Institute Calendar
April 2007
Saturday, April 21st, 2007
8:00am
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5:00pm
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8:00am
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5:00pm
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11:00am
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3:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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12:45pm
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1:45pm
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2:00pm
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6:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, April 22nd, 2007
8:00am
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12:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Hovakimyan Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00am
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1:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Tran Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
12:30pm
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2:00pm
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1:00pm
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5:00pm
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2:45pm
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3:45pm
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3:30pm
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5:30pm
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3:45pm
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4:45pm
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Monday, April 23rd, 2007
7:30am
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5:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium
Commercializing Advances in Nanotechnology: Challenges and Opportunities
Chad Mirkin,
professor of chemistry,
Northwestern University,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Solving Molecular Recognition Problems with Evolvable Peptide Motifs
Ryan Austin,
graduate student,
Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
The Gaugephobic Higgs
John Terning,
associate professor of physics,
UC Davis,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Bioinorganic Chemistry of Titanium in Medicine and the Environment
Ann M. Valentine,
assistant professor of inorganic and biophysical chemistry,
Yale University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium
The "Antisense" Nanoparticle
Chad Mirkin,
professor of chemistry,
Northwestern University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Biology Seminar
Deciphering the Reciprocal Molecular Dialogue of Beneficial Animal-Bacteria Symbiosis
Margaret McFall-Ngai,
professor of medical microbiology and immunology,
University of Wisconsin—Madison,
8:30pm
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10:00pm
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Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
7:30am
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12:00pm
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Toward Photonic Crystal Quantum Circuit Boards and Networks
Durdu Guney,
graduate student in electrical and computer engineering,
UCSD,
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.
Chris Kochanek,
professor of astronomy,
Ohio State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Structures, Energetics, and Reaction Dynamics of Neutrals and Ions by High-Resolution Photoionization and Photoelectron Methods
Cheuk-Yiu Ng,
professor of physical chemistry and chemical physics,
UC Davis,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Chris Beyrer,
professor of epidemiology,
School of Public Health,
Johns Hopkins University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
The Design, Synthesis, and Evolution of Macrocyclic mRNA Display Libraries Containing Unnatural Amino Acids
Steven W. Millward,
graduate student in biochemistry and molecular biophysics,
Caltech,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
7:30am
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12:00pm
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8:00am
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Ongoing
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10:00am
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11:00am
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Thesis Seminar
Crosstalk between Cell-Cell Contact Proteins and Soluble Factors in the Cellular Microenvironment
Nicholas Graham,
graduate student in chemical engineering,
Caltech,
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
Breaking the Duality in the Return Times Theorem
Ciprian Demeter,
assistant professor of mathematics,
UCLA,
3:00pm
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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
Minerals, Microbes, and Contaminants: The Wonderful World of Iron Redox Chemistry
Michelle Scherer,
associate professor of environmental engineering,
The University of Iowa,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Science Highlights from the ACS Virgo Cluster Survey
Patrick Côté,
senior research officer,
Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
From Mechanisms to Functions: Plasticity of Somatosensory Representations
Dr. Tansu Celikel,
department of cell physiology,
Max-Planck-Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar
A Single Pixel Camera Based on Compressive Sensing
Kevin F. Kelly,
assistant professor of electrical engineering,
department of electrical and computer engineering,
Rice University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mini-Kliegel Lecture
Assessment of Earthquake Collapse Performance and Implications on Building Design
Gregory Deierlein,
professor of structural engineering and geomechanics,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Protein Semisynthesis
Professor Tom W. Muir,
Laboratory of Synthetic Protein Chemistry,
The Rockefeller University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Presentation on Nutrition, Fitness, and Body Image
Loreto Jackson,
director of student-athlete performance,
Clemson University,
7:00pm
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9:30pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, April 26th, 2007
10:00am
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1:00pm
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10:00am
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3:00pm
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10:00am
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4/27
11:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
See event detail for location
Engineered Gene Circuits
Jeff Hasty,
associate professor of bioengineering,
UC San Diego,
11:00am
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12:30pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Biological Network Modeling Center Seminar
Biological and Imaging Approaches to Understanding Plant Cell Growth
Adrienne Roeder,
postdoctoral scholar in biology,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Designing Genetic Systems to Program Bacteria
Chris Voigt,
department of pharmaceutical chemistry,
UC San Francisco,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Trace Metal Geochemistry in Oxygen Minimum Zone
Jim Moffett,
professor of biological sciences,
USC,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
Advanced Packaging Technology Solutions for RF System Miniaturization
Telesphor Kamgaing,
Intel Corporation,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
First Oscillation Results From MiniBooNE
Morgan Wascko,
lecturer,
high energy physics department,
Imperial College London,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Identification and Estimation of Triangular Simultaneous Equations Models without Additivity
Whitney Newey,
professor of econometrics,
MIT,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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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, April 27th, 2007
8:00am
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5:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Energy Efficiency and Greenhouse Gas Considerations of Alternative Fuels
Alec Brooks,
EeroVironment, Inc,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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5:00pm
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