Events
April 2006
Saturday, April 1st, 2006
11:00am
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4:15pm
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Monday, April 3rd, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Spectroscopic and Computational Insights into the Biosynthesis and Reactivity of Coenzyme B12
Thomas C. Brunold,
assistant professor of chemistry,
University of Wisconsin, Madison,
Tuesday, April 4th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Small Displacements, Intriguing Fluctuations: Statistical Mechanics of the Actin Cytoskeleton
Phillip Geissler,
assistant professor of chemistry,
UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Coming Out of the Dark: Using Genomics to Shed Light on the Squid-Vibrio Symbiosis
Amy Schaefer,
research scientist,
department of microbiology,
University of Washington,
Thursday, April 6th, 2006
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
The Response to Nicotine: From Quantum Mechanics to Mouse Behavior
Henry Lester,
Bren Professor of Biology,
Caltech,
Friday, April 7th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Development of Ru Catalysts for the Preparation of Hindered Olefins by Ring-Closing Metathesis
Katie Campbell,
postdoctoral scholar,
department of chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, April 10th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
What a Difference One Electron Makes: Synthetic Strategies to Achieve Low-Coordinate Early-Transition Metal Complexes Bearing Metal-Ligand Multiple Bonds
Daniel J. Mindiola,
assistant professor of chemistry,
Indiana University,
Wednesday, April 12th, 2006
10:00am
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11:00am
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Thesis Seminar
Modulation of Magnetic Properties in Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agents and Magnetic Materials
Joseph A. Duimstra,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Land Use and Climate Change
Professor Eugenia Kalnay,
department of meteorology,
University of Maryland, College Park,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
New Approaches to Optical, Electronic, Magnetic, and Structural Materials through Control of Nanoscale Self-Organization
Sarah Tolbert,
associate professor,
department of chemistry and biochemistry,
UCLA,
Friday, April 14th, 2006
8:00am
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Development of a Closer Mimic of the Shilov Catalyst: Selectivity Trends in C-H Bond Activation by Ar2(NN)Pt2+ Complexes
Thomas Driver,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Caltech,
Wednesday, April 19th, 2006
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Flow through Aquatic Vegetation
Heidi Nepf,
associate professor of civil and environmental engineering,
MIT,
Thursday, April 20th, 2006
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
How Growth Affects Locomotor Hydrodynamics in Zebrafish
Matthew McHenry,
assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology,
UC Irvine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Robert W. Vaughan Lecture in Chemical Engineering
Molecular Sieve Thin Film Technology: Current Status and Research Opportunities
Michael Tsapatsis,
professor of chemical engineering and materials science,
University of Minnesota,
Friday, April 21st, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Probing the Coordination Chemistry of Iron and Cobalt with New Amide-Phosphine Hybrid Ligands
Matthew Whited,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, April 24th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture
Physics and the Life of a Virus
Robijn Bruinsma,
professor of physics and astronomy,
UCLA,
Wednesday, April 26th, 2006
8:00am
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Ongoing
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4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Selective Formations of C-O and C-C Bonds via Transition Metal Mediated Catalysis
Chulbom Lee,
assistant professor of chemistry,
Princeton University,
Thursday, April 27th, 2006
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
An Engineering Analysis of Inflammation in Physiological Shock: The Auto-Digestion Hypothesis
Geert Schmid-Schoenbein,
professor of bioengineering,
UC San Diego,
Friday, April 28th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Vibrational Spectroscopy and Analysis of Pseudo-Tetrahedral Complexes with Metal Imido Bonds
Mark Mehn,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Caltech,
Saturday, April 29th, 2006
4:00pm
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11:45pm
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