Events
May 2017
Monday, May 1st, 2017
1:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
"Characterization of the Nitrogenase Molybdenum-Iron Protein"
Christine Morrison,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Mechanistic and Electronic Structural Insights into the Metallobiochemistry of Nitrification
Kyle M. Lancaster,
Assistant Professor,
Chemistry and Chemical Biology,
Cornell University,
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2017
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Light, Electrons, Protons: Lessons from Model Systems and Potentials for Photocatalysis
Jahan Dawlaty,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA,
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017
8:00am
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5/9
5:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Boehringer-Ingelheim Symposium
Hydrophosphination of Strained Rings
Carl Busacca,
Dr., Ph.D.,
Chemical Development,
Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Boehringer-Ingelheim Symposium
Privileged Chiral Spiro Catalysts for Asymmetric Catalysis
Qi-Lin Zhou,
Professor of Chemistry,
Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry,
Nankai University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Observations and modeling of the atmospheric boundary layer and its impact on the general circulation
Gunilla Svensson,
Professor,
Department of Meteorology and Bolin Centre for Climate Research,
Stockholm University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Materials by Design: 3-Dimensional Nano-Architected Meta-Materials
Julia Greer,
Professor,
Materials Science and Mechanics,
Caltech,
Thursday, May 4th, 2017
1:30pm
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2:30pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
"What can we infer about the atmospheric composition within the South Coast Air Basin from remote sensing?"
Jacob Hedelius,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Structure and Function of the Mycobacterial Mechanosensitive Channel of Large Conductance (MscL).
Nadia Herrera,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Lessons from Translation: Engineering a Pro-Regenerative Immune Environment with Biomaterials
Jennifer Elisseeff,
Jules Stein Professor,
School of Medicine; Chemical and Biomedical Engineering; Translational Tissue Engineering Center,
Johns Hopkins University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Joint Biochemistry and Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Previously unrecognized mammalian Fe/S proteins are likely integral components of multiple and diverse metabolic and regulatory pathways in mammals
Tracey Rouault,
Head of the Molecular Medicine Program and the section on Human Iron Metabolism in the Intramural Program ,
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child and Human Development, National Institutes of Health (NIH),
National Institutes of Health,
Friday, May 5th, 2017
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
"Isoprene Oxidation Pathways and Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation Under Low-NO Conditions"
Kelvin Bates,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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4:45pm
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BMB Seminar
An allosteric theory of transcriptional regulation.
Griffin Chure,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Improving Specificity of Rhodium Metalloinstertors in Targeting DNA Mismatch Repair Deficient Cancer Cells
Ms. Stephanie Threatt,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, May 8th, 2017
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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PhD Seminar
Forces, Stresses, and the (Thermo?)Dynamics of Active Matter
Sho Takatori,
graduate student,
Chemical Engineering Department,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Catalytic Transformations with Bimetallic Cooperation
Neal Mankad,
Assistant Professor,
Chemistry,
University of Illinois at Chicago,
Tuesday, May 9th, 2017
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
"Studies in Palladium-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation: Enantioselective Total Syntheses of Structurally Diverse Alkaloids"
Beau Pritchett,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
SEMINAR POSTPONED
Daniel M. Neumark,
Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of California, Berkeley,
Wednesday, May 10th, 2017
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Prototyping Diverse Synthetic Biological Circuits in a Cell-Free Transcription-Translation System
Shaobin Guo,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Engineered Biofilter for Water Sustainability
Sanjay Mohanty,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Emerging Materials and Nanomanufacturing for Energy, Sustainability, and Critical Technology
Shenqiang Ren,
Associate Professor,
Mechanical Engineering,
Temple University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Leveraging Chemistry for Biology and Therapy: New Amination Strategies to Access Biologically Important Molecules
Qiu Wang,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Duke University,
Thursday, May 11th, 2017
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Shuai Wang,
Graduate Student, Hsieh-Wilson Research Group,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Biochemistry Seminar
Moving through intracellular phase space
Clifford Brangwynne,
Assistant Professor in Chemical and Biological Engineering,
The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering,
Princeton University,
Friday, May 12th, 2017
8:00am
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3:00pm
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PhD Seminar
Nonstoichiometric Oxides for Solar-Driven Thermochemical Fuel Production
Michael Ignatowich,
graduate student,
Chemical Engineering Department,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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4:45pm
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BMB Seminar
Histone-binding of DPF2 mediates its repressive role in myeloid differentiation.
