aspuru-list May 2008

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by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear group, Mike I got *very* sick during my trip back yesterday. I feel better today, but I am still trying to assess if I can go to Chemistry or rather stay and work from here. I will be available by e-mail and can call you if you want to talk in the phone, and most probably show up at 1.00 PM or so. Alan -- Alan Aspuru-Guzik Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology 12 Oxford Street Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: (617)384-8188 Group URL: http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Monday May 5

by Edward Farhi

Dear Quantum People We will meet on Monday May 5 at 3:00 in 6-310. Barbara Terhal will visit with us and Jake may report. Best, Eddie ps Please let me know if you no longer want to be on this annoying email list. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Edward Farhi Professor of Physics Director Center for Theoretical Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology Building 6 Room 300 Cambridge MA 02139 617 253 4871 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Group meeting reminder

by Alejandro Perdomo

Dear group, Tomorrow we have a visitor. Jonathan Skone from Penn State will be talking about "Insights on Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer: Vibronic Couplings, Time Scales, and Nonadiabaticity". Same place, same time. Naito 030 @ 4pm. Next week Dr. Olivares is up, and most likely he will give an intro to the fascinating world of SERS. See you all tomorrow, -Alejandrp

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] New group member

by Ivan Kassal

Dear group, Please welcome Lisa, who comes to our group from the fine waters of the Great Barrier Reef (or maybe Indonesia). She is a Rainford's goby (Amblygobius rainfordi), and you are welcome to come watch her sift sand through her gills in search of invertebrates to eat. She is apparently also prone to jumping out of the aquarium, so if you find her lying around, please be kind and put her back in. Ivan PS. She is named Lisa because of the initial misidentification of her species as Randall's goby (Amblyeleotris randalli) and the resulting similarity in name to the fine string theorist from across the street.

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] HUCE Weekly Calendar Update May 1 - 15

