Institute Calendar
October 2006
Monday, October 9th, 2006
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
The Orbitofrontal Cortex, Impulsivity, and Borderline Personality Disorder
Heather Berlin,
Department of Psychiatry,
Mount Sinai School of Medicine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
A Look Under the Hood into the Earthquake Machine: New Results from the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth
William Ellsworth,
Earthquake Hazards Team,
USGS, Menlo Park, CA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Recent Results from the BaBar Experiment
Chih-hsiang Cheng,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
Caltech,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Transition from Quasi-Equilibrium to Non-Equilibrium Double Layer and Onset of Electroconvective Instability
8:30pm
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10:30pm
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Tuesday, October 10th, 2006
10:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Wednesday, October 11th, 2006
9:00am
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5:00pm
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
"Entropy of Orthogonal Polynomials: Some Results, Some Open Problems"
Andrei Martinez-Finkelshtein,
department of mathematics,
Universidad de Almeria, Spain,
12:00pm
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6:00pm
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On-Campus Filming: HBO's 12 Miles of Bad Road
Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
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
A Tale of Two Sludges: Metagenomic Analysis of Two Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal (EBPR) Sludge Communities
Phil Hugenholtz,
head,
Microbial Ecology Program DOE Joint Genome Institute,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Results from the Stardust Mission
Donald Brownlee,
professor of astronomy,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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7:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar
Exploring the Origin of Biological Homochirality: How Catalysis May Have Played a Role
Donna G. Blackmond,
Professor,
Department of Chemisty,
Imperial College,
6:00pm
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7:30pm
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7:00pm
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8:30pm
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National Coming-Out Week Keynote Event
Marriage Discrimination and Moral Values: Seeking Equality for Same-Sex Couples in the Courts, Politics, and Beyond
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, October 12th, 2006
10:00am
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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Highly Siderophile Element Solubility in Silicate Melts
Don Dingwell,
professor of earth and environmental science,
University of Munich,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Electric-Magnetic Duality in Gauge Theory: Overview and Recent Developments
Anton Kapustin,
associate professor of theoretical physics,
Caltech,
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
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Looking for Life in All the Strange Places, with All the Right Tools
Tim Krabach,
manager,
Life Detection Science and Technology Program,
JPL,
9:00pm
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10:30pm
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9:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, October 13th, 2006
8:00am
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5:00pm
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Mechanics of the Cytoskeleton and Cell Migration
Juan Lasheras,
professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics,
UC San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Novel π-Acid-Base Chemistry of Molybdenum
Michael Malarek,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Kellogg Seminar
Parity-Violating Electron Scattering and Strangeness in the Nucleon: Results from HAPPEX-II
Lisa Kaufman,
department of physics,
University of Massachusetts,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
The CloudSat Experimental Satellite 94 GHz High-Efficiency Radar Antenna
Aluizio Prata Jr.,
associate professor of electrical engineering and electrophysics,
University of Southern California,
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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6:00pm
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10/15
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
Looking for Life in All the Strange Places, with All the Right Tools
Tim Krabach,
manager,
Life Detection Science and Technology Program,
JPL ,
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, October 14th, 2006
9:00am
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11:00am
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10:00am
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Fox/MacMillan Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
11:00am
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2:00pm
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11:00am
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12:30pm
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1:00pm
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2:45pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Go Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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