aspuru-list September 2008

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fw: [Biopdaf] New BE Seminar Series Announcement

by Semion K Saikin

If anybody interested, these are biophysics seminars @MIT Semion From: biopdaf-bounces(a)MIT.EDU [mailto:biopdaf-bounces@MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Biology Headquarters Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 11:04 AM To: gradstudents; bio-srs(a)MIT.EDU; biostaff3(a)MIT.EDU; biostaf2(a)MIT.EDU; biopdaf(a)MIT.EDU Subject: [Biopdaf] New BE Seminar Series Announcement *New Biological Engineering Seminar Series* We warmly invite you to join us this fall for the new bi-weekly seminar series, "Emerging Trends in Molecular Biomechanics and Biophysics," hosted by Mark Bathe and Matt Lang. This seminar series presents research at the interface of cell biology and molecular biophysics. For more information please visit:http://web.mit.edu/bmbp If you are interested in receiving bi-weekly reminders for this seminar series, please join the seminar mailing list at: http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/bmbp-seminar Best regards, Mark Bathe Assistant Professor Department of Biological Engineering http://web.mit.edu/liccbb and Matt Lang Associate Professor Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Biological Engineering http://web.mit.edu/~langlab

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] current group members

by Anna B. Shin

Dear Group, Over the next week or so, I'm going to clean up the Group mailing list to reflect only current group members and affiliates. Former group members will be removed from the list unless I hear otherwise. Additionally, I will be doing the same with our shared calendars. If you do not have access to them now, please let me know. As far as I know, we have 3: AAG, ABS, AGG-public. Lastly, if you are a new or fairly new postdoc, please read the following message regarding the New Postdoc Orientation. Remember to RSVP by Monday (15 Sep). Best, Anna ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Joe Lavin <lavin(a)chemistry.harvard.edu> Date: Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 9:05 AM Subject: New Postdoctoral Fellow Orientation, Wednesday, September 17 To: faculty_staff(a)chemistry.harvard.edu Cc: Tony Shaw <shaw(a)chemistry.harvard.edu>, Carol Gonzaga < carol(a)chemistry.harvard.edu> Hello all, I've already forwarded this announcement to the postdoc mailing list, but you may also want to encourage new postdocs in your groups to attend this orientation. Best, Joe An orientation program for new postdoctoral fellows at Harvard will be held from 11:00am-1:30pm, on Wednesday, September 17. This program will provide information about navigating a variety of offices and services at Harvard that serve postdoctoral fellows, with brief presentations given by specialists on topics such as professional development, benefits, work/life issues, international issues, ombuds services, sponsored research, and research-related resources. New postdocs from all Harvard Schools and research units are encouraged to attend the morning session and lunch (11:00am-12:30pm), which highlight institutional services; the after-lunch session is designed for international postdocs, but is open to all postdocs who may value viewing this presentation as well. Longwood postdocs (HMS quad and HSPH) certainly may attend, but also should contact their postdoctoral services units for school-specific information and sessions. In addition, the orientation will be most valuable to postdocs who have arrived in August or later; however, all interested postdocs are invited. New postdocs interested in attending should contact Taryn Sullivan (taryn_sullivan(a)harvard.edu) in the Office for Postdoctoral Affairs to RSVP. Seating is limited, on a first-RSVP, first-served basis. *Please RSVP by Monday, September 15, 2008. * We are pleased to again offer this comprehensive orientation program for Harvard postdocs. I would appreciate very much if you would share this information with your postdocs and encourage them to RSVP and attend. A confirmation notice with the location will be sent directly to those postdoctoral fellows who RSVP. Please let me know if you have any questions. More information about offices and services for postdocs may be found on the Harvard Postdoctoral Affairs website, * http://postdoc.harvard.edu* <http://postdoc.harvard.edu/> . Many thanks for your help spreading the word, Yours truly--Greg Llacer. *Gregory A. Llacer* Director, *Harvard University Office for Postdoctoral Affairs*<http://postdoc.harvard.edu/> Director, *Harvard College Program for Research in Science and Engineering (PRISE)* <http://prise.harvard.edu/> Holyoke Center 749 1350 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 617.384-7995 (phone) / 617.384-7996 (fax) -- Anna B. Shin Aspuru-Guzik Group Administrator Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University 12 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 617.496.9964 phone 617.496.9411 fax anna(a)chemistry.harvard.edu Aspuru-Guzik Group URL: http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] HUCE Weekly Calendar Update September 18 - 25

