Institute Calendar
February 2008
Friday, February 1st, 2008
9:00am
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12:00pm
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10:00am
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11:30am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Dynamical Supersymmetry Breaking in String Models
Jason Kumar,
assistant project scientist,
department of physics and astronomy,
UC Irvine,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Mesoscopic Modeling of the Mechanical Behavior of Biophysical Networks
Erik van der Giessen,
professor,
Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials,
University of Groningen,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Studies of Organolithium Reactivity Using Rapid-Injection NMR
Amanda Jones,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Caltech,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:30pm
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10:30pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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10:30pm
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11:59pm
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Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
12:00am
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6:00pm
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11:00am
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1:00pm
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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12:45pm
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1:45pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Tao/Wang Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Nazaryan Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:30pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
2:30pm
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4:30pm
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3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, February 4th, 2008
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Topic to be announced.
Misty Bentz,
postdoctoral scholar in astronomy,
UC Irvine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture
Quantitative studies of synthetic and endogenous control in bacteria
Terence Hwa,
professor of physics,
Center for Theoretical Biological Physics and department of physics,
UC San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Silicon Nanowire and Microwire Photovoltaic Devices
Michael Filler,
postdoctoral scholar in applied physics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Internally Advanced Cell Assembly Sequences in the Hippocampus: A Candidate Mechanism for Episodic Memory Recall
Gyorgy Buzsaki,
professor,
Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience,
Rutgers University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Biogeochemical Heterogeneity and Dynamics of the Seafloor as Revealed by 2-D Optical Sensors
Robert Aller,
professor,
Marine Sciences Research Center,
Stony Brook University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
After the Standard Model: Some Things We Might See at the LHC
Gustaaf Brooijmans,
assistant professor of physics,
Columbia University,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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8:30pm
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9:30pm
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Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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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
Black Holes of All Masses: New Results and Fundamental Correlations
Karl Gebhardt,
professor of astronomy,
The University of Texas,
3:45pm
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5:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar
Crucial Dynamical Phases in Solar System Formation
Alessandro Morbidelli,
Observatory of Nice, France,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Massive Black Holes: From Early Times to the Present
Marta Volonteri,
assistant professor of astronomy,
University of Michigan,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Using Zebrafish to Reveal Principles of Neural Circuit Function
David McLean,
postdoctoral scholar,
department of neurobiology and behavior,
Cornell University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Neutron Beta-DeCay and the Value of Vud
Bradley (Brad) Plaster,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
Kellogg Radiation Lab,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
8:00am
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12:00pm
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8:00am
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2/12
5:00pm
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10:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Lyapunov Exponents of Nonlinear Cocycles
Artur Avila,
Laboratoire de Probabilites et Modeles Aleatoires,
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique,
2:30pm
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4:00pm
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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
Stratospheric Dynamics, Ozone, and Climate Change
Theodore Shepherd,
professor of physics,
University of Toronto,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Connecting Galaxies, Halos, and Star Formation Rates Across Cosmic Time
Risa H. Wechsler,
assistant professor of physics,
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Chemoenzymatic Approaches for Chemical Glycobiology
Xi Chen,
assistant professor of chemistry,
UC Davis,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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