Events
January 2013
Monday, January 7th, 2013
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Tuesday, January 8th, 2013
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Physical Approaches Towards Understanding Cancer
James R. Heath,
Elizabeth W. Gilloon Professor and Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
California Institute of Technology,
Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
2:00pm
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2:45pm
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Symposium
Discovery of 11-mer Peptide Agonists of the GLP-1 Receptor for the Treatment of Diabetes
William (Rick) Ewing,
Dr.,
Bristol-Myers Squibb,
2:45pm
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3:30pm
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Symposium
Pharmaceutical Process Chemistry at Bristol-Myers Squibb and the Preparation of Brivanib Alaninate
Jaan Pesti,
Dr.,
Early Phase Research & Development,
Bristol-Myers Squibb,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Symposium
Catalysis for the Synthesis and Elaboration of Nitrogen Heterocycles and Amines
Jonathan A. Ellman,
Eugene Higgins Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Yale University,
Thursday, January 10th, 2013
8:00am
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Friday, January 11th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Chemistry Seminar
Employing Lanthanides and Actinides in the Construction of Single-Molecule Magnets
Dr. Jeffrey Rinehart,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
University of Washington,
Monday, January 14th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture
Molecular design - from proteins to networks, coupling computation and experiment
Tanja Kortemme,
Professor,
Department of Bioengineering,
University of California, San Francisco,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Chemistry Seminar
Chemical Tools to Illuminate the Brain
Evan Miller,
Ph.D.,
University of California, San Diego,
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
New Technology for 2D IR Spectroscopy and its Application to Protein Aggregation and Drug Binding
Martin Zanni,
Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Wisconsin, Madison,
Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Joint Chemical Physics / Biochemistry Seminar
"Computationally Driven Drug Discovery: Theory and Practice"
Richard A. Friesner,
Professor of Chemistry, Co-Founder Schrödinger LLC,
Department of Chemistry,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Contrasting Biophysical Responses to Central and Eastern Pacific El Niño
Michelle Gierach,
Scientist,
Oceans and Ice Group and PO.DAAC,
JPL,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Chemistry Seminar
A Conserved Neurochemical Circuit that Coordinates Mating Behavior
Jennifer Garrison,
Ph.D.,
The Rockefeller University,
Thursday, January 17th, 2013
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Resnick Institute Seminar
Optoelectronic Devices Based on Colloidal Quantum Dot Solids
Ted Sargent,
Optoelectronic Devices Based on Colloidal Quantum Dot Solids,
University of Toronto,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Dynamics of Ribosome Assembly using Mass Spectrometry and Electron Microscopy
Jamie Williamson,
Professor,
Department of Molecular Biology,
Scripps Research Institute,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Reimagining Silicon
Michael Filler,
Assistant Professor,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
Friday, January 18th, 2013
10:00am
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11:00am
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Biochemistry Seminar
Modulation of Nerve Growth Factor Signal Transduction by Light and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Kai Zhang,
Ph.D.,
Department of Chemistry,
Stanford University,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Biology Thesis Defense
"Studies of the N-end Rule Pathway in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae"
Anna Shemorry,
Biology, CIT,
Varshavsky Lab,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
"Electron Hopping in Rhenium-Modified Azurin"
Kana Takematsu,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, January 21st, 2013
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5:00pm
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
A Theory of the Meridional Overturning Circulation and Associated Stratification of the Ocean
Maxim Nikurashin,
Physical Oceanographer,
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies,
University of Tasmania,
Thursday, January 24th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Foam structure and rheology: the shape and feel of random soap froth
Andrew M. Kraynik,
Sandia National Laboratories (retired),
Friday, January 25th, 2013
8:00am
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
"Ether Carbon-Oxygen Bond Activation by Group 9 and 10 Transition Metals"
Guy Edouard,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, January 28th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture
Taking a picture of transcriptional activity along a single chromosome
Arjun Raj,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Bioengineering,
University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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PhD seminar
Expanding Protein Sequence Space Through Incorporation of Non-Canonical Amino Acids
Frank Truong,
graduate student,
chemical engineering,
california institute of technology,
Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Recent Advances in Density Functional Theory
Adam Wasserman,
Assistant Professor, Physical/Theoretical Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Purdue University,
Wednesday, January 30th, 2013
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Abbott Symposium
Targeting BCL-2 Family Proteins for Cancer Therapy
Andrew J. Souers,
Dr.,
Cancer Research Division, Global Pharmaceutical R&D,
Abbott Laboratories,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Abbott Symposium
Dissecting Transcription with Large and Small Molecules
Anna K. Mapp,
Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Michigan,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Deglacial CO2 release from the North Pacific constrained by boron isotopes, radiocarbon and earth system modeling
James Rae,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Geochemistry,
Caltech,
Thursday, January 31st, 2013
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Special Chemistry Seminar
A Chemical Biology Approach to Understand how Ligand-specific Signals are Decoded by EGFR
Rebecca Scheck,
Ph.D.,
Yale University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Biochemistry Seminar
Role and Mechanism of Branching Microtubule Nucleation
Sabine Petry,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
NIH Pathway to Independence,
University of California, San Francisco and HHMI,