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May 2014
Thursday, May 1st, 2014
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
Orbitofrontal Cortex: Beyond Value
Jonathan D. Wallis,
University of California, Berkeley,
Friday, May 2nd, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Transcriptional Network Control of Blood Cell Development
Bertie Gottgens,
Professor,
Dept of Molecular Haematology,
Cambridge University,
Monday, May 5th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture
Curiosity's Mission of Exploration at Gale Crater
John Grotzinger,
Professor of Geology,
Division of Geology and Planetary Sciences,
California Institute of Technology,
Tuesday, May 6th, 2014
1:30pm
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2:30pm
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Thesis Defense.
"Design and Analysis of Nucleic Acid Reaction Pathways"
Brian Wolfe,
Ph.D. Candidate in Bioengineering,
Bioengineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CANCELLED General Biology Seminar
Hopi Hoekstra,
Professor,
Dept. Zoology, Dept. Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Molecular and Cellular Biology,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Biochemistry Seminar
Snapshots of Transcription Initiation by Cryo-EM
Hans Olof Elmlund,
Dr.,
Stanford University School of Medicine,
Wednesday, May 7th, 2014
8:00pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, May 8th, 2014
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Bio-manufacturing of chemicals and materials
Sang Yup Lee,
Professor,
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST),
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
How Multiple Forms of Learning Guide Decisions
Daphna Shohamy,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
!! RESCHEDULED !! This talk has been rescheduled for May 29
Heather Pinkett,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Molecular Biosciences,
Northwestern University,
Monday, May 12th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Cancelled - CNS Seminar
Cancelled
Nicole Rust,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Psychology,
University of Pennsylvania,
Tuesday, May 13th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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CANCELLED General Biology Seminar
Peter Turnbaugh,
Bauer Fellow,
FAS Center for Systems Biology,
Harvard University,
Wednesday, May 14th, 2014
9:30am
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10:30am
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Thursday, May 15th, 2014
4:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
A Model of Choice and its Predictions
Aldo Rustichini,
University of Minnesota,
4:00pm
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MedE Seminar
"Vascular Surgery: More than just glorified plumbing and pipes?"
Jason T. Lee, MD,
Associate Professor of Surgery,
Stanford University School of Medicine,
Friday, May 16th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Davidson Lecture
Personalized health care in post genomic era
Richard Scheller,
Executive Vice President ,
Research and Early Development,
Genentech,
Monday, May 19th, 2014
9:00am
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10:00am
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The novel function of a protein-conducting channel in cotranslational protein targeting
Thesis defense
David Akopian,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Brf1 post-transcriptionally regulates pluripotency and differentiation responses downstream of Erk MAP Kinase
Thesis defense
Fred Tan,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
Tuesday, May 20th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
4:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
Affective Dynamics: Motivations, Goals, and Trajectories
Wil Cunningham,
University of Toronto,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Spherical Nucleic Acid (SNA) Nanostructures: Establishing a New Paradigm in Molecular Diagnostics and Intracellular Gene Regulation
Chad Mirkin,
George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Northwestern University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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MedE Seminar
Calhoun Vision: The Excitement and Perils of Physician Driven Innovation
Dan Schwartz,
MD,
Ophthalmology,
UCSF School of Medicine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wiersma Lecture
From understanding to curing: the long road to neuroprotective therapies for neurodegenerative diseases
Marie-Francoise Chesselet,
Professor,
Neurology & Neurobiology,
UCLA,
Tuesday, May 27th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Light Sleep
Gero Miesenboeck,
Professor,
Centre for Nerual Circuits and Behavior,
University of Oxford,
Wednesday, May 28th, 2014
10:00am
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11:00am
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Mechanisms of Substrate Selection by the Signal Recognition Particle
Thesis defense
Aileen Renia Ariosa,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
Thursday, May 29th, 2014
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Engineered antibody and monobody domains with T cell receptor-like selectivity for tumor associated peptide-MHC antigens
Thesis defense
Samy Hamdouche,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
On the Evolution of Reward Signals: A Computational Just-So Story
Andrew G. Barto,
University of Massachusetts Amherst,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Twins! Nutrient uptake and the role of dual transport systems
Heather Pinkett,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Molecular Biosciences,
Northwestern University,
Friday, May 30th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Label-Free Detection of Single Biological Molecules Using Microtoroid Optical Resonators
Thesis defense
Judith Su,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,