Institute Calendar
December 2012
Ongoing
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12/7
5:00pm
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Saturday, December 1st, 2012
1:30pm
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4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Mangassarian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
5:00pm
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8:00pm
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7:00pm
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10:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:30pm
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7:30pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, December 2nd, 2012
2:00pm
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4:30pm
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3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, December 3rd, 2012
12:00am
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12:00pm
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3:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Luminous Z~3 Lyman Break Galaxies in Deep Wide Field Surveys.
Fuyan Bian,
Arizona/Steward Obs.,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Heavy particle effective field theory: formalism, dark matter and the proton size puzzle
Richard Hill,
Enrico Fermi Institute & University of Chicago,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
"High-Valent Iron: Synthesis, Spectroscopy, and Reactivity"
Lawrence Que, Jr.,
Regents Professor and 3M/Alumni Distinguished Professor of Chemistry,
Center for Metals in Biocatalysis,
University of Minnesota,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Understanding Ethnic Cooperation: Evidence from Experiments in Kenya
Edward Miguel,
Professor of Economics,
UC Berkeley,
6:00pm
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7:00pm
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2012
10:00am
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12:00pm
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11:30am
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1:00pm
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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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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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PhD seminar
Thermodynamic Properties of Organometallic Dihydrogen Complexes for Hydrogen Storage Applications
David Gregory Abrecht,
graduate student,
chemical engineering,
caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
TBA
Matt Bradford,
Dr.,
JPL/Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Photoactivated Dissociation of Specific Bonds in Whole Proteins: Methods and Applications
Ryan Julian,
Associate professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of California, Riverside,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Humanities Event
Life in the Gutter: White Space as Narrative Space
Reif Larsen,
Novelist & Essayist,
7:30pm
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10:30pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
10:00am
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
What Goes on Near Black Holes? First Results from NuSTAR
Fiona Harrison,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar
Selective Labeling and Engineering of Endogenous Protein in Test Tubes, in Cell and in Vivo
Itaru Hamachi,
Professor,
Department of Synthetic Chemistry & Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering,
Kyoto University,
6:00pm
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7:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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7:30pm
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10:30pm
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8:00pm
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9:00pm
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Thursday, December 6th, 2012
10:00am
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1:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Intrinsic Instability of Nonlinear Elastic Crystals and a Model for Boron Carbide
John Clayton,
Impact Physics,
ARL,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Photochemical Triggering of Ion Channel Gating
Oliver Shafaat,
Mr.,
Department of Chemistry,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
Combining Human Knowledge
Michael Lee,
Department of Cognitive Sciences,
UC Irvine, School of Social Sciences,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
TBA
Rebecca Bernstein,
Prof.,
UCO/Lick Observatory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Elucidating chromosomal organization and dynamics in bacterial cells using theoretical modeling
Andrew Spakowitz,
Assistant Professor,
Chemical Engineering,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Quantum Feedback in a Superconducting Qubit
Irfan Siddiqui,
UC Berkeley,
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
GRAIL Unwraps the Moon
Sami Asmar,
GRAIL Deputy Project Scientist,
JPL,
Friday, December 7th, 2012
8:00am
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5:00pm
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10:00am
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11:00am
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PhD seminar
Targeted, Polymer-Based Nanoparticles for Delivery of Camptothecin
Han Han,
graduate student,
chemical engineering,
caltech,
10:00am
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3:00pm
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UCLA Medical Scientist Training Program Interviews
Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
11:00am
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12:00pm
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General Biology Seminar - Informal
Complex decisions of immune cells:parallels with engineering
Nir Friedman,
Professor,
Dept. of Immunology,
Weizmann Institute,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Development of a Novel Ring Contraction Strategy and Application to the Total Synthesis of Presilphiperfolanol Natural Products
Allen Hong,
Graduate Student in Chemistry,
Stoltz Group, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Astrophysical Constraints on the Dark Matter Self-Interaction Cross Section
Miguel Rocha,
Physics and Astronomy,
UC Irvine,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Mars Entry, Descent and Landing Technology Advancements
Robert D. Braun,
Professor,
Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech-Huntington Seminar in American Studies
Tipping Points: Reflections on the American and Irish Revolutions
Timothy Breen,
Visiting Associate in History,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
"Broadening the Scope of Catalytic Hydroamination using Simple Ureate Ligands: Evidence for Concerted C-N, C-H bond formation at Zirconium"
David Leitch,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:30pm
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6:30pm
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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)
GRAIL Unwraps the Moon
Sami Asmar,
GRAIL Deputy Project Scientist,
JPL,
8:00pm
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11:00pm
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Saturday, December 8th, 2012
8:00am
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12/11
5:00pm
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10:00am
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3:00pm
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