Previous Seminar Listings

MONDAY, April 21
4:00 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING SEMINAR, JULIAN C. SMITH LECTURE, 155 Olin Hall, “Thermodynamic and Kinetic Origins of Alzheimer’s and Related Diseases:  A Chemical Engineer’s Perspective,” Carol K. Hall, North Carolina State University.  Refreshments at 3:15 in 128 Olin Hall.

4:00 GENERAL PHYSICS/JOINT ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM, The Salpeter Lecture Series, Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall, “Evidence from Type la Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and Dark Energy,” Alexei Filippenko, UC at Berkeley.  Refreshments, 3:30-3:50, second floor Rockefeller Hall.

4:40  DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY, ORGANIC/ORGANOMETALLIC SEMINAR, 119 Baker Lab, “Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Madagascar Periwinkle,” Sarah O’Connor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

TUESDAY, April 22
12:00 NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY  CENTER  SEMINAR SERIES,  G01 Biotech Building, “TBA,” Darrell Irvine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.   Please  feel  free  to  bring  your lunch. Refreshments will be served. For more information view www.nbtc.cornell.edu/technology_platform.htm.

4:00 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING SEMINAR, JULIAN C. SMITH LECTURE, 155 Olin Hall, “Self Assembly of Dipolar Particles:  Designing Smart Materials Using Computer Simulation,” Carol K. Hall, North Carolina State University.  Refreshments at 3:15 in 128 Olin Hall.

4:30 LASSP SEMINAR, 700 Clark Hall, “Photon Localization and Dicke Superradiance:  A Crossover to Small World Networks,” Eric Akkermans, Technion.  Refreshments at 4:15.

4:30 MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING COLLOQUIUM SERIES, B11 Kimball Hall, “Validation of the Reynolds Equation in Lubricated Contact – Application to Analysis of the Mixed Lubrication Regime in Heavily Loaded Bearings,” Michel Fillon, University of Poitiers, France. Refreshments at 4:15 in the Upson Lounge.

WEDNESDAY, April 23
4:15 DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR, 155 Olin Hall, “Optical Techniques to Evaluate Atherosclerosis:  A Multi-factorial Perspective,” Dr. Seemantini Nadkarni, Massachusetts General Hospital, Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Harvard Medical School.  Refreshments inside 155 Olin Hall at 4:00.

4:30  BIOPHYSICS COLLOQUIUM, 700 Clark Hall, “The Gearbox of the Flagellar Rotary Motor in Bacteria as seen by NMR,” Rick Dahlquist, UC at Santa Barbara.  Refreshments at 4:15.

4:30 THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS SEMINAR, 205 Thurston Hall, “Structural Dynamics of Protein-DNA Complexes Revealed by Multiscale Simulations,” Elizabeth Villa, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.   Refreshments at 4:15 in 206 Thurston Hall.

7:00 PUBLIC LECTURE:  THE SALPETER LECTURE SERIES, Schwartz Auditorium Rockefeller Hall, “Dark Energy and the Runaway Universe,” Alexei Filippenko, UC at Berkeley.

THURSDAY, April 24
12:15 CENTER FOR NANOSCALE SYSTEMS (CNS) CAPES SEMINAR SERIES, 700 Clark Hall, “Photosynthetic Architectures and Materials for Organic Solar Cells,” Marc Baldo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Pizza at noon.

2:45 MACHINES AND ORGANISMS: LOCOMOTION AND MANIPULATION SEMINAR, 201 Thurston Hall, “Reverse Engineering of Mitotic Spindle,” Alex Mogilner, UC at Davis.

3:35 DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING & DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, 255 Olin Hall, “Stem Cell Engineering for Vascular Regeneration,” Sharon Gerecht, John Hopkins University.

4:30 DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY AND SPACE SCIENCES, THE SALPETER LECTURE SERIES, 105 Space Sciences Bldg., “The Lick Observatory Supernova Search and Follow-Up Studies of Supernovae,” Alexei Filippenko, UC at Berkeley.  Refreshments at 4:15 in 105 Space Sciences Bldg.

4:30 MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SEMINAR, 140 Bard Hall, “TBA,” Edwin Thomas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Refreshments at 4:00 p.m. in the MS&E Lounge, 260 Bard Hall.

4:40 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY, PASSER LECTURE, 119 Baker Lab, “The Centrality of Chemistry,” Bruce Bursten, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

FRIDAY, April 25
1:30 MEDIA, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR, 213 Kennedy Hall, “Graduate Student Panel,” Department of Communications, Cornell University.