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October 2008
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Long-Term Changes in the Southern Ocean Carbon Dioxide Sink
Nicole Lovenduski,
postdoctoral research fellow in atmospheric science,
Colorado State University,
Friday, October 3rd, 2008
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Ruthenium and Rhodium-Catalyzed Atom Economical Reactions
Andrew McClory,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, October 6th, 2008
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Merck Lecture
Synthesis of Marine Polyketides as Promising Anticancer Agents
Ian Paterson,
professor of chemistry,
University of Cambridge,
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
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Thesis Seminar
Discovery of Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase Mutants for the Incorporation of Non-Canonical Amino Acids Into Proteins
Ismet Caglar Tanrikulu,
graduate student in biochemistry and molecular biophysics,
Caltech,
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
A Simple Model of Subtropical Stratocumulus Cloud Feedbacks
Peter Caldwell,
postdoctoral researcher,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Imaging of Single Organic Molecules in Motion
Eiichi Nakamura,
professor of chemistry,
University of Tokyo,
Friday, October 10th, 2008
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
C-H, C-C, and Si-H Bond Transformations with ϐ-Diiminate Pt Complexes
Nathan (Ned) West,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Caltech,
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Monday, October 13th, 2008
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Bioengineering Seminar
Femtosecond Laser Nanosurgery from Shedding Light on Nerve Regeneration to Aiding in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy
Adela Ben-Yakar,
assistant professor of mechanical engineering,
University of Texas at Austin,
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
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Abbott Symposium, Session I
Benzothiadiazine Hepatitis C NS5B Polymerase Inhibitors
Keith F. McDaniel,
Department of Infectious Disease Research,
Abbott Laboratories,
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Abbott Symposium, Session II
Ring-Forming Strategies in Asymmetric Catalysis
Tomislav Rovis,
associate professor of chemistry,
Colorado State University,
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Reconstructing Climate Deep in Earth history
John Eiler,
Robert P. Sharp Professor of Geology and professor of geochemistry,
Caltech,
Thursday, October 16th, 2008
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Friday, October 17th, 2008
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Expanding the Role of Mass Spectrometry in Structural Biology: Infrared Photodissociation of Peptide Fragments and Surface-Induced Dissociation of Large Non-Covalent Protein Complexes
Vicki H. Wysocki,
professor of chemistry, and professor and head ,
department of biochemistry and molecular biophysics,
University of Arizona, Tucson,
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
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Thesis Seminar
Asymmetric Organocatalysis in Complex Target Synthesis: Progress towards the Synthesis of Diazonamide A
Robert Knowles,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Predicting Sea Ice-Climate Interactions
Cecilia Bitz,
assistant professor of atmospheric sciences,
University of Washington,
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
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Biochemistry Seminar
Structural Basis for Activation and Inactivation Gating in K+ Channels
Eduardo Perozo,
professor of biochemistry and molecular biology,
the University of Chicago,
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Biochemistry Seminar
Structural Basis for Activation and Inactivation Gating in K+ Channels
Eduardo Perozo,
professor of biochemistry and molecular biology,
the University of Chicago,
Friday, October 24th, 2008
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
C-H Bond Activation and Functionalization Using Palladium Complexes and Molecular Oxygen
Nilay Hazari,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Caltech,
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
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Biophysics Lecture
Biological Interactions in Space and Time
Jacob Israelachvili,
professor of chemical engineering and materials,
UC Santa Barbara,
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
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Thesis Seminar
Metabolic Engineering of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae for the Production of Benzylisoquinoline Alkaloids
Kristy Hawkins,
graduate student in chemical engineering,
Caltech,
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Interpreting the Variability of Oceanic Oxygen
Curtis Deutsch,
assistant professor,
atmospheric and oceanic sciences,
UCLA,
Thursday, October 30th, 2008
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Thesis Seminar
Completion of a Programmable DNA-Binding Small Molecule Library
Carey Hsu,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
Friday, October 31st, 2008
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Thesis Seminar
Investigating Structure-Function Relationships in Ion Channels Using Unnatural Amino Acids
Amy Eastwood,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Mechanistic Investigations into Palladium Catalyzed Decarboxylative Allylation
Nathaniel Sherden,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
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