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Tuesday, May 27th, 2014
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium

Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
TBA
Prof. Joe Silk, Johns Hopkins Univ.,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Exploring the Bio-Nano Interface: Integrating Live Cells with Nanosensors
Bianxiao Cui, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Kerckhoff 125
Light Sleep
Gero Miesenboeck, Professor, Centre for Nerual Circuits and Behavior, University of Oxford,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Kleigel Lectures in Planetary Science

South Mudd 365
Meteorites found on Other Worlds as Planetary Research Tools with Special Applications for Martian Climate Studies
James Ashley, Postdoctoral Scholar, JPL,
4:15pm – 5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium **SPECIAL DAY/TIME**

Annenberg 105
Resiliency of the Power Grid
Ali Pinar, Sandia National Laboratories,
4:15pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
IZI: Inferring Metallicities and Ionization Parameters with Bayesian Statistics
Guillermo Blanc, Carnegie,
5:00pm – 6:00pm
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Keck Institute for Space Studies - Open Lecture

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
The Long Space Age: An Economic History of American Space Exploration
Alexander MacDonald, Executive Staff Specialist, Civil and Commercial Space Division, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Wednesday, May 28th, 2014
10:00am – 11:00am
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Mechanisms of Substrate Selection by the Signal Recognition Particle

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Thesis defense
Aileen Renia Ariosa, Graduate Student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Caltech,
11:30am – 1:30pm
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SFP Co-Mentor Training

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
2:00pm – 3:30pm
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Logic Seminar

A model-theoretic portrait of a family of countably universal graphs
Rehana Patel, Assistant Professor, Mathematics, Olin College of Engineering,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Special CCE Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Modern Quantum Chemistry
Garnet K.-L. Chan, Hepburn Professor of Theoretical Chemistry, and Moore Scholar, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, and California Institute of Technology,
3:00pm – 4:30pm
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Caltech Library Workshop - "Patents"

Sherman Fairchild Library 328 (Multimedia Conference Room)
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Laboratory Safety Orientation/Lab Safety 101

Keith Spalding B117
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
The chemistry of planet formation
Karin Oberg, Harvard,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biosafety & Bloodborne Pathogens (BBP) Training

Keith Spalding B117
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Past and Future Hurricane Activity
Gabriel Vecchi, Head of Climate Variations and Predictability Group, Department of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Thursday, May 29th, 2014
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125
The Value of Network Information (joint with Andrea Galeotti)
Itay Fainmesser, Assistant Professor of Economics, Brown University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Caltech Toastmasters Club Meeting

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Engineered antibody and monobody domains with T cell receptor-like selectivity for tumor associated peptide-MHC antigens

Jorgensen 109
Thesis defense
Samy Hamdouche, Graduate Student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar

Beckman Behavioral Biology B180
On the Evolution of Reward Signals: A Computational Just-So Story
Andrew G. Barto, University of Massachusetts Amherst,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Twins! Nutrient uptake and the role of dual transport systems
Heather Pinkett, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
TBA
Jonathan Perkins, UC Santa Cruz,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar

On the image of complex conjugation in certain Galois representations
Anna Caraiani, Professor, Mathematics, Princeton University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
The Galactic Center: Unveiling the Heart of our Galaxy
Andrea Ghez, Professor of Physics & Astronomy, UCLA,
6:30pm – 8:00pm
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Engagement Photography on Campus: Porter Engagement Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Friday, May 30th, 2014
8:00am – 5:00pm
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Last Day for Presenting Theses for the Degrees of Doctor of Philosophy and Engineer

9:00am – 5:00pm
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Last Day of Classes for Seniors and Graduate Students

11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
QCD in the Veneziano Limit
Elias Kiritsis, University of Crete,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Caltech Teaching Assistant Training for 2014-2015 Year

Annenberg 105
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Label-Free Detection of Single Biological Molecules Using Microtoroid Optical Resonators

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Thesis defense
Judith Su, Graduate Student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Look Inside a Fuel Cell Car!

San Pasqual Walk
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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Thesis Seminar

Gates Annex B122
Rational Design of Zinc Phosphide Heterojunction Photovoltaics
Jeffrey Bosco, graduate student, chemical engineering, california institute of technology,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Distinguished Lecture in Solid Mechanics

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Acoustic, Electromagnetic, and Neutron Emissions from Brittle Fracture and Earthquakes
Alberto Carpinteri, Professor of Structural Mechanics, Department of Structural Engineering and Geotechnics, Politecnico di Torino,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

Design of 3D printed mathematical art
Henry Segerman, Assistant Professor, Mathematics, Oklahoma State University,
4:00pm – 6:00pm
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Celebration of Excellence Reception

Alumni House, 345 S. Hill Ave.
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

Structure on the set of triangulations
Henry Segerman, Assistant Professor, Mathematics, Oklahoma State University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Photoinduced, Copper-Catalyzed Cyanation of Unactivated Alkyl and Aryl Halides and Photophysical Characterization of a Cu(I) bis(Carbazolide) Anion
Tanvi Ratani, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
4:30pm – 5:15pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
Measuring the pseudo-spin space of hydrogenated graphene
Thomas Szkopek, Associate Professor , Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University,
7:30pm – 9:00pm
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German Film

Baxter Lecture Hall
Das Wunder von Bern - The Miracle of Bern (2003)
Sonke Wortmann, Director,
Saturday, May 31st, 2014
8:00am – 6/3 5:00pm
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Study Period for Seniors and Graduate Students

2:30pm – 5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Papazyan Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Monday, June 2nd, 2014
8:00am – 5:00pm
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Materialities, Texts and Images (MTI) Workshop

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
Knowledge and the Cultivation of Tastes in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
8:00am – 12:00pm
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The Keck Institute for Space Studies presents a short course on: Probing the Interior of Venus

South Mudd 365
10:00am – 12:00pm
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59th Annual Staff Service Awards

Beckman Auditorium
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar

Infinite gap sets and Lieb-Thirring bounds
Jacob Christiansen, Associate Professor, Mathematics, Lund University, Sweden,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar

Most hyperelliptic curves over Q have no rational points
Manjul Bhargava, Professor, Mathematics, Princeton University visiting Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Bioengineering Lecture

Beckman Institute Auditorium
"Visualizing the activity and anatomy of brain circuits: optogenetic sensors and tissue clearing approaches"
Viviana Gradinaru, Assistant Professor of Biology, Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Econometrics and Applied Micro Seminar

Baxter B125
Do Players of p-beauty Games k-step Reason? (joint with Indranil Goswami and Carl Mela)
P. Richard Hahn, Assistant Professor of Econometrics and Statistics, University of Chicago,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
In search of the nuts and bolts of the microbiome
Marc Strous, Professor CAIP Chair, Energy Bioengineering Group, University of Calgary,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar

CMV Matrices with Super Exponentially Decaying Verblunsky Coefficients
Maxim Zinchenko, Assistant Professor, Mathematics, University of New Mexico,