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Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
9:30am
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11:30am
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Spectral Gap in Adiabatic Quantum Computation
Mohammad Amin,
visiting scholar,
Institute for Quantum Information,
Caltech,
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
Galaxy Evolution over the Last Two-Thirds of Cosmic Time
Sandra Faber,
professor of astronomy and astrophysics,
UC Santa Cruz,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Gravitational Waves and Multimessenger Astrophysics
Szabolcs Marka,
assistant professor of physics,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Nicotinic Control of Glutamate Synapse Formation
Darwin Berg,
professor of biology,
UC San Diego,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
8:00am
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12/12
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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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Holography and Dynamical Critical Phenomena
Michael Mulligan,
graduate student in physics,
Stanford University,
Thursday, December 11th, 2008
10:00am
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1:00pm
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10:30am
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11:30am
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Thesis Seminar
In Vivo Incorporation of Multiple Unnatural Amino Acids
Erik Rodriguez,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Structure and Inhibition of Enzymes that Assemble Lipopolysaccharide Endotoxins: Potent Bacterial Activators of Innate Immunity
Christian Raetz,
professor of biochemistry,
Duke University,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Experimental Evidence for Mass-Independent Fractionation of Sulfur Isotopes Without UV-Photolysis (or Glow Discharge)
Pierre Cartigny,
professor,
Laboratory of Stable Isotope Geochemistry,
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris,
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
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Dark Energy and the Expansion of the Universe
Friday, December 12th, 2008
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
Weyl Invariance and the Origins of Mass
Andrew Waldron,
professor of mathematics,
UC Davis,
11:00am
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Mohamed Mostagir,
graduate student in humanities and social sciences,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Engineering Cyanovirin-N for Enhanced Viral Neutralization
Jennifer Keeffe,
graduate student in biochemistry and molecular biophysics,
Caltech,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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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)
Dark Energy and the Expansion of the Universe
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, December 13th, 2008
8:00am
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6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Essavi Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
1:30pm
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6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Pogosyan Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Sunday, December 14th, 2008
2:00pm
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5:00pm
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Skeptics Society Lecture
Black Holes Sing: Black Holes, Their Orbits and Gravitational Waves
Dr. Janna Levin,
theoretical physicist,
Barnard College of Columbia University,
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, December 15th, 2008
6:00am
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11:00pm
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8:00am
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12:00pm
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9:00am
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5:30pm
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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
TRAPHIC—Radiative Transfer for Large Hydrodynamical Simulation of Cosmic Reionization
Andreas Pawlik,
Leiden Observatory,
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
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
H-alpha Imaging Surveys of Galaxies: Star Formation Near and Far
Janice Lee,
Carnegie Observatories,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Aging and Mitochondrial DNA Mutations
Konstantin Khrapko,
associate professor of gerontology,
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,
Harvard University,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
9:00am
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9:01am
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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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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Synthesis and Applications of Conducting Polymer Nanofibers
Richard B. Kaner,
professor of biochemistry,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Natural Product Biosynthesis: Friend or Foe? From the Activation of "Silent Pathways" to Disease Causation
Coran M. H. Watanabe,
professor of chemistry,
Texas A&M University,
Thursday, December 18th, 2008
6:00am
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Friday, December 19th, 2008
7:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:30pm
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Saturday, December 20th, 2008
11:00am
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4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Kiramijyan Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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1:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Shakhbandaryan Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
1:30pm
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3:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Parseghian Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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10:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Lee/Bone Party
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Sunday, December 21st, 2008
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:00pm
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6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Yessayan/Abrahamian Party
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