Events
October 2006
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006
7:30pm
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8:00pm
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2006
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Fire and Ice: Dynamics of Climate Variability at High Latitude
Peter B. Rhines,
professor of oceanography and atmospheric sciences,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Manipulating Light in Arrays of Nanoscale Holes and Pyramids
Teri W. Odom,
assistant professor of chemistry,
Northwestern University,
Thursday, October 5th, 2006
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Regulatory Genes in Development
Meredith H. Ashby,
graduate student in biochemistry and molecular biophysics,
Caltech,
Friday, October 6th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
14-Electron Ruthenium Phosphonium Alkylidenes in Olefin Metathesis
Patricio Romero,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Caltech,
Wednesday, October 11th, 2006
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
A Tale of Two Sludges: Metagenomic Analysis of Two Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal (EBPR) Sludge Communities
Phil Hugenholtz,
head,
Microbial Ecology Program DOE Joint Genome Institute,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar
Exploring the Origin of Biological Homochirality: How Catalysis May Have Played a Role
Donna G. Blackmond,
Professor,
Department of Chemisty,
Imperial College,
7:00pm
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8:30pm
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National Coming-Out Week Keynote Event
Marriage Discrimination and Moral Values: Seeking Equality for Same-Sex Couples in the Courts, Politics, and Beyond
Friday, October 13th, 2006
8:00am
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Novel π-Acid-Base Chemistry of Molybdenum
Michael Malarek,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Wednesday, October 18th, 2006
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Kissing Butterflies and Chips Bag: Unraveling the Chemistry of Phenazine Biosynthesis
Dr. Wulf Blankenfeldt,
physical biochemistry department,
Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
New Chemical Tools for Site-Selective Protein Modification
Matthew B. Francis,
assistant professor of chemistry,
UC Berkeley,
Friday, October 20th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Computational Investigations into Hydride Rich Rhodium Clusters and the Reductive Coupling of CO by a Uranium(III) Species
Nilay Hazari,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, October 23rd, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture
Some Challenges for Universities in a Century of Science
Bruce Alberts,
professor of biochemistry,
UC San Francisco,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Unraveling the Mysteries of Copper Transfer in the Cell
David L. Huffman,
assistant professor of chemistry,
Western Michigan University,
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Low-Energy Electron Induced Damage of Hydrated DNA: The Role of Negative Ion Resonances and Diffraction
Thomas M. Orlando,
professor and chair,
school of chemistry and biochemistry,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
Wednesday, October 25th, 2006
8:00am
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10/31
5:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
The Inner Space of Molecules
Julius Rebek Jr.,
professor of chemistry,
Scripps Research Institute,
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Molecular Basis and Consequences of Phenotypic Variation in Vibrio Cholerae
Fitnat H. Yildiz,
assistant professor, environmental toxicology,
UC Santa Cruz,
Friday, October 27th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech Biotechnology Club Speaker
Some Imaging Applications in Molecular Biology
Gene Myers,
Group Leader,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farms,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
DNA Mismatch Recognition and Intercalation by a Bulky Rhodium Complex
Valerie Pierre,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Caltech,
Saturday, October 28th, 2006
9:00pm
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10/29
2:00am
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Monday, October 30th, 2006
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Demystifying Orphan G Protein-Coupled Receptors: Structure Prediction and Ligand Screening
Jiyoung Heo,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Metals Take a Walk
Milko E. van der Boom,
Minerva Junior Research Group on Molecular and Interface Design,
Weizmann Institute of Science,
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Electronic Structure Methods for Strong Correlations: How Diradicaloid Can a Stable Singlet Diradical Be?
Martin P. Head-Gordon,
professor of chemistry,
UC Berkeley,