Events
November 2006
Wednesday, November 1st, 2006
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Conformational Constraint of a Family of Small Molecule G Protein-Coupled Receptor Antagonists Provides for Enhanced Blockade of Cellular Movement: Discovery of BMS-639623 as a Potential New Therapy for Asthma
Dr. Percy H. Carter,
chemistry department,
Bristol-Myers Squibb,
Thursday, November 2nd, 2006
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
"If There Is Magic on the Planet, It Is Contained in Water"*: A New View on the Balance of Forces Controlling Micellar Morphologies of Ionic Surfactants (*Loren Eisley, The Immense Journey, 1957)
Professor Laurence S. Romsted,
department of chemistry and chemical biology,
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey,
Friday, November 3rd, 2006
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Electrochemical Catalysts for the Production and Oxidation of Hydrogen Featuring Nickel Complexes Containing Cyclic Diphosphine Ligands with Positioned Pendant Amines
Aaron D. Wilson,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, November 6th, 2006
9:00am
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Progress toward the Synthesis of (+)-Zoanthenol and the Development of an Asymmetric Tsuji Allylation Methodology
Douglas C. Behenna,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Synthetically Tuned Luminophoric Materials: 3-D Displays, Solar Energy Conversation, and Beyond
Stefan Bernhard,
assistant professor of chemistry,
Princeton University,
Tuesday, November 7th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Do We Have a Theory for Reactions at Metal Interfaces? The Unsolved Problem of Electronic Non-Adiabaticity
Alec M. Wodtke,
professor of chemistry,
UC Santa Barbara,
Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Modeling PAH and PCB Sources and Degradation in Aquatic Sediments Based on Factor Analysis with Nonnegative Constraints
Professor Erik Christensen,
department of civil engineering and mechanics,
University of WisconsinMilwaukee,
Friday, November 10th, 2006
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Controlling Catalytic Reactivity through Metal Spin State
Vernon C. Gibson,
professor of inorganic chemistry,
Imperial College London,
Wednesday, November 15th, 2006
8:00am
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11:00am
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Thesis Seminar
Methods for Computational Enzyme Design and Application to the Chorismate-Prephenate Rearrangement
Jonathan Lassila,
graduate student in biochemistry and biophysics,
Caltech,
3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Importace of Biofilms in Environmental Mercury Methylation and Persistence of Enteric Bacteria in Beach Sediments
Jenny Ayla Jay,
assistant professor,
department of civil and environmental engineering,
UCLA,
Thursday, November 16th, 2006
8:00am
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Friday, November 17th, 2006
8:00am
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Interactions of Toxins and Membranes
Matthew Hartings,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, November 20th, 2006
2:15pm
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4:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Design of Olefin Metathesis Catalysts: From Enantioselective Reactions to Tetrasubstituted Olefins
Jacob M. Berlin,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture
The Mechanics of DNA at High Curvature
Philip Nelson,
professor of physics,
University of Pennsylvania,
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006
Thursday, November 23rd, 2006
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11/24
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Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Hydrogen Tunneling and Protein Motion in Enzyme Reactions
Sharon Hammes-Schiffer,
Eberly Professor of Biotechnology and professor of chemistry,
Pennsylvania State University,
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Massive Releases of Radioactivity—A Retrospective Look
Charles S. Shapiro,
professor of physics,
San Francisco State University, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Vaults: Biologically Based Nanocapsules for Cell Targeting
Lenny Rome,
professor of biological chemistry and senior associate dean of research,
David Geffen School of Medicine,
UCLA,