Events
October 2009
Friday, October 2nd, 2009
Monday, October 5th, 2009
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Single-Molecule Dynamics of Nanocatalysis and Bioinorganic Chemistry
Peng Chen,
assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology,
Cornell University,
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Exploring Electron Transfer: From Photochemistry to Energy Conversion
Troy Van Voorhis,
associate professor of chemistry,
MIT,
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
First Principles Investigations of DNA Nano-Structures
Tod Pascal,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Influence of the Sun on the Dynamically Coupled Ocean-Atmospher Climate System
Jerry Meehl,
research scientist,
climate and global dynamics division,
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Magnetic Stabilization of Metallic Crystals: How Quantum Mechanics Can Be Used to Engineer Magnetic Materials
Kevin Moore,
staff scientist,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
Thursday, October 8th, 2009
9:00am
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10:00am
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Thesis Seminar
Geochemical Mechanisms of Biomineralization from Analysis of Deep-Sea and Laboratory Cultured Corals
Alexander Gagnon,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Proteasome Activation: Opening the Gate to Natures Molecule of Mass Destruction
Christopher Hill,
professor of biochemistry,
the University of Utah,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Robert W. Vaughan Lecture in Chemical Engineering
Identifying the True Catalyst in High Temperature Pd Catalyzed Heck and Suzuki Reactions
Christopher W. Jones,
professor,
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and School of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
Friday, October 9th, 2009
4:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, October 12th, 2009
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Biophysics Lecture
The How, the Where, and the Why of Oscillations in Cell Signaling
Andre Levchenko,
professor of biomedical engineering,
Johns Hopkins University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Life Emerged to Quicken the Hydrogenation of CO2 to CH3COOH and CH4
Michael J. Russell,
senior research fellow in planetary science,
JPL,
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Exploring Molecular Wheel Nanotubes Inside and Out: A Xenon Atom's View
Clifford R. Bowers,
associate professor of chemistry,
University of Florida, Gainesville,
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Large-Scale Ocean Dynamics in the Eddying Regime
Christopher Wolfe,
postgraduate researcher,
UC San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Structure and Dynamics of Biomolecules and Pigments Probed via Resonance Raman Spectroscopy
Judy Kim,
Professor,
University of California, San Diego,
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
10:15am
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10:30am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Progress Toward an Enantioselective Synthesis of Ineleganolide
Jennifer Roizen,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Discovery and Development of New Catalysts for the Synthesis of Small Molecules and Polymers
Geoffrey W. Coates,
professor,
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology,
Cornell University,
Friday, October 16th, 2009
8:00am
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Synthetic Modeling of Iron-Containing Nitrile Hydratase (Fe-NHase) and its Photoregulation by Nitric Oxide (NO): The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Michael J. Rose,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:15pm
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6:00pm
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Monday, October 19th, 2009
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Bioengineering Seminar
Highthroughput Microfluidics and Ultrafast Optics for In Vivo Compound and Genetic Discoveries
M. Fatih Yanik,
assistant professor of electrical engineering,
MIT,
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
9:00am
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3:30pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Designing Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion and Storage
Yi Cui,
assistant professor,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
Stanford University,
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Particles and Gases that Disrupt Lung Development
Anthony Wexler,
professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineering,
UC Davis,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Controlling Biomolecular Motor Nanomechanical Movements for Micro Powering, Molecular Sorting, and Biosensing
Katsuo Kurabayashi,
assistant professor of mechanical engineering,
University of Michigan,
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
12:15pm
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1:15pm
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Friday, October 23rd, 2009
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
A Long, Strange Road: Corroles 3
Joshua Palmer,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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Saturday, October 24th, 2009
10:00am
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Monday, October 26th, 2009
4:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar - CANCELED
Roy Bar-Ziv,
senior scientist,
Department of Materials and Interfaces,
the Weizmann Institute of Science,
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
X-ray Probing of Atomic and Molecular Dynamics in the Attosecond Limit
Stephen R. Leone,
professor of chemistry and physics, and director, Chemical Dynamics Beamline,
UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
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Thesis Seminar
The Cellular Uptake of Luminescent Ruthenium Complexes
Cindy Puckett,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Cloud Ice: Observing and Modeling the Hard Part of the Clouds
Duane Waliser,
JPL,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
RNA: Prebiotic Product or Biotic Invention
John D. Sutherland,
professor of chemistry,
University of Manchester,
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
4:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Nucleic Acids: Solexa Sequencing and G-quadruplexes
Shankar Balasubramanian,
professor of chemistry,
University of Cambridge,
Friday, October 30th, 2009
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Chemical-Scale Studies of Ligand-Gated Ion Channels
Kathryn McMenimen,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Unusual C-C Bond Forming Reactions of Platinum Biscarbenes
Rachel Klet,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,