Institute Calendar
May 2006
Thursday, May 11th, 2006
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10:00pm
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Friday, May 12th, 2006
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Phase Transitions in Topological String Theory
Marcos Marino,
department of theoretical physics,
CERN,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Nigel R. Cooper,
department of physics,
University of Cambridge,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Biological Network Modeling Center Seminar
Developmental Dynamics of Arabidopsis Primordium Formation
Marcus Heisler,
postdoctoral scholar in biology,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Ultra-Sensative Absorption Measurements through Cavity-Enhanced Spectroscopy
Timothy McGarvey,
graduate student biochemistry and molecular biophysics,
2:30pm
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4:00pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar
Control and Communication: Noiseless Quantized Feedback on Linear Systems
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Linus Pauling Lectureship
The Structural Basis of Eukaryotic Gene Transcription
Roger D. Kornberg,
professor of structural biology,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
George Gallup in Hollywood
Susan Ohmer,
assistant professor of modern communication,
University of Notre Dame,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
Planetary Robotics: To Mars and Beyond
Dr. Ashley Stroupe,
staff engineer,
Mars Exploration Rovers Engineering Team,
JPL,
Brett Kennedy,
staff engineer,
JPL Robotic Hardware Group,
JPL,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:30pm
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9:00pm
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5/13
2:00am
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Saturday, May 13th, 2006
9:00am
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5:00pm
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12:45pm
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1:45pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, May 14th, 2006
1:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:30pm
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5:30pm
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3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, May 15th, 2006
8:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture
Transient Differentiation at the Single-Cell Level
Michael Elowitz,
assistant professor of biology and applied physics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Extrasolar Planets: A Rocky Start
Geoff Marcy,
professor of astronomy,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Neutrino Signatures of Supernova Turbulence
Alexander Friedland,
staff scientist,
Los Alamos National Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
DNA Interaction, Recognition, Aggregation, and Evolution of Life
Alexei A. Kornyshev,
professor of chemical physics,
department of chemistry,
Imperial College London,
8:30pm
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10:00pm
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10:00pm
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Tuesday, May 16th, 2006
10:00am
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12:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
A Look at Particulate Flows in Tribology, Nanomanufacturing, and Space
C. Fred Higgs, III,
assistant professor of mechanical engineering,
Carnegie Mellon,
3:30pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
Topic to be announced.
Raul Jimenez,
professor of physics and astronomy,
University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Far-from-Equilibrium Assembly of Soft Materials
David R. Reichman,
professor of chemistry,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
The Discovery Potential of the Higgs Boson at CMS in Four Lepton Final State
David Futyan,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
UC Riverside,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Analyzing Legislative Success in Latin America
Ernesto Calvo,
assistant professor of political science,
University of Houston,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, May 17th, 2006
7:30am
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5:00pm
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8:00am
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5:00pm
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8:30am
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12:00pm
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10:00am
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10:30am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Some Mathematical Issues behind Quasi-Static Evolution in Brittle Fracture
Christopher Larsen,
associate professor of mathematical sciences,
Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Do We Understand the Water Vapor Feedback on Climate Change?
Steven Sherwood,
associate professor of geology and geophysics,
Yale University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Mid-IR Spectroscopy of Infrared Luminous Galaxies at z~2
Lin Yan,
Spitzer Science Center,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Beckman Lecture
Applications of Chemical Synthesis to the Identification of New Antibiotics, Cancer Cell-Growth Inhibitors and Antiproliferative Pathways
Andrew G. Myers,
professor of chemistry,
Harvard University,