by Center for the Environment

Dear Friends of HUCE, Welcome back! Within this email you will find two week's worth of environmentally related events here on the Harvard campus and in the Boston area. There are some fantastic events on the calendar and I hope you will take full advantage of the many engaging lectures and seminars listed here. Always be sure to check the HUCE calendar on our website, [ http://harvard.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7532d1fbf18f39219ac742ebe&id=d…] www.environment.harvard.edu, for the most up-to-date listings and complete event descriptions, as venues and times may change. 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 [ mailto:lisa_matthews@harvard.edu ]. Feel free to distribute this email to your friends, colleagues, family, and anyone else who may be interested in environmental events around our community. Enjoy your first week of classes! Highlights: Wednesday, September 17: The Minister of State for Industry at the Government of India, Dr. Ashwani Kumar, visits Harvard for a seminar on "Inclusivist Growth and Economic Reforms the Challenges of India's Pluralist Democracy." Monday, September 22: His Excellency, Anote Tong, President of Kiribati discusses his country's unique vulnerabilty to the effects of global warming-induced sea level rise in this first lecture of the Fall 2008 _Green Conversations _series. Wednesday, September 24: The first _Science in the News _seminar kicks off the school year with a discussion on "Fuels of the Future." Calendar Listings: Thursday 9/11/2008 6:00p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=112064430 ] Microbial Sciences Initiative Thursday Evening Seminar Series (HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA) "To Build a Biofilm." George O'Toole, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth University Contact: Christy Herren, herren(a)fas.harvard.edu [ mailto:herren@fas.harvard.edu ], (617) 495 8643, www.msi.harvard.edu/thursdays.html [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/www.msi.harvard.edu/thursdays.html ] Friday 9/12/2008 2:00p Time is running out for the oil-exporting states [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=118829845 ] (Muckley Building, Room E40-496, MIT, Cambridge, MA) Speakers: John V. Mitchell, Associate Research Fellow, Chatham House and Research Adviser, Oxford Institute of Energy Studies; and Paul Stevens, Senior Research Fellow for Energy, Chatham House Contact: [ http://web.mit.edu/globalchange/www ]web.mit.edu/globalchange/www/ Saturday 9/13/2008 11:00a - 2:00p Sierra Club: Energy Solutions Day [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117067275 ] (Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common, Boston, MA) Join the Sierra Club and your friends and neighbors to have fun, enjoy a beautiful fall day, and learn about energy solutions. Contact: Carol Oldham, carol.oldham(a)sierraclub.org [ mailto:carol.oldham@sierraclub.org ], 617-423-5775, www.sierraclubmass.org/events/events.... [ http://www.sierraclubmass.org/events/events.html#special ] 2:00p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=116987727 ] Harvard Museum of Natural History Lecture Series (Haller Hall, Geological Museum, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Superdove: How the Pigeon took Manhattan and the World." Author talk & book signing by Courtney Humphries. Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu [ mailto:hmnh@oeb.harvard.edu ], 617.495.3045, www.hmnh.harvard.edu [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/www.hmnh.harvard.edu ] Monday 9/15/2008 9:30a Energy Policy Research Programs Seminar [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117182187 ] (Fainsod Room, Littauer 324, HKS, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA) "The Mounting Crisis in Climate Policy and What to Do About It." Gwyn Prins, London School of Economics. Contact: (617) 495-8693 12:00p - 1:00p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=118021150 ] Harvard Energy Journal Club (HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA) Visit the Energy Journal website for current topics of discussion. Contact: Kurt House, khouse(a)fas.harvard.edu [ mailto:khouse@fas.harvard.edu ], www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.html [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.ht… ] 2:00p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117791430 ] OEB Special Seminar (MCZ 101, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Marsupial immune genes: organization, evolution and role in the spread of a contagious cancer." Dr. Kathy Belov Australasian Wildlife Genomics Group Faculty of Veterinary Science Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu [ mailto:kparodi@oeb.harvard.edu ] 4:00p EPS 2008 First-Year Symposium [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=118794388 ] (Haller Hall, Room 102, Geological Museum, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) Contact: Maryorie Grande, grande(a)eps.harvard.edu [ mailto:grande@eps.harvard.edu ], 617-496-8069, [ http://www.eps.harvard.edu ]www.eps.harvard.edu/ 5:00p - 7:00p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=118829825 ] SolarTaxi: Around the World in a Solar-Electric Vehicle (MIT, Building 4, Room 270, Cambridge, MA) Swiss