Events
May 2015
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Friday, May 1st, 2015
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Biochemistry Seminar
Forkhead (Fox) transcription factors open a new dimension in understanding the epigenetic control of replication origins in S. cerevisiae
Oscar Aparicio,
Professor of Biological Sciences,
Molecular and Computational Biology Program,
University of Southern California,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Derivatization of Corroles for Surface Functionalization
Carl Blumenfeld,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, May 4th, 2015
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
The Design, Discovery, and Applications of Catalytic Reactions Involving C-C, C-O, or C-N Bond Activation
Christopher J. Douglas,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities,
Wednesday, May 6th, 2015
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Resolving Discrepancies in High Global Warming Potential Greenhouse Gas Emissions Using Atmospheric Measurements
Ray Weiss,
Distinguished Research Professor of Geochemistry,
Department of Geosciences Research,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego,
Thursday, May 7th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Single molecule Barcoding of Drosophila Dscam Spliceoforms to understand Neuronal Self-identity
Kelly Burke,
Department of Chemistry,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Cellular Mechanisms of Membrane Protein Folding
William Skatch, MD,
Professor,
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology,
Oregon Health & Science University,
Friday, May 8th, 2015
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Photoinduced, Copper-Catalyzed Alkylation
Shoshana Bachman,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, May 11th, 2015
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Progress Toward the Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Ineleganolide and the Polycyclic Furanobutenolide Norcembranoid Diterpenes and Construction of the Ineleganoloids
Robert Craig,
Graduate Student, Stoltz group,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Band Engineering in Thermoelectric Materials Using Optical, Electronic, and Computational Properties
Zachary Gibbs,
graduate student,
chemical engineering,
california institute of technology,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Metals and Immunity
Elizabeth M. Nolan,
Associate Professor,
Chemistry,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Tuesday, May 12th, 2015
3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
New Route to Biomass-Derived Terephthalic Acid Using Lewis Acid Molecular Sieve Catalysts
Joshua Pacheco,
graduate student,
chemical engineering,
california institute of technology,
4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Navigating Space-Time with Ultrafast Exciton Photolithography or Scintillating Near-fields to Follow Dynamic Processes in Molecular Materials
Naomi S. Ginsberg,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Physics,
Department of Chemistry,
University of California, Berkeley,
Wednesday, May 13th, 2015
1:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Metastability and dynamics of stem cells: from direct observations to inference at the single cell level
Zakary Singer,
CNS graduate student,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Strategies for the Stereoselective Synthesis of Carbon Quaternary Centers Via Transition Metal-Catalyzed Alkylation of Enolate Compounds
Corey Reeves,
Graduate Student, Stoltz group,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Plant waxes as environmental proxies in the tropics
Sarah J. Feakins,
Associate Professor,
Department of Earth Sciences,
University of Southern California,
4:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Ultra-hot and Ultra-thin Microstructures
Igor Bargatin,
Class of 1965 Term Assistant Professor,
Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM),
Penn Engineering, University of Pennsylvania,
Thursday, May 14th, 2015
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative and Decarbonylative Transformations in the Synthesis of Fine and Commodity Chemicals
Yiyang Liu,
Graduate Student, Stoltz group,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Theoretically-informed simulations of tapered diblock copolymers
Lisa Hall,
HC Slip Slider Professor,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,
Ohio State University,
Friday, May 15th, 2015
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Thesis Seminar
Superionic Noble Metal Chalcogenide Thermoelectrics
Tristan Day,
graduate student,
chemical engineering,
california institute of technology,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Photoinduced, Copper-Catalyzed N-Alkylations of Carbazoles: A Mechanistic Investigation
Jun Myun (Joe) Ahn,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, May 18th, 2015
9:00am
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Secondary Organic Aerosol Composition Studies Using Mass Spectrometry
Kate Schilling,
Graduate Student, Seinfeld group,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Amino Acid-based Bifunctional Phosphines for Enantioselective Nucleophilic Catalysis
Yixin Lu,
Professor of Chemistry, Deputy Head, Dean's Chair,
Department of Chemistry,
National University of Singapore,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Bridging the Gap between Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis
Emilio Bunel, PhD,
Director of the Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division,
Chemistry,
Argonne National Laboratory,
Tuesday, May 19th, 2015
9:00am
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Thesis Seminar
Simulation-Driven Optical Design of Semiconductor Nanowire Arrays for High Efficiency Photovoltaic and Photoelectrochemical Devices
Katherine Fountaine,
graduate student,
chemical engineering,
california institute of technology,
2:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Mitigating Scarring and Inflammation during Corneal Wound Healing using Nanofiber-Hydrogel Scaffolds
Amy H.Y. Fu,
graduate student,
chemical engineering,
california institute of technology,
Wednesday, May 20th, 2015
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Novartis Symposium
Developing Synthetic Methods to Enable Innovation in Drug Discovery
Lawrence G. Hamann,
Dr., Ph.D., Executive Director,
Global Discovery Chemistry,
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research,
2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Programming chemical kinetics: engineering dynamic reaction networks with DNA strand displacement
Niranjan Srinivas,
CNS graduate student,
Caltech,
2:30pm
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Novartis Symposium
Strategies and Tactics for the Synthesis of Complex Alkaloid Natural Products
Richmond Sarpong,
Full Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of California, Berkeley,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Climate and Conflict
Mark A. Cane,
G. Unger Vetlesen Professor Of Earth and Climate Sciences,
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Materials in 2-dimension and Beyond: 10 Years After Graphene
Philip Kim,
Professor of Physics,
Department of Physics,
Harvard University,
Thursday, May 21st, 2015
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PhD Thesis Seminar
New Catalytic Methods for the Preparation of Tryptophans and Pyrroloindolines: Total Synthesis of (+)-Naseseazines A and B and (–)-Aspergilazine A
Madeleine Kieffer,
Graduate Student, Reisman group,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Magnetic Field Effects on Charge Transport Through DNA
Theodore Zwang,
Department of Chemistry,
California Institute of Technology,
1:00pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Development of Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Cross-Coupling of Benzylic Electrophiles
Alan Cherney,
Graduate Student, Reisman group,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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Special Bioengineering Seminar
"Learning the Sequence Determinants of Exon Definition from Millions of Random Synthetic Sequences"
Georg Seelig,
Assistant Professor,
Computer Science & Engineering and Electrical Engineering,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
The dendritic effect in coordination chemistry: fundamental investigations and applications to sustainable chemistry, engineering and materials (SusChEM)
Mamadou S. Diallo,
Professor, Graduate School of Energy, Environment, Water and Sustainability, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology,
and Visiting Associate in Environmental Science and Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
Friday, May 22nd, 2015
9:00am
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Structure-Function Studies of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Using Selective Agonists and Positive Allosteric Modulators
Christopher Marotta,
Graduate Student, Dougherty group,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
11:00am
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar
Synergizing Theory and Experiments in Asymmetric Catalysis through Transition State Modeling: Leads for Rational Catalyst Design
Raghavan B. Sunoj,
Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay,
12:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Advances and challenges in first-principles simulations of materials at extreme conditions
Igor A. Abrikosov,
Professor,
Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM),
Linköping University, Sweden,
2:30pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Cavity Enhanced Spectroscopies for Applications of Remote Sensing, Chemical Kinetics and Detection of Radical Species
Thinh Bui,
Graduate Student, Okumura group,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
"E-H Bond Activations and Hydrosilylation Catalysis Facilitated by Fe and Co Compounds"
Mark Nesbit,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, May 25th, 2015
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Dancing to the Beat of a TeraHertz Drum: Molecular Motion from the Interstellar Medium to Pure Liquids
Marco Allodi,
Graduate Student, Blake group,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Quantum Dots – Artificial Atoms, Large Molecules or Small Pieces of Bulk? Insights from Time-Domain Ab Initio Studies
Oleg V. Prezhdo,
Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Science,
University of Southern California,
Wednesday, May 27th, 2015
10:00am
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Development of Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Cross-Coupling of Benzylic Electrophiles
Andrew Wang,
Graduate Student, Hsieh-Wilson group,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Real-World Social Cognition: Context Effects in Face and Threat Processing
Laura Harrison,
CNS graduate student,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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Resnick Institute Seminar
Mining Critical Metals and Elements from Seawater-An Overview of Recent Advances
Mamadou Diallo,
Visiting Associate in Environmental Science & Engineering, Caltech,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
A new look at the organic carbon cycle in the global ocean
Ellen Druffel,
Fred Kavli Professor,
Department of Earth System Science,
UC Irvine,
4:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Predicting Materials for Energy from First Principles
Giulia Galli,
Liew Family Professor in Molecular Engineering,
The Institute for Molecular Engineering,
University of Chicago,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Structure, Function, and Inhibition of Bacterial Cell Walls and Biofilms: Lessons from Small Molecules and a Big Magnet
Lynette Cegelski,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Stanford University,