Events
February 2006
Wednesday, February 1st, 2006
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Combined Budget of Gas- and Particle-Phase Organic Carbon in a Polluted Atmosphere
Joost DeGouw,
U.S. Department of Commerce,
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration,
Thursday, February 2nd, 2006
3:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Toward an Integrative Model of Arabidopsis Thaliana
Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz,
Professor,
Computer Science,
University of Calgary, Canada,
Friday, February 3rd, 2006
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
C3-Symmetry Isn't All It's Cracked Up to Be: Hybrid Phosphino/Pyrazolyl Borate Ligands Stabilize an FeIV Imide
Christine Thomas,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, February 6th, 2006
2:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Studies of Metal Surface-Molecular Interactions Relevant to Fuel Cell Catalysis: Oxygen and Water
Andrew A. Gewirth,
Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture
The Modular Logic of Cell Signaling Systems
Wendell Lim,
Professor,
Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology,
University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine,
Tuesday, February 7th, 2006
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering
Information Transfer in Biological Networks (Technical Lecture)
James C. Liao,
Professor,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science,
University of California, Los Angeles,
Wednesday, February 8th, 2006
3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Vesicle-Mediated Signal Trafficking in Prokaryotes
Marvin Whiteley,
Assistant Professor Periodontics,
Department of Microbiology and Immunology,
The University of Oklahoma Health Science Center,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Synthesis of Disease Relevant Natural Products; Tetracycline and Garsubellin A
Dionicio R. Siegel,
Dr.,
Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry,
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center,
Thursday, February 9th, 2006
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W.N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering (General)
Toward Prediction and Design of Cellular Dynamics
James C. Liao,
Professor,
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,
University of California at Los Angeles,
Monday, February 13th, 2006
2:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Voltage-Dependent Hydration and Conduction Properties of the Hydrophobic Pore of the MscS Channel
Steven A. Spronk,
Graduate Student,
Department of Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Catalytic Bond Forming Reactions with Iron: The Importance of Electronic Structure?
Paul J. Chirik,
Assistant Professor,
Chemistry,
Cornell University,
Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Heterocycle-Opening Reactions Mediated by Zirconium Imido Complexes
Suzanne A. Blum,
Dr.,
Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology,
Harvard Medical School,
Wednesday, February 15th, 2006
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Resiniferatoxin via Photorearrangement/New Catalysts for Olefin Metathesis
Tobias Ritter,
Dr.,
Department of Chemistry,
California Institute of Technology,
Thursday, February 16th, 2006
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Bioengineering Seminar
Do Redox-Active Antibiotics Have Physiological Functions?
Dianne Newman,
Professor,
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences,
California institute of Technology,
Friday, February 17th, 2006
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Iron-Mediated Redox Chemistry Supported by New Generation BP3 Ligands
Connie Lu,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, February 20th, 2006
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2006
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Forward-Backward Semiclassical Dynamics: Simulation of Quantum Fluids
Nancy Makri,
Professor of Chemistry and Physics,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Geochemical and Genetic Controls of Microbial Arsenite Oxidation
Timothy R. McDermott,
Associate Professor,
Center for Biofilm Engineering,
Montana State University - Bozeman,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Polarity Reversal Catalysis: New Strategies and Applications
Jeffrey S. Johnson,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
2:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Chemical Scale Investigations of Drug-Reception Interactions at the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor
Amanda L. Cashin,
Graduate Student,
Department of Chemistry,
Caltech,
Friday, February 24th, 2006
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
The Synthesis of Ethylene Vinyl Alcohol Copolymers via Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization
Ron Walker,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:30pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Corrole Sensitized Titanium Dioxide
Don Walker,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Tuesday, February 28th, 2006
3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Concerning the Mechanism and Selectivity of Palladium (II) Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidation Reactions
Raissa M. Trend,
Graduate Student,
Department of Chemistry,
Caltech,