by Center for the Environment

Dear Friends of HUCE, Please be sure to check the HUCE calendar on our website, www.environment.harvard.edu, for the most up-to-date listings and complete event descriptions. If you would like to submit an event to the calendar, contact Lisa Matthews at the Center for the Environment: lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu. Feel free to distribute this email to your students, faculty, colleagues, and anyone else who may be interested in environmental events around the community. Highlights: Monday, May 5: "Sustainable Mobility: An Automakers Perspective on Transportation Energy & Climate Policy is the last Future of Energy lectures series of the spring semester featuring Susan Cischke, the Senior Vice President of Ford Motor Company Sustainability, Environment and Safety Engineering. Tuesday, May 6: Garth Huetel, HUCE Environmental Fellow, presents his research on how environmental policy should respond to economic fluctuations using a business cycle model. Friday, May 9: The SEAS Materials and Structures for Energy Workshop provides an interactive forum to share the latest discoveries and advances by Harvard faculty and students and foster collaborative research on energy needs. Calendar Listings: Thursday 5/1/2008 Cambridge Science Festival (Various locations) The Cambridge Science Festival, the first of its kind in the United States, is a celebration showcasing Cambridge as an internationally recognized leader in science and technology. Contact: www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/Home... 12:30p Managing Global Energy and Environmental Problems (Bowie-Vernon Room, CGIS, N-262, 1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA) A panel discussion with Reiko Nakamura, GRIPS; Eiichiro Fujii, Tokyo Gas Company; and Naoki Kobayashi. Sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs/Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Contact: (617) 495-1890, www.wcfia.harvard.edu/us-japan 4:00p - 5:00p Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series (Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA) Speaker: Chris Amemiya, Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle. Contact: Deborah Smiley, (617) 384-5062 4:00p - 5:00p Climate Seminar (Haller Hall, 24 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA) "Thoughts on climate sensitivity" with speaker Isaac Held, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton University . Contact: Sarah Colgan, colgan(a)eps.harvard.edu, 617-496-9770, www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars... 4:00p - 5:00p ETIP Occasional Speaker Series (Belfer Center Library (L-369), Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA) "Impact of Non-Enforcement of US Mining Laws on Future CCS Regulations" with speaker Burt Lauderdale, Executive Director of Kentuckians For The Commonwealth (KFTC). Contact: Sam Milton, sam_milton(a)harvard.edu, (617) 496-5584, www.belfercenter.org/subscribe.html' Friday 5/2/2008 Cambridge Science Festival (Various locations) The Cambridge Science Festival, the first of its kind in the United States, is a celebration showcasing Cambridge as an internationally recognized leader in science and technology. Contact: www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/Home... 11:00a Harvard Forest Seminar Series (Seminar Room at Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main Street, Petersham, MA) Speaker: Tom Kunz, Boston University. "Aeroecology: probing and modeling the Aerosphere" Contact: Audry Barker Plotkin, aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu, harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/researc... 12:00p - 2:00p Energy Technology Innovation Policy Seminar Series (Malkin Penthouse, Littauer, 4th Floor, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA) "Mexican Oil: Its Future in an Era of $100+ Prices" with Dr. Jesus Reyes Heroles, CEO of Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX). Contact: huma0708(a)gmail.com, 617-496-5584 Saturday 5/3/2008 Cambridge Science Festival (Various locations) The Cambridge Science Festival, the first of its kind in the United States, is a celebration showcasing Cambridge as an internationally recognized leader in science and technology. Contact: www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/Home... Sunday 5/4/2008 Cambridge Science Festival (Various locations) The Cambridge Science Festival, the first of its kind in the United States, is a celebration showcasing Cambridge as an internationally recognized leader in science and technology. Contact: www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/Home... 9:00a SBGrid 'Quo Vadis Structural Biology?' Symposium (Longwood Medical Area) This interactive, 2-day symposium, features speakers from Harvard University and outside that will present their work, plus 2 tracks of hands-on workshops focused on structural biology computing. Contact: Meg Bentley, Ph.D., meg_bentley(a)hms.harvard.edu, 617-432-6698, cmcd.med.harvard.edu/activities/confe... 2:00p HMNH: Sunday Afternoon Family Program (HMNH, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Discovering the World Around Us: Biodiversity and Climate Change" with Marie Studer. Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, www.hmnh.harvard.edu/family_programs/... Monday 5/5/2008 9:00a SBGrid 'Quo Vadis Structural Biology?' Symposium (Longwood Medical Area) This interactive, 2-day symposium, features speakers from Harvard University and outside that will present their work, plus 2 tracks of hands-on workshops focused on structural biology computing. Contact: Meg Bentley, Ph.D., meg_bentley(a)hms.harvard.edu, 617-432-6698, cmcd.med.harvard.edu/activities/confe... 12:00p - 1:00p Harvard Energy Journal Club (HUCE Seminar room, 24 Oxford St. 3rd floor, Cambridge, MA) Visit http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/schedule.html for current topics of discussion. Contact: Kurt House, khouse(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.html 4:00p EPS Closing Spring Colloquium (Haller Hall, 24 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA) "Snowball Earth, in science and fiction" with Paul Hoffman, Harvard EPS. Please join us for a reception following the talk, in the 4th Fl. lounge of Hoffman. Contact: Katrina Hirsig, khirsig(a)fas.harvard.edu, 617-495-3637, www.eps.harvard.edu 5:00p Future of Energy (Science Center C, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Sustainable Mobility: An Automaker's Perspective on Transportation Energy & Climate Policy" with Susan M. Cischke, Senior Vice President, Ford Motor Company Sustainability, Environment and Safety Engineering. Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, (617) 495-8883, www.environment.harvard.edu Tuesday 5/6/2008 9:30a - 11:00a Energy Policy Seminar Series (Bell Hall, 5th floor, Belfer Building, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA) "Optimal Environmental Policy Under Economic Fluctuations:" Garth Heutel, HUCE Environmental Fellow. Contact: Louisa Lund, louisa_lund(a)harvard.edu, (617) 495-8693 12:00p - 1:30p Frontiers in Sustainable Development Speaker Series (Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA) "Incentives for Sustaining Ecosystem Services in Multi-functional Landscapes: A pentagon of research questions for the World Agroforestry Centre" with Brent Swallow Principal Economist, at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in Nairobi and Global Coordinator of the ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins. Contact: maryanne_baumgartner(a)harvard.edu, www.cid.harvard.edu/sustsci 3:00p - 4:00p ClimaTea Lecture/Journal Club (Geological Museum, Room 418, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA) Visit the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics website for current speakers and topics of discussion. Contact: Itay Halevy , ihalevy(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars... 4:00p Program for Evolutionary Dynamics Seminar (One Brattle Square, Suite 6, Room 616, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA) "Understanding Baseball Team Standings and Streaks" presented by Prof. Sidney Redner, Physics Department, Boston University. Contact: Jordan M. Bice, bice(a)fas.harvard.edu, 617.496.4737 , www.ped.fas.harvard.edu/ Thursday 5/8/2008 9:00a - 5:00p 4th Annual Plant Biology Symposium (Sherman Fairchild Lecture Hall, 7 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA) "Phylogeny Informs Biology: Seeing the Forest from the Trees" The 4th Annual Plant Biology Symposium at Harvard is aimed at highlighting the exciting ways in which phylogenies are being used in a wide range of studies, from global biome change to endosymbiosis. Contact: Heather Ehlers, hehlers(a)oeb.harvard.edu, www.pbi.fas.harvard.edu/events.htm 12:00p - 1:30p India's increasing energy requirements: Possible global implications (Building 36 (Rm.155), MIT, Cambridge, MA) Speaker: E.A.S. SARMA, Former Power Secretary, Government of India. Contact: Subrata Ghoshroy , ghoshroy(a)mit.edu, (617) 253-3846 4:00p China Project Seminar (Pierce Hall 100F, 19 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "One Country, Two Systems, One Environment: Environmental Cooperation Between Hong Kong and Guangdong" with Prof. Yok-Shiu F. LEE, Department of Geography, Hong Kong University, and Prof. Carlos Wing-Hung LO, Department of Management and Marketing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Contact: Chris Nielsen , nielsen2(a)fas.harvard.edu, 617-496-2378 , chinaproject.harvard.edu/seminars/200... 6:00p - 7:00p Microbial Sciences Initiative Thursday Evening Seminar Series (HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA) "Daughter Cell Separation Anxiety and Other Tales of Envelope Distress" with Thomas Bernhardt, Dept of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School. Contact: Christy Herren, herren(a)fas.harvard.edu, (617) 495 8643, www.msi.harvard.edu/thursdays.html Friday 5/9/2008 11:00a Harvard Forest Seminar Series (Seminar Room at Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main Street, Petersham, MA) Speaker: Alan Covich, University of Georgia. "Ecosystem services in tropical streams: the uncertain role of biodiversity" Contact: Audry Barker Plotkin, aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu, harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/researc... 8:15p - 7:00p Materials and Structures for Energy (Maxwell/Dworkin Lessin Room, G115, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA) How advances in materials science and devices can address current energy needs at the annual School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Industry Outreach Workshop. Contact: Jennifer Casasanto, j_casasanto(a)seas.harvard.edu, www.seas.harvard.edu/partnerships/ene... Saturday 5/10/2008 9:00a - 4:00p Global Climate Change Youth Summit (MIT, Building 34, Cambridge, MA) For youth in grades 7 - 12. Contact: www.blsyouthcan.org/Current_Global_Cl... Monday 5/12/2008 12:00p - 1:00p Harvard Energy Journal Club (HUCE Seminar room, 24 Oxford St. 3rd floor, Cambridge, MA) Visit http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/schedule.html for current topics of discussion. Contact: Kurt House, khouse(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.html Tuesday 5/13/2008 9:30a Energy Technology Innovation Policy Seminar Series (Belfer Center Library (L-369), Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA) "Perceptions of and Discourse on Emerging Energy Technologies for Climate Change Mitigation: Comparative State-level Media Analysis" with speaker Jennie Stephens, ETIP Research Associate. Contact: Sam Milton, sam_milton(a)harvard.edu, www.energytechnologypolicy.org Wednesday 5/14/2008 4:00p Origins of Life Initiative Forum (Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus, Cambridge) "Symbiogenesis and Gaia: Evolution of the Living Earth" with speaker Lynn Margulis, University of Massachusetts-Amherst Contact: origins.harvard.edu Thursday 5/15/2008 4:00p China Project Seminar (Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Regulatory Enforcement of Environmental Regulations in China" with Prof. Carlos Wing-Hung LO, Department of Management and Marketing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Contact: Chris Nielsen , nielsen2(a)fas.harvard.edu, 617-496-2378, chinaproject.harvard.edu/seminars/200... 7:00p Center for Astrophysics Monthly Observatory Nights (Phillips Auditorium at the CfA, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA) Comets: "Solar System Messengers," with Daniel Green, Center for Astrophysics. 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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: call for posters for Materials and Structures for Energy Workshop May 9

