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May 2008
Thursday, May 1st, 2008
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5/7
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3:45pm
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Everhart Lecture
Seeing Is Believing: Visualization of Condensed-Matter Structures
Ding-shyue (Jerry) Yang,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
Friday, May 2nd, 2008
3:30pm
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4:30pm
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Biomedical Imaging Group
Molecular Neuroimaging with MRI
Alan Jasanoff,
assistant professor of brain and cognitive sciences,
MIT,
Monday, May 5th, 2008
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Synthetic Biology in Pursuit of Low-Cost, Effective, Anti-Malarial Drugs
Jay Keasling,
professor of chemical engineering,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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Joint Caltech Library System and Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
The Neurocommons: Open-Source Knowledge Management for Neuroscience
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
From Charcot to Lou Gehrig: Mechanisms of Neuronal Growth and Death in ALS
Don Cleveland,
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research,
UC San Diego,
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Norman Davidson Lecture
Revolutionize the Practice of Clinical Medicine through Innovations and Cost-Effective Technologies
Ron Davis,
Genome Technology Center,
Stanford University,
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
The Structure and Function of Group II Introns: Early Catalysts of Evolution
Anna Marie Pyle,
HHMI Investigator and professor of molecular biophysics,
Yale University,
Monday, May 12th, 2008
9:00am
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9:01am
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9:00am
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10:00am
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Thesis Seminar
Akt phosphorylation of Drosophila Heat Shock Factor: A Signature for Stress-Resistance
Sarina Mohanty,
graduate student in biochemistry and molecular biophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Structural Hierarchies in Cardiac Morpho- and Pathogenesis
Kevin Parker,
associate professor of biomedical engineering,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
The Blue Brain Project
Henry Markram,
project director, Blue Brain Project, and director,
Center for Neuroscience and Technology,
École Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne,
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Contending with Transcription Obstacles: Fatal Stops and Rear-End Collisions
Jesper Svejstrup,
researcher,
Cancer Research U.K., Clare Hall Laboratories,
London Research Institute,
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Sequential Event Memory Formation and Reactivation in the Hippocampus and Beyond
Matt Wilson,
professor of neurobiology,
MIT,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
8:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
4:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Stimulating Neurons with Light: Current State and Future Challenges
E. Duco Jansen,
associate professor of biomedical engineering and neurosurgery,
Vanderbilt University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture
Molecular Choreography: Programming Nucleic Acid Self-Assembly and Disassembly Pathways
Niles A. Pierce,
associate professor of applied and computational mathematics and bioengineering,
Caltech,
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Molecular Paths to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease
Ming Guo,
department of neurology and pharmacology, Brain Research Institute,
UCLA School of Medicine,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
8:00am
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4:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Engineering Cardiac Myogenesis and Contractility
Adam Feinberg,
postdoctoral fellow in disease biophysics,
Harvard University,
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
8:00am
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Ongoing
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
New Insights into Protein Quality Control by the Ribosome Following Peptide Bond Formation
Rachel Green,
HHMI Investigator and professor of molecular biology and genetics,
the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
8:00am
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
4:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Networks of Microchannels: Mimicking the Microvasculature, Separating Blood Cells, and Immobilizing Worms
Sergey Shevkoplyas,
postdoctoral fellow,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Regulation of Developmental and Regenerative Growth in Drosophila
Iswar Hariharan,
professor of cell and developmental biology,
UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
4:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Microfluidic Devices as Models of Biological Tissues
Raquel Perez-Castillejos,
postdoctoral scholar,
Harvard University,
Friday, May 30th, 2008
8:00am
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9:00am
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Saturday, May 31st, 2008
8:00am
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