Events
March 2015
Ongoing
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3/11
5:00pm
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Monday, March 2nd, 2015
2:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Nanoscience Approaches to Heterogeneity in Biological Systems
Paul S. Weiss,
KNI Distinguished Visiting Professor, Caltech; Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry & of Materials Science & Engineering,
Chemistry,
University of California, Los Angeles,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar-CANCELLED
Development of New Methods for the Functionalization of Hydrocarbons
T. Brent Gunnoe,
Professor of Chemistry,
Chemistry,
University of Virginia,
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015
4:00pm
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Special Physical Organic Seminar
The Design of the World's Strongest Non-Covalently Bound Host-Guest Complex with Attomolar Dissociation Constant
Robert Glaser,
Professor of Structural Chemistry, Emeritus,
Department of Chemistry,
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,
Wednesday, March 4th, 2015
4:00pm
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Beckman Lecture
Total Synthesis of Rare Natural and Designed Molecules of Biological and Medicinal Importance
K. C. Nicolaou,
Harry C. and Olga K. Weiss Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Rice University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Multi-dimensional interactions define dynamics in natural microbial communities
Karsten Zengler,
Research Scientist,
Department of Systems Biology Research,
UC San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Barriers to Efficiency: Thermal-Induced Stresses and Phase Evolution in Multiphase Ceramic Coatings
Katherine T. Faber,
Simon Ramo Professor of Materials Science,
Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science,
California Institute of Technology,
Monday, March 9th, 2015
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar
Development of Bioinspired Isoindigo Derivatives in Organic Electronics
Minoru Ashizawa,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Organic & Polymeric Material,
Tokyo Institute of Technology,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Synthesis, Oxidation and Photophysics of Perfluoroborated Tetrakis(pyrophosphito)diplatinate (II) and Density Functional Theory (DFT) Study of Electrochemical CO2 Reduction by Mn Catalysts
Yan Choi Lam,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Goddard/Gray group,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bioengineering Lecture
"Insights from a global view of secondary metabolism: Small molecules from the human microbiota"
Michael Fischbach,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences,
University of California, San Francisco,
Wednesday, March 11th, 2015
8:00am
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4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Analysis of observed and modeled rainfall seasonality properties with indicators based on information entropy
Salvatore Pascale,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Department of Environmental Science & Engineering,
Caltech,
Thursday, March 12th, 2015
8:00am
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3/15
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4:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
tRNA synthetase beyond translation: from vascular development to neurodegeneration
Xiang-Lei Yang,
Professor,
Department of Chemical Physiology and Department of Cell and Molecular Biology,
The Scripps Research Institute,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
How entangled polymers undergo nonlinear deformation: an emerging worldview?
Shi-Qing Wang,
Kumho Professor,
Department of Polymer Science,
University of Akron,
Friday, March 13th, 2015
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
New Ligand Platforms for Iron-Dinitrogen Chemistry
Sidney (Sid) Creutz,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, March 16th, 2015
8:00am
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3/18
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4:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Solar Energy Conversion and Electrocatalysis Using Earth-Abundant Nanomaterials
Song Jin,
Pofessor of Chemistry,
Chemistry,
University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Tuesday, March 17th, 2015
4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Charge dynamics and molecular intermediates of photo-catalytic interfaces
Tanja Cuk,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Faculty Scientist,
Chemical Sciences Division, LBNL,
University of California, Berkeley,
Wednesday, March 18th, 2015
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
The Search for Efficiency in Synthesis: From Natural Products to Catalysis
Silas Cook,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Indiana University,
Thursday, March 19th, 2015
8:00am
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3/29
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Tuning of α-synuclein Aggregation by Small Molecules and Proteins: In Vitro Mechanisms and a Few Mice
Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
Umea University, Sweden,
Friday, March 20th, 2015
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Molybdenum-Quinonoid Complexes and Small Molecule Reactivity
Justin Henthorn,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Wednesday, March 25th, 2015
9:00am
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Thursday, March 26th, 2015
4:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar - CANCELED
!! CANCELED !! James Berger Biochemistry Seminar has been canceled
James Berger,
Professor,
Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry,
Johns Hopkins Medical Institute,
Friday, March 27th, 2015
11:00am
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12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Targeting DNA Repeat Sequences with Py-Im Polyamides
Jeen Joo Kang,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Dervan group,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Applications of Cyclometalated Ruthenium Alkylidene Catalysts in Olefin Metathesis
Peter Dornan,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, March 30th, 2015
8:00am
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4:00pm
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Bioengineering Lecture
"CRISPR-Cas Genome Surveillance: From Basic Biology to Transformative Technology"
Jennifer Doudna,
Professor,
Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Department of Molecular and Cell Biology,
University of California, Berkeley,
Tuesday, March 31st, 2015