Institute Calendar
February 2005
Tuesday, February 8th, 2005
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Nonlinear Internal Wave Beams
Triantaphyllos Akylas,
Professor,
Mechanical Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Controlling and Understanding Complex Biochemical Reaction Networks In Space and Time Using Microfluidics
Rustem Ismagilov,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Chicago,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Prions: One Surprise After Another
Susan L. Lindquist,
Professor,
Whitehead Institute,
Professor of Biology, MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Assessing Legislative Accomplishment in the U.S., 1877 to 1944
John Lapinski,
Yale University,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, February 9th, 2005
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
Continuity of the Lyapunov Exponent for Analytic Quasiperiodic Cocycles
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Antibiotics in Biological Control: Not Just for Competition Anymore!
Leland (Sandy) Pierson III,
Professor & Division Chair,
Department of Plant Sciences,
University of Arizona,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Cosmic Background Imager Total Intensity and Polarization Observations of the Microwave Background (2000-2004)
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
The Evolution and Evolvability of Culture
Kim Sterelny,
The Australian National University,
5:00pm
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7:30pm
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7:30pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, February 10th, 2005
10:00am
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech Biotechnology Club Speaker
Systems Biology and the Future of Biotechnology and Medicine
Leroy Hood,
Dr.,
Institute for Systems Biology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Pattern Formation in Developing Epithelial Layers
Stanislav Shvartsman,
Professor,
department of chemical engineering,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Terranes and the Mesozoic Accretionary History of Western Mexico
Elena García,
Professor,
Departamento de Geoquímica,
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Fluctuations near Bifurcations in Non-Equilibrium Systems
Guenter Ahlers,
Professor of Physics,
Dept. of Physics,
University of California, Santa Barbara,
5:00pm
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5:15pm
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9:00pm
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7:30pm
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8:00pm
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9:30pm
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11:00pm
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Friday, February 11th, 2005
8:00am
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2/12
5:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
The One-Loop Partition Function of N=4 SYM
Marcus Spradlin,
UC Santa Barbara,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:30pm
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3:30pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
The Mechanism of Olefin Oxidation by Pd(II) Chloride Confirming the Mechanistic Chloride Dependence in the Wacker Process
John Keith,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:30pm
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5:00pm
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History and Philosophy of Science Seminar
Ernst Mayr's Identification of Typology as the Enemy of Darwin: an Exercise in Metahistory
Mary P. Winsor,
Professor Emeritus, Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology,
University of Toronto,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Molecular Oxygen, Hydrogen Peroxide and Oxidation Reactions Catalyzed by Polyoxometalates
Ronny Neumann,
Rebecca and Israel Sieff Professor of Organic Chemistry,
Organic Chemistry,
Weizmann Institute of Science,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:30pm
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Saturday, February 12th, 2005
9:00am
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12:00pm
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9:30am
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11:00am
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9:30am
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11:00am
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10:30am
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3:30pm
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11:00am
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3:00pm
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12:00pm
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7:00pm
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12:45pm
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1:45pm
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3:30pm
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5:00pm
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5:00pm
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7:00pm
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7:30pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, February 13th, 2005
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, February 14th, 2005
9:00am
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4:00pm
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11:30am
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1:30pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:30pm
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5:30pm
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2:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Giant Planetary Collisions and the Origin of the Earth and Moon
Robin Canup,
Assistant Director,
Department of Space Studies,
Southwest Research Institute,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Stability and the Null Energy Condition
Roman Buniy,
University of Oregon,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Tsunami Prediction System Based on an Innovative Global Ocean-Bottom-Pressure Wave Model.
5:15pm
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6:15pm
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8:00pm
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9:30pm
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10:00pm
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11:59pm
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Tuesday, February 15th, 2005
10:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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