Events
October 2007
Monday, October 1st, 2007
8:00am
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Hubbert's Peak, the Coal Question, and Climate Change
David Rutledge,
Tomiyasu Professor of Electrical Engineering and chair,
division of engineering and applied science,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Translating and Expanding the Language of Bacterial Quorum Sensing Using Synthetic Ligands
Helen E. Blackwell,
assistant professor of chemistry,
University of Wisconsin—Madison,
Thursday, October 4th, 2007
6:30pm
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8:30pm
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Engineering Approaches to Immunology and Immunotherapy: Using Materials to Prod and Probe the Immune System
Darrell J. Irvine,
associate professor of tissue engineering,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
The Acetyl CoA Synthase Paradigm for Hybrid Bio-Organometallics: NiN2S2 Complexes as Metalloligands
Marcetta Darensbourg,
professor of chemistry,
Texas A & M University,
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
New Insights into the Biogeochemical Dynamics of the Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane: Lessons from Three Extreme Environments
Samantha B. Joye,
professor of marine sciences,
University of Georgia,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Reprogramming Bacteria with Small Molecules and RNA
Justin Gallivan,
assistant professor of biomolecular chemistry,
Emory University,
Friday, October 12th, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Towards Surface Patterning Using Physiosorbed Monolayer Masks
Kimberly Papadantonakis,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Understanding Recent Atmospheric Circulation Trends: The Relative Impacts of Oceanic vs. Atmospheric Radiative Forcing
Clara Deser,
senior scientist,
climate and global dynamics division,
National Center for Atmospheric Research,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Nanomechanics in Biology—Biosensors for Qualitative and Quantitative Biosystems Analysis
Martin Hegner,
Centre of Research for Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices,
Trinity College, Dublin,
Friday, October 19th, 2007
8:00am
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5:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Metal Oxide-Based Photoelectrochemical Cells for Solar Energy Conversion
Jordan Katz,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Catalytic C-N Bond Forming Reactions Mediated by Organoactinide Complexes
Bryan Stubbert,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, October 22nd, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Nuclear Resonance Vibrational Spectroscopy (NRVS) and Events Along the Way
W. Robert Scheidt,
professor of chemistry and biochemistry,
University of Notre Dame,
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change: California and Beyond
David B. Lobell,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Metal-Mediated Reactions for Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation: Fragment Assembly via Carbometalation
Glenn C. Micalizio,
assistant professor of organic and inorganic chemistry,
Yale University,
Friday, October 26th, 2007
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Special Chemical Physics Seminar
What Is Delocalization? The Creutz-Taube Ion as Delphic Oracle
Noel S. Hush,
professor of chemistry, emeritus,
The University of Sydney, Australia,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Stable Boron and Phosphorus-Based Diradicals
Jean-Baptiste Bourg,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, October 29th, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture
Memory, Sudoku, Action Potential Synchrony, and Not-Always-Correct Neural Computation
John J. Hopfield,
professor of molecular biology,
Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics,
Princeton University,
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Structural and Functional Exploration of an Artificial Family of Cytochromes P450
Christopher Otey,
graduate student in biochemistry and biophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Electronics, Optoelectronics, and Plasmonics Based on Individual Nanostructures
Hongkun Park,
professor of chemistry and chemical biology,
Harvard University,
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
8:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
High Resolution Study of the O2 A-Band Using Frequency Stabilized Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy
David Robichaud,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Mass Dependent and Mass Independent Fractionation of Mercury Isotopes in Aquatic Systems
Bridget Bergquist,
postdoctoral fellow in geological sciences,
University of Michigan,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
NMR Approaches to Conformations of Protein-Bound Oligosaccharides
James H. Prestegard,
professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and director,
Complex Carbohydrate Research Center,
University of Georgia,