Events
November 2004
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11/2
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Monday, November 1st, 2004
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Rational Chemical Strategies for Carbon Nanotube Functionalization
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2004
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Dynamics and Energetics of CH4 and NH3 Activation at Size-Selected Transition Metal Clusters
Peter B. Armentrout,
Distinguished Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Utah,
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2004
3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Large-Scale Ocean Circulation: A Heat Budget Perspective
Giulio Boccaletti,
Postdoctoral Associate,
Dept of Earth, Atmospheric, & Planetary Sciences,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Chemical Synthesis and Synthetic Biology
Dirk Trauner,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of California, Berkeley,
Thursday, November 4th, 2004
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Attosecond Science
Paul Corkum,
Professor,
Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences,
National Research Council Canada,
4:00pm
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Constantin G. Economou Memorial Lecture
Single Particle Motion in Colloidal Suspensions as a Paradigm for Nonlinear Microrheology
Aditya S. Khair,
graduate student in chemical engineering,
Caltech,
Friday, November 5th, 2004
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Structure and Rheology of Random Foam
Andrew M. Kraynik,
Dr.,
Sandia National Laboratories,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
DNA-Mediated Charge Transfer: A Mechanism for Damage Detection in DNA Repair
Amie Boal,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, November 8th, 2004
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Caltech Biotechnology Club Speaker
Biotechnology in the 21st Century
Richard Scheller,
Executive Vice President,
Research,
Genentech,
4:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture
The Mysterious Meanderings of Myxobacteria
George Oster,
Professor,
University of California, Berkeley,
Wednesday, November 10th, 2004
3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Mechanistic and Structural Studies of Biogenic Manganese Oxides
Samuel Webb,
Beamline Scientist,
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center,
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
The Bioactive Conformation of Somatostatin; Design of Gluosidic Mimetics; and Radial Symmetry and Aromatic Electrostatic Potentials in Bioorganic Chemistry
Ralph F. Hirschmann,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Pennsylvania,
Thursday, November 11th, 2004
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Bioengineering Seminar
Using Nanoparticle to Control Biomolecular Activity.
Kimberly Hamad-Schifferli,
Homer A. Burnell Assistant Professor,
Mechanical & Biological Engineering,
MIT,
Friday, November 12th, 2004
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Probing Protein Denatured-State Dynamics Using Electron-Transfer Kinetics
John Magyar,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, November 15th, 2004
4:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Atomistic Simulations of Macromolecules
Youyong Li,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Tuesday, November 16th, 2004
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Conformations and Aggregation States of Biologically Important Systems: Oligonucleotides, G-Quadraplexes, Peptides and Proteins
Michael T. Bowers,
Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of California at Santa Barbara,
Wednesday, November 17th, 2004
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Structure and Origin of Southern California Climate Variations
Alex Hall,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences,
UCLA,
Thursday, November 18th, 2004
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Bioengineering Seminar
Cytoskeletal Dynamics: Mechanics of Biomolecules, Clues for Engineering?
Elaine Bearer,
Moore Distinguished Scholar (Caltech) & Associate Professor,
Brown University,
4:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Localization in the Immune System: A Surmountable Challenge to Design of Vaccines for Viruses and Cancers
Michael W. Deem,
Professor,
department of bioengineering,
Rice University,
Friday, November 19th, 2004
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Topic to be Announced
Irvin H. Lau,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2004
4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Continuum Solvent Models: Development and Application to Environmental Chemistry Problems
Christopher J. Cramer,
Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry and Supercomputer Institute,
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities,
Wednesday, November 24th, 2004
Thursday, November 25th, 2004
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11/26
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11/28
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Monday, November 29th, 2004
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar - CANCELLED
The Mechanism of Olefin Oxidation by Pd(II) Chloride Confirming the Mechanistic Chloride Dependence in the Wacker Process
John Keith,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,