Events
January 2006
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006
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Wednesday, January 4th, 2006
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Microbial Metabolism of Reduced Phosphorus Compounds: Novel Biochemistry and Biotechnological Applications
William W. Metcalf,
Associate Professor,
Department of Microbiology & Institute for Genomic Biology,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Quantification of Nanocrystal Charge Storage Using Electrostatic Force Microscopy in UHV
Dr. Michael J. Gordon,
Laboratoire des Technologies de la Microelectronique,
CNRS-LTM,
Thursday, January 5th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Surface Organometallic Chemistry: A Key to Discovery of New Catalytic Reactions via Single-Site Catalysis
Jean-Marie Basset,
Director of Laboratory,
Organometallic Chemistry Laboratory of Surface,
UMR 9986 CNRS-CPE Lyon,
Friday, January 6th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Synthesis of C2 Symmetric Zirconocenes and Their Use as Polymerization Catalysts for the Kinetic Resolution of Chiral Alpha-Olefins
Jeffery Byers,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, January 9th, 2006
6:00pm
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8:00pm
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Wednesday, January 11th, 2006
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Strata Formation by Hyperpycnal Flows: Experiments, Modeling, and Observations from Lake Powell
Lincoln Pratson,
Associate Professor,
Earth and Ocean Sciences Division,
Duke University,
Thursday, January 12th, 2006
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Cells, Gels, and the Engines of Life: A Fresh Paradigm for Cell Function
Gerald Pollack,
Professor,
Bioengineering,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Chemical and Biological O2 Activation and Hydrocarbon Oxidation by Diiron Carboxylates
Stephen J. Lippard,
Arthur Amos Noyes Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Friday, January 13th, 2006
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry: New Opportunities for Molecular Recognition and Catalysis
Jeremy K. M. Sanders,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
Cambridge University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Using Isotopes to Perturb Conformation: Applications in Organic Stereochemistry
Daniel J. O'Leary,
Visiting Associate,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Saturday, January 14th, 2006
12:00pm
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11:00pm
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Monday, January 16th, 2006
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Tuesday, January 17th, 2006
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Swift Lecture
The Currents of Life: Electron Flow through Iron and Copper Proteins
Harry B. Gray,
Arnold O. Beckman Professor of Chemistry and Founding Director of the Beckman Institute,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Wednesday, January 18th, 2006
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Mechanics of the Cytoskeleton: Examining the Dynamics of Cytoplasmic Transport through Fluorescence Microscopy
Rajan Kulkarni,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Caltech graduate student,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
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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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Synthesis with 'Thermodynamically Privileged' Molecules
Joseph M. Fox,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry,
University of Delaware,
Thursday, January 19th, 2006
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Molecular Imaging of Cancer with PET
Hossein Jadvar,
M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor,
Radiology and Biomedical Engineering,
University of Southern California,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Constantin G. Economou Memorial Lecture
A Rational Approach for Improved siRNA Delivery and Treatment Design
Derek W. Bartlett,
Graduate Student,
Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Natural Products: Divine Inspiration for Chemistry
Scott A. Snyder,
Dr.,
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology,
Harvard University,
Friday, January 20th, 2006
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Cellular Uptake of Mismatch Selective Rhodium-Peptide Conjugates
Jens Brunner,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, January 23rd, 2006
4:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture
How a Biophysicist Watches DNA Transcription, One Basepair at a Time
Steven Block,
Professor,
Applied Physics and of Biological Sciences,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Cyanogels and Cyanosols: High Temperature Coordination Chemistry as a Novel Approach to Materials Chemistry
Andrew B. Bocarsly,
Visiting Professor, Chemistry, Caltech,
Department of Chemistry,
Princeton University,
6:00pm
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8:00pm
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2006
3:00pm
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2006
3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Water, Drugs, and Sex: Endocrine Disruption in Aquatic Ecosystems
Larry B. Barber,
U.S. Geological Survey,
Thursday, January 26th, 2006
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Surgical Planning of the Total Cavopulmonary Connection Using MRI, Computational and Experimental Fluid Mechanics
Ajit Yoganathan,
Professor,
Biomedical Engineering,
Georgia Tech,
Friday, January 27th, 2006
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Pd-Catalyzed Enantioselective Decarboxylative Allylation
Justin Mohr,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, January 30th, 2006
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Investigations of New Claisen Rearrangements and Total Synthesis of the Telomerase Inhibitor UCS1025A
Tristan H. Lambert,
Dr.,
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Catalytic Ionic Hydrogenations, and Carbon-to-Metal Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reactions
Morris Bullock,
Dr.,
Chemistry,
Brookhaven National Laboratory,
6:00pm
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8:00pm
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