Events
April 2007
Monday, April 2nd, 2007
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Biophysics Lecture
Two Studies of Connections between Evolution and Physiology
Michael P. Brenner,
professor of applied mathematics and applied physics,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Triazacyclohexanes as Small Macrocycles: Coordination Chemistry and Application
Randolf Kohn,
professor of chemistry,
University of Bath,
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Quasicrystals—Some of Nature's Most Intriguing Forms of Matter
Ron Lifshitz,
Associate Professor of Physics,
Tel Aviv University,
Wednesday, April 4th, 2007
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Towards a Toolkit of Distinctly Folded Oligomers as Modulators of Biomolecular Function
Paramjit Arora,
professor of chemistry,
New York University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Palladium-Dioxygen Reactivity and Aerobic Oxidation Catalysis
Shannon S. Stahl,
associate professor of chemistry,
University of Wisconsin, Madison,
Thursday, April 5th, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Robert W. Vaughan Lecture in Chemical Engineering
Some Mathematical Adventures in Biology
Michael W. Deem,
professor of biochemical and genetic engineering, and professor of physics and astronomy,
Rice University,
Friday, April 6th, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Base Oxidation by Charge Transport in Mitochondrial DNA
Edward Merino,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, April 9th, 2007
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Novel Biosynthetic Hydrogel Biomaterials Engineered for Wound Healing and Tissue Regeneration
Dror Seliktar,
department of biomedical engineering,
Technion—Israel Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Coupled Proton-Electron Transfer Reactions, with Metals and Without
James M. Mayer,
professor of chemistry,
University of Washington,
Tuesday, April 10th, 2007
4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
The Structure, Dynamics, Symmetry, and Spectrum of the Benzene Dimer
Philip R. Bunker,
principal research officer in theory and computation,
Steacie Institute of Molecular Science, National Research Council of Canada,
Thursday, April 12th, 2007
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Simulation of Large-Scale Excited Electron Dynamics
Julius Su,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
Friday, April 13th, 2007
8:00am
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Construction of a Lanthanide-Based Molecular Receptor Site for Bacterial Spore Detection
Morgan Cable,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
Wednesday, April 18th, 2007
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Controlling Cell Behavior through Genetic Engineering and the Regulation of Endogenous Gene Expression
Charles A. Gersbach,
department of molecular biology,
The Scripps Research Institute,
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
"Is Global Warming Affecting Hurricanes?"
Professor Kerry A. Emanuel,
department of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Hydrogen Storage in Microporous Coordination Solids with Exposed Metal Sites
Jeffrey Long,
professor of chemistry,
UC Berkeley,
Friday, April 20th, 2007
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Surface Functionalization of Silicon Nanoparticles
David Gleason-Rohrer,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, April 23rd, 2007
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Solving Molecular Recognition Problems with Evolvable Peptide Motifs
Ryan Austin,
graduate student,
Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Bioinorganic Chemistry of Titanium in Medicine and the Environment
Ann M. Valentine,
assistant professor of inorganic and biophysical chemistry,
Yale University,
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Structures, Energetics, and Reaction Dynamics of Neutrals and Ions by High-Resolution Photoionization and Photoelectron Methods
Cheuk-Yiu Ng,
professor of physical chemistry and chemical physics,
UC Davis,
4:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
The Design, Synthesis, and Evolution of Macrocyclic mRNA Display Libraries Containing Unnatural Amino Acids
Steven W. Millward,
graduate student in biochemistry and molecular biophysics,
Caltech,
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
8:00am
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Minerals, Microbes, and Contaminants: The Wonderful World of Iron Redox Chemistry
Michelle Scherer,
associate professor of environmental engineering,
The University of Iowa,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Protein Semisynthesis
Professor Tom W. Muir,
Laboratory of Synthetic Protein Chemistry,
The Rockefeller University,
Thursday, April 26th, 2007
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
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Engineered Gene Circuits
Jeff Hasty,
associate professor of bioengineering,
UC San Diego,
Friday, April 27th, 2007
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar—CANCELLED
Synthesis and Reactivity of Olefin Metathesis Catalysts Bearing Cyclic(Alkyl)(Amino)Carbenes
Donde Anderson,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, April 30th, 2007
2:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Construction of Complex Amines: Mechanistic Insights and Synthetic Applications
Andrei Yudin,
associate professor of chemistry,
University of Toronto,