BAPC Calendar of Events for Week of February 1, 2010 through February 5, 2010

[Gayle Grant <gayle grant tufts edu>]

February 01, 2010 to February 5, 2010

THE BOSTON AREA PHYSICS CALENDAR


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Monday, February 1, 2010

12:00 Noon
Monday, 1 February 2010
Brown University
Physics Department
HET Journal Club: B&H 12:00 Noon (Monday)
``The Generalized Scaling Function in AdS/CFT: A Strong Coupling Test"
Dr. Cristian VerguPAPC
Brown University

12:30 PM
Monday, February 1, 2010
Boston University
Particles and Fields Seminar
3 Cummington St., Room 595
"The Galactic 511-keV Signal, Hidden Valleys, and Supernovae"
Hooman Davoudiasl
Brookhaven National Laboratory

4:15 pm
Monday, February 1, 2010
Harvard University
Department of Physics Colloquium
Jefferson 250
"How Worms and Maggots Navigate Temperature Gradients"
Aravi Samuel
Harvard University
Tea will be served in Jefferson 450 @ 3:30 p.m.
http://www.physics.harvard.edu

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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

3:30 PM
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Boston University
Physics Colloquium
Metcalf Science Center, Room 107
590 Commonwealth Ave.
"Spontaneous Stochasticity: "Classical Weirdness" in Turbulent Fluids"
Greg Eyink
Johns Hopkins University
Refreshments served at 3:15 PM in 1st floor lounge

4:00 pm
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Brandeis University
Martin Weiner Lecture Series -- Physics Department Colloquium
Abelson 131
"Nanoparticle templated assembly of virus protein cages: principles and 
applications"
Bogdan Dragnea
Indiana University
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

2:30 pm
February 3, 2010
Brown University
Theoretical Seminar: B&H 555 2:30PM
“To be announced"
Dr. Emmanuel Katz
Boston University

3:00 pm
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Boston University
Special Biophysics Condensed Matter Seminar
Metcalf Science Center, Room 352
590 Commonwealth Ave.
"Power laws: pinning the tail on the shoulder"
Nadav Shnerb
Bar-Ilan University, Israel
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Thursday, February 4, 2010

4:15 p.m.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The David and Edith Harris Physics Colloquium Series
Building 10, Room 250
"Black Holes: The Harmonic Oscillators of the 21st Century"
Andrew Strominger
Harvard University
Refreshments @ 3:45PM in 4-349
http://web.mit.edu/physics/events/colloquia.html

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Friday, February 5, 2010

12:00 pm Noon
Friday, February 5, 2010
Boston University
Biophysics Condensed Matter Seminar
Metcalf Science Center, Room 352
590 Commonwealth Ave.
"Chiral self-assembly of rod-like molecules with a twist"
Zvonimir Dogic
Brandeis University
Pizza served at 11:45 AM


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