citizen Louis Palmer is currently finishing the first round-the-world trip in a solar-electric vehicle. Contact: David Sanchez , davidsan(a)mit.edu [ mailto:davidsan@mit.edu ] , [ http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?event=9021400&location=http://ww… ]events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?e... 5:00p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=118829843 ] Powering the Planet: The Challenge for MIT and Science in the 21st Century (MIT, Building 10, Room 250, Cambridge, MA) Contact: sfowler(a)mit.edu [ mailto:sfowler@mit.edu ] , [ http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?event=9021767&location=http://ww… ]events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?e... Tuesday 9/16/2008 12:00p Herbaria Seminar Series [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117102188 ] (Herbaria Seminar Room, 22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA) "Closing the Global Carbon Cycle: Linking Terrestrial Plant Production with Aquatic Microbial Production of Carbon Dioxide." Peter Pollard, Griffith University. Contact: [ http://www.huh.harvard.edu/seminar_series ]www.huh.harvard.edu/seminar_series/ 3:00p - 4:00p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117067220 ] 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: Kate Dennis, kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu [ mailto:kdennis@fas.harvard.edu ], www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars... [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/semi… ] Wednesday 9/17/2008 1:00p - 6:00p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=118794390 ] New England Ratepayer Advocate Summit (Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin Land Boulevard, Cambridge, MA ) The New England Ratepayer Advocate Summit will be a half-day conference for energy customers, their advocates and government officials to discuss the impact of and how to combat high energy costs. Contact: Grier H. Potter, ratepayersummit(a)state.ma.us [ mailto:ratepayersummit@state.ma.us ], (617) 963-2096, [ http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=cagosubtopic&L=4&L0=Home&L1=Community+Safety&L2… ]www.mass.gov/?pageID=cagosubtopic&amp... 4:00p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=118021349 ] Inclusivist Growth and Economic Reforms the Challenges of India's Pluralist Democracy (Fainsod Room, Littauer 324, HKS, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA) Speaker: Dr. Ashwani Kumar, the Minister of State for Industry, Government of India. Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu [ mailto:lisa_matthews@harvard.edu ], 617-495-8883 [*Note time change to 4:00 pm.] 6:00p - 7:00p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=118829827 ] MIT Energy Club Lecture Series (MIT, E51-145, Cambridge, MA) The MIT Energy Club Lecture Series presents Matthew Nordan, Lux Research. Contact: Lara Pierpoint, energy-events(a)mit.edu [ mailto:%20energy-events@mit.edu ] , [ http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?event=9020187&location=http://ww… ]events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?e... 6:00p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117067301 ] Sierra Club MA Special Event (The Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA) "The Last Polar Bear: Facing the Truth of a Warming World". Join photographer Steven Kazlowski and the Sierra Club for a presentation, Q&A and book signing. Contact: events(a)gcb.com [ mailto:events@gcb.com ], 617-649-5700 x21, www.brattlefilm.org/brattlefilm/renta... [ http://www.brattlefilm.org/brattlefilm/rental.html ] Thursday 9/18/2008 4:00p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117826180 ] OEB Seminar Series (Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA) "Comparisons of genes and genomes from across the amniotes." Chris Ponting, Oxford University. Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu [ mailto:kparodi@oeb.harvard.edu ], www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/semin... [ http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/seminars.html ] 6:00p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=116987728 ] Harvard Museum of Natural History Lecture Series (Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Audubon: The Early Drawings." Lecture and book signing by Scott Edwards and Leslie Morris Scott Edwards, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology. Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu [ mailto:hmnh@oeb.harvard.edu ], 617.495.3045 , www.hmnh.harvard.edu [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/www.hmnh.harvard.edu ] Friday 9/19/2008 8:30a - 9:30a [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=112098331 ] Microbial Sciences Friday Chalktalk (HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA) "Gene genealogies and natural selection." John Wakeley, Dept of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Contact: Christy Herren, herren(a)fas.harvard.edu [ mailto:herren@fas.harvard.edu ], (617) 495 8643, www.msi.harvard.edu/fridays.html [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/www.msi.harvard.edu/fridays.html ] 2:30p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=118056076 ] Program on Evolutionary Dynamics: Distinguished Lecture