Institute Calendar
May 2007
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007
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10:00am
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Absolutely Continuous Spectral Measures of Analytic Quasiperiodic Operators
Svetlana Jitomirskaya,
prodessor of mathematics,
UC Irvine,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Regulation of Breast Cell Phenotype, Signaling, and Gene Expression by the Physical Properties of the Extracellular Matrix
Paolo P. Provenzano,
postdoctoral fellow,
department of pharmacology and biomedical engineering,
University of Wisconsin—Madison,
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
Processes Controlling the Long-Term Stability of Uranium in Contaminated Environments: The Role of Reactions at the Solid-Water Interface
Daniel Giammar,
assistant professor,
department of energy, environmental, and chemical engineering,
Washington University in St. Louis,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Topic to be announced.
Anneila Sargent,
Rosen Professor of Astronomy, Caltech,
and director,
Owens Valley Radio Observatory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Carbocation Cascades in the Biosynthesis of Polycyclic Natural Products
Dean J. Tantillo,
assistant professor of chemistry,
UC Davis,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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6:00pm
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8:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, May 17th, 2007
7:30am
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5:00pm
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8:00am
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5/18
8:00pm
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8:00am
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Ongoing
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10:00am
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:45pm
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2:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Hidden Dimensions in Protein Evolution: Stability, Robustness, and Evolvability
Jesse Bloom,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Silicon Nanowires for Biological Sensing and Thermoelectric Applications
Yuri Bunimovich,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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2:30pm
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3:30pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Designing Neuronal circuits for Statistical Inference and Discrimination Tasks
Charles Anderson,
research professor of neurobiology,
Washington University in St. Louis,
2:30pm
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3:30pm
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Thesis Seminar
Bistable [2]Rotaxane Based Molecular Electronics: Fundamentals and Applications
Jang Wook Choi,
graduate student in chemical engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Menagerie of Viruses: Diverse Chemical Sequences or Simple Electrostatics?
Murugappan Muthukumar,
Wilmer D. Barrett Professor,
Polymer Science and Engineering Department,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst,
4:00pm
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Civil Engineering Seminar
Development of Seismic Design Procedure for a Type of Bolted Moment Frames
Chia-Ming Uang,
professor and vice chair,
department of structural engineering,
UC San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Schnurri-2 Regulates the Generation of Effector and Memory Th1/Th2 Cells
Toshinori Nakayama,
department of immunology, graduate school of medicine,
Chiba University,
4:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Retrieving Molecular Biomarker Information from Precambrian Kerogens
Gordon Love,
assistant professor,
department of earth sciences,
UC Riverside,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Visualization of Quantum Phenomena
Wilson Ho,
Donald Bren professor of physics, astronomy, and chemistry,
University of California, Irvine,
9:00pm
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10:30pm
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9:00pm
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Friday, May 18th, 2007
8:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Polariton Condensation in CdTe Microcavities: From Theory to Practice
Francesca Marchetti,
Dr.,
Cavendish Laboratory,
University of Cambridge,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
"Science and Scientists of the Colorado River: My Observations and Thoughts on Management and Stewardship
Richard Wildman,
graduate student in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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1:30pm
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1:30pm
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Thesis Seminar
Ultra-dense Nano- and Molecular-Electronic Circuits
Jonathan E. Green,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy Studies of Atmospheric Reactions: Peroxynitrous Acid Formation and Alkoxy Radical Isomerization
Andrew K. Mollner,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Photoinduced Dihydrogen Production Catalyzed by Cobalt(II) Complexes in Acidic Solutions
Jillian Dempsey,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Kellogg Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Jens Erler,
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,
6:30pm
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8:30pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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5/19
8:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, May 19th, 2007
8:15am
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6:15pm
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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 20th, 2007
10:00am
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2:00pm
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12:30pm
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2:00pm
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2:45pm
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3:45pm
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