Institute Calendar
Winter 2012-2013
Tuesday, February 12th, 2013
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Biophysics Lecture
Computational Protein Interface Design, Cystic Fibrosis, and HIV
Bruce Donald,
Professor of Computer Science and Biochemistry,
Departments of Computer Science and Biochemistry,
Duke University Medical Center,
4:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
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Gabriel Kreiman,
Associate Professor,
Harvard Medical School,
4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
First direct measurements of heat and carbon transport across the Antarctic Circumpolar Current
Raffaele Ferrari,
Breene M. Kerr Professor of Oceanography,
Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Recent Advances in Frustrated Lewis Pairs: Hydrogenations and CO2 Reduction
Douglas W. Stephan,
Professor, Canada Research Chair,
Chemistry,
University of Toronto,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Neurobiology Seminar
"Intracellular Fibroblast Growth Factors: Novel Regulators of Neuronal Excitability
Jeanne Nerbonne,
Alumni Endowed Professor,
Dept. of Developmental Biology,
Washington University School of Medicine,
4:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
Final Passages: Slave Trafficking from the Caribbean to North America
Gregory E. O'Malley,
Assistant Professor of History,
UC Santa Cruz,
4:15pm
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6:00pm
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2013
10:00am
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11:30am
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10:00am
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2/14
4:00pm
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12:00pm
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Dev Bio SuperGroup Meeting
Mihoko Kato,
Sternberg Lab,
Biology,
Caltech,
Thai Truong,
Fraser Lab,
Biology,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Neurons Anticipated Mathematical Statistics and Information Theory by 100 Million Years
Toby Berger,
Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Virginia,
1:30pm
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3:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Exponential decay of correlations implies area law
Fernando Brandao,
ETH Zurich, Institute for Theoretical Physics,
4:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
From the IMF to the S-Process in Early-Type Galaxies
Charlie Conroy,
Prof.,
UCSC,
4:00pm
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Kleigel Lectures in Planetary Science
Impact Induced Decompression Melting of the Martian Mantle: The Formation of Widespread Infilled Craters and Inter-Crate Plains; Dark Spots on the Seasonal CO2 Ice Polar Caps on Mars, Clues to Better Understand the Seasonal Processes
Christopher Edwards,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
Cedric Pilorget,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Neurobiology Seminar
"Excitatory/Inhibitory Balance in Circuits of Mouse Visual Cortex"
Andreas Burkhalter,
Professor,
Dept. of Anatomy and Neurobiology,
Washington University School of Medicine,
4:00pm
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Special Chemical Engineering Seminar
An Engineering Analysis of Natural and Biomimetic Self-Repair Processes for Solar Energy Harvesting
Ardemis Boghossian,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
5:00pm
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The sensitivity of global tropical cyclone frequency to climate changes
Timothy Merlis,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Center for Theoretical Science and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory ,
Princeton,
4:00pm
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Wiersma Lecture
"Understanding the Regulation of Intrinsic Neuronal Excitability . . . One K+ Channel at a Time"
Jeanne Nerbonne,
Alumni Endowed Professor,
Dept. of Developmental Biology,
Washington University School of Medicine,
6:00pm
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7:00pm
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7:30pm
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Thursday, February 14th, 2013
8:00am
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2/15
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9:00am
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11:00am
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10:00am
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11:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Highly Turbulent Flames: Another Variation on the Counterflow Theme
Alessandro Gomez,
Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science,
Yale University,
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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Physics Research Conference
Black Holes: Probes of the Cosmos and Fundamental Physics
Frans Pretorius,
Professor of Physics,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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Special Chemistry Seminar
Seminar on Seminars: How to Give a Talk
Kenneth S. Suslick,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm
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Wiersma Lecture
"Connecting the Network of Mouse Visual Cortex to Behavior"
Andreas Burkhalter,
Professor,
Dept. of Anatomy and Neurobiology,
Washington University School of Medicine,
6:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Geoengineering and Climate Intervention: What We Need to Know
Dr. Riley Duren,
Chief Systems Engineer,
Earth Science & Technology Directorate ,
JPL,
7:30pm
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10:30pm
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Friday, February 15th, 2013
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
2d TQFT structure of the superconformal indices with outer-automorphism twists
Jaewon Song,
UC San Diego,
12:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Tidal Effects in Double White Dwarf Binaries
Francesca Valsecchi,
Graduate Student,
Dearborn Observatory,
Northwestern University,
2:30pm
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GALCIT Colloquium (PhD thesis talk)
Simulation of Richtmyer-Meshkov Flows for Elastic-Plastic Solids in Planar and Converging Geometries Using an Eulerian Framework
Alejandro Lopez-Ortega,
Graduate Student,
Aerospace,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Capturing Protein Dynamics with Time-Resolved Spectroscopy
Nicole Ford,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
Model Gettier Cases and Metacognition
Jennifer Nagel,
Associate Professor,
Department of Philosophy,
University of Toronto,
4:30pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
Geoengineering and Climate Intervention: What We Need to Know
Dr. Riley Duren,
Chief Systems Engineer,
Earth Science & Technology Directorate ,
JPL,
Saturday, February 16th, 2013
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2/17
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Special Photography on Campus: Boyadzhyan Sweet 16 Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:30pm
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Sunday, February 17th, 2013
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Special Photography on Campus: Yang Engagement Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:30pm
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