Institute Calendar
March 2017
Tuesday, March 14th, 2017
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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Neuro Lunch Meeting
Yatang Li,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Biology and Biological Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
Kyu Hyun Lee,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,
California Institute of Technology,
Dawna Bagherian,
Graduate Student,
Bioengineering,
California Institute of Technology,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Logic Seminar
Characters and Dynamical Properties of Thompson's Group F
Konstantin Medynets,
Mathematics Department,
United States Naval Academy,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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IQI Weekly Seminar
Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution with Parallel Inputs
Carl Miller,
Cryptographic Technology Group,
NIST,
4:00pm
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7:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Comparative systems physiology: how living organisms respond to environmental fluctuations
Kerwyn Casey (KC) Huang,
Associate Professor of Bioengineering and Microbiology and Immunology and Biochemistry,
Department of Bioengineering,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Gene Expression in Drosophila
Howard Lipshitz,
Professor,
Molecular Genetics,
University of Toronto,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Special Seminar
Technologies for Engineering Blood and Marrow for Cancer Therapy
Michael John Mitchell,
PhD-Burroughs Wellcome Fund CASI and NIH NCI F32 Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar
Juno's Discovery of Jupiter's Atmosphere: a Beta Version
Cheng Li,
Postdoc,
JPL,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Early Detection of Gravitational Waves: A Historical Account
Virginia Trimble,
Professor,
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
UC Irvine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Policy Diffusion and Crafted Political Talk
Fred Boehmke,
Director of Graduate Studies,
University of Iowa,
4:40pm
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6:00pm
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CMA presents "News Literacy in the Post-Fact Era"
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Megan Garvey,
Deputy Managing Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:30pm
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10:00pm
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Wednesday, March 15th, 2017
12:00am
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12:00am
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8:00am
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3/17
5:00pm
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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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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
En Route to Electron/Positron Pair Plasmas
Eve Stenson,
Dr.,
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Can Chemical Synthesis Alleviate the Antibiotics Crisis?
Andrew G. Myers,
Amory Houghton Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Non-canonical amino acid amino acid mutagenesis of position B28 in insulin with proline analogs
Seth Lieblich,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Rules and Commitment in Communication
Guillaume Frechette,
Professor, Department of Economics, New York University; Visiting Associate in Economics, Caltech,
6:00pm
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9:00pm
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Thursday, March 16th, 2017
12:00am
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12:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience and Economics Seminar
Pairwise Attribute Normalization: A neuroeconomic theory of multi-attribute choice
Ryan Webb,
Assistant Professor, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto; Visiting Associate, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
3'UTR-mediated protein-protein interactions regulate protein functions
Christine Mayr,
MD, PhD,
Cancer Biology & Genetics Program,
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Continental Scale Hydro Model Inter-comparison for SWOT
Cédric David,
Dr,
NASA JPL,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Special Seminar
Silicon-based Bioelectronics for Future Precision Medicine and Precision Health
Jun-Chau Chien, PhD,
Postdoctoral Research Associate,
Electrical Engineering,
Stanford University,
Friday, March 17th, 2017
12:00am
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12:00am
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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
Information loss from partition functions at late times
Ethan Dyer,
Stanford University,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Chemical Engineering/ CEMI Seminar
CETCH Me If You Can: Bringing Inorganic Carbon into Life with Synthetic CO2 Fixation
Dr. Tobias Erb,
Research Group Leader,
Biochemistry & Synthetic Biology of Microbial Metabolism,
Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Cross-Couplings with Vinyl Bromide Electrophiles
Ms. Julie Hofstra,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special EE Seminar
Modular Photonics and Hot Electronics
Artur Davoyan,
Postdoc,
Kavli Nanoscience and Resnick Sustainability Institutes,
California Institute of Technology,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Saturday, March 18th, 2017
12:00am
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12:00am
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8:00am
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Ongoing
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10:00am
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1:00pm
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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12:00pm
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3:00pm
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2:00pm
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5:00pm
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3:00pm
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6:00pm
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Sunday, March 19th, 2017
11:00am
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2:00pm
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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12:00pm
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3:00pm
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Monday, March 20th, 2017
10:00am
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11:00am
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Special Seminar in Computing and Mathematical Sciences
Better understanding of non-convex methods in machine learning.
Tengyu Ma,
PhD Candidate,
Computer Science,
Princeton University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Special Joint Physics & Bioligy Seminar
Integrated Measurements of the Encoding and Decoding of Information by Signaling Networks in Single Cells
Dave Van Valen,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Bioengineering,
Stanford University),
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Metalorganic Vapor Phase Epitaxy: From Bulk Films to Atomically Thin Layers
Zak Al Balushi,
Resnick Prize Postdoctoral Fellow,
Applied Physics and Materials Science,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Rational Synthesis of Molecular Qubits
Danna Freedman,
Assistant Professor,
Chemistry,
Northwestern University,
Tuesday, March 21st, 2017
10:30am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Smart Grid Seminar
Data-driven power system modelling: identification/validation of power system dynamic model from PMU measurements
Janusz Bialek,
Professor,
Director of Skoltech Center for Energy Systems,
Skoltech,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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LIGO Seminar
Silicon tuning fork mechanical oscillator for the measurement of bond loss
Leonid Prokhorov,
Physics,
Moscow State University,
1:30pm
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4:30pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Whole-Animal Imaging with High Spatio-Temporal Resolution
Philipp Keller,
Group Leader,
Janelia Research Campus,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Special Seminar
Exploiting Physiological Cues to Engineer Drug Delivery in Skeletal and Gastrointestinal
Sufeng Zhang, PhD,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Langer Research Laboratory,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar (*not happening this week*)
No Planetary Science Seminar, due to Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2017
8:00am
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4:00pm
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9:00am
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9:00am
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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7:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Study and Application of Protein O-Glycosylation
Zhongping Tan,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
University of Colorado, Boulder,