Institute Calendar
Winter 2011-2012
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
10:00am
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12:00pm
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10:30am
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11:30am
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1:30pm
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4:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
The Tsc-mTOR pathway: an activity-dependent regulator of hippocampal synaptic plasticity and network excitability
Helen Bateup,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Dept. of Neurobiology,
Harvard Medical School,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Exploring quantum soft matter in an AMO setting
Benjamin Lev,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Gravitational and Electromagnetic Signatures from the Tidal Disruption of Stars
Roland Haas,
Tapir,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
Isolation and Exchange in Eighteenth-Century France
Emma Rothschild,
Harvard University,
5:30pm
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6:30pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
8:00am
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8:05am
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8:00am
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3/16
5:00pm
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar
NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassadors and Educators: Volunteer Networks as Communities of Practice
Kay Ferrari,
JPL,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Aryne Annulation Reactions Toward the Synthesis of Heterocyclic Molecules
Aryne Annulation Reactions Toward the Synthesis of Heterocyclic Molecules
Christopher Gilmore,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Stoltz Group,
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Kepler and the RR Lyrae stars
Katrien Kolenberg,
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA & KU Leuven, Belgium,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Subjective Learning
David Dillenberger,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Distributions, sources and sinks of greenhouse gases assessed using global and regional aircraft measurements
Steve Wofsy,
Abbott Lawrence Rotch Professor,
Atmospheric and Environmental Science,
Harvard University,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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8:00pm
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9:00pm
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Thursday, March 15th, 2012
4:00am
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5:00am
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Informal Biology seminar
Specification of sensory placodes: towards a gene regulatory network
Andrea Streit,
Dept. of Craniofacial Development,
KingÂ’s College,
10:00am
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1:00pm
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10:30am
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11:30am
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11:30am
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
The olfactory-specific and activity-dependent histone variant Hist2h2be modulates neuronal life span
Stephen Santoro,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology,
Harvard University,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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3:00pm
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4:30pm
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Computer Science Seminar
Erlang from the Trenches
Francesco Cesarini,
Founder and Technical Director,
Erlang Solutions, Ltd.,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Resnick Institute Seminar
Smart Grid: Opportunities and Challenges in the Creation of the 21st Century Power Grid
Rajit Gadh,
Professor,
Henry Samueli School of Engineering & Applied Science,
UCLA,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Fitness Effects of All Possible Point-Mutants in Ubiquitin
Dan Bolon,
Associate Professor,
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology,
University of Massachusetts Medical School,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Mysterious Titan
Tina Ray,
astronomer, Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn; cochair, Tital Orbiter Science Team,
JPL,
8:00pm
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11:30pm
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Friday, March 16th, 2012
8:00am
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5:00pm
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8:30am
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12:30pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Measuring the Performance of Large-Scale Combinatorial Auctions: A Structural Estimation Approach
Gabriel Y. Weintraub,
Associate Professor of Decision, Risk & Operations,
Columbia Business School,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Reactivity of Novel Tricopper Complexes
Davide Lionetti,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
Mysterious Titan
Tina Ray,
astronomer, Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn; and cochair, Titan Orbiter Science Team,
JPL,
Saturday, March 17th, 2012
8:00am
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4/1
5:00pm
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3:00pm
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6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Zargaryan Christening Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, March 18th, 2012
10:00am
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11:00am
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11:00am
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12:30pm
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6:30pm
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7:30pm
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Monday, March 19th, 2012
9:00am
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10:00am
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Thesis Seminar
Computational Modeling Studies of Fundamental Aerosol-Cloud Interactions
Zachary J. Lebo,
Graduate student ,
Environmental Science and Engineering,
Caltech,