Institute Calendar
October 2008
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Long-Term Changes in the Southern Ocean Carbon Dioxide Sink
Nicole Lovenduski,
postdoctoral research fellow in atmospheric science,
Colorado State University,
4:00pm
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6:00pm
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6:30pm
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8:00pm
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6:30pm
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7:30pm
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8:00pm
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8:00pm
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Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
8:00am
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12:00pm
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9:00am
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10:00am
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10:00am
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1:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
The Neuroeconomics of Risky Choice: From Parameters to Strategies
Scott Huettel,
associate professor of psychology and neuroscience,
Center for Cognitive Neuroscience,
Duke University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
A Photo Retrospective of the Department Field Trip to Taiwan
Steve Kidder,
graduate student in geological and planetary sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Microscopic Gravity
Georgi Dvali,
professor of physics,
CERN and New York University,
6:00pm
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8:00pm
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8:30pm
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10:30pm
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Friday, October 3rd, 2008
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
What Is the Simplest Quantum Field Theory?
Jared Kaplan,
Harvard University and the Institute for Advanced Study,
11:00am
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1:30pm
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General Biology Seminar
The Chemical Biology of Sphingosine-1-Phosphase Signaling
Hugh Rosen,
professor of chemical physiology,
Scripps Research Institute,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Wave-Based Techniques for Structural Health Monitoring and the Analysis of Periodic Structures
Massimo Ruzzene,
professor of aerospace engineering,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Ruthenium and Rhodium-Catalyzed Atom Economical Reactions
Andrew McClory,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:20pm
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5:20pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, October 4th, 2008
11:00am
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4:00pm
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Girl Scout Event on Campus: McCallin Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:30pm
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4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Negrete Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:30pm
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Balcazar Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00pm
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10/5
12:00am
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11:00pm
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Sunday, October 5th, 2008
10:00am
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11:00am
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11:00am
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12:30pm
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2:00pm
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2:00pm
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11:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Rosedale/Enney Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:30pm
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7:30pm
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Engagement Photography on Campus: Hwang/Chun Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Monday, October 6th, 2008
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Learning Sparse Representations to Restore, Classify, and Sense Images and Videos
4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Recent Science Results from the Mars Exploration Rover Mission
Steven W. Squyres,
Goldwin Smith Professor of Astronomy,
Cornell University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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KNI-MDL Seminar
The Physics of Sub-Wavelength Semiconductor Lasers
Oskar Painter,
associate professor of applied physics,
Caltech,
Siamak Forouhar,
Microdevices Laboratory,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
4:00pm
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Merck Lecture
Synthesis of Marine Polyketides as Promising Anticancer Agents
Ian Paterson,
professor of chemistry,
University of Cambridge,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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8:30pm
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9:45pm
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10:45pm
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Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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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
What We Can Learn about the Formation and Evolution of Galaxies at Very Early Times from Current Observations
Rychard Bouwens,
UCO / Lick Observatory,
UC Santa Cruz,
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
The Economics and Psychology of Inequality and Human Development
James J. Heckman,
Nobel laureate in economics and the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor in Economics,
the University of Chicago,
4:15pm
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6:15pm
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Physics and Geometry Seminar
Formality Theorems for Hochschild Complexes
Vasiliy Dolgushev,
assistant professor of mathematics,
UC Riverside,
6:00pm
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8:00pm
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7:30pm
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
8:30am
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Thesis Seminar
Discovery of Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase Mutants for the Incorporation of Non-Canonical Amino Acids Into Proteins
Ismet Caglar Tanrikulu,
graduate student in biochemistry and molecular biophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
A Simple Model of Subtropical Stratocumulus Cloud Feedbacks
Peter Caldwell,
postdoctoral researcher,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Imaging of Single Organic Molecules in Motion
Eiichi Nakamura,
professor of chemistry,
University of Tokyo,
4:30pm
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5:00pm
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6:30pm
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Thursday, October 9th, 2008
8:00am
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5:00pm
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9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
The Low Energy-Use Design for the Building and Its Associated Laboratories
Eric Soladay,
Lead MEP (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) Engineer for the Robinson building redesign,
Rumsey Engineering,
10:00am
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1:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Ultrafiltration of Macromolecules through a Nanopore
Chi Wu,
professor of chemistry,
the Chinese University of Hong Kong,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
The Insoluble Organic Matter in Carbonaceous Chondrites: A Probe to Study the Processes in the Early Solar System
Laurent Remusat,
postdoctoral scholar in geological and planetary sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Dark Matters
Jonathan Feng,
professor of physics and astronomy, and Chancellor's Fellow,
UC Irvine,