by Orpha Rivera

Dear Group, Information for Poster Submission/Preparation Poster Session: Friday, May 9, 2008, 5:30-7:00 p.m.; Maxwell Dworkin Lobby More information below! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jennifer Casasanto <j_casasanto(a)seas.harvard.edu> Date: Thu, May 1, 2008 at 9:23 AM Subject: call for posters for Materials and Structures for Energy Workshop May 9 To: aspuru-admin(a)chemistry.harvard.edu Cc: Alan Aspuru-Guzik <aspuru(a)chemistry.harvard.edu> Dear Orpha, Professor Aspuru-Guzik will be speaking at our upcoming Industry Partnership Workshop on Friday, May 9, 2008. We are hoping you could send a message to your entire group requesting they submit research posters for the workshop poster session and reception, as we have very few posters at this point. Many attendees from industry have already registered for the workshop (and you are encouraged to invite any industrial collaborators who are working with you to attend.) This will be a great opportunity to network and promote the current research at SEAS and at Harvard. We ask your postdocs and graduate students with projects in these areas *to submit titles for the poster session and reception on Friday afternoon from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Information for Poster Submission/Preparation* Poster Session: Friday, May 9, 2008, 5:30-7:00 p.m.; Maxwell Dworkin Lobby. Posters should be submitted with the poster title to the Editorial Office at: _editorial(a)deas.harvard.edu_ by Monday, May 5th. Please use the following format: * Title:* Manipulating Biomolecules and Cells with Magnetic Force *Faculty:* M.G. Prentiss, D.R. Nelson, G.M. Whitesides and D.E. IngberContributors: R. Conroy, Y. Kafri, V. Vullev, D. Weibel, V. Krishnamurthy, A. Winkelman, K. Gudiksen, and E. Alsberg *Presenters:* Chiu Hong Lee, Claudia Danilowicz, and Efraim Feinstein 3. More information on preparing the poster: http://www.seas.harvard.edu/partnerships/energy08/posters.html<http://www.deas.harvard.edu/partnerships/microfluidics/posters.html_> To those preparing posters, please submit to Editorial Office by Tuesday, May 6th and the poster will be printed and set up in the lobby of Maxwell Dworkin. We thank you in advance for your consideration to participate in the poster session at the upcoming Industrial Partnership Workshop. Best regards, Jennifer Casasanto -- Jennifer Casasanto School of Engineering & Applied Sciences Harvard University | 216 Pierce Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 Phone: 617.495.1244 Fax: 617.496.5264 -- *********************************************** Orpha Rivera, Lab Administrator, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, 12 Oxford Street, Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: (617) 496-9964 Fax: (617) 496-9411 *********************************************

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