Series (Science Center Lecture Hall C, One Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "The AIDS epidemic: Immune selection pressure, viral evolution, and prospects for a vaccine." Brice Walker, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Contact: Jordan Bice, bice(a)fas.harvard.edu [ mailto:bice@fas.harvard.edu ], 617.496.4737, [ http://www.ped.fas.harvard.edu ]www.ped.fas.harvard.edu/ 7:00p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117941086 ] Harvard Forest Special Talk and Booksigining (Fisher Museum, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main Street, Petersham, MA ) "Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity." Dr. Eric Chivian, Director, Harvard University Center for Health and the Global Environment Contact: John O'Keefe, jokeefe(a)fas.harvard.edu [ mailto:jokeefe@fas.harvard.edu ], 978-724-3302 Monday 9/22/2008 12:00p - 1:00p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=118021151 ] Harvard Energy Journal Club (HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA) Visit the Energy Journal website for current topics of discussion. Contact: Kurt House, khouse(a)fas.harvard.edu [ mailto:khouse@fas.harvard.edu ], www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.html [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.ht… ] 5:00p - 6:00p Green Conversations with His Excellency Anote Tong, President of Kiribati [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=114649866 ] (Science Center Lecture Hall D, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) Faculty panelists: James McCarthy, Alexander Agassiz Professor of Biological Oceanography and Daniel Schrag, professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences and director, HHUCE. Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu [ mailto:lisa_matthews@harvard.edu ], 617-495-8883 Tuesday 9/23/2008 12:00p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117102189 ] Herbaria Seminar Series (Herbaria Seminar Room, 22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA) "The World on Display - New Challenges for the Economic Botany Collections." Luis Mendonça de Carvalho, Beja Polytechnic Institute, Portugal. Contact: [ http://www.huh.harvard.edu/seminar_series ]www.huh.harvard.edu/seminar_series/ 3:00p - 4:00p ClimaTea Lecture/Journal Club [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117067221 ] (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: Kate Dennis, kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu [ mailto:kdennis@fas.harvard.edu ], www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars... [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/semi… ] Wednesday 9/24/2008 7:00p - 9:00p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117067294 ] Science in the News Seminar Series (Armenise amphitheater, Harvard Medical School, Longwood Campus, Boston, MA) "Fuels of the Future" Contact: sitnboston(a)yahoo.com [ mailto:sitnboston@yahoo.com ], [ http://www.hms.harvard.edu/sitn ]www.hms.harvard.edu/sitn/ Thursday 9/25/2008 4:00p OEB Seminar Series [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117826181 ] (Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA) Speaker and Title TBA. Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu [ mailto:kparodi@oeb.harvard.edu ], www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/semin... [ http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/seminars.html ] 6:00p Arnold Arboretum: Landscape Institute Information Session [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=117067248 ] (The Landscape Institute, 30 Chauncy Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge) "Going Green: Constructing an Environmentally Engineered Home and Landscape". Marie Stella, landscape historian, designer and faculty member of the Landscape Institute. Contact: landscape(a)arnarb.harvard.edu, [ http://calendar.arboretum.harvard.edu/index.php?mo=9&yr=2008 ]calendar.arboretum.harvard.edu/index.... 6:00p [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=116987729 ] Harvard Museum of Natural History Lecture Series (Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Nature's Palette: the Biological Significance of Color." Exhibition opening lecture by Hopi Hoekstra Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu [ mailto:hmnh@oeb.harvard.edu ], 617.495.3045, www.hmnh.harvard.edu [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/www.hmnh.harvard.edu ] 7:00p - 9:00p WIND POWER SEMINAR: Practical Lessons from Wind Farm Collector Systems and Interconnections [ http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=118829848 ] (MIT Stata Center, Building 32, Room 141, 32 Vassar St., Cambridge, MA) Speaker: Wanda Reder, VP of Power Systems Services at S&C Electric Company and President of IEEE PES. Contact: Soon Wan, gimsoon(a)ieee.org [ mailto:gimsoon@ieee.org ], www.ieeeboston.org/power_electronics.htm [ http://www.ieeeboston.org/power_electronics.htm ] ============================================== You are receiving this email because you indicated interest in Harvard University Center for the Environment events. 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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: Safari - online books for computer and IT professionals - now available!

