Events
April 2017
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Saturday, April 1st, 2017
12:00am
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4/5
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Monday, April 3rd, 2017
8:00am
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
In Vivo Pretargeting: Radiosynthesis at the Tumor Surface
Brian Zeglis,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Chemistry,
Hunter College,
Tuesday, April 4th, 2017
Wednesday, April 5th, 2017
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Glacier and fjord geometry dominates its response to environmental forcing
Ginny Catania,
Associate Professor,
Department of Geological Sciences,
University of Texas at Austin,
Thursday, April 6th, 2017
12:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Uncovering DNA-mediated signaling in E. coli nucleotide excision repair
Andy Zhou,
Graduate Student, Barton Research Group,
CCE, Caltech,
Friday, April 7th, 2017
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Evidence of an Iron Diazenido in Protonation of an Iron N2 Adduct
Mr. Mark Nesbit,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, April 10th, 2017
4:00pm
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Bioengineering Lecture
Two Ways to Catch a Pathogen
Daniel Fletcher,
Purnendu Chatterjee Chair in Engineering Biological Systems,
Bioengineering,
University of California Berkeley,
Tuesday, April 11th, 2017
4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Quantum fluctuations in hydrogen bond networks: From proton transport to enzyme catalysis
Thomas E. Markland,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Stanford University,
Wednesday, April 12th, 2017
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Can we predict western U.S. water?
Sarah Kapnick,
Research Physical Scientist,
Climate Variations and Predictability Group,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
4:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Mechanical Instability-driven Architecturing of Atomically-thin Materials – Where Shape Enables New Functions
SungWoo Nam,
Assistant Professor,
Mechanical Science and Engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Synthetic Studies toward Complex Natural Products
Thomas J. Maimone,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of California, Berkeley,
Thursday, April 13th, 2017
4:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Membrane proteins at the interface of life
Tamir Gonen,
Group Leader,
Janelia Research Campus,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
4:00pm
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Constantin G. Economou Memorial Lecture
Dynamics and Rheology of Associating Polymer Gels
Ahmad K. Omar,
Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
Friday, April 14th, 2017
1:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Nanoscience and nanophotonics for improved solar energy conversion
Erik Garnett,
Dr. ,
Nanoscale Solar Cells Group,
AMOLF Institute, Amsterdam,
4:00pm
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BMB Seminar
DNA Damage Recognition Enabled by Repair Proteins containing Redox-active [4Fe4S] Metallocofactors
Edmund Tse,
Postdoc,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar--SEMINAR CANCELLED
New Electrolytic Media and Methods for CO2 Reduction
Mr. Brendon McNicholas,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, April 17th, 2017
11:00am
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PhD Seminar
Enantiomerically Enriched, Polycrystalline Molecular Sieves
Kramer Brand,
graduate student,
Chemical Engineering Department,
California Institute of Technology,
Tuesday, April 18th, 2017
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Earth Week Speaker Series
Winnett Lounge
The Fate of the Terrestrial Biosphere Under a Changing Climate
Joshua Fisher,
Climate Scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Science Lead of the ECOSTRESS Mission,
Wednesday, April 19th, 2017
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Climatic teleconnections during the last ice age: postcards and text messages from the North Atlantic
Christo Buizert,
Assistant Professor,
College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences,
Oregon State University,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Viral Muses to Inspire Chemistry
John C. Jewett,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
University of Arizona,
Thursday, April 20th, 2017
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Resnick Institute Seminar
Research talks from Resnick Graduate Research Fellow Bryan Hunter & Postdoctoral Scholar Zhu Liu Ph.D.
6:00pm
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Friday, April 21st, 2017
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BMB Seminar
Transcriptomic Genetics: A new way to use RNA-sequencing data.
David Angeles Albores,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Electrochemical CO2 Reduction by Polymer-Immobilized Molecular Catalysts
Wesley Kramer,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, April 24th, 2017
4:00pm
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Bioengineering Lecture
From Fluctuations to Function: The Role of Dynamics in Gene Expression and Iomolecular Function
Ruben Gonzalez,
Professor,
Chemistry ,
Columbia University,
Tuesday, April 25th, 2017
4:00pm
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Special Biochemistry Seminar
Molybdenum Metabolism in Humans and Plants: From Atomic Structures to Patient Therapy
Ralf Mendel,
Prof. Dr.,
Institute for Plant Biology,
Technical University of Braunschweig,
Wednesday, April 26th, 2017
3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Physiological and Biochemical Mechanisms of Phenazine-Mediated Survival in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Nate Glasser,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Electroactive biofilms - key characteristics and applications
Korneel Rabaey,
Professor,
Department of Biochemical and Microbial Technology,
Ghent University,
4:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Universal avalanche statistics across 16 decades in length: From nanocrystals (and neurons) to earthquakes and stars
Karin Dahmen,
Professor,
Condensed Matter Physics,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm
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Special Chemistry Seminar
Electronic structure theory for excited state dynamics
Toru Shiozaki,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
Northwestern University,
Thursday, April 27th, 2017
12:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Rusty Lewis,
Graduate Student, Arnold Research Group,
CCE, Caltech,
Friday, April 28th, 2017
4:00pm
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BMB Seminar
Structural studies of a bacterial Atm1-type ABC exporter
Chengcheng Fan,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
A Possible Role for PCET in Nitrogen Fixation
Mr. Matthew Chalkley,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,