Events
May 2011
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5/3
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Sunday, May 1st, 2011
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Monday, May 2nd, 2011
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Lewis Acidic Properties of Heavier Pnictogenium and Chalcogenium Ions
Francois P. Gabbai,
professor of chemistry,
Texas A&M University,
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
11:00am
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar
Case Studies in Kinase Inhibition
Andrew S. Tasker,
Dr., Scientific Executive Director,
Medicinal Chemistry,
Amgen, Inc.,
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
11:00am
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar
CNS Drug Discovery: Inhibitors of Beta-secretase as Potential Disease Modifying Treatments for Alzheimer's Disease
Wenge Zhong,
Dr.,
Chemistry Research & Discovery,
Amgen, Inc.,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Role of Stationary Rossby Waves in Shaping Storm Track Dynamics
Yohai Kaspi,
postdoctoral scholar in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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John D. Roberts Lecture
Top Down Chemistry: Functionalization and Applications of Nano-Carbon Materials
Timothy M. Swager,
professor of chemistry,
MIT,
4:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Catalysis for Sustainable Energy
J.K. Nørskov,
professor of chemical engineering and photon science,
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University,
Thursday, May 5th, 2011
2:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Chamber Studies of Organic Aerosol Using a High-Resolution Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer
Puneet Singh Chhabra,
graduate student in chemical engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Light Trapping for High-efficiency Thin-film Silicon Solar Cells
Corsin Battaglia,
EPFL PV-Lab, Switzerland,
Friday, May 6th, 2011
11:00am
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Thesis Seminar
Light Trapping in Plasmonic Solar Cells
Vivian Ferry,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
3:30pm
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Thesis Seminar
Minimizing the Toxicity of Photodynamic Collagen Cross-Linking
Joyce Huynh,
graduate student in chemical engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Exploring the Reactivity of Cationic Zirconocene Hydrides
Taylor N. Lenton,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, May 9th, 2011
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Thesis Seminar
New Reagents and Methods for Mass Spectrometry-based Proteomics Investigations
Chang Ho Sohn,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Bioengineering Lecture
Quantitative Engineering Analysis of the EGFR System Toward Discovery and Design of Molecular Therapeutics
Douglas A. Lauffenburger,
professor of bioengineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Identification of New Drug-Binding Sites in the Ribosome Using Pt(II) Compounds
Christine S. Chow,
professor of chemistry,
Wayne State University,
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
11:00am
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar
Current and Potential Treatments of Systolic Heart Failure: the Discovery of Omecamtiv Mecarbil the First, Selective, Small Molecule Activator of Cardiac Myosin
Bradley P. Morgan,
Cytokinetics, Inc.,
4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Aerosols on the Ancient Earth: Lessons from Saturn's Moon Titan
Margaret A. Tolbert,
Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
and Fellow, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES),
University of Colorado, Boulder and CIRES,
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Cenozoic Seawater Chemistry and Climate—Insights from Magnesium Isotopes
John Higgins,
researcher in geosciences,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Late-Stage Fluorination
Tobias Ritter,
professor of chemistry and chemical biology,
Harvard University,
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
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Biochemistry Seminar
The Architecture of Human Telomerase RNA
Juli Feigon,
professor of biochemistry,
UCLA,
Friday, May 13th, 2011
8:00am
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Gas-Phase Synthesis, Thermochemistry and Reactivity of Coinage Metal Benzylidenes and Aminonitrenes
Alexey Fedorov,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:30pm
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Monday, May 16th, 2011
2:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Deformation Behavior of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Bundles
Shelby Hutchens,
graduate student in chemical engineering,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
The Biological Activity of Rhodium Metalloinsertors
Russell Ernst,
graduate student in biochemistry and molecular biophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture
On the Role of Neutral Mutations in Adaptation
Joshua B. Plotkin,
assistant professor of biology, computer and information science,
the University of Pennsylvania,
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
11:00am
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar
Protease Inhibitors and the Discovery of Telaprevir
Jeremy Green,
Chemical Research,
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,
11:00am
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Thesis Seminar
Phage-host Interaction in Nature
Arbel Tadmor,
graduate student in biochemistry and molecular biophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Multiscale Simulation for Biomolecular Engineering: Protein Allostery and Deconstruction of Cellulose Microfibril
Jhih-Wei Chu,
assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering,
UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Mechanisms of Long-term Survival and Evolution in Bacteria
Steven Finkel,
USC,
4:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Materials Science on a Single Defect Level: Mapping Bias-induced Transformation in Ferroelectric and Electrochemical Systems
Sergei Kalinin,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Development and Application of Carbon–Carbon Bond Forming Reactions
Regan J. Thomson,
professor of chemistry,
Northwestern University,
Thursday, May 19th, 2011
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar
Development of Plant Manufacturing Processes of Key Intermediates for HCV Drug Candidate Telaprevir
Gerald J. Tanoury,
Chemical Development,
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,
Friday, May 20th, 2011
10:00am
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Thesis Seminar
Electrocatalysis in Solid Acid Fuel Cells
Mary Louie,
graduate student in chemical engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Multimetallic Manganese and Manganese-Calcium Complexes Relevant to the Oxygen Evolving Center of Photosystem II
Jacob S. Kanady,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:30pm
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Caltech Biotechnology Club Speaker
China and the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
Gerard Jensen,
director of development and technical services,
Gilead Sciences, San Dimas, CA,
Saturday, May 21st, 2011
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Monday, May 23rd, 2011
8:00am
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Thesis Seminar
Investigation of Composites of Carbon Black and Metallocycles, and functionalized Transition-Metal Nanoparticles as Chemiresistive Vapor Sensors
Edgardo Garcia,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
11:00am
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Thesis Seminar
Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy of Nitrate and Peroxy Radicals
Kana Takematsu,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Targeting Monocopper Oxygen Complexes as Copper Protein Active Site Models
William Tolman,
professor of chemistry,
University of Minnesota,
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar
From Small Molecules to Armed Antibodies: Oncology Drug Discovery at Genentech
Timothy Heffron,
Discovery Chemistry,
Genentech, Inc.,
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Laser Induced Molecular Imaging
Paul Corkum,
director, NRC Laboratory for Attosecond Science,
Steacie Institute of Molecular Science,
National Research Council of Canada,
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Response of the Sea Ice Seasonal Cycle to Climate Change
Ian Eisenman,
postdoctoral scholar in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Lessons in Chemoselectivity: Total Synthesis of Polyphenolic Natural Products
Scott A. Snyder,
professor of chemistry,
Columbia University,