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Wow guys! This is an invaluable resource for us. It contains many, many, many UNIX, C, Python, system administration and programming books! Let's use this resource. Alan ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Marcia Chapin <chapin(a)chemistry.harvard.edu> Date: Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 4:29 PM Subject: Safari - online books for computer and IT professionals - now available! To: chapin(a)chemistry.harvard.edu Hello Folks, The Safari collection of full-text online books covering computer technology and information science is now available at Harvard. Please use the link below to access this collection: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:safarixx Safari includes over 5,000 ebooks (complete, full-text) covering the areas of computer science and information technology, including programming languages, hardware, networking, operating systems, human-computer interaction, computer graphics, e-business/commerce, desktop publishing, databases, markup languages, security, software engineering and multimedia--from some two dozen publishers, including O'Reilly, Prentice Hall, Microsoft Press, Peachpit Press, Sams, Que, Adobe Press, and IBM Press. Individual titles are searchable in HOLLIS. This link will be place in the CCB Library website under Databases/E-Resources Best, Marcia Marcia L. Chapin Head Librarian Chemistry & Chemical Biology Library Harvard University 12 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA. 02138 ******************************************** chapin(a)chemistry.harvard.edu voice (617) 496-2728 fax (617) 495-0788 -- 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] Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony

by Cesar A. Rodriguez-Rosario

Dear Group: The Ig Nobel Prize is this October 2nd and I'm planning to go. Ig Nobel is a mockery of the Nobel prize where they give awards to hilarious papers. My favorite is the 2005 award for fluids dynamics on the paper titled: "Pressures Produced When Penguins Poo Calculations on Avian Defecation". Other good one is the 2003 Physics award to the authors of the paper titled: "An Analysis of the Forces Required to Drag Sheep over Various Surfaces More info here: http://140.247.118.196/tickets/details.cfm?EVENT_ID=7995 And of course, here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ig_Nobel_Prize_winners Tickets are a bit expensive ($31 and more for students). I think I'm going to buy tickets in a week or so. If anyone is interested, let me know as seats are assigned and we might have to buy them together. Cesar -- Cesar A. Rodriguez-Rosario, Postdoctoral Fellow Harvard University Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Box#34 12 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA Office M110 (617)495-9676 rodriguez(a)chemistry.harvard.edu

