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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [iic-colloquium] Reminder: Multiscale Cancer Modeling with Tom Deisboeck tomorrow

by Rosalind Reid

Just a reminder of tomorrow's IIC Colloquium: Multiscale Cancer Modeling October 28, 2009, 4:00 pm Room G115, Maxwell Dworkin, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge Thomas S. Deisboeck Director, Complex Biosystems Modeling Laboratory, Harvard-MIT Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital-East Abstract This talk will focus on modeling cancer as a complex dynamic, multiscaled biosystem where macroscopic behavior is determined by microscopic cell-cell and cell-microenvironment interactions that in turn are guided by dynamics on the sub-cellular level. Deisboeck will discuss applications to several cancer types as well as introduce a related international research effort, CViT.org. Bio Thomas S. Deisboeck received his M.D. degree from the Technical University in Munich, Germany. He began his highly collaborative, interdisciplinary tumor modeling work in 1997, after being recruited for a postdoctoral fellowship by the Neurosurgical Service at Massachusetts General Hospital. Now part of the Harvard-MIT Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (MGH), Dr. Deisboeck’s laboratory is studying cancer as a complex dynamic, adaptive and self-organizing biosystem. The work involves methods and techniques from oncology research, bioengineering, mathematical biology, computational and complex systems science. Dr. Deisboeck is currently associate professor of radiology and is affiliated with the MGH Center for Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Work in his laboratory is supported by the National Cancer Institute. --------------- Mark your calendar for upcoming IIC colloquia: Nov. 4, 4:00 pm: Lorena Barber, Boston University Nov. 18, 4:00 pm: Joe Futrelle, National Center for Supercomputing Applications Also please note the following upcoming special event: "Rethinking Computing"--a discussion of how computer science is enhancing scientific exploration and discovery to help solve the most pressing global challenges. by Craig Mundie, Chief Research & Strategy Officer, Microsoft Tuesday, November 3, New College Theater, 10-12 Holyoke Street, 2:30 PM (doors open at 2:15) For more information about IIC colloquia and other events : http://iic.harvard.edu/events/upcoming -------------- Initiative in Innovative Computing Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences_______________________________________________ iic-colloquium mailing list iic-colloquium(a)seas.harvard.edu https://lists.deas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/iic-colloquium

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] ANNOUNCEMENT: Nov. 3, 2009 - Dr. Charles T. Black, Brookhaven National Laboratory-Excitonics Seminar

by rtavilla＠rle.mit.edu

Center for Excitonics Seminar Series Announcement The Center for Excitonics is an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science and Office of Basic Energy Sciences The Center for Excitonics invites you to join us at the next seminar of the 2009 series. Please forward this information on to others who might be interested in attending this and other center seminars. Title: Self Assembly for Nanostructured Electronic Devices at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials Presenter: Dr. Charles T. Black Organization: Center for Functional Nanomaterials Brookhaven National Laboratory Date: November 3, 2009 Time: 3:00 - 4:00pm Place: 36-428 Refreshments: Yes Center URL: http://www.rle.mit.edu/excitonics Seminar URL: http://www.rle.mit.edu/excitonics/black-110309.html Abstract The Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) at Brookhaven National Laboratory is a science-based user facility devoted to nanotechnology research addressing challenges in energy security. Five internal research groups (Electronic Nanomaterials, Catalysis/Surface Science, Biology/Soft Materials, Electron Microscopy, and Theory/Computation) accompany a broad portfolio of scientific capabilities and an active external user program. I will provide an overview of the CFN facilities, which are accessible at no cost to users via a peer reviewed proposal process. Our research program in Electronic Materials incorporates nanostructured materials with precisely defined and tunable internal dimensions as experimental platforms for understanding and improving electronic device performance. We are pursuing self-assembling materials as fabrication tools because of their ability to autonomously form patterns at sub-lithographic feature sizes (<20nm) and pitches (<40nm), and with a high density of features (~10^11/cm2). Although patterns formed via self assembly typically have only limited positional order and a high density of defects, they are nevertheless well-suited to large-area device applications such as solar cells. I will present our research progress implementing self-assembly approaches into nanostructured solar cell designs, as well as our previous successful implementation of self assembly in high-performance semiconductor devices. Bio Charles Black is a Scientist and the Group Leader for Electronic Nanomaterials in the Center for Functional Nanomaterials at Brookhaven National Laboratory. He researches applications for nanostructured materials in photovoltaic devices. From 1996 to 2006 Dr. Black was a Research Staff Member at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York. His research in IBM involved using self assembly to address specific fabrication challenges in high-performance semiconductor electronics. During his career he has at different times performed experimental research on low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy, single-electron tunneling devices, superconductivity in metal nanoparticles, nanocrystal-based electronic devices, and ferroelectric non-volatile memories. Dr. Black earned the Ph.D. degree in Physics from Harvard University in 1996. He has authored more than 60 scientific publications and holds 25 US Patents.

