Events
October 2014
Wednesday, October 1st, 2014
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Materials Research Lecture
High Energy Density Solids from Extreme Conditions
Choong-Shik Yoo,
Department of Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute for Shock Physics,
Department of Chemistry,
Washington State University,
Thursday, October 2nd, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Genetic Engineering of Fungal Natural Product Biosynthesis Pathways: Past, Present, and Future Opportunities
Clay C. C. Wang,
Associate Professor of Chemistry & Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences & School of Pharmacy,
University of Southern California,
Monday, October 6th, 2014
4:00pm
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Bioengineering Lecture
"Synthetic Approaches to Deciphering Cis-Regulation"
Sriram Kosuri,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
University of California, Los Angeles,
Wednesday, October 8th, 2014
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Resnick Fellows Seminar
Two Seminars: Better Enzymes for Biofuels and Green Chemistry--Solving the Cofactor Imbalance Problem & Model Complexes for Studying Heterometallic Effects Relevant to Fuel Cell Chemistry
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Why do plants grow where and when they grow?
Kyla M. Dahlin,
ASP Postdoctoral Fellow,
Climate & Global Dynamics Division, Terrestrial Sciences,
National Center for Atmospheric Research,
Friday, October 10th, 2014
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Programmable Self Assembly with Particles and Polymers
Robert (Rob) Macfarlane,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, October 13th, 2014
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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Tuesday, October 14th, 2014
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
When the clock ticks too fast: Lessons from premature ageing syndromes
Oliver Dreesen,
Ph.D.,
Institute of Medical Biology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Dynamics of super-rotor molecules in an optical centrifuge
Amy S. Mullin,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
University of Maryland, College Park,
Wednesday, October 15th, 2014
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Aldrich Lecture
Methods and Mechanism in Asymmetric Catalysis
Abigail G. Doyle,
Associate Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Biogenic reactive oxygen species in the cycling and mineralization of manganese
Colleen Hansel,
Associate Scientist,
Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
Thursday, October 16th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Patterned DNA Arrays: Towards Clinical Diagnostics
Ariel Furst,
Graduate Student,
Department of Chemistry,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Transcriptional fidelity control, DNA modification and lesion recognition
Dong Wang,
Assistant Professor,
Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences,
University of California, San Diego,
Friday, October 17th, 2014
8:00am
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
N2 Fixation to NH3 by a 2-Coordinate Fe(0) Species
Gaël Ung,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Large-scale Observational Constraints on GPP in Earth System Models using Atmospheric Carbonyl Sulfide
Elliott Campbell,
Associate Professor,
Department of Environmental Engineering,
University of California, Merced,
4:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Complexify Biomimetics
Filipe Natalio,
Group Leader of Bioinorganic & Biomimetic Chemistry,
Chemie, Physik und Mathematik,
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Rethinking Asymmetric Synthesis: The Development of General Metal-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions that Enable the Use of Optically Active Nucleophiles
Mark R. Biscoe,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
The City College of New York,
Thursday, October 23rd, 2014
4:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Models for the origin of biological homochirality
Donna G. Blackmond,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
The Scripps Research Institute,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, October 24th, 2014
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Monday, October 27th, 2014
3:30pm
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4:30pm
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PhD seminar
Effects of Self Energy of Ions on the Double Layer Structure and Interfacial Properties at the Dielectric Interface
Rui Wang,
graduate student,
chemical engineering,
california institute of technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Molecular Design and Applications of Chiral Organic Ion Pair Catalysts Featuring Anion-Controlling Ability
Daisuke Uraguchi,
Associate Professor,
Graduate School of Engineering,
Nagoya University,
Tuesday, October 28th, 2014
9:00am
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10:00am
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Methods for Melting Temperature Calculations
Qijun Hong,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Van de Walle group,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
3:30pm
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5:00pm
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Swift Lecture
The Chemistry of BioHydrogen
Fraser Armstrong,
Pofessor of Chemistry and a Fellow of St. John's College,
Chemistry,
University of Oxford,
Wednesday, October 29th, 2014
8:00am
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Ongoing
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Heterometallic Manganese Oxido Clusters: Synthesis and Reactivity
Sandy Suseno,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Agapie group,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Changes in the distribution of rain in response to warming
Angie Pendergrass,
ASP Postdoctoral Fellow,
National Center for Atmospheric Research,
Friday, October 31st, 2014
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Rationalization of Initiation Rates in a Series of Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis Catalysts Containing Chelating Benzylidenes
Keary Engle,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,