduate student,
chemical engineering,
california institute of technology,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
The Changing Landscape of Type Ia Supernova Progenitors
Ken Shen,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Astronomy,
University of California, Berkeley,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Planar Reflection of Gaseous Detonations
Jason Damazo,
PhD Candidate,
Graduate Aerospace Laboratories,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Aldehyde-Selective Wacker-type Oxidation of Unbiased Alkenes
Zhachary Wickens,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Saturday, June 1st, 2013
8:00am
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6/4
5:00pm
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10:00am
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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7:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Azizyan Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:30pm
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6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Krikorian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Sunday, June 2nd, 2013
1:00pm
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4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Vardapetyan Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Monday, June 3rd, 2013
9:30am
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10:30am
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Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Molecular Design of Side-Group Liquid Crystal Polymers: Understanding their Interactions with Small-Molecule Liquid Crystal Solvent
Zuleikha Kurji,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Kornfield Group,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture
The Origin of Negative Overcharge in RNA Viruses
Zhen-gang Wang,
Professor of Chemical Engineering,
Division of Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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4:15pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
'Probing the jet-launching mechanism of supermassive black holes with radio surveys'
Sjoert van Velzen,
Radboud University Nijmegen,
Tuesday, June 4th, 2013
10:30am
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12:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Micropropulsion Applications from Gravity-Wave Telescopes to Exoplanet Observatories and Cube-Sats
John Ziemer,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
Getting WIRED About Dust and Substellar Objects Orbiting White Dwarfs
Dr. John H. Debes,
STScI,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Manipulating Quorum Sensing to Control Bacterial Pathogenicity
Bonnie Bassler,
Professor ,
Department of Molecular Biology ,
Princeton University ,