Institute Calendar
January 2013
Monday, January 14th, 2013
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Astronomy Tea Talk
SLoWPoKES: A Cool Stars Resource for Constraining Binary Formation Theory and Testing Fundamental Properties
Saurav Dhital,
Boston University,
4:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture
Molecular design - from proteins to networks, coupling computation and experiment
Tanja Kortemme,
Professor,
Department of Bioengineering,
University of California, San Francisco,
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
David Weinberg,
Prof.,
Ohio State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
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Lee E. Miller,
Professor in Physiology/Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,
Neuroscience,
Northwestern University,
4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
New views of the deep sea: surprises from genomes and insights for geochemistry
Gregory Dick,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology ,
University of Michigan,
4:00pm
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Special Chemistry Seminar
Chemical Tools to Illuminate the Brain
Evan Miller,
Ph.D.,
University of California, San Diego,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
The Triangulation Problem from Computer Vision
Rekha Thomas,
Professor,
Department of Mathematics,
University of Washington,
6:00pm
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7:00pm
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Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
9:00am
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1/16
3:30pm
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1:30pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
New Technology for 2D IR Spectroscopy and its Application to Protein Aggregation and Drug Binding
Martin Zanni,
Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Wisconsin, Madison,
2:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Outer Membrane Biogenesis in Gram-Negative Bacteria
Thomas Silhavy,
Warner-Lambert Parke-Davis Professor ,
Molecular Biology Department ,
Princeton University ,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
RASICAM: The Radiometric All-Sky Infrared CAMera at Cerro Tololo, Chile
Peter Lewis,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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Kleigel Lectures in Planetary Science
Three 2012 Transits of Venus: From Earth, Jupiter, and Saturn (Jay Pasachoff); Atmospheric Characterization of Extrasolar Planets in the Era of Kepler (Jean-Michel Désert)
Jay Pasachoff,
Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy,
Astronomy ,
Williams College, Massachusetts,
Jean-Michel Désert,
Sagan Fellow Astronomer,
Planetary Science,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
The Market for OTC Credit Derivatives (joint with Andy Atkeson and Andrea Eisfeldt)
Pierre-Olivier Weill,
Associate Professor of Economics,
UCLA,
4:45pm
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6:00pm
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CMA presents "Revolution, Evolution, and Rock 'n' Roll"
JPL
Henry Juszkiewicz,
Chairman and CEO,
Gibson Guitar Corporation,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
9:00am
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3:30pm
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1:00pm
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Joint Chemical Physics / Biochemistry Seminar
"Computationally Driven Drug Discovery: Theory and Practice"
Richard A. Friesner,
Professor of Chemistry, Co-Founder Schrödinger LLC,
Department of Chemistry,
Columbia University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Exploring the Extreme Universe with the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Julie McEnery,
GSFC/Maryland,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Contrasting Biophysical Responses to Central and Eastern Pacific El Niño
Michelle Gierach,
Scientist,
Oceans and Ice Group and PO.DAAC,
JPL,
4:00pm
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Special Chemistry Seminar
A Conserved Neurochemical Circuit that Coordinates Mating Behavior
Jennifer Garrison,
Ph.D.,
The Rockefeller University,
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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7:30pm
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8:00pm
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Thursday, January 17th, 2013
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Estimating the Overall Response of Nonlinear Composites via Iterated Microgeometries
Martin Idiart,
Professor,
Department of Aeronautics,
Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina,
11:30am
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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Resnick Institute Seminar
Optoelectronic Devices Based on Colloidal Quantum Dot Solids
Ted Sargent,
Optoelectronic Devices Based on Colloidal Quantum Dot Solids,
University of Toronto,
4:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Dynamics of Ribosome Assembly using Mass Spectrometry and Electron Microscopy
Jamie Williamson,
Professor,
Department of Molecular Biology,
Scripps Research Institute,
4:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Reimagining Silicon
Michael Filler,
Assistant Professor,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Ryan McKeon,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Divisino of Geological & Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Once Upon a Time in Kamchatka: The Extraordinary Search for Natural Quasicrystals
Paul Steinhardt,
Princeton University,
6:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Probing the Dark Sector with Euclid
Dr. Jason Rhodes,
JPL Research Scientist,
JPL,
7:30pm
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10:30pm
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Friday, January 18th, 2013
8:30am
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11:00am
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Biochemistry Seminar
Modulation of Nerve Growth Factor Signal Transduction by Light and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Kai Zhang,
Ph.D.,
Department of Chemistry,
Stanford University,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Exploring curved Superspace
Guido Festuccia,
Institute for Advanced Study,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Hollow Vortices
Stefan Llewellyn Smith,
Professor,
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering,
University of California, San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
"Electron Hopping in Rhenium-Modified Azurin"
Kana Takematsu,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:30pm
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6:30pm
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7:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
Probing the Dark Sector with Euclid
Dr. Jason Rhodes,
JPL Research Scientist,
JPL,
Saturday, January 19th, 2013
11:00am
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Sunday, January 20th, 2013
12:30pm
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4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Chenkerian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:30pm
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6:30pm
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Monday, January 21st, 2013
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6:00pm
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