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Seminars included on this schedule are in these three series: |
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| Fall Semester 2007 | Michigan State University | ||
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Seminars begin at 11:30 a.m. Fridays, with refreshments served at 11:15 a.m.
Seminars are in |
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| Friday, August 31 | Interdisciplinary Physics Seminar | ||
| Vladimir Bulović , Lab of Organic Optics and Electronics, MIT | |||
| Large Area Nanostructured Optoelectronics | |||
| Friday, September 7 | Engineering Seminar | ||
| Jong-in Hahm , Department of Chemical Engineering, Penn. State University | |||
| Engineering Novel Nanomaterials for Enhanced Biomedical Detection | |||
| Friday, September 14 | Quantitative Biology and Modeling Seminar | ||
| Hongzhe Li , Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Univ. of Penn. | |||
| Statistical Methods for Network-Based Analysis of Genomic Data | |||
| Friday, September 21 | Interdisciplinary Physics Seminar | ||
| Vladimir Agranovich , NanoTech Institute, University of Texas at Dallas | |||
| Hybrid Organic/Inorganic Nanostructures: New Science and New Devices | |||
| Friday, September 28 | Quantitative Biology and Modeling Seminar | ||
| David Arnosti , Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Michigan State Univ. | |||
| Revealing a Gene Regulatory Grammar through Quantitative Measurement and Modeling of Drosophila Gene Expression | |||
| Friday, October 5 | Engineering Seminar | ||
| Bruce Dale , Dept. of Chemical Eng. & Materials Science, Michigan State Univ. | |||
| Why Cellulosic Ethanol is Nearer than You Think: Creating the Biofuels Future | |||
| Friday, October 12 | Interdisciplinary Physics Seminar | ||
| Lois Pollack , School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University | |||
| Ion-Nucleic Acid Interactions: New Insights from X-Ray Scattering Experiments | |||
| Friday, October 19 | Engineering Seminar | ||
| Michael Paulaitis , Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Eng., Ohio State University | |||
| Cellular Microarrays to Characterize Immune Response | |||
| Friday, October 26 | Quantitative Biology and Modeling Seminar | ||
| Kenneth Merz, Jr. , Department of Chemistry, University of Florida | |||
| Is Biology Quantum Mechanical? | |||
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Tuesday, October 30, 10:30 am
Note special day & time |
Quantitative Biology and Modeling Seminar | ||
| Peter Beerli , Department of Biological Sciences, Florida State University | |||
| Population Genetic Inference and Computers | |||
| Friday, November 2 | Interdisciplinary Physics Seminar | ||
| Lisa Lapidus , Department of Physics & Astronomy, Michigan State University | |||
| The Surprising Complexity of Protein L Folding | |||
| Friday, November 16 | Engineering Seminar | ||
| Kris Gunsalus , Department of Biology, New York University | |||
| Probing Molecular Networks in C. elegans Early Development | |||
| Friday, November 30 | Engineering Seminar | ||
| Matthew Delisa , Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Eng., Cornell University | |||
| Engineering the Protein Folding Landscape in Simple Bacteria for Solving Complex Problems in Biology and Medicine | |||
| Friday, December 7 | Interdisciplinary Physics Seminar | ||
| Laszlo B. Kish, , Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University | |||
| Secure Classical Communication Via Wires, and Some Other Topics of Thermal Noise Informatics | |||
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Seminar Organizers: |
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Engineering Seminars: | |||
| Christina Chan, Chemical Engineering & Material Science | krischan@egr.msu.edu | ||
| Michael Mackay, Chemical Engineering & Material Science | mackay@msu.edu | ||
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Quantitative Biology and Modeling Seminars: | |||
| Michael Feig, Quantitative Biology and Modeling Initiative | feig@msu.edu | ||
| Marianne Huebner, Quantitative Biology and Modeling Initiative | huebner@msu.edu | ||
| Charles Ofria, Quantitative Biology and Modeling Initiative | ofria@msu.edu | ||
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Interdisciplinary Physics Seminars: | |||
| Carlo Piermarocchi, Physics & Astronomy | carlo@pa.msu.edu | ||
| Lisa Lapidus, Physics & Astronomy | lapidus@pa.msu.edu | ||
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Further information on some seminars may be found at:
Prior semesters:
Spring 2007;
Fall 2006;
Spring 2006;
Fall 2005;
Spring 2005;
Fall 2004;
Spring 2004; |
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