Institute Calendar
February 2006
Wednesday, February 8th, 2006
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2006
9:00am
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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
Solutions of One-Dimensional Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation with Polynomial Growth of Sobolev Norms
Vadim Kaloshin,
associate professor of mathematics,
Caltech,
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
Vesicle-Mediated Signal Trafficking in Prokaryotes
Marvin Whiteley,
Assistant Professor Periodontics,
Department of Microbiology and Immunology,
The University of Oklahoma Health Science Center,
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
Synthesis of Disease Relevant Natural Products; Tetracycline and Garsubellin A
Dionicio R. Siegel,
Dr.,
Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry,
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center,
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, February 9th, 2006
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Role, Kinematics, and Long-Term Seismic Behavior of the Yammoûneh Fault, the Main On-Land Strand of the Lebanese Restraining Bend (Levant Fault)
Mathieu Daëron,
Geological and Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar
From Nodes to Networks: Exploiting Autocorrelation to Improve Statistical Models of Relational Data
Jennifer Neville,
PhD Candidate,
Computer Science,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Historical Fragments Collected for You
Valentine Telegdi,
Visiting Associate,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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W.N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering (General)
Toward Prediction and Design of Cellular Dynamics
James C. Liao,
Professor,
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,
University of California at Los Angeles,
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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9:30pm
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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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9:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, February 10th, 2006
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Tachyons and Smooth Solutions in the D1-D5 String
Simon Ross,
University of Durham,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Information Science and Technology Seminar
Network Coding Theory and Network Error Correction
Raymond Yeung,
Professor,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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ESE and Society Discussion Group
Proposition 65: Why is California Covered with Warning Signs?
Laurine Tuleya,
South Coast Air Quality Management District Hearing Board,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:30pm
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4:00pm
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Mathematics of Information Seminar
Graph Decompositions, Metric Geometry, and Approximation Algorithms
3:00pm
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5:30pm
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3:00pm
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5:30pm
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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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RF and Microwave Seminar
Research Efforts of Monolithic Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Integrated Circuits at National Taiwan University
Huei Wang,
Professor,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Graduate Institute of Communication Engineering,
National Taiwan University,
7:30pm
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10:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:30pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, February 11th, 2006
9:30am
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12:30pm
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9:30am
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12:30pm
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10:00am
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11:30am
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10:00am
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5:00pm
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11:00am
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8:00pm
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11:00am
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8:00pm
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12:45pm
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1:45pm
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1:00pm
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3:30pm
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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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Sunday, February 12th, 2006
11:00am
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12:30pm
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Skeptics Society Lecture
Warped Passages: Unveiling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions
Dr. Lisa Randall,
professor of physics,
Harvard University,
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, February 13th, 2006
11:00am
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Voltage-Dependent Hydration and Conduction Properties of the Hydrophobic Pore of the MscS Channel
Steven A. Spronk,
Graduate Student,
Department of Chemistry,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Catalytic Bond Forming Reactions with Iron: The Importance of Electronic Structure?
Paul J. Chirik,
Assistant Professor,
Chemistry,
Cornell University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium
Voltage Dependent Potassium Channels
Rod MacKinnon,
HHMI Investigator, 2003 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry,
Molecular Biology and Biophysics,
Rockefeller University,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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8:30pm
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10:00pm
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Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
9:30am
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10:30am
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium
Principles of Selectivity in Ion Channels
Rod MacKinnon,
HHMI Investigator, 2003 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics,
Rockefeller University,
10:00am
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1:30pm
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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10:00am
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11:30am
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12:00pm
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2:30pm
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5:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Failure Thresholds for a Fault-Tolerant Two-Dimensional Lattice Architecture
Krysta Svore,
Computer Science,
Columbia University,
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
HST STIS Observations of the Triple Nucleus of M31: Two Nested Disks in Keplerian Rotation around a Supermassive Black Hole
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Addressing the Cellular and Molecular Complexity of the Mammalian Brain
Nathaniel Heintz,
Dr.,
The Rockefeller University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Recent Theoretical Results in B Physics
Yuval Grossman,
Professor,
Physics,
Haifa University- Technion,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Heterocycle-Opening Reactions Mediated by Zirconium Imido Complexes
Suzanne A. Blum,
Dr.,
Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology,
Harvard Medical School,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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