Events
May 2006
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Monday, May 1st, 2006
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Tuning the Reactivity of Metal-Ligand Multiple Bonds: Reactive Nitrides and Stable Carbides
Marc J. A. Johnson,
assistant professor of chemistry,
University of Michigan,
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006
3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Intercontinental Transport of Air Pollutants and Its Implications
Terry J. Keating,
office of air and radiation,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Thursday, May 4th, 2006
3:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Nanostructured Probes for RNA Detection in Living Cells
Gang Bao,
professor of biomedical engineering,
Georgia Tech,
Friday, May 5th, 2006
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Electron Transfer Kinetics in the Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell
Anthony Fitch,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, May 8th, 2006
1:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Novel Reactivity at Iron Centers Supported by Poly(phosphino)borate Ligands
Christine Thomas,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
Tuesday, May 9th, 2006
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Uncovering Design Rules for Light-Driven Molecular Devices from First Principles Dynamics
Todd J. Martinez,
professor of chemistry,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Wednesday, May 10th, 2006
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Synthesis of Biologically Important N- and O-Heterocycles
Peter A. Jacobi,
professor of chemistry,
Dartmouth College,
Friday, May 12th, 2006
2:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Ultra-Sensative Absorption Measurements through Cavity-Enhanced Spectroscopy
Timothy McGarvey,
graduate student biochemistry and molecular biophysics,
4:00pm
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Linus Pauling Lectureship
The Structural Basis of Eukaryotic Gene Transcription
Roger D. Kornberg,
professor of structural biology,
Stanford University,
Monday, May 15th, 2006
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Biophysics Lecture
Transient Differentiation at the Single-Cell Level
Michael Elowitz,
assistant professor of biology and applied physics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
DNA Interaction, Recognition, Aggregation, and Evolution of Life
Alexei A. Kornyshev,
professor of chemical physics,
department of chemistry,
Imperial College London,
Tuesday, May 16th, 2006
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Far-from-Equilibrium Assembly of Soft Materials
David R. Reichman,
professor of chemistry,
Columbia University,
Wednesday, May 17th, 2006
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Do We Understand the Water Vapor Feedback on Climate Change?
Steven Sherwood,
associate professor of geology and geophysics,
Yale University,
4:00pm
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Beckman Lecture
Applications of Chemical Synthesis to the Identification of New Antibiotics, Cancer Cell-Growth Inhibitors and Antiproliferative Pathways
Andrew G. Myers,
professor of chemistry,
Harvard University,
Thursday, May 18th, 2006
11:00am
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Thesis Seminar
Electron Transfer at DNA-Modified Electrodes
Donato M. Ceres,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Using Artificial Evolution to Study Physical Phenomena
Michele Milano,
postdoctoral scholar in aeronautics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Non-Stoichiometry
James A. Ibers,
professor of chemistry,
Northwestern University,
Friday, May 19th, 2006
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
The Surface Chemistry of GaAs Nanocrystals
Matthew Traub,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006
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Thesis Seminar
Ultrafast Electron Diffraction: Direct Determination of Structural Dynamics of Molecular Excited States
Jonathan Feenstra,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
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Thesis Seminar
Exploring Protein Sequence Space Using Computationally-Directed Recombination
Michelle Meyer,
graduate student in biochemistry and molecular physics,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Synthesis and Applications of Bulky Rhodium(III) Intercalators for the Recognition of DNA Mismatches
Jonathan R. Hart,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
The Advantages and Potential of Single-site Solid Catalysts
Sir John M. Thomas,
professor of chemistry,
Royal Institution of Great Britain,
Thursday, May 25th, 2006
9:00am
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Thesis Seminar
Plasmon-Enhanced Silicon Nanocrystal Luminescence for Optoelectronic Applications
Julie Biteen-Johnsen,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Force Field Development for Protein Design
Eric Zollars,
graduate student in biochemistry and molecular biophysics,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Development of Organocatalytic Direct Aldol Transformations; Total Syntheses of Brasoside, Littoralisone and Diazonamide A
Ian K. Mangion,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Detecting Pre-Cancerous Cells with Angle-Resolved Low Coherence Interferometry
Adam Wax,
assistant professor of biomedical engineering,
Duke University,
Friday, May 26th, 2006
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Thesis Seminar
The Chemistry of Tris(phosphino)borate Manganese and Iron Platforms
Connie Lu,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Use of Gold and Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles as Chemical Sensors
Edgardo Garcia,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, May 29th, 2006
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Tuesday, May 30th, 2006
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Towards Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory for Near-Field Electron Dynamics
Roi Baer,
associate professor,
Institute of Chemistry and the Lise Meitner Research Center,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Wednesday, May 31st, 2006
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
From Targets to Strategies and from Reactions to Molecules: Cyanthiwigin, Cylindramide, and Dictyostatin
Andrew Phillips,
assistant professor of physics,
department of chemistry and biochemistry,
University of Colorado,