Events
April 2005
Friday, April 1st, 2005
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Snapshots of Cytochrome c Folding
Ekaterina Pletneva,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, April 4th, 2005
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture
Big Jump vs. Little Jump: How Does the Voltage Sensor in K+ Channels Move?
Paul Selvin,
Professor,
Physics,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Hydrothermal Crystallization of Ceramic Materials
Richard Riman,
Professor ,
Department of Materials Engineering,
Rutgers University, NJ,
Wednesday, April 6th, 2005
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Air Pollutants in Asthma and Cardiovascular Disease: Role of Oxidative Stress and Inflammation
Andre Nel,
Professor of Medicine,
Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy,
University of California, Los Angeles,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
From New Reactivity to Complex and Diverse Molecular Architecture
Sergey A. Kozmin,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Chicago,
Thursday, April 7th, 2005
4:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Modeling Cell Function by Discrete Automata: Simple Rules for Complex Behaviour
Michael Ellison,
Instute for Biomolecular Design,
University of Alberta, Canada,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Base Promotion of Next-Generation Ruthenium Catalysts for Ammonia Synthesis
Robert Davis,
Professor,
Department of Chemical Engineering,
University of Virginia,
Friday, April 8th, 2005
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Alkane Monolayers on Graphite
Kimberly Marshall,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, April 11th, 2005
4:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
'Nano-Ionics': Size Effects on Ion Transport
Joachim Maier,
Professor,
Max-Planck Institute, Germany,
Tuesday, April 12th, 2005
9:00am
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Wednesday, April 13th, 2005
3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Iron and Macronutrients in Coastal Upwelling Regimes: Central California and Peru
Kenneth Bruland,
Professor of Ocean Sciences,
Ocean Sciences Department,
University of California, Santa Cruz,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Asymmetric Synthesis with Organoboranes, and the Design of Non-Leaching Mesoporous Supported Pd Catalysts
Cathleen Crudden,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
Queens University,
Friday, April 15th, 2005
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Pd-Mediated Activation of Molecular Oxygen
Jason Keith,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, April 18th, 2005
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Coordination Chemistry at Trigonally Coordinated Iron Platforms: Chemistry Relevant to Dinitrogen Reduction
Theodore Betley,
Graduate Student,
Department of Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Chemistry and Cellular Biochemistry of the Vitamin B12 Derivatives Thiolatocobalamins
Nicola E. Brasch,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
Kent State University,
Wednesday, April 20th, 2005
3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
New Views on Sediment Chemistry, Toxicity, and Treatment (If You Are a Clam, You're Not Necessarily What You Eat!)
Richard Luthy,
Silas H. Palmer Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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Thursday, April 21st, 2005
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Bioengineering Seminar
Beyond the Five Senses: the Maps, Compasses, and Sensory Biology of Sea Turtle Navigation
Ken Lohmann,
Professor,
Department of Biology,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Friday, April 22nd, 2005
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Exploring the Unusual Bonding Modes of Main Group Substrates with Tris(phosphino)borate Iron and Cobalt Platforms
Christine Thomas,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Modification of Thin-Film Nanostructures
Jennifer Gerbi,
Ph.D.,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Wednesday, April 27th, 2005
8:00am
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11:00am
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Thesis Seminar
Exploration of the Determinants of Protein Structure and Stability by Protein Design
Catherine Ann Sarisky,
Graduate Student,
Department of Chemistry,
Caltech,
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar - SEMINAR CANCELLED
Estimating Primary Production Rates in the Ocean: Recent In Situ Versus Traditional In Vitro Methods
Paul Quay,
Professor,
School of Oceanography,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Enzymes, Antibodies, and Organocatalysis: Rediscovery of the Rich Life of Amines
Carlos F. Barbas,
Professor,
Departments of Molecular Biology and Chemistry,
Scripps Research Institute,
Thursday, April 28th, 2005
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Towards Imaging and Spectroscopy of Single Molecules with Nanoscale Mechanical Resonators
Bruce Michael Lambert,
Graduate Student,
Department of Chemistry,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Nanoscale Morphological Evolution Kinetics on TiN Surfaces: An In Situ STM and LEEM Study
Suneel Kodambaka,
PhD,
IBM,
4:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Fluid Mechanics of Heart Failure
Mory Gharib,
Professor,
Aeronautics and Bioengineering ,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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Robert W. Vaughan Lecture in Chemical Engineering
The Flow, Aging, and Memory of Soft Particle Pastes
Roger T. Bonnecaze,
Professor,
Department of Chemical Engineering,
University of Texas, Austin,
Friday, April 29th, 2005
9:00am
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Thesis Seminar
Theoretical Study of the Mechanism of Olefin Metathesis and Synthesis of Cyclic Polymers
Diego Benitez,
Graduate Student,
Department of Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Catenanes, Daisy Chains, Polyrotaxanes, Oh My!
Erin Guidry,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,