Previous Seminar Listings

Monday, April 14
4:00 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING SEMINAR, 165 Olin Hall, “Molecular Modelling of Soft Matter,” Roland Faller, University of California, Davis.  Refreshments at 3:45 in 128 Olin Hall.

4:00 GENERAL PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM, BETHE LECTURE, Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall, “What We Can Learn from Single Molecule Experiments of Biological Systems,” Steven Chu, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley.  Refreshments, 3:30-3:50, second floor Rockefeller Hall.

4:30 SPECIAL MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SEMINAR, 140 Bard Hall, “Responsive Polymer NanoComposites,” Richard Vaia, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.  Refreshments at 4:00 p.m. in the MS&E Lounge, 260 Bard Hall.

4:40  DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY, ORGANIC/ORGANOMETALLIC SEMINAR, 119 Baker Lab, “Synthesis of Polymer Biohybrid Materials for Nanotechnology,” Heather Maynard, University of California, Los Angeles.

Tuesday, April 15
12:15 CENTER FOR NANOSCALE SYSTEMS (CNS) CAPES SEMINAR SERIES, 700 Clark Hall, “The Elements of Graphical Style,” Michael Duncan, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University.  Pizza at noon.

4:30 LASSP SEMINAR, BETHE LECTURE, 700 Clark Hall, “Coherent Control of Ultra-Cold Matter,” Steven Chu, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley.  Refreshments at 4:15.

4:30 MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING COLLOQUIUM SERIES, B11 Kimball Hall, “Orthopaedic Interface Tissue Engineering for Soft Tissue-to-Bone Integration,”  Helen H. Lu, Columbia University. Refreshments at 4:15 in the Upson Lounge.

Wednesday, April 16
12:00  EARTH AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES SEMINAR, 1101 Bradfield Hall, “Using the Flash Flood Monitoring and Prediction Program (FFMP) to Detect the Entire Spectrum of Stream Flooding,” Robert S. Davis, Pittsburgh, PA National Weather Service.  Refreshments available.

4:30 THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS SEMINAR, 205 Thurston Hall, “Twisting DNA and Its Implications on Gene Regulation,” Prashant Purohit, University of Pennsylvania.   Refreshments at 4:15 in 206 Thurston Hall.

4:30  BIOPHYSICS COLLOQUIUM, 119 Baker Laboratory, “Redefining the Mechanisms of Microtubule Assembly and Nucleation,” David Agard, University of California at San Francisco.  Refreshments at 4:15.

7:30 BETHE PUBLIC LECTURE, Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall, “The World’s Energy Problem and What We Can Do About It,” Steven Chu, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley. 

Thursday, April 17
2:45 MACHINES AND ORGANISMS: LOCOMOTION AND MANIPULATION SEMINAR, 201 Thurston Hall, “TBA,” Silas Alben, Georgia Tech.

3:35 DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING & DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, 255 Olin Hall, “TBA,” Alan J. Grodzinsky, ScD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, President—Orthopaedic Research Society.

4:30 MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SEMINAR, 140 Bard Hall, “TBA,” James Im, Columbia University.  Refreshments at 4:00 p.m. in the MS&E Lounge, 260 Bard Hall.

4:30 BIOPHYSICS COLLOQUIUM, 700 Clark Hall, “Ion Channels and Electrical Excitability of Nerve Cells are Regulated by Rare Phospholipids of the Cell Membrane, Electrical and Optical Studies,” Bertil Hille, University of Washington School of Medicine.  Refreshments at 4:15.

4:30 DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY AND SPACE SCIENCES, THE MARYANNE SHELLEY JESSUP MACCONOCHIE COLLOQUIUM, 105 Space Sciences Bldg., “Reading the Record of Ancient Impacts,” Peter Goldreich, Institute for Advanced Study.  Refreshments at 4:15 in 105 Space Sciences Bldg.

4:40 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY, ALBRECHT LECTURE, 119 Baker Lab, “Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy,” Richard Mathies, University of California, Berkeley.

Friday, April 18
12:30 PARTICLE THEORY SEMINAR, 311 Newman Lab., “TBA,” Matthew Kleban, New York University.  Pizza at noon.

3:30 CENTER FOR APPLIED MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM, 655 Rhodes Hall, “Non-Redundant Multi-View Clustering,” Jennifer Dy, Northeastern University.  Refreshments at 4:30 in 657 Rhodes Hall.