Events
February 2009
Monday, February 2nd, 2009
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Bioengineering Seminar
Optofluidics for Biomolecular Analysis
David Erickson,
assistant professor,
Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
Cornell University,
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
The Fascinating Behavior of Water at Hydrophobic Surfaces
Geraldine L. Richmond,
professor of chemistry,
University of Oregon, Eugene,
4:00pm
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering
Self-Assembly of Dipolar Particles: Designing Smart Materials Using Computer Simulation (technical lecture)
Carol K. Hall,
professor of chemical engineering,
North Carolina State University,
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Wave in the Tropical Atmosphere: A New Theory of the Madden Julian Oscillation
Andrew Ingersoll,
Earle C. Anthony Professor of Planetary Science,
Caltech,
Thursday, February 5th, 2009
4:00pm
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering
Thermodynamic and Kinetic Origins of Alzheimer's and Related Diseases: A Chemical Engineer's Perspective (general lecture)
Carol K. Hall,
professor of chemical engineering,
North Carolina State University,
Friday, February 6th, 2009
1:30pm
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2:30pm
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Thesis Defense
Water Quality Implications of Changing Surface Water Levels at Lake Powell, Utah and Arizona, and Groundwater Levels at the Mercer River, Central California, USA
Rich Wildman,
graduate students in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
C-H Activation by Pt(II): From Mechanism to Catalysis
George Chen,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:15pm
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Monday, February 9th, 2009
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Colorimetric Sensor Arrays: An Adventure in Molecular Recognition
Kenneth S. Suslick,
professor of chemistry,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture
Signaling Nutrient Conditions through Small Molecule Metabolites
Erin O'Shea,
professor of molecular and cellular biology and of chemistry and chemical biology,
Harvard University,
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
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Biochemistry Seminar
Biosynthetic Investigations of the Antibacterial Siderophore-Peptide Conjugate Microcin E492m
Elizabeth Nolan,
Research Fellow in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology,
Harvard Medical School,
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
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Biochemistry Seminar
Chemical Probes of Carbohydrate Synthesis in Mycobacteria
Laura L. Kiessling,
professor of chemistry,
University of Wisconsin-Madison,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Large-Scale Characterization of Snowpack and Its Variability in Mountainous Terrain
Steve Margulis,
associate professor of civil and environmental engineering,
UCLA,
Thursday, February 12th, 2009
2:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Metal-Induced and Metal-Free Hydrogen Reactivity
Heinz Berke,
professor of inorganic chemistry,
University of Zurich,
4:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
New Insights into the Mechanism of Retroviral Genome Packaging and Assembly
Michael Summers,
professor of chemistry,
University of Maryland, Baltimore County,
Saturday, February 14th, 2009
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Monday, February 16th, 2009
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Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
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Biochemistry Seminar
The Role of Protein Folding Energetics in ER-Associated Protein Misfolding Disease
Luke Wiseman,
postdoctoral scholar,
NYU Medical School,
4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Collisional Excitation of Interstellar Matter: Potential Energy Surfaces, Cross Sections, Rates
Laurent Wiesenfeld,
professor of astrophysics,
Universite Joseph Fourier Grenoble,
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
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Beckman Lecture
Imaging the Glycome
Carolyn R. Bertozzi,
professor of chemistry and professor of molecular and cell biology,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Including Information from Large Multi-model Archives in Climate-Change Detection and Attribution Studies: One Model, One Vote?
Benjamin David Santer,
physicist and atmospheric scientist,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
Friday, February 20th, 2009
4:00pm
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Robert H. Dalton Seminar in Chemical Catalysis
Hydrogen Storage and Carbon Dioxide Capture in Metal-Organic Frameworks
Deanna D'Alessandro,
postdoctoral fellow in chemistry,
UC Berkeley,
4:15pm
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Monday, February 23rd, 2009
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Bioelectronics Research at Sony R&D
Yuichi Tokita,
senior manager,
Sony Corporation,
Yoshio Goto,
project leader,
Sony Corporation,
Tsuyonobu Hatazawa,
general manager,
Sony Corporation,
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Physical Chemistry of Aerosols: A Way to Understand the Role of Aerosols
A.R. Ravishankara,
assistant professor,
Earth System Research Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
University of Colorado, Boulder,
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Climate Change in the Sahel, Past, Present and Future
Alessandra Giannini,
associate research scientist,
International Research Institute for Climate and Society,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Vibrational Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy: A New Technique for Determining the Stereochemistries of Chiral Molecules
Philip J. Stephens,
professor of chemistry,
USC,
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
8:00am
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Electrochemical Detection of DNA-Binding Proteins
Natalie Muren,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:15pm
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Saturday, February 28th, 2009