Mon., Oct. 4, 4 p.m. "Foreshock Sequences and
Short-Term Earthquake Predictability on East Pacific Rise
Transform Faults," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar
with Jeff McGuire, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution;
305 Olin. HW
Mon., Oct. 4, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in
Neuroscience — "From Local Circuits to Cortical Maps:
Modeling V1 in Silicon" with Kwabena Boahen, University of
Pennsylvania. Sponsored by the Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain
Institute. 338 Krieger. HW
"Financial Planning — Phase 1," a WORKlife
Programs seminar for individuals with 20 years until
retirement, with Bill Leeb and Pete Dixon of Financial
Council Inc. Covers 403(b) plans and investing.
Tues., Oct. 5, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. W1030 SPH. EB
Thurs., Oct. 7, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. B102,
JH@Eastern.
Tues., Oct. 5, 11 a.m. "Word-Serial Address-Events
for Multichip Systems," an Electrical and Computer
Engineering seminar with Kwabena Boahen,University of
Pennsylvania; Laverty Lounge, Maryland (Lower Quad). HW
Tues., Oct. 5, noon. "Evolutionary Drive," a
Biological Chemistry seminar with Stephen Gould; 612
Physiology. EB
Tues., Oct. 5, 4 p.m. "Nonlocal Model With Bridging
of Length Scales for Impact Damage in Materials," a Civil
Engineering seminar with George Voyiadjis, LSU; 110
Maryland. HW
Tues., Oct. 5, 4:30 p.m. "Unsupervised Learning of
Natural Languages," a Center for Language and Speech
Processing seminar with Shimon Edelman, Cornell University;
3 Shaffer. HW
Wed., Oct. 6, 1:30 p.m. "Fatty Acid Synthesis
Pathway: A Shot in the Arm for Anti-Malarial Therapy," a
Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry seminar with Avadhesha
Surolia, Indian Institute of Science; 517 PCTB. EB
Wed., Oct. 6, 4 p.m. "Can We Really Explain What
We're Doing?" a Biostatistics seminar with Hermann
Habermann, U.S. Census Bureau, Dept. of Commerce; W2030
SPH. EB
Wed., Oct. 6, 4 p.m. "Chemical and Biological
Approaches for the Regulation of Protein Function With
Small Molecules," a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
seminar with Peter Belshaw, University of
Wisconsin-Madison; 303 WBSB. EB
Wed., Oct. 6, 5 p.m. "Tetra-O-Methyl
Nordihydroguaiaretic Acid, M4N, Suppresses Cancer Cell
Division and Restores Apoptosis by Inhibition of CDC2,
Survivin and MDR-1 Gene Expressions," a Biology seminar
with Ru Chih Huang; Mudd Hall Auditorium. HW
Thurs., Oct. 7, 11 a.m. "A Building Block Approach
to Mesoscopic Materials," a Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering seminar with Thomas Mallouk, Pennsylvania State
University; 110 Maryland. HW
Thurs., Oct. 7, 11 a.m. "Honey: Should I Have Shrunk
My Sensors? The Wisdom of Miniaturization in the
Integration of Sensing Systems," an Electrical and Computer
Engineering seminar with Denise Wilson, University of
Washington, Seattle; 2 Shaffer. HW
Thurs., Oct. 7, 1 p.m. "Regulation of NMDA Receptor
Trafficking and Gating by Protein Kinases," a Neuroscience
research seminar with Suzanne Zukin, Albert Einstein
College of Medicine, Yeshiva University; West Lecture Hall
(ground floor), WBSB. EB
Thurs., Oct. 7, 3 p.m. "A Feeling for
Mechanosensation: Gating Mechanosensitive Ion Channels," a
Mechanical Engineering seminar with Rob Phillips, CalTech;
210 Hodson. HW
Thurs., Oct. 7, 3 p.m. "Life and Pseudo-Life at pH
12: Implications for Searching for Life in the Universe," a
Geography and Environmental Engineering special seminar
with Ken Nealson, USC; 234 Ames. HW
Thurs., Oct. 7, 4 p.m. "Cilia Defects in Human
Pleiotropic Disease," a Cell Biology seminar with Nicholas
Katsanis; Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB
Thurs., Oct. 7, 4 p.m. "Transfer Theorems and
Asymptotic Distributional Results for Multi-Way Search
Trees," an Applied Mathematics and Statistics seminar with
Jim Fill; 304 Whitehead. HW
Fri., Oct. 8, 10:30 a.m. "Progress on Growth and
Mixing of Rayleigh-Taylor Instability Flows" a CEAFM
seminar with Paul Dimotakis, CalTech; 305 Olin. HW
Mon., Oct. 11, 4 p.m. "Extra-Basinal Fluid
Infiltration Mass Transfer and Volume Strain during
Mountain Building: Insights from the Idaho-Montana Thrust
Belt," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with David
Anastasio, Lehigh University; 305 Olin. HW
Mon., Oct. 11, 4 p.m. "The Proteasome Portal and
Regulation of Proteolysis," a Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology seminar with Michael Glickman, Technion, Haifa,
Israel and NCI/NIH; W2030 SPH. EB