Calendar
Fall 2020-2021
Tuesday, September 29th, 2020
4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar via Zoom
"The Neural Basis of Host Seeking in Skin-Penetrating Nematodes."
Elissa Hallem,
Professor,
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics,
UCLA,
Wednesday, October 7th, 2020
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Watson Lecture - Can America Have a Safe and Secure Presidential Election?
Online Event
Michael Alvarez,
Professor of Political and Computational Social Science,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
- Public Event
Thursday, October 8th, 2020
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Online Event
Base editing and prime editing: chemistry on the genome without double-strand breaks
Thursday, October 15th, 2020
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
Online Event
Using CLEM, cryo-FIB-milling and cryo-ET to image kinetochores and chromatin at different stages of mitosis
Dr. Wei Zhao,
Jensen Group,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Division of Biology and Bioengineering Virtual Speaker Series
Online Event
Non-Academic Research Careers
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2020
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
"Differentiation, Communication, and Emergence in Ant Societies"
Daniel Kronauer,
Associate Professor,
Organismal Biology and Evolution,
Rockefeller University,
Thursday, October 22nd, 2020
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
Online Event
SARS-CoV-2 Disrupts Splicing, Translation, and Protein Trafficking to Suppress Host Defenses
Abhik Banerjee (Guttman Group),
Caltech,
Thursday, October 29th, 2020
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Division of Biology and Bioengineering Virtual Speaker Series: Science Communication Careers
Online Event
Venture Capitalism as a Career
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Online Event
"Internal Senses of the Vagus Nerve"
Steve Liberles,
Professor,
Cell Biology,
Harvard Medical School,
Thursday, November 5th, 2020
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Division of Biology and Bioengineering Virtual Speaker Series
Online Event
Careers in Science Communication and Journalism
Katherine J. Wu,
New York Times Writer; Senior Producer, The Story Collider,
Whitney Clavin,
Senior Content and Media Strategist, Caltech,
Evguenia Alechine,
Science Communicator and Writer; Co-editor, Medical Writing,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
Online Event
Engineering a Genetically Encoded Contrast Agent for Ultrasound
Robert Hurt (Shapiro Group),
Caltech,
Tuesday, November 10th, 2020
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Online Event
TBD
Marian Walhout,
Professor,
Molecular Medicine,
University of Massachusetts Medical School,
Wednesday, November 11th, 2020
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Watson Lecture - The Power of Nonlinearities: Unlocking Opportunities for Sensing and Computing with Light
Online Event
Alireza Marandi,
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics,
Division of Engineering and Applied Science,
Caltech,
- Public Event
Thursday, November 12th, 2020
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
Online Event
Structures of human antibodies bound to SARS-CoV-2 spike reveal common epitopes and potential therapeutic strategies
Dr. Christopher Barnes (Bjorkman Group),
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Friday, November 13th, 2020
11:00am
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3:30pm
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► CANCELED: T&C Chen Center for Social and Decision Neuroscience Symposium
This symposium has been canceled.
Wednesday, November 18th, 2020
1:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thursday, November 19th, 2020
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Online Event
The mechanism of CaMKII regulation: from fertilization to encoding long-term memory
Margaret Stratton,
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
University of Massachusetts Amherst,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
Online Event
Remote control of cellular therapies deep inside the body
Mohamad Abedi (Shapiro Group),
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Distinguished Medical Engineering Seminar: Xiaodong Chen
Online Event
Artificial Skin Perception
Professor Xiaodong Chen,
President's Chair Professor in Materials Science and Engineering, Professor of Chemistry and Medicine,
Director of Innovative Centre for Flexible Devices (iFLEX) and the Director of Max Planck at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU),
Tuesday, December 1st, 2020
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Online Event
"Targeting Neural Circuits to Address Pain and Addiction "
Xiaoke Chen,
Associate Professor,
Biology,
Stanford University,
Thursday, December 3rd, 2020
10:00am
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11:00am
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T&C Chen Center for Social and Decision Neuroscience Seminar
Online Event
Attentional Foundations of Framing Effects
Ernst Fehr,
Professor of Economics and Director of the UBS Center for Economics in Society,
University of Zurich,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Online Event
The quest for an atomic understanding of prions, model members of the amylome
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
Online Event
"Exploring novel forms of endoplasmic reticulum with electron cryo-tomography (cryo-ET)"
Stephen Carter (Jensen Group),
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Medical Engineering Seminar: Sheng Xu-UCSD
Online Event
New materials and devices for soft electronics
Wednesday, December 9th, 2020
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Watson Lecture - The Inner Life of the Brain: Fear, Sex, and Violence
Online Event
David J. Anderson,
Seymour Benzer Professor of Biology; Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute for Neuroscience Leadership Chair; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Director, Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute for Neuroscience,
Division of Biology and Biological Engineering,
Caltech,
- Public Event
Thursday, December 10th, 2020
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
Online Event
"Cardiac neural crest plasticity and its application to mending congenital heart defects"
Shashank Gandhi (Bronner Group),
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chen Institute Virtual Seminar CANCELED
Online Event
Bridging the Gap between Artificial and Human Intelligence: Feedback and Compositionality
Anima Anandkumar,
Bren Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
Friday, December 11th, 2020
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Neuro Afternoon Meeting via Zoom
David Khan,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
BBE,
Caltech,
Yue Xu,
Graduate Student,
Computation and Neural Systems,
Caltech,
Iman Wahle,
Scholar,
Schmidt Academy for Software Engineering,
Thursday, December 17th, 2020
10:00am
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11:00am
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T&C Chen Center for Social and Decision Neuroscience Seminar
Online Event
How Memory Guides Value-Based Decisions
Daphna Shohamy,
Professor,
Department of Psychology & Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Medical Engineering Seminar: Loza Tadesse
Online Event
Rapid Bacterial Identification and Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing using Raman Spectroscopy and Machine Learning
Friday, December 18th, 2020
10:00am
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11:00am
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MedE PhD Thesis: Luizetta V. Elliott
Online Event
Stimuli responsive micro-architected materials
Luizetta V. Elliott,
PhD Student, Greer Lab,
Medical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,