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Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Friday, November 2nd, 2007
8:00am 9:00pm
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Caltech Olive Harvest Festival

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Phospholipid and α-Synuclein Interactions Characterized by Trytophan Fuorescence
Bert (Tsun Yin) Lai, graduate student in chemistry, Caltech,
Monday, November 5th, 2007
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Biophysical Approaches to Metalloendonuclease Structure and Function
Cynthia Dupureur, professor of chemistry, University of Missouri, St. Louis,
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
2:00pm 3:00pm
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar

Engaging Alkyl Halides and Oxocarbenium Ions in Asymmetric Catalysis
Abigail G. Doyle, research assistant in chemistry and chemical biology, Harvard University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Playing Extreme Sports with Single Biological Molecules
Taekjip Ha, associate professor of physics, The University of Illionis at Urbana-Champaign,
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
3:45pm 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

Anticipating Threats from New Chemicals and Mixtures: Linking Molecular Models to Field-Scale Forecasts
Samuel Arey, US NSF International Research Fellow, Laboratory of Computational Chemistry and Biochemistry, École Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne,
Friday, November 9th, 2007
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Electron Tunneling and Hopping in Azurin
Crystal Shih, graduate student in chemistry, Caltech,
Saturday, November 10th, 2007
Monday, November 12th, 2007
2:00pm 3:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture

Making Use of Dynamic Instability at the Microtubule-Kinetochore Interface
Eva Nogales, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, UC Berkeley,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar

Engineering Shape of Polymeric Micro and Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery
Samir Mitragotri, professor of chemical engineering, UC Santa Barbara,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Swift Lecture

Metal Ions in Systems Biology
Ivano Bertini, professor, Magnetic Resonance Center and department of chemistry, University of Florence,
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Integrated Computational Biology: From the Molecule to the Cell
J. Andrew McCammon, professor of theoretical chemistry, UC San Diego,
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
3:40pm 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

Chemistry and Phase Partitioning in Atmospheric Organic Aerosols: A Dynamic Interaction
Neil M. Donahue, associate professor of chemical engineering and chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Cascade Reactions in Complex Alkaloid Synthesis
Mohammad Movassaghi, assistant professor of chemistry, MIT,
Thursday, November 15th, 2007
Friday, November 16th, 2007
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

The Metal Iodide Catalyzed Conversion of Methanol to 2,2,3-Trimethylbutane (Triptane)
Nilay Hazari, postdoctoral scholar in chemistry, Caltech,
Monday, November 19th, 2007
2:00pm 3:00pm
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar

Part I. Total Synthesis of (±)-Welwitindolinone A Isonitrile. Part II. Thiourea-Catalyzed Enantioselective Addition of Silyl Ketene Acetals to 1-Chloroisochromans
Sarah E. Reisman, postdoctoral fellow in chemistry and chemical biology, Harvard University,
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
2:00pm 3:00pm
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar

Syntheses of Complex Antiproliferative Alkaloids and the Development of New C–H Bond Functionalization Reactions
Seth B. Herzon, postdoctoral fellow in chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Chemistry, Physics, and Biological Aspects of Carbon Nanomaterials
Hongjie Dai, Jackson-Wood Professor of Chemistry, Stanford University,
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

The Effects of Slow IVR on Some Important Atmospheric Reactions
John R. Barker, professor of atmospheric, oceanic and space sciences, and professor of chemistry, University of Michigan,
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
3:30pm 5:30pm
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Beckman Lecture

Panel on Scientific Publishing, Part 2
3:40pm 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

New Insights into Lignocellulose Degradation by Termite Gut Microbes
Jared Leadbetter, associate professor of environmental microbiology, Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

The Catalytic Cycle of Discovery in Total Synthesis
Phil S. Baran, associate professor of chemistry, Scripps Research Institute,
Friday, November 30th, 2007
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Zirconocene Hydrides: Speciation and Reaction with Alkyl Aluminum Reagents
Steven Baldwin, graduate student in chemistry, Caltech,