Institute Calendar
April 2009
Thursday, April 9th, 2009
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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MD/PhD Seminar
Selective Regulation of Pro-inflammatory Genes by CpG Islands and Nucleosome Remodeling
Steve Smale,
Department of Molecular Biology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Tunneling Spectroscopy with Extraordinary Energy Resolution: The Discovery of a New Quasiparticle
Raymond Ashoori,
professor of physics,
MIT,
5:00pm
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6:30pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Friday, April 10th, 2009
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
On the UV properties of Pohlmeyer-reduced string theory in AdS_5 x S^5
Radu Roiban,
assistant professor of physics,
the Pennsylvania State University,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Holographic Gauge Mediation
Sebastian Franco,
Kavli Insitute for Theoretical Physics,
UC Santa Barbara,
3:00pm
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6:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Type Zero Copper Proteins
Kyle Lancaster,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
Nanodiamond-Based Therapeutic Delivery Agents For Cancer Treatment
Dean Ho,
assistant professor,
departments of biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering ,
Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science,
4:00pm
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7:00pm
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5:00pm
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6:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Saturday, April 11th, 2009
9:30am
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12:30pm
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Sunday, April 12th, 2009
10:00am
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11:00am
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Monday, April 13th, 2009
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
A Dual Characterization of Length Spaces with Applications to Dirichlet Metrics
Peter Stollmann,
professor of mathematics,
Technische Universitaet Chemnitz,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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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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Astronomy Tea Talk
Topic to be announced.
Mayank Vahia,
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
The Role of Basal Ganglia-Forebrain Circuits for Vocal Learning
Michale Fee,
associate professor of computational and systems neuroscience ,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Unifying Themes of Exploring Planets Near and Far
Yuk Yung,
professor of planetary science,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Searching for New Physics at the Tevatron
Monica D'Onofrio,
University of Barcelona,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Mechanistic Studies of Oxidative Halophenol Dehalogenation by Heme-Containing Enzymes
John H. Dawson,
professor of chemistry and biochemistry,
University of South Carolina,
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
9:30am
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11:30am
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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
Toward Alien Horizons: The Study of Exoplanet Atmospheres through Transit Spectroscopy
Angelle Tanner,
JPL,
3:45pm
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5:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar
NASA Desert RATS: Preparing for Our Return to The Moon
James Rice,
Arizona State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Control of DNA Repair by Photolyase
Dongping Zhong,
associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry,
the Ohio State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
The Truth, the Standard Model Truth, and Nothing but the Truth?
Charles Plager,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium
Single-Molecule Optical Spectroscopy and Imaging: From Early Steps to Recent Advances
W.E. Moerner,
professor of chemistry,
Stanford University,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
10:00am
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12:00pm
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12:15pm
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2:00pm
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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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Astronomy Colloquium
Modeling the Origins of the Hubble Sequence
Andrew Benson,
senior research fellow in theoretical cosmology,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Composition and Chemical Aging in Atmospheric Secondary Organic Aerosols
Sergey Nizkorodov,
professor of chemistry,
UC Irvine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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John D. Roberts Lecture
Structure-Based Design of Nonpeptidic Enzyme Inhibitors: A Powerful Tool in a Multi-Dimensional Approach Towards Molecular Recognition
Francois Diederich,
professor of organic chemistry,
ETH Zurich,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Grain Boundaries in Solid Electrolytes: A Short-circuit or an Open-circuit?
Sangtae Kim,
associate professor,
chemical engineering and materials science,
UC Davis,
5:30pm
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6:30pm
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5:30pm
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6:30pm
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6:30pm
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7:30pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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8:00pm
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9:00pm
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Thursday, April 16th, 2009
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Potential of Fission and Fusion for Meeting Energy Demands
Paul Bellan,
professor of applied physics,
Caltech,
10:00am
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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4:00am
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Glass Cages for Catching Light
Philip Russell,
director,
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
Aversive Processing in the Human Striatum
Mauricio Delgado,
assistant professor of psychology,
Rutgers University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Partial Melting, Metamorphism, and Deformation in a Collapsed Orogenic Plateau
Stacia Gordon,
postdoctoral scholar in Earth sciences,
UC Santa Barbara,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Alkene Metathesis in Metal Coordination Spheres: The Quest for Molecular Gyroscopes
John Gladysz,
professor of chemistry,
Texas A&M University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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MD/PhD Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Kathrin Plath,
department of biological chemistry, Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Harmony of Scattering Amplitudes: From Quantum Chromodynamics to Gravity
Zvi Bern,
professor of physics,
UCLA,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Rainbows, Red Sunsets, and Rocket Science Revisited
David J. Diner,
MISR principal investigator,
JPL,
Friday, April 17th, 2009
8:00am
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5:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Non-relativistic M2-brane Gauge Theory
Yu Nakayama,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
UC Berkeley,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
A Multiple C-H Activation Approach to Iridium-Catalyzed Oxidations
Matt Whited,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
12:30pm
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2:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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2:15pm
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3:15pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Catalytic Organometallic Carbon-Heteroatom Bond Formation
John F. Hartwig,
professor of chemistry,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Physics of Aero-Optical Effects
Stanislav Gordeyev,
research assistant professor,
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering,
University of Notre Dame,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar—cancelled
Gretchen Keller,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:40pm
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5:40pm
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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)
Rainbows, Red Sunsets, and Rocket Science Revisited
David J. Diner,
MISR principal investigator,
JPL,