Institute Calendar
March 2008
Saturday, March 15th, 2008
11:30am
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5:00pm
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Wong/Kong Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
12:45pm
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1:45pm
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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6:30pm
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7:30pm
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
8:00am
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3/19
5:00pm
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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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Astronomy Tea Talk
Cosmological Parameters from Cosmic Shear—Optimization of Data Vectors and Covariances
Tim Eifler,
graduate student in cosmology,
Argelander-Institut für Astronomie, Bonn, Germany,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture
Integrins and Large-Scale Conformational Change in Signal Transmission Across Membranes
Timothy A. Springer,
professor of pathology,
CBR Institute for Biomedical Research,
Harvard Medical School,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
On the Nature of Abstraction
Robert Irwin,
environmental artist and sculptor,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Colored Resonances at the Tevatron: Phenomenology and Discovery Potential in Multijets
Can Kilic,
postdoctoral fellow in theoretical particle physics,
Johns Hopkins University,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
10:00am
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11:45pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar
Systems Biophysics and Information Processing in Biological Networks
Ilya Nemenman,
technical staff member,
Computer, Computational, and Statistical Sciences Division and Center for Nonlinear Studies,
Los Alamos National Laboratory,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
The Quantum Cost of a Nonlocal Measurement
William Wootters,
professor of physics,
Williams College,
3:45pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
The Formation of Neural Circuits and Behavior in Songbirds
Tim Gardner,
postdoctoral fellow in brain and cognitive science,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Luminescent Metal-Based Molecular Materials—From Fundamentals to Functions
Vivian Wing-Wah Yam,
professor of chemistry,
University of Hong Kong,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
8:00am
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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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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Metal-Catalyzed Oxidation Reactions for Organic Synthesis
Matthew S. Sigman,
associate professor of chemistry,
University of Utah,
7:00pm
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8:30pm
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
8:00am
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3/30
5:00pm
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9:00am
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3/21
5:00pm
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10:00am
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1:00pm
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11:30am
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1:30pm
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Information Session: University of Redlands Bachelor of Science in Business Program
See event detail for location
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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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
Clues to Structure Formation from the Intergalactic Medium to Supermassive Black Holes
Juna Kollmeier,
Carnegie-Princeton Hubble Fellow,
Observatories of the Carnegie Institute of Washington,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
Empathy: A Neurophenomenological Approach
Evan Thompson,
professor of philosophy,
University of Toronto,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
L1 Retrotransposition in the Nervous System
Alysson Muotri,
research associate in genetics,
Salk Institute for Biological Studies,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Enceladus: The Newest Wrinkle from Saturn's Tiger-Striped Moon
Friday, March 21st, 2008
10:00am
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11:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Dam Thanh Son,
professor of nuclear theory,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Bisacetoxylation and Allylic Acetoxylation of Olefins: Promoting Effects of a Nitrogen-Based Ligand
Bolin Lin,
graduate student in chemistry,
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
Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
Enceladus: The Newest Wrinkle from Saturn's Tiger-Striped Moon
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
9:30am
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12:30pm
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2:30pm
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Seo/Goforth Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: McDonald/Bailey Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
11:00am
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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6:00pm
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6:30pm
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3/24
2:00am
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
11:00am
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2:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Obscuration and Clustering of AGN in the 9 Square Degree Bootes Survey
Ryan Hickox,
postdoctoral fellow in high energy astrophysics,
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Visual Working Memory and Distributed Cortical Processing
Charles Gray,
professor of biomedical sciences,
Center for Computational Biology,
Montana State University,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
10:00am
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11:45pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Toward a New Science of Connectomics
Sebastian Seung,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Nuclear Reprogramming by Eggs and Oocytes
Sir John Gurdon,
professor and chairman,
Institute of Cancer and Developmental Biology,
Cambridge University,
7:30pm
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10:30pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
9:00am
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9:01am
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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11:45am
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1:00pm
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CMA Presents "Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Power, and Climate Change: Options and Opportunities for the Next Administration"
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Victor Reis,
Senior Advisor,
Office of the Secretary,
U. S. Department of Energy,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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