Ferdinand Huber,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar--POSTPONED
The Mechanism of N-N Bond Cleavage in a Phosphine-Supported Fe-N2 Complex
Mr. Niklas Thompson,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, May 15th, 2017
9:00am
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9:00am
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4:00pm
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Special Bioengineering Seminar
Making Micro-Biology Interactive, Accessible, and Programmable: Biotic Games, Cloud labs, and Synthetic Cell-Cell Adhesion
Ingmar Riedel-Kruse,
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering,
Bioengineering,
Stanford University,
Tuesday, May 16th, 2017
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Two-Dimensional Spectroscopy of Molecular, Biological and Materials Dynamics
Graham R. Fleming,
Professor of Chemistry,
Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
University of California, Berkeley,
Wednesday, May 17th, 2017
4:00pm
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Bioengineering Lecture
On Growth and Form: From Macromolecular Assemblies to Multicellular Tissues
Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan,
Professor,
Departments of Physics and Organismic and Evolutionary Biology,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemistry Club Seminar
Transition Metal Signaling in the Brain and Beyond
Christopher Chang,
Professor,
University of California, Berkeley,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The global atmospheric loading of desert dust: Implications for climate and human health
Jasper Kok,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
TBD
Harry Atwater,
Professor,
Applied Physics and Materials Science,
Caltech,
Thursday, May 18th, 2017
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Annet Blom,
Graduate Student, Dougherty Research Group,
CCE, Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
How cells use chemistry and physics to break the bones that power their movement
Enrique M. De La Cruz,
Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry,
Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry,
Yale University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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POSTPONED | Chemical Engineering Seminar
This seminar will be rescheduled for a later date this fall.
Justin Hanes, Ph.D.,
Lewis J. Ort Professor of Ophthalmology; Director, The Center for Nanomedicine at the WIlmer Eye Institute,
School of Medicine,
Johns Hopkins University,
Friday, May 19th, 2017
8:00am
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2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
The Bag6 Complex: Achieving Biological Complexity through Modularity
Amanda Mock,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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4:45pm
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BMB Seminar
A compass for weak magnetic fields based on photolyase repair of thymine dimers
Theodore Zwang,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Mechanistic Studies of Nickel Catalyzed Asymmetric Alkyl-Alkyl Suzuki Couplings
Mr. Bradley Gorsline,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, May 22nd, 2017
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Biophysical Studies of Ligand-gated Ion Channels
Betty Wong,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bioengineering Lecture
**Has been Calnceled**
Alison Ondrus,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
Wednesday, May 24th, 2017
8:00am
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4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Methane in the Climate System: Monitoring Emissions from Satellites
Daniel J. Jacob,
Vasco McCoy Family Professor,
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Engineering,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Arbitrary and Reconfigurable Optics
David Miller,
Professor,
Electrical Engineering,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Women in Chemistry Seminar
Shake, Rattle & Roll: Capturing Snapshots of Metalloproteins in Action
Catherine Drennan,
Professor of Chemistry and Biology; HHMI Professor,
Department of Chemistry and Biology,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
Thursday, May 25th, 2017
8:00am
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Ongoing
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Rebekah Silva,
Graduate Student, Barton Research Group,
CCE, Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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EE Thesis Defense
Methods Advancing a Machine's Visual Awareness of People in Video
David Hall,
Ph.D. graduate student,
Electrical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Norman Davidson Lecture
Mechanisms in human DNA mismatch repair
Paul L. Modrich,
HHMI Investigator, and James B. Duke Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Biochemistry,
Duke University School of Medicine,
Friday, May 26th, 2017
9:00am
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10:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Fuels and Materials from Sunlight and Water
Bryan Hunter,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
10:00am
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11:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Covalent Functionalization of Metal-Oxide Surfaces with Non-Traditional Ligands
Carl Blumenfeld,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,