Institute Calendar
February 2009
Sunday, February 1st, 2009
3:30pm
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6:15pm
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Monday, February 2nd, 2009
4:00pm
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4:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Optofluidics for Biomolecular Analysis
David Erickson,
assistant professor,
Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
Cornell University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Superconductor Insulator Transition in Thin Films Driven by an Orbital Parallel Magnetic Field Effect
Dganit Meidan,
graduate student in condensed matter physics,
Weizmann Institute of Science,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Ice Sheets in a Warming Climate: What Is Going On?
Eric Rignot,
professor of Earth system science, UC Irvine, and senior research scientist,
JPL,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
9:30am
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11:30am
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
The Fascinating Behavior of Water at Hydrophobic Surfaces
Geraldine L. Richmond,
professor of chemistry,
University of Oregon, Eugene,
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
Life Cycles of Star Clusters
Mike Fall,
Space Telescope Science Institute,
3:30pm
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4:30pm
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3:45pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Confronting the White Elephant: Upsilon Physics at the Babar B-Factory
Stephen Sekula,
postdoctoral scientist in physics,
Ohio State University and Stanford Linear Accelerator Center,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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4:00pm
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering
Self-Assembly of Dipolar Particles: Designing Smart Materials Using Computer Simulation (technical lecture)
Carol K. Hall,
professor of chemical engineering,
North Carolina State University,
4:45pm
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6:00pm
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CMA Presents "Dealing with the Most Difficult Diseases"
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
David Baltimore,
Robert A. Millikan Professor of Biology,
Caltech,
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
8:00am
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2/10
5:00pm
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:30pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
A Criterion for Purely Absolutely Continuous Measures on Homogeneous Sets
Maxim Zinchenko,
Harry Bateman Research Instructor in Mathematics,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The Structure and Evolution of Obscured Quasars
Nadia Zakamska,
Institute for Advanced Study,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Wave in the Tropical Atmosphere: A New Theory of the Madden Julian Oscillation
Andrew Ingersoll,
Earle C. Anthony Professor of Planetary Science,
Caltech,
6:30pm
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7:30pm
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7:30pm
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8:00pm
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9:00pm
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Thursday, February 5th, 2009
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Can Climate Policy Making Learn from Air Pollution Policy Making? The Experience in Europe and the Enhanced Role of Science
Frank Raes,
head of the climate change unit,
Joint Research Center, European Commission in Ispra, Italy,
Institute for Environment and Sustainability,
10:00am
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
3-D Ocean: What Can Fe, Cd, and Zn Stable Isotopes Tell Us about Marine Biogeochemistry?
Seth John,
postdoctoral scholar in geochemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Laser-Polarized Noble Gases: A Powerful Probe for Biology, Medicine, and Subatomic Physics
Gordon D. Cates Jr.,
professor of physics,
University of Virginia,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering
Thermodynamic and Kinetic Origins of Alzheimer's and Related Diseases: A Chemical Engineer's Perspective (general lecture)
Carol K. Hall,
professor of chemical engineering,
North Carolina State University,
4:30pm
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6:30pm
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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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Veritas Forum at Caltech
The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief
Francis Collins,
9:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, February 6th, 2009
10:00am
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11:30am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Target Space Duality in Curved Backgrounds
Volker Schomerus,
professor of string theory,
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Quantum Valley Hall Effect in Graphene
Ivar Martin,
Los Alamos National Laboratory,
1:30pm
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2:30pm
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Thesis Defense
Water Quality Implications of Changing Surface Water Levels at Lake Powell, Utah and Arizona, and Groundwater Levels at the Mercer River, Central California, USA
Rich Wildman,
graduate students in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
The Virtual Heart: A Hierarchical Continuum Approach towards Computational Cardiology
Ellen Kuhl,
assistant professor of mechanical engineering,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
C-H Activation by Pt(II): From Mechanism to Catalysis
George Chen,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Kellogg Seminar
Polarized He-3, the Electric Form Factor of the Neutron, and Quark Orbital Angular Momentum
Gordon Cates,
professor of physics,
University of Virginia,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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9:00pm
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2/7
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Saturday, February 7th, 2009
10:00am
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6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Chapman Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
4:00pm
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7:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Boujaklian Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
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 8th, 2009
10:00am
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11:00am
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11:00am
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12:30pm
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6:15pm
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Monday, February 9th, 2009
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Colorimetric Sensor Arrays: An Adventure in Molecular Recognition
Kenneth S. Suslick,
professor of chemistry,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture
Signaling Nutrient Conditions through Small Molecule Metabolites
Erin O'Shea,
professor of molecular and cellular biology and of chemistry and chemical biology,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems and Sloan-Swartz Seminar
Sensory-Motor Integration and Plasticity in Spatial Orientation
Gary Paige,
professor and chairman,
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy,
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
From Dust to Planets—Timescales for the Formation of Asteroids and Terrestrial Planets
Thorsten Kleine,
research associate,
Institute of Isotope Geochemistry and Mineral Resources,
ETH, Zurich,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Selected Physics Results from the Pierre Auger Southern Observatory
John Matthews,
professor of physics,
University of New Mexico,
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
9:30am
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11:30am
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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
Syzygies: Occultations, Eclipses, and Transits
Jay Pasachoff,
professor of astronomy,
Williams College,