Events
April 2013
Monday, April 1st, 2013
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Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Propagating vs. Non-propagating Madden-Julian Oscillation Events
Daehyun Kim,
Assistant Research Professor ,
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Bioengineering Seminar
Synthetic Yeast Genomes
"Patrick" Yizhi Cai,
Autodesk Distinguished Scholar, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Chancellor's Fellow & Group Leader, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK,
Thursday, April 4th, 2013
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
DNA-Mediated Signaling by the E. coli Helicase DinG
Michael Grodick,
Grad Student, Barton Group,
Department of Chemistry,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Blood clotting-inspired polymer physics
Alfredo Alexander-Katz,
Assistant Professor,
Materials Science and Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
6:00pm
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8:00pm
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Resnick Sustainability Institute Flow Program Seminar
Smart Grid: A Road Guide to Smart Choices for the Technology Entrepreneur
Friday, April 5th, 2013
9:00am
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10:00am
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PhD seminar
Studies of Ambient and Chamber Aerosol Composition Using the Aerosol Mass Spectrometer
Jill S. Craven,
graduate student,
chemical engineering,
california institute of technology,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis Seminar
Preparation, Electronic Properties and Morphology of Single Crystalline WS2 and MoS2 Thin Films
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis Seminar
Preparation, Electronic Properties and Morphology of Single Crystalline WS2 and MoS2 Thin Films
Prof. Christian Pettenkofer,
Helmholtz Center Berlin,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Applications of Ruthenium Metathesis Catalysts Exhibiting Kinetic Selectivity
Vanessa Marx,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, April 8th, 2013
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Joint Center For Artificial Photosynthesis Seminar
The Possibilities to Analyze IJP Samples by Photoelectron Emission Microscopy (PEEM)
Prof. Christian Pettenkofer,
Helmholtz Center Berlin,
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering
Structure, dynamics and properties of block polymer dispersions (technical seminar)
Frank Bates,
Regents Professor and Department Head,
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science,
University of Minnesota,
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
9:00am
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10:00am
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Thesis Defense Seminar
Chemistry of Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation
Lindsay Yee,
Graduate Student ,
Environmental Science and Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Blooming of oceanic phytoplankton
Amala Mahadevan,
Associate Scientist,
Department of Physical Oceanography,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
Thursday, April 11th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
A knotty problem: Untangling the molecular mechanics of mRNA recruitment to the eukaryotic ribosome
Jon Lorsch,
Professor,
Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry,
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering
Order and disorder in block polymers: mixing business and pleasure (general seminar)
Frank Bates,
Regents Professor and Department Head,
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science,
University of Minnesota,
Friday, April 12th, 2013
10:30am
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12:00pm
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Special Chemistry Seminar
Multi-step One-pot Transformations Starting from Terminal Alkynes
Masahiro Murakami,
Kyoto University ,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Triphosphine-Iron Catalyzed Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation
Henry Fong,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, April 15th, 2013
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Chemical Probes to Study Fucosylated Glycans
Chithra Krishnamurthy,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Hsieh-Wilson Group,
Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture
Explaining a cell's evolutionary trade-offs in terms of proteome physical chemistry
Ken Dill,
Professor of Physics and Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Stony Brook University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Catalytic C–H Borylation: Evolution of a Synthetic Method
Milton R. Smith, III,
Professor of Chemistry,
Chemistry,
Michigan State University,
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
10:00am
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11:00am
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Biology Thesis Defense
Epigenetic Regulation in Neural Crest Development: Role of DNA Methyltransferases3A and 3B
Na Hu,
Biology, CIT,
Bronner Lab,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Hybrid Systems in Interaction with Radiation: New Avenues to Study Reactive Transients in Chemistry and to Design Novel Functional Materials
Bernd Abel,
Professor,
Chemistry Department,
Leibniz Institute of Surface Modification (IOM), Leipzig, Germany, and Wilhelm-Ostwald-Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University Leipzig, Germany,
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
How, why, and when is Pacific climate changing (and who cares)?
Amy Clement,
Professor,
Meteorology & Physical Oceanography,
Rosensteil School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Linus Pauling Lectureship (POSTPONED)
EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE IN THE FALL 2013
Charles M. Lieber,
Mark Hyman Professor of Chemistry,
Harvard University,
Thursday, April 18th, 2013
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Chemoenzymatic Labeling of Fucosylated Cancer Biomarkers
Jean-Luc Chaubard,
Grad Student, Hsieh-Wilson Group,
Department of Chemistry,
California Institute of Technology,
12:30pm
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2:00pm
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Resnick Institute Grid 2020 Discussion
Resnick Institute Grid 2020 Discussion: Transactive Energy & Distributed Markets
Friday, April 19th, 2013
8:00am
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4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Chelated Ruthenium Complexes for Z-Selective Olefin Metathesis
Myles Herbert,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, April 22nd, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Designing Chemically Robust Metal Oxides for Visible-Light Photocatalysis: toward Solar Z-Scheme Water Splitting
Bart M. Bartlett,
Assistant Professor,
Chemistry and Chemical Biology,
University of Michigan,
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
3:00pm
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Special Chemistry Seminar
Fun with Radicals. Some New Perspectives for Organic Synthesis
Samir Zard,
Professor,
Laboratoire de Synthèse Organique,
Ecole Polytechnique,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Exotic Excitonics: From Organic Crystals to Two-dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
David Reichman,
Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Columbia University,
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
New Urban Water Infrastructure and the Water and Energy Nexus
Richard Luthy,
Silas H. Palmer Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Stanford University,
Thursday, April 25th, 2013
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Special Bioengineering Seminar
"Analog and Digital Approaches for Programming Living Cells"
Tim Lu,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Establishing cell-free biology for the production of therapeutics, materials and chemicals
Michael Jewett,
Assistant Professor,
Chemical and Biological Engineering,
Northwestern University,
Friday, April 26th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Ultra Low-Density DNA Monolayers for Protein Detection
Ariel Furst,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, April 29th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bioengineering Lecture
"Expanding the language to program cells"
Christopher Voigt,
Associate Professor,
Department of Biological Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Fluorinated Pincer Ligand Applications in Alkane Dehydrogenation Catalysis
Dean M. Roddick,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Wyoming,
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Structure and Mechanics of Silk and Silk-inspired Materials
Markus J. Buehler,
Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,