Events
October 2026
Thursday, October 1st, 2026
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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EVOxZankou Seminar
"How productive was the early biosphere?" and "Modeling embryonic quality control: how stem cell-based embryo models reveal lineage-specific selection against chromosomally abnormal cells"
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Frontiers in Chemical Engineering
Learning physical dynamics with generative machine learning
Aditi Krishnapriyan,
Bruce & Susan Stangeland Professor,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,
University of California, Berkeley,
Friday, October 2nd, 2026
8:30am
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2:00pm
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BOND Colloquium "Careers in Academia: Beyond the R1"
Prof. Kenneth Childers,
Cal State Fullerton,
Prof. Raul Navarro,
Occidental College,
Prof. Khuloud Sweimeh,
Pasadena City College,
Dr. Mike Vicic,
Caltech CCE,
Kala Youngblood,
USC East College Prep,
Dr. Jasmine Bryant,
Caltech CTLO,
Wednesday, October 7th, 2026
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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EAS Trailblazers/Applied Physics and Materials Science Research Lecture
Hybridization and Electromechanics at Atomically Thin Interfaces
Sathvik Ajay Iyengar,
Schmidt Science Fellow,
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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ESE: EAS Trailblazers Seminar
Understanding Atmospheric Composition Using Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling and Observations
Laura H. Yang,
Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering,
Washington University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thursday, October 8th, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
"Selective Lipidome Editing through Structure-Directed Metabolic Routing"
Binyou Wang,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Morstein Group,
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 - James Shorter (UPenn)
Short RNA chaperones promote aggregation-resistant TDP-43 conformers to mitigate neurodegeneration
James Shorter,
Professor,
Department of Biochemistry and Biology, Perelman School of Medicine,
University of Pennsylvania,
Wednesday, October 14th, 2026
1:00pm
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5:00pm
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Frontiers in Chemical Biology Symposium
10AM: Yael David Shternberg,
Associate Member, Chemical Biology,
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center,
Thursday, October 15th, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
Nivin Nystrom,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Shapiro Group,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Contantin G. Economou Memorial Lecture
Unravelling Specific Ion Effects in Electrochemical Nitrate Reduction: The Interplay of Interfacial Structure and Ion-specific Transport
Madeline (Maddy) Murphy,
Graduate Student,
Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
Friday, October 16th, 2026
9:00am
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10:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Data-driven computational approaches for chemistry across scales
Vignesh Bhethanabotla,
Graduate Student,
Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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Monday, October 19th, 2026
2:15pm
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3:15pm
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar
Development of catalyst systems enabling sp3 C‒H functionalization reactions
Wednesday, October 21st, 2026
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
TBD
Douglas Hamilton,
Asst Professor Aerosol, Earth System Modelling, Wildfires, Biogeochemical Cycles,
Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,
North Carolina State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Fat foraging: how pathogenic bacteria construct unusual cell envelopes
Laura M.K. Dassama,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and of Microbiology and Immunology,
Department of Chemistry,
Stanford University,
Thursday, October 22nd, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Sunday, October 25th, 2026
9:00am
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10/26
5:00pm
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Wednesday, October 28th, 2026
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Leah Johnson,
Principle Oceanographer,
Applied Physics Laboratory, (APL),
University of Washington,
Friday, October 30th, 2026
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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