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: [Postdocs] Seminars1

by Jacob D. Biamonte

Hi everyone, as you can see tomorrow, Wednesday at 4 p.m., there is a talk which should be of interest to several of us: *How Proteins Find and Recognize Their Targets on DNA *I will be attending. cheers! -jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Helen Schwickrath <schwickrath(a)chemistry.harvard.edu> Date: Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 9:18 AM Subject: [Postdocs] Seminars1 To: "List\"" <"Seminar> Please join us as follows: *TOMORROW! Wednesday, 10 September 4:00 p.m. Cabot Division Room, Mallinckrodt 102 SPECIAL SEMINAR * Prof. Anatoly Kolomiesky Rice University *How Proteins Find and Recognize Their Targets on DNA **== Tuesday, September 16 4:00 p.m. Pfzier Lecture Hall Student invited speaker *Professor Shahriah Mobashery University of Notre Dame *Resistance to b-Lactam Antibiotics in Methicillin-Resistant *Staphylococcus aureus *(MRSA) *Professor Mobashery's research focuses mainly on the cell wall of bacteria, antibiotic resistance, the mechanism of action of antibiotics and the biochemical characterization of the enzymes that they target. His laboratory uses a combination of organic synthesis, protein chemistry, enzymology and computational approaches to study these problems. For more information, please see his lab website at *http://chemistry.nd.edu/faculty/detail/smobashe/ * <http://chemistry.nd.edu/faculty/detail/smobashe/> If you would like to meet with Professor Mobashery for office hours on September 16th, please sign up on the sheet posted near the mailboxes. If you're interested in having dinner with him on *September 15th* at 6:30 pm, or breakfast or lunch on *September 16th*, please email tlupoli(a)fas.harvard.edu by September 12th. Helen L. Schwickrath Seminar and Events Coordinator Harvard University Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology 12 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 (617) 496-8190 (Voice) (617) 496-5618 (Fax) helen(a)chemistry.harvard.edu _______________________________________________ Postdocs mailing list Postdocs(a)chem.harvard.edu http://chem.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/postdocs -- :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Jacob D. Biamonte office: (+1) 617 - 496 - 7101 fax: 496-9411 cell: 335-4857 http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/People/Jacob_D._Biamonte/ ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Franco Nori, Density functional theory and quantum computation

by Patrick Rebentrost

Density functional theory and quantum computation Authors: Frank Gaitan, Franco Nori http://arxiv.org/abs/0809.1170

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] M114 space available during construction

by Shuting Jin

Dear Group, Adam is letting us use M114 temporarily while construction is going on in the main offices so that you do not have pieces of spackle falling on you as you type. Since he's doing us a favor, let's try to keep it clean and not too messy. Cheers, Shuting

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: Special CNS seminar: Sept. 10th at noon

by Leslie Vogt

Dear group, You may be interested in attending the lecture listed below. Leslie Begin forwarded message: > From: <info(a)cns.fas.harvard.edu> > Date: September 8, 2008 8:38:51 AM EDT > To: lvogt(a)fas.harvard.edu > Subject: Special CNS seminar: Sept. 10th at noon > > Dear CNS/NNIN Users, > > There will be a special CNS seminar this Wed. (Sept. 10th) at noon > in MD119. > > "Technology for Developing Cost Competitive Solar Energy," Dr. > Marcie Black, Bandgap Engineering > > All members of the CNS/NNIN community are welcome to attend. > > Thanks, > > Jim

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Today

by Edward Farhi

Dear Quanta We will meet today at 3:00 in 6-310. Hopefully our 4:15 speaker, Bravyi, will join us. Eddie ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Edward Farhi Cecil and Ida Green 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-list September 2008