Institute Calendar
June 2008
Ongoing
Ongoing
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6/6
5:00pm
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6/3
5:00pm
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Sunday, June 1st, 2008
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, June 2nd, 2008
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
An Early Whiff of Oxygen? Emerging Isotopic Insights from the 2.5 Ga Mt. McRae Shale, Western Australia
Ariel D. Anbar,
associate professor,
department of chemistry and biochemistry and School of Earth and Space Exploration,
Arizona State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Aerobic Oxidative Amination Reactions Catalyzed by Pd and Cu
Shannon S. Stahl,
Moore Distinguished Scholar, Caltech, and professor of chemistry,
the University of Wisconsin—Madison,
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
10:00am
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11:00am
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Topic to be announced.
John Thomas,
Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory,
Salk Institute for Biological Studies,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
8:00am
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6/6
5:00pm
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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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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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Point Perturbation
Manwah (Lilian) Wong,
graduate student in mathematics,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Esko Keski-Vakkuri,
project leader in string theory and mathematical physics,
Helsinki University,
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
The South Pole Telescope: A Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Survey Instrument
Steve Padin,
senior scientist in astronomy and astrophysics,
the University of Chicago,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Joint Condensed Matter Physics and Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
The Quantum Spin Hall Effect and the Topological Magneto-Electric Effect
Shou-Cheng Zhang,
professor of physics,
Stanford University,
7:00pm
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8:30pm
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Thursday, June 5th, 2008
10:00am
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Biological Network Modeling Center Seminar
Rules of Engagement: Architecture, Robustness, and Evolvability
John Doyle,
Braun Professor of Control and Dynamical Systems, Electrical Engineering, and Bioengineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar - CANCELED
The Psychology of Common Value Auctions
Samuel McClure,
assistant professor of psychology,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
John Archibald Wheeler: Just Crazy Enough to be Right
Kip S. Thorne,
Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics,
Caltech,
Friday, June 6th, 2008
8:00am
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5:00pm
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8:00am
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5:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
The Effect of Turbulence on Fish Habitat Choices
Aline Cotel,
associate professor,
department of civil and environmental engineering,
University of Michigan,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
dS Minimum Without Anti-D3 Branes, Large Volume Axionic Inflation, (Non-)Supersymmetric Black Hole Attractors, and Swiss-Cheese Calabi Yau's
Aalok Misra,
International Center for Theoretical Physics, Italy,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Electron Tunneling through Organic Molecules in Frozen Glasses
Alec Durrell,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mixed-Signal, RF, and Microwave Seminar
The South Pole Telescope
Stephen Padin,
Project Manager for the South Pole Telescope,
University of Chicago,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Saturday, June 7th, 2008
8:00am
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6/10
5:00pm
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12:00pm
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4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Khodaverdian Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
12:30pm
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8:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Liu/Kasai Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm
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6:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Meliksetian Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm
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6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Davtyan Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm
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6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Meliksetian 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: Quan/Wong Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:30pm
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6:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Ekmekdjian/Mardirosian Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, June 8th, 2008
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
9:00am
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9:01am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Perceptual Learning, Adaptive Learning, and Learning Technology
Phil Kellman,
professor of cognitive psychology,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Nanoparticles as Proxies for Protein Redox Reactions
Michael Knapp,
assistant professor of chemistry,
University of Massachusetts,
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
10:00am
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12:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Dimensions and Dynamics in Cell Migration and Morphogenesis
Kenneth Yamada,
chief, Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Biology,
Craniofacial Developmental Biology and Regeneration Branch,
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
N=8 Supergravity in Light-Cone Superspace
Pierre Ramond,
professor of physics,
University of Florida,
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Babahekian Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
8:00am
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6/13
5:00pm
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10:00am
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5:00pm
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Silicon Nanowires and Silicon/Molecular Interfaces for Nanoscale Electronics
Bonnie Ann Sheriff,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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5:00pm
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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
Biomineralization Mechanisms in Corals and Forminifera in View of Ocean Acidification
Erez Jonathan,
professor of earth science ,
the Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Thursday, June 12th, 2008
10:00am
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Herbert Newby McCoy Award Seminar
Development of Enantioselective Organocatalytic Technologies for the Alpha-Functionalization of Aldehydes and Ketones
Teresa Beeson,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,