BAPC Calendar of Events from January 25, 2010 through January 29, 2010

[Gayle Grant <gayle grant tufts edu>]

January 25, 2010 to January 29, 2010

THE BOSTON AREA PHYSICS CALENDAR


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Monday, January 25, 2010

12:30 pm

Monday, January 25, 2010
Boston University
Particles and Fields Seminar
3 Cummington St., Room 595
"First results and performance of the CMS experiment"
Christos Leonidopoulos
CERN

4:15 pm
Monday, January 25, 2010
Harvard University
Department of Physics Colloquium, Jefferson 250
"Illuminating Dark Matter"
Neal Weiner, New York University
Tea will be served in Jefferson 450 at 3:30 p.m.
http://www.physics.harvard.edu <http://www.physics.harvard.edu/>

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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

1:30 pm
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Brandeis University
String Theory Seminar
Abelson 333
"Higher spin gauge theory and holography"
Xi Yin
Harvard University


2:00 pm
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Boston College
Physics Seminar
Higgins Hall, Room 235
"Quantum liquid crystal phases in ultracold atomic systems"
Benjamin M. Fregoso
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
For more information please see: http://www.physics.bc.edu 
<http://www.physics.bc.edu/>


2:30 pm
Tuesday, January 26, 2009
Tufts University
Joint Tufts/CFA/MIT Cosmology Seminar
Robinson 250
"The No-Boundary Measure in the Regime of Eternal Inflation"
Thomas Hertog
APC - Paris
Refreshments served at 2:00pm in Knipp Library, Room 251


3:30 pm
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Boston University
Physics Colloquium
Metcalf Science Center, Room 107
590 Commonwealth Ave.
"Ionic Driven Self-Assemblies: Patterns and Symmetries"
Monica Olvera de la Cruz
Northwestern University
Refreshments served at 3:15 PM in 1st floor lounge

4:00 PM
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Northeastern University
CIRCS Seminar
110 Forsyth St, 114 Dana Research Center
“A Geometric Model for the Chromosome Architecture in the Yeast Nucleus”
Azadeh Samadani
Brandeis University


4:00 pm
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Brandeis University
Martin Weiner Lecture Series
Abelson 131
"Grabbing water with thin elastic sheets: The elasto-pipette"
Pedro Miguel Reis
MIT

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Wednesday, January 27, 2010



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Thursday, January 28, 2010

1:30 pm
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Tufts University
Lunchtime Cosmology Seminar
Robinson 250
"Stirring Up the Primordial Soup"
Johannes Noller
Imperial College, London


5:00 pm
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Brandeis University
MRSEC Seminar
Abelson 333
"An organic relationship: materials research and projects for health, 
environmental conservation, and poverty
reduction in Africa"
Robert Lange
Brandeis University


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Friday, January 29, 2010

12:00 pm (Noon)
Friday, January 29, 2010
Boston University
Biophysics Condensed Matter Seminar
Metcalf Science Center, Room 352
590 Commonwealth Ave.
"Thermodynamic Triggered Transitions, Transport and Traffic in Biology 
Blood Clotting, Membranes and Nerves"
Matthias Schneider
Boston University
Pizza served at 11:45 AM


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