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April 2012
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Monday, April 2nd, 2012
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Thesis Seminar
Studies in Recombination and Dissociation Reactions for Energy Transfer and Electron Transfer of Nanocrystals and Dye Molecules
Zhaoyan Zhu,
Graduate Student in Chemistry,
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Marcus group,
Caltech,
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Special Materials and Organic Chemistry Seminar
Designed Diffusion of Latex Polymers: A Smart Polymer System
Willie Lau,
Ph.D.,
Fellow,
The Dow Chemical Company,
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Predicting molecular crystal properties with quantum chemistry
Gregory Beran,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of California, Riverside,
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
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Materials Research Lecture
Computational Discovery of Novel Hydrogen Storage Materials and Reactions
Chris Wolverton,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
Northwestern University,
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Catalytic Dehydrative SN2' Reactions: Mechanistic and Synthetic Implications
Aaron Aponick,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Florida,
Thursday, April 5th, 2012
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Robert W. Vaughan Lecture in Chemical Engineering
Morphology control in conjugated polymers through molecular design
Rachel Segalman,
Associate Professor,
Chemical and Biological Engineering,
University of California, Berkeley,
Friday, April 6th, 2012
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Asymmetric Organoborane Conversions via the Amazing 9-Borabicyclo-[3.3.2]decanes
John A. Soderquist,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Puerto Rico,
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Luminescent Probes for DNA Base Mismatches
Anna J. McConnell,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, April 9th, 2012
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Bioengineering Lecture
The Synaptome Meets the Connectome: Fathoming the Deep Diversity of CNS Synapses
Stephen Smith,
Prof. of Molecular and Cellular Physiology,
Stanford University School of Medicine,
Stanford University,
Tuesday, April 10th, 2012
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Corannulene en Masse
Jay S. Siegel,
Professor,
Organic Chemistry Institute,
University of Zurich,
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
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Thesis Seminar
Electronic Structures and Reactivity Patterns of Dipalladium(II,II) Complexes
Alec Durrell,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Gray Group,
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Oil-Water Separations Research and Application to Oil Spill Cleanup in the Gulf of Mexico
Eric Hoek,
Associate Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University of California, Los Angeles,
Friday, April 13th, 2012
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Pincer-Enforced Nickel-Arene Interactions: Reactivity and Arene Activation
Sibo Lin,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
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Robotic Exploration of Planetary Bodies
Robotic Exploration of Planetary Bodies
Issa Nesnas,
Dr.,
JPL,
Sunday, April 15th, 2012
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Monday, April 16th, 2012
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Biophysics Lecture
Discrete Steps and Inter-Subunit Coordination of a DNA Packaging Ring-ATPase
Carlos Bustamante,
Professor,
Molecular and Cell Biology, Physics, and Chemistry,
University of California, Berkeley,
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
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Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
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Thesis Seminar
DNA mechanics and transcriptional regulation in the E. coli lac operon
Stephanie Johnson,
graduate student,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Bradley Tebo,
Professor and Division Head,
Division of Environmental and Biomolecular Systems,
Oregon Health and Science University,
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Using Small Molecules to Engineer and Explore Human Immunity
David A. Spiegel,
professor of chemistry,
Yale University,
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
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Bioengineering Lecture
Molecular programming with artificial nucleic-acid systems
Lulu Qian,
Senior Postdoctoral Scholar,
Bioengineering,
Caltech,
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Biochemistry Seminar
Using natural and non-natural amino acids to probe membrane-protein insertion into the ER
Gunnar von Heijne,
Professor,
Center for Biomembrane Research, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics,
Stockholm University,
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Bioengineering Lecture
Mechanical Control and Free Energy Landscapes of Single Protein and DNA Molecules
Ching-Hwa Kiang,
Professor and Vice Chair,
Physics & Astronomy and Bioengineering,
Rice University,
Friday, April 20th, 2012
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
DNA-mediated CT by the E. coli helicase DinG is stimulated by ATP-hydrolysis
Michael A. Grodick,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, April 23rd, 2012
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Bioengineering Lecture
Using engineering principles to help babies born with 'half a heart'
Ajit Yoganathan,
Associate Chair for Research and Regent's Professor,
Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Biological Methane Oxidation
Amy C. Rosenzweig,
Associate Professor,
Departments of Molecular Biosciences/Chemistry,
Northwestern University,
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Seeing the forest AND the trees: Modeling ecosystem-climate interactions
Naomi Marcil Levine,
NOAA Postdoctoral Fellow,
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology,
Harvard University,
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Materials Research Lecture
Hierarchical Materials Mechanics
Alfred Crosby,
Associate Professor,
Polymer Science & Engineering Department,
University of Massachusetts Amherst,
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Visualizing Information Transfer through the Plasma Membrane with Small Molecules
Alanna Schepartz,
professor of chemistry,
Yale University,
Thursday, April 26th, 2012
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Special Chemical Physics Seminar
Reactions of OH Radicals, H Atoms, and Solvated Electrons in Pressurized High Temperature Water
David M. Bartels,
Professor,
Radiation Laboratory,
University of Notre Dame,
Friday, April 27th, 2012
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Fundamental Studies and Applications of Ruthenium-Based Z-Selective Metathesis
Myles Herbert,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, April 30th, 2012
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Biophysics Lecture
RETHINKING CARBON FIXATION
Ron Milo,
Senior Scientist and Anna and Maurice Boukstein Career Development Chair,
Department of Plant Sciences,
Weizmann Institute,
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Discovery of New Structures and Reactivity with Pincer Complexes
Oleg V. Ozerov,
Professor of Chemistry,
Chemistry,
Texas A&M University,