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May 2012
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
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General Biology Seminar
Evolution of RNA viruses in changing environments
Paul Turner,
Professor and Chair,
Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
Yale University,
5:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
8:00am
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5/8
5:00pm
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1:30pm
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2:30pm
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Thesis Seminar
Fighting Dengue in the Mosquito
Kelly Matzen,
graduate student,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
1:30pm
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3:30pm
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5:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
Harnessing the Brain for Language and Music
Mark A. Changizi,
Director of Human Cognition,
2AI Labs,
Monday, May 7th, 2012
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
"Molecular and cellular mechanisms of memory allocation in neuronal networks"
Alcino Silva,
Professor,
Gonda Neuroscience and Genetics Center,
ULCA,
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
5:00pm
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6:30pm
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Everhart Lecture
Discrete Differential Geometry: Helping Machines (and People) Think Clearly About Shape
Keenan Crane,
Graduate Student,
Computer Science,
Caltech,
Thursday, May 10th, 2012
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Mechanisms of allosteric control in the EGF receptor
John Kuriyan,
Chancellor's Professor,
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology & 
Department of Chemistry,
University of California, Berkeley,
Sunday, May 13th, 2012
6:30pm
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9:30pm
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Monday, May 14th, 2012
9:00am
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9:01am
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bioengineering Lecture
Mechanics-based self-organization of cell shapes and tubular patterns
Chin-Lin Guo,
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and Applied Physics,
Bioengineering Option,
California Institute of Technology,
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
What fruit flies teach us about RNA silencing
Phillip Zamore,
Prof. of Biomedical Sciences,
University of Mass.,
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
5:00pm
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6:30pm
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Everhart Lecture
Navigating Without Eyes Or Ears: A Worms Tale of Survival Using the Sense of Smell
Adler Dillman,
Graduate Student,
Biology,
Caltech,
Thursday, May 17th, 2012
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Targeting tumors and the kidney with siRNA nanoparticles
Jonathan Eric Zuckerman,
BMB graduate student,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Establishing a genetic and exogenous toolbox for studying multiple stages of vertebrate development in vivo
William Dempsey,
Bioengineering Option,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
Decoding and Predicting Human Decisions
John-Dylan Haynes,
Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Berlin,
Friday, May 18th, 2012
8:00am
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5:00pm
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Monday, May 21st, 2012
4:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Integrative Moral Cognition
Joshua Greene,
Associate Professor,
Department of Psychology,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
"Guidance laws and neural circuit dynamics underlying dragonfly prey capture"
Leonardo Anthony,
Group Leader,
Janelia Farm,
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012
8:00am
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
"Cortical representations of olfactory input by transsynaptic tracing
Kazunari Miyamichi,
Research Specialist,
HHMI Dept of Biology,
Stanford University,
Thursday, May 24th, 2012
8:00am
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Ongoing
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4:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
An "as-is" Model of Economic Decision Making
Ian Krajbich,
Senior Postdoc in Microeconomics, Experimental Economics, and the Foundations of Human Social Behavi,
Department of Economics,
University of Zurich, Laboratory for Social and Neural Systems Research,
Monday, May 28th, 2012
8:00am
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Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
The genetics and mechanics of cell shape determination
Maria Leptin,
Professor and Director,
EMBO - European Molecular Biology Organization,