MONDAY, October 6
4:00 GENERAL PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM – Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall, “Extra Dimensions and the LHC,” Raman Sundrum, Johns Hopkins University.  Refreshments at 3:30-3:50, second floor Rockefeller Hall.

TUESDAY, October 7
4:30 LASSP SEMINAR, 700 Clark Hall, “Atomistic Modeling of Electronic and Thermal Transport Properties of Si-Nanowires,” Antti-Pekka Jauho, Technical University of Denmark.  Refreshments at 4:15.

4:30 MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING COLLOQUIUM SERIES, B17 Upson Hall, “Rapid in vitro Directed Evolution in Microfluidic Systems,” H.T. Soh, UC at Santa Barbara.  Refreshments at 4:15 in the Upson Hall Lounge.

WEDNESDAY, October 8
4:30 BIOPHYSICS COLLOQUIUM, 700 Clark Hall, “Simultaneous Spatio-Temporal Focusing in Multiphoton Microscopy,” Chris Xu, Cornell University.  Refreshments at 4:15.

4:30 THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS SEMINAR, 205 Thurston Hall, “TBA,” John M.W. Bush, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Refreshments at 4:15 in 206 Thurston Hall.

4:40 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY.  ROESSLER LECTURE, 119 Baker Lab., “Structure-Based Design of Nonpeptidic Enzyme Inhibitors:  A Multidimensional Approach Towards Chemical and Biological Recognition,” Francois Diederich, ETH, Zurich.

THURSDAY, October 9
3:30 EARTH AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE SEMINAR SERIES – FIRE AND ICE, 2146 Snee Hall, “The Weak Temperature Gradient Constraint on Tropical Atmospheric Circulations,” Adam Sobel, Columbia University.  Refreshments at 3:00 in Snee Hall Reading Room.

4:30 DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY AND SPACE SCIENCES COLLOQUIUM, 105 Space Science Building, “Exploring Pluto, Charon, Triton and Trans-Neptunian Objects with Stellar Occulations,” Bruno Sicardy, California Institute of Technology.  Refreshments at 4:15 in 105 Space Sciences Building.

4:30 MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SEMINAR, 140 Bard Hall, “TBA,” Bill Bailey, Columbia University.  Refreshments at 4:00 in 260 Bard Hall.

4:40 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY.  ROESSLER LECTURE, 119 Baker Lab., “Advanced Functional Materials:  Nano-Patterned Surfaces with Guest-Hosting Properties and Acetylene-Based Charge-Transfer Compounds for Optoelectronics Applications,” Francois Diederich, ETH, Zurich.

FRIDAY, October 10
      NO SEMINARS TODAY