Previous Seminar Listings

MONDAY, Feb. 25
4:00 GENERAL PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM – Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall, “Ultracold Fermions,” Erich J. Mueller, Cornell University.  Refreshments at 3:30-3:50, second floor Rockefeller Hall.

4:00 SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING SEMINAR, 165 Olin Hall, “Genetically Engineered Drug Carriers:  Polymer Architecture Controls Anti-Tumor Activity,” Dr. J. Andrew MacKay, Duke University.  Refreshments at 3:45 in 128 Olin Hall.
  
4:40 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY, ORGANIC/ ORGANOMETALLIC SEMINAR, 119 Baker Lab., “New Synthetic Methods Inspired by Complex Natural Products,” John Porco, Boston University.

TUESDAY, Feb. 26
12:00 NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY  CENTER  SEMINAR SERIES,  G01 Biotech Building, “TBA.”   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 AND SCHOOL OF APPLIED & ENGINEERING PHYSICS SEMINAR, 700 Clark Hall, “Single Molecule Studies of Motor Protein Movement with Nanometer Precision,” Ahmet Yildiz, UC at San Francisco.  Refreshments at 4:15.

4:30 MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING COLLOQUIUM SERIES, B11 Kimball Hall, “TBA,” H. Ezzat Khalifa, NYSTAR Distinguished Professor, Syracuse University.   Refreshments at 4:15 in the Upson Lounge.

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 27
1:30 PARTICLE THEORY SEMINAR, 311 Newman Lab., “TBA,” Claudio Rebbi, Boston University

4:30 BIOPHYSICS COLLOQUIUM, 700 Clark Hall, “4Pi Microscopy and Beyond:  3D Superresolution Microscopy in Cell Biology,” Joerg Bewersdorf, University of Maine and The Jackson Laboratory.  Refreshments at 4:15.

4:30 THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS SEMINAR, 205 Thurston Hall, “Spinning Flight:  Dynamics of Frisbees, Boomerangs, Samaras and Skipping Stones,” Ralph D. Lorenz, Johns Hopkins University.   Refreshments at 4:15 in 206 Thurston Hall.

THURSDAY, Feb. 28
2:45 MACHINES AND ORGANISMS: LOCOMOTION AND MANIPULATION SEMINAR, 201 Thurston Hall, “TBA,” Donald P. Greenberg, Cornell University.

4:00 SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING SEMINAR, 165 Olin Hall, “Functional Mimicry of Protein Binding Motifs and Engineering of Cytochrome P450s for Alternative Fuel Production,” Dr. Rudi Fasan, California Institute of Technology.  Refreshments at 3:45 in 128 Olin Hall.

4:30 DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY AND SPACE SCIENCES COLLOQUIUM, 105 Space Sciences Bldg., “TBA,” Dr. Ralph D. Lorentz and Dr. Elizabeth Turtle, Johns Hopkins University.  Refreshments at 4:15 in 105 Space Sciences Bldg.

FRIDAY, Feb. 29
12:30 PARTICLE THEORY SEMINAR, 311 Newman Lab, “TBA,” Takemichi Okui, Johns Hopkins University and Maryland University.  Pizza at noon.

3:00 CHESS JOURNAL CLUB, 380 Wilson Lab, “Stardust:  The Mission and the Critical Role of X-Ray Chemical Analysis,” George Flynn, SUNY Plattsburgh.  Refreshments will be served.

3:30 CENTER FOR APPLIED MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM, 655 Rhodes Hall, “Sloppy Models,” James Sethna, Cornell University.  Refreshments at 4:30 in 657 Rhodes Hall.