Events
April 2009
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4/1
8:00pm
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Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
10:00am
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8:00pm
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12:15pm
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1:15pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Meridional Energy Transport in the Atmosphere-Ocean System
Geoff Vallis,
senior scientist and professor,
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory,
Princeton University,
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Friday, April 3rd, 2009
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications of Mixed Organic Monolayers on Silicon Surfaces
Leslie O'Leary,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:40pm
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5:40pm
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Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
12:15pm
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1:15pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
pH of the Liquid Water Surface: Selective Adsorption of Hydroxide and Hydronium
Richard J. Saykally,
professor of chemistry,
UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Exploring and Exploiting the Biological Roles of Carbohydrates
Laura L. Kiessling,
professor of chemistry,
University of Wisconsin–Madison,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Subglacial Hydraulics: Process Modeling and Implications for Ice Dynamics
Gwenn Flowers,
assistant professor and Canada Research Chair in Glaciology,
Earth Sciences,
Simon Fraser University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
The Interior of Single Molecules: The Uncharted Territory of Materials Future
Wilson Ho,
professor of chemistry and physics,
UC Irvine,
Thursday, April 9th, 2009
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Caltech Biotechnology Club Speaker
Career Opportunities in the Life Science Industries
Toby Freedman,
president,
Synapsis Search,
Friday, April 10th, 2009
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Type Zero Copper Proteins
Kyle Lancaster,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Monday, April 13th, 2009
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Mechanistic Studies of Oxidative Halophenol Dehalogenation by Heme-Containing Enzymes
John H. Dawson,
professor of chemistry and biochemistry,
University of South Carolina,
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Control of DNA Repair by Photolyase
Dongping Zhong,
associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry,
the Ohio State University,
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
12:15pm
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Composition and Chemical Aging in Atmospheric Secondary Organic Aerosols
Sergey Nizkorodov,
professor of chemistry,
UC Irvine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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John D. Roberts Lecture
Structure-Based Design of Nonpeptidic Enzyme Inhibitors: A Powerful Tool in a Multi-Dimensional Approach Towards Molecular Recognition
Francois Diederich,
professor of organic chemistry,
ETH Zurich,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Grain Boundaries in Solid Electrolytes: A Short-circuit or an Open-circuit?
Sangtae Kim,
associate professor,
chemical engineering and materials science,
UC Davis,
Thursday, April 16th, 2009
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Alkene Metathesis in Metal Coordination Spheres: The Quest for Molecular Gyroscopes
John Gladysz,
professor of chemistry,
Texas A&M University,
Friday, April 17th, 2009
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
A Multiple C-H Activation Approach to Iridium-Catalyzed Oxidations
Matt Whited,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
2:15pm
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3:15pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Catalytic Organometallic Carbon-Heteroatom Bond Formation
John F. Hartwig,
professor of chemistry,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar—cancelled
Gretchen Keller,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:40pm
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5:40pm
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Monday, April 20th, 2009
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Noise, Memory and Communication in Natural and Engineered Bacteria
Adam P. Arkin,
professor of bioengineering, UC Berkeley,
and faculty scientist in physical biosciences,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture
Collapse Mechanism of Lung Surfactant
Ka Yee Lee,
professor of chemistry,
the University of Chicago,
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
7:30am
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2:00pm
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1:15pm
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2:15pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
A Chemical Approach to Controlling Cell Fate Decisions
Laura L. Kiessling,
professor of chemistry,
University of Wisconsin–Madison,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Patchy Mixing Matters
Jennifer MacKinnon,
assistant research faculty,
physical oceanography,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Confined Liquid and Stress Corrosion Mechanisms in Glasses
Matthieu George,
University of Montpellier, France,
Friday, April 24th, 2009
11:00am
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar—cancelled
Elizabeth Santori,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:40pm
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5:40pm
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Bohmian Mechanics with Complex Action: An Exact Formulation of Quantum Mechanics with Complex Trajectories
David J. Tannor,
professor of physics,
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel,
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
8:00am
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Ongoing
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Hormonal Patterning of the Shoot Stem Cell Niche in Arabidopsis Thaliana
Sean Gordon,
graduate student in biochemistry and molecular biophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Understanding Ice Sheet Change: Towards Improved Prediction
Ginny Catania,
research associate professor in geophysics,
the University of Texas at Austin,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Analyzing the Dynamic Glycome
Lara K. Mahal,
assistant professor,
Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology,
the University of Texas at Austin,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Biophysical and Cell Biological Studies Characterizing the Vertebrate Iron Exporter Ferroportin
Adrian Rice,
graduate student in biochemistry and molecular biophysics,
Caltech,
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Channels and Pores in Bacteria: A Structural Perspective
James Naismith,
professor of chemistry,
the University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom,