Events
May 2013
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
8:00am
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PhD seminar
Design of Nanoparticles that Cross the Blood-Brain Barrier by Receptor Mediated Transcytosis
Devin Wiley,
graduate student,
chemical engineering,
california institute of technology,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Capturing Protein Folding Dynamics with Time-Resolved Luminescence Spectroscopy
Nicole B. Ford,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Gray Group,
Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Regimes of aerosol-stratocumulus cloud-climate interaction
Chris Bretherton,
Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and Applied Mathematics,
Department of Atmospheric Sciences,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar - CANCELLED/TO BE RESCHEDULED
New Approaches to Catalytic C–F and C–C Bond Formation
Abigail G. Doyle,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Princeton University,
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
4D Microscopy of Cell-Signaling Dynamics in Developing Embryos
Antti Lignell,
Postdoctoral Scholar, Cai Group,
Department of Chemistry,
California Institute of Technology,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Special Bioengineering Seminar
"Engineered temperature compensation in a synthetic gene oscillator"
Matthew Bennett,
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology,
Rice University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Engineering single-cell bioanalytic processes to evaluate complex cellular systems
J. Christopher Love,
Latham Family Career Development Professor,
Chemical Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Friday, May 3rd, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Modeling Aspects of Hydrodesulfurization and the Development of a [CCC]X3-Donor Pincer Ligand
Aaron Sattler,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, May 6th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bioengineering Lecture
Bioimaging at the nanoscale -- Single-molecule and super-resolution fluorescence microscopy
Xiaowei Zhuang,
Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Professor of Physics,
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Department of Physics,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Imaging Metal-Induced Oxidative Stress: Lanthanides to the Rescue
Valerie C. Pierre,
Assistant Professor,
Chemistry,
University of Minnesota,
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Elucidating a New Role of RNA in Co-Translational Protein Targeting
Kuang Shen,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Shan Group,
Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Surface ocean impacts on the chemistry of the tropical free troposphere
Rainer Volkamer,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Colorado at Boulder,
Friday, May 10th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Magnetic Alignment of High-Aspect Ratio Microwires into Vertical Arrays
Joseph Beardslee,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, May 13th, 2013
9:00am
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9:01am
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4:00pm
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Bioengineering Lecture
"Is the Genome Useful in Medicine?"
Steve Quake,
Professor of Bioengineering,
Department of Bioengineering,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Organometallic Reactions Mediated by Low-Valent Uranium: Examining the Roles of Alkyl Substituents and Redox-Active Ligands in Fundamental Reactivity
Suzanne C. Bart,
Assistant Professor,
Chemistry,
Purdue University,
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Global Warming Yardstick: What Warming Oceans and Rising Seas Tell Us about Anthropogenic Climate Change
Josh Willis,
Project Scientist - Jason-3,
Climate, Oceans and Solid Earth Sciences,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Thursday, May 16th, 2013
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Mechanism of an ATP-Independent Disaggregase
Thang Nguyen,
Grad Student, Shan Group,
Department of Chemistry,
California Institute of Technology,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Developing Peptide Based Capture Agents for Diagnostics and Therapeutics
Arundhati Nag,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Heath Group,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Synthesis and Biological Activity of Anticoagulant Heparan Sulfate Glycopolymers
Young In Oh,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Hsieh-Wilson Group,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
How Parkinson's Disease Starts, and How It Might Be Stopped
Gregory Petsko,
Gyula and Katica Tauber Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry,
Department of Biochemistry,
Brandeis University,
4:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Generating functional materials from nanostructured polymers
Thomas H. Epps, III,
Thomas & Kipp Gutshall Professor of Chemical Engineering,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,
University of Delaware,
Friday, May 17th, 2013
8:00am
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9:00am
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PhD seminar
Investigations of Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation in Laboratory Chambers
Christine Loza,
graduate student,
chemical engineering,
california institute of technology,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Reactions of N2 and CO Facilitated by Metal-Acceptor Interactions
Daniel Suess,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Peters Group,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Cooperative Bond Activation and Catalysis by Nickel–Borane Complexes
William Harman,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, May 20th, 2013
4:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture
Time Travel in Experimental Evolution
Richard Lenski,
Professor of Microbial Ecology,
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics,
Michigan State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemistry Club Seminar
Bond Activations and New Transformations in Metal-Silicon Complexes: Implications for Hydrosilylation Catalysis
T. Donald Tilley,
Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of California, Berkeley,
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Elucidating Correlations in Intracellular Dynamics
Aaron R. Dinner,
Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Chicago,
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
8:00am
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4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Turbulence, submesoscales, and phytoplankton blooms at ocean fronts
John R. Taylor,
University Lecturer,
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics,
University of Cambridge,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Materials Research Seminar
Novel Materials, Computational Spectroscopy, and Multiscale Simulation in Nanoscale Photovoltaics
Marco Bernardi,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA,
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
8:00am
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Ongoing
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9:30am
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3:00pm
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10:30am
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11:30am
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Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Earth-Abundant Materials for Solar Hydrogen Generation
James Robert McKone,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Lewis Group,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Folding under pressure: mechanical forces in development of native and engineered tissues
Celeste Nelson,
Assistant Professor,
Chemical and Biological Engineering,
Princeton University,
Friday, May 24th, 2013
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Joint Center For Artificial Photosynthesis Seminar
A Versatile Materials Platform from New Functional Epoxide Polymerizations
Nathaniel A. Lynd,
Project Scientist,
Materials Research Laboratory,
University of California - Santa Barbara,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Special JCAP Seminar
A Versatile Materials Platform from New Functional Epoxide Polymerizations
Nathaniel A. Lind,
Materials Research Laboratory,
University of California - Santa Barbara,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
The Intramolecular Buchner Reaction of α-Diazo-β-Ketonitriles: Development and Application to the Total Synthesis of (+)-Salvileucalin B
Roger Rauhauser Nani,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Reisman Group,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
New Catalysis for Expanded Reactivity in Z-Selective Metathesis
Brendan Quigley,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, May 27th, 2013
8:00am
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Tuesday, May 28th, 2013
4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
CANCELLED: Adiabatic and Diabatic Treatments of Vibronic Coupling: The NO3 Molecule as an Example
John F. Stanton,
George W. Watt Centennial Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
University of Texas at Austin,
Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
10:30am
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11:30am
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Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Synthetic Applications and Methodological Developments of Donor-Acceptor Cyclopropanes
Alexander Goldberg,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Stoltz Group,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Accessing and Harnessing Metalated Intermediates toward Synthetic Utility
Eric M. Ferreira,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Chemistry Department,
Colorado State University,
Thursday, May 30th, 2013
10:30am
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11:30am
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Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Biotechnologies for Cancer Diagnostics: Cell Sorting, Protein Analysis and Imaging of Cellular Metabolism
Kiwook Hwang,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Heath Group,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Identification of Fucose Alpha (1-2)Galactose Binding Proteins in the Mammalian Brain
Arif Wibowo,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Hsieh-Wilson Group,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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John D. Roberts Lecture
Molecular Probes for the Study of Voltage-Gated Ion Channels
Justin Du Bois,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
Stanford University,
Friday, May 31st, 2013
8:00am
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Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
A Study of Protein Targeting Reveals Insights into Mitigating Protein Aggregation
Thang Xuan Nguyen,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Shan Group,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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PhD seminar
Towards Conditional RNAi: Shape and Sequence Transduction with Small Conditional RNAs
Lisa Hochrein,
graduate student,
chemical engineering,
california institute of technology,