Previous Seminar Listings

MONDAY, Nov. 26
4:00 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING SPECIAL GRADUATE STUDENT SEMINAR, 165 Olin Hall, “Engineering New Approaches for Enabling the Manufacture of Human Proteins in Bacteria,” Lydia M. Contreras, Cornell University. Refreshments at 3:30 in 128 Olin Hall.

4:00 GENERAL PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM – Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall, “Illuminating Dark Matter,” Neal Weiner, Stanford University. Refreshments at 3:30-3:50, second floor Rockefeller Hall.

4:30 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING SPECIAL GRADUATE STUDENT SEMINAR, 165 Olin Hall, “The Development of a Comprehensive Simulation Model for Electrospinning,” Colman P. Carroll, Cornell University. Refreshments at 3:45 in 128 Olin Hall.

TUESDAY, Nov. 27
12:00 NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY CENTER SEMINAR SERIES, G01 Biotech Building, “Microfluidic Scaffolds for Three-Dimensional Cell Culture and Oxygen Sensing,” Nakwon Choi, Cornell University. Please feel free to bring your lunch. Refreshments will be served. For more information view www.nbtc.cornell.edu/technology_platform.htm

4:30 LASSP SEMINAR, 700 Clark Hall, “Strongly Correlated Electron Materials: A Dynamical Mean Field Theory (DMFT) Perspective,” Gabriel Kotliar, Rutgers University. Refreshments at 4:15.

4:30 MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING COLLOQUIUM SERIES, 166 Hollister Hall, “Water Waves Around Structures or in Nonuniform Environment,” C. C. Mei, Cornell University. Reception at 4:00 in 166 Hollister Hall.

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 28
1:30 PARTICLE THEORY SEMINAR, 311 Newman Lab., “TBA,” Veronica Sanz, Boston University.

3:30 EARTH AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES SEMINAR, 2146 Snee Hall, “Vertebrate Paleontology in the Mid Cretacaous of Montana: Digging the Dinosaur that Lived to Dig,” David Varricchio, Montana State University. Refreshments at 3:00 in the Snee Hall Reading Room.

4:30 BIOPHYSICS COLLOQUIUM, 700 Clark Hall, “Engineering Light-Gated Channels for the Analysis of the Neural Basis of Behavior,” Ehud Isacoff, UC at Berkeley. Refreshments at 4:15.

4:30 DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR, 155 Olin Hall, “Hacking the Microtubule Intranet: Implications for Cancer Therapeutics,” Paraskevi Giannakakaou, Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Refreshments at 4:15 in 128 Olin Hall.

4:30 THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS SEMINAR, 205 Thurston Hall, “The Biomechanical Architecture of the Largest Organisms on Earth (Trees),” Karl Niklas, Cornell University. Refreshments at 4:15 in 206 Thurston Hall.

THURSDAY, Nov. 29
11:15 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY. SPECIAL SEMINAR, 119 Baker Lab., “DNA-Based Approaches for the Discovery of New Small Molecules,” Sean Brady, The Rockefeller University. Refreshments will be served.

12:15 CENTER FOR NANOSCALE SYSTEMS (CNS) SEMINAR SERIES, 700 Clark Hall, “Spin Transport in Ferromagnet Semiconductor Heterostructures,” Paul Crowell, University of Minnesota. Pizza at noon.

2:45 MACHINES AND ORGANISMS: LOCOMOTION AND MANIPULATION SEMINAR, 201 Thurston, “TBA,” Tom Daniel, University of Washington.

3:35 DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AND DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR, 255 Olin Hall, “Engineering in the Winner’s Circle (Comparative Laryngeal Mechanics in the Equine Athlete),” Dr. Jeremy Rawlinson, Cornell University.

4:30 DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY AND SPACE SCIENCES COLLOQUIUM, 105 Space Sciences Building, “The Origin and Evolution of Magnetic Fields,” Ellen Zweibel, University of Wisconsin. Refreshments at 4:15 in 105 Space Sciences Building.

FRIDAY, Nov. 30
4:00 LEPP JOURNAL CLUB SEMINAR, 311 Newman Lab., “W+b Jet Production at CDF,” Christopher Neu, University of Pennsylvania. Refreshments at 3:45.

4:00 LES EASTMAN SERIES DISCUSSION, 219 Phillips Hall, “Nanocircuits with Light and Wireless in Nanoworlds,” Nader Engheta, University of Pennsylvania. Refreshments at 3:45 in 219 Phillips Hall.

LAST LISTING FOR FALL SEMESTER

Spring Semester Listing will start on Jan. 14, 2008