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February 2014
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Tuesday, February 4th, 2014
2:00pm
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Special Chemical Physics-Inorganic Chemistry Seminar
Watching dynamics: from patchy colloids to nanoscale biomolecules
Qian Chen,
Miller Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Chemistry,
University of California, Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Chemical Tools and Tactics to Study the Role of Metal-Associated Misfolded Proteins in Human Neurodegenerative Diseases
Mi Hee Lim,
Professor,
Chemistry,
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Korea,
Wednesday, February 5th, 2014
8:00am
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2/11
5:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Novartis Symposium
Sympathy for the Devil: Taking IAP Antagonists from Research to the Clinic
Christopher S. Straub,
Ph.D.,
Novartis,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Coupled ocean-atmosphere dynamics of global warming
Shang-Ping Xie,
Professor,
Department of Climate, Atmospheric Science & Physical Oceanography,
UC San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Novartis Symposium
Recent Advances in Transition Metal Catalyzed C-H Bond Functionalization
Melanie S. Sanford,
Moses Gomberg Collegiate Professor of Chemistry and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Michigan,
Thursday, February 6th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Enhancing the Biological Activity of Rhodium Metalloinsertors: Structure-Function Reactivity and Conjugate Design
Alyson Weidmann,
Ms.,
Department of Chemistry,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Structural basis for bacterial cellulose biosynthesis
Jochen Zimmer,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics,
University of Virginia,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Constantin G. Economou Memorial Lecture
The role of compression in the dynamics of colloidal suspensions
Mu Wang,
graduate student,
Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
Friday, February 7th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Tripodal Ligands in Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry: Carbon Dioxide Functionalization, Mercury Detoxification, and New Classes of Atranes
Gerard Parkin,
Professor and Associate Chair for Research,
Chemistry,
Columbia University,
Monday, February 10th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Membrane protein structure determinations by single particle cryo-EM
Yifan Cheng,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics,
University of California, San Francisco,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
A Unified Strategy to Ent-Kauranoids: Total Syntheses of Maoecrystal Z, Trichorabdal A, and Longikaurin E
John Yeoman,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Reisman group,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
Tuesday, February 11th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Chemical Physics Seminar
Coherent Excitons, Coherent Spectroscopies
Joel Yuen-Zhou,
Robert J. Silbey Postdoctoral Fellow,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Wednesday, February 12th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
What can regional climate feedbacks tell us about atmospheric circulation?
Nicole Feldl,
Stan Prize Postdoctoral Scholar,
Geological & Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
Thursday, February 13th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Chemical Biology that Controls DNA Structure and Function: DNA Origami and Artificial Genetic Switch
Professor Hiroshi Sgiyama,
Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences,
Kyoto University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Data driven, molecular dynamics for nanoscale flow simulations
Petros Koumoutsakos,
Professor,
Computational Science and Engineering Lab, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering,
ETH Zürich,
Friday, February 14th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Upgrading Light Olefins by Trimerization Catalysis
Aaron Sattler,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, February 17th, 2014
8:00am
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, February 18th, 2014
9:00am
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9:01am
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10:30am
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11:30am
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Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Transition Metal Clusters Supported by Multinucleating Ligand Frameworks as Models of Biological Active Sites
Emily Tsui,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Agapie group,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
Wednesday, February 19th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Reconstructing sulphate loading and timing of climate impacting volcanic eruptions during the Common Era
Michael Sigl,
Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
Division of Hydrologic Sciences,
Desert Research Institute,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thursday, February 20th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
The Molecular Basis of Directionality in Tail-Anchored Membrane Protein Targeting
Michael Rome,
Mr.,
Department of Chemistry,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Bioinspired hydrogels: tuning selective transport and microbial interactions
Katharina Ribbeck,
Eugene Bell Career Development Professor of Tissue Engineering,
Biological Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Friday, February 21st, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
The Iron-sulfur Cluster in Dna2: Implications for DNA Charge Transport in Eukaryotes
Helen Segal,
Barton Research Group,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, February 24th, 2014
9:00am
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10:00am
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Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
P-Arene-P Ligands: Insights into Binding and Catalysis by Late Transition Metal-Arene Complexes
Sibo Lin,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Agapie group,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Tuning the Properties of Metallocorroles for Meeting Emerging Demands in Medicine and Energy Related Aspects
Zeev Gross,
Professor,
Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion,
Israel Institute of Technology,
Tuesday, February 25th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Organization at the Air-Aqueous Interface: Ions, Lipids, Water, Electric Fields, Lung Lining and Atmospheric Aerosols
Heather Allen,
Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Pathology,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Pathology,
The Ohio State University,
Wednesday, February 26th, 2014
9:00am
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4:00pm
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Beckman Lecture
Redesign of Vancomycin for Resistant Bacteria
Dale L. Boger,
Richard and Alice Cramer Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
The Scripps Research Institute,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Energy from waste - the practical implementation of Microbial Fuel Cells
Ioannis A. Ieropoulos,
Associate Professor,
Department of Engineering Design and Mathematics,
UWE Bristol,
Thursday, February 27th, 2014
8:00am
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Friday, February 28th, 2014
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Signaling Between DNA-Processing Enzymes Containing Redox-Active 4Fe-4S Clusters
Michael Grodick,
Barton Research Group,
Chemistry,
Caltech,