Events
February 2015
Monday, February 2nd, 2015
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Special Chemical Physics Seminar
Membrane fluid mechanics: phase separation discloses flow in lipid bilayers
Aurelia Honerkamp-Smith,
Ph.D,
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics,
University of Cambridge,
Wednesday, February 4th, 2015
8:00am
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2/10
5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Atmospheric signatures of changing global biogeochemistry
Ralph Keeling,
Professor,
Department of Geosciences Research,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Chemical Physics Seminar
Mapping protein conformational ensembles and folding pathways with temperature-jump two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy
Carlos R. Baiz,
Ph.D,
Department of Chemistry,
The University of Chicago,
Thursday, February 5th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Heterologous Expression and Nonsense Suppression of a Nicotinic Receptor Involved in Parkinson's Disease and Addiction
Michael Post,
Graduate Student,
Department of Chemistry,
California Institute of Technology,
Friday, February 6th, 2015
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Multifunctional Materials via Photolithographic Olefin Metathesis Polymerization
Raymond Weitekamp,
Graduate Student,
Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
Monday, February 9th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Novel Small-Molecule Activation Pathways Exploiting Late-Metal/Silicon Cooperation
Matthew T. Whited,
Assistant Professor,
Chemistry,
Carleton College,
Tuesday, February 10th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Inorganic Chemistry Seminar
Molecular Catalysis of CO2 Reduction
Jean-Michel Saveant,
Professor of Chemistry,
Molecular Laboratory of Electrochemistry, UMR CNRS,
University of Paris Diderot,
Wednesday, February 11th, 2015
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Symposium
Understanding Palladium Ligation, Activation and Turnover in the Development of Novel Approaches to a Complex Clinical Candidate
Martin D. Eastgate,
Dr., Ph.D., Director,
Early-Phase Chemical Development,
Bristol-Myers Squibb,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Resnick Institute Seminar
Development of Materials for Future Energy Systems using Combinatorial Synthesis of Thin Film Materials Libraries and High-Throughput Characterization
Alfred Ludwig,
Professor,
Institute for Materials,
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Symposium
Mechanistically Promiscuous Metals
Cristina Nevado,
Professor Dr.,
Institute of Organic Chemistry,
University of Zurich,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Does planetary warming always dry out the continents? Lessons from theory, GCMs, and paleoclimates
Jack Scheff,
NSF AGS Postdoctoral Fellow,
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Quantum photoelectrochemistry of nanoscale solar energy conversion processes
Petter Persson,
Theoretical Chemistry Division, Chemistry Department, ,
Lund University, Sweden,
Thursday, February 12th, 2015
4:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Cooperation between the STT3A and STT3B oligosaccharyltransferase complexes to maximize glycosylation efficiency
Reid Gilmore,
Professor,
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology,
University of Massachusetts Medical School,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Biodegradable particles to engineer target cells from the outside in and from the inside out
Jordan J. Green,
Associate Professor,
Biomedical Engineering, Ophthalmology, Neurosurgery, and Materials Science and Engineering,
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
Friday, February 13th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Luminescent Ruthenium Probes for DNA Mismatches
Adam Boynton,
Graduate Student,
Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
Monday, February 16th, 2015
8:00am
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Tuesday, February 17th, 2015
9:00am
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9:01am
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Metal Catalysis of Nontraditional Electrophiles
Mary P. Watson,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
University of Delaware,
Wednesday, February 18th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:45pm
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Chen-Huang Sustainable Energy Seminar
Beyond Smoke and Mirrors--Climate Change and Energy in the 21st Century
Dr. Burton Richter,
Paul Pigott Professor Emeritus,
Physical Sciences,
Stanford University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Resnick Institute Seminar
The Science and Economics of Photoelectrochemial Hydrogen Production
Matt Shaner,
Resnick Institute Graduate Research Fellow,
Caltech,
Thursday, February 19th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Distinct Membrane Association Modes Facilitate Co-translational Protein Targeting
Yu-Hsien Hwang Fu,
Graduate Student,
Department of Chemistry,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Robert W. Vaughan Lecture in Chemical Engineering
Discovery and engineering new enzymes from nature
Yi Tang,
Professor and Vice-Chair,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,
University of California, Los Angeles,
Friday, February 20th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Carbene Transfer Activity of Cytochrome P450: Kinetic Studies, Synthetic Application, and Identification of Deactivation Pathway
Hans Renata,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
Monday, February 23rd, 2015
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Seeding a New Kind of Garden: Synthesis of Symmetrically Stellated Bimetallic Nanocrystals as a New Class of Plasmonic Colloids
Sara Skrabalak,
Associate Professor, Dean's Fellow,
Chemistry,
Indiana University, Bloomington,
4:00pm
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Bioengineering Lecture
"Engineered proteins for visualizing and treating disease"
Jennifer Cochran,
Associate Professor,
Departments of Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering,
Stanford University,
Tuesday, February 24th, 2015
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Targeted Nanoparticles for Mitochondial Medicine
Shanta Dhar,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Nano Therapeutics Research Laboratory, Chemistry,
The University of Georgia, Athens,
Wednesday, February 25th, 2015
9:00am
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
A millennial-scale stagnation of Southern Ocean circulation in a past warm climate
Christopher Hayes,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Thursday, February 26th, 2015
8:00am
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Ongoing
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Directed self-assembly of soft mesophases using magnetic fields
Chinedum Osuji,
Associate Professor,
Chemical and Environmental Engineering,
Yale University,
Friday, February 27th, 2015
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Applications of Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Methods in the Synthesis of Organofluorine Compounds
Yufan Liang,
graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,