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: IMPORTANT: Progress Reports

by Anna B. Shin

Dear Group, Please send your APPROVED progress report to Rita and delete any blogs on your report that you may have posted. If you haven't already done so, please send your progress reports to Alan for approval PRIOR to sending to Rita. Thanks, Anna Anna B. Shin Laboratory Administrator Aspuru-Guzik Research Group Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University 12 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 617.496.9964 office 617.694.9879 cell 617.496.9411 fax 617.495.9676 lab http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <rtavilla(a)rle.mit.edu> Date: Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 12:02 PM Subject: IMPORTANT: Progress Reports To: efrc-all(a)mit.edu Hi Everyone, Due to the ongoing security work on the blog site, please send your progress reports to me. If you had already posted them, please remove them from the blog and send them to me. We are working on the problem and look forward to having the solution installed sometime next week. The reports are due today. Thanks, Rita

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Breuer book

by Patrick Rebentrost

Dear Group, I had an extra copy of Open Quantum Systems by Breuer/Petruccione from the Physics Library, used mostly by Ville and Rupak. Has anybody seen this book? I need to return it as soon as possible. Thanks, Patrick

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: Library Recall Notice

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear group, Does anybody have the book below? I don't seem to have it. Alán Aspuru-Guzik | Assistant Professor Harvard University | Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology 12 Oxford Street, Room M113 | Cambridge, MA 02138 (617)-384-8188 | http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Harvard Chemistry & Chemical Biology Library < library(a)chemistry.harvard.edu> Date: Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 9:56 AM Subject: Library Recall Notice To: aspuru(a)chemistry.harvard.edu 10/24/2009 loan-recall-1-00 Recall Notice Chemistry and Chemical Biology Library Harvard University 12 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 617-495-4079 Alan Aspuru-Guzik Harvard, FAS Chemistry&Chem Biology Mallinckrodt Chemistry Lab 12 Oxford St Cambridge MA 02138 02138 aspuru(a)chemistry.harvard.edu Patron ID: ID614909 The following items have been recalled for the use of another patron or for reserves. Please return the item listed below by 11/02/2009 to avoid a $2.00 a day recall fine. You are responsible for returning the item on or before the original due date or recall due date, whichever is earlier. In addition, regular overdue fines may accrue or continue to accrue after the original due date shown below. Nanostructured materials for solar energy conversion / edited by Tetsuo Soga.. Amsterdam ; Boston, MA : Elsevier B. V., 2006.. xiii, 600p. : ill. ; 24 cm.. Barcode:: 32044058023573 Sublibrary:: Chemistry Call No:: TK2960 .N35 2006 Item Status:: Regular loan Original Due Date:: 11/10/2009 09:00 AM Recall Due Date:: 11/02/2009 Recall Type:: recalled Access your library account with your Harvard PIN number at http://hollis.harvard.edu or contact the Circulation Desk for further information. Thank you for your cooperation in making the Harvard University library collections accessible to library patrons.

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Seminar archives

by J D Whitfield

Hi group, Since the end of September we've been collecting the presentations of our group meetings. If you are hosting a speaker can you please assist in the process by reminding the speaker that they should send their slides to me. Check out them out: http://aspuru.unix.fas.harvard.edu/siteedit/Seminars/Intranet/ Cheers, James J. D. Whitfield Aspuru-Guzik Group Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University tel: 301-520-7847 web: aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/people/James_Whitfield

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] (no subject)

by Semion Saikin

Guys, Joel and my wife have decided to make some multicultural food tonight. If you have nothing to do welcome to visit us at 30 Howard Street, Arlington, MA 02476. I believe that the food will be ready about 7 pm. In the case if you are lost on the way mu mobile is 619-212-6649. Sorry for the short notice. Semion -- ******************************************** Semion K. Saikin, PhD Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 email: saykin(a)fas.harvard.edu phone: (619)212-6649 ********************************************

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: Progress Reports

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear group members and Ken, Pleese make sure to post your reports and login into the center website. It is important to showcase what we are doing here at Harvard. Alán Aspuru-Guzik | Assistant Professor Harvard University | Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology 12 Oxford Street, Room M113 | Cambridge, MA 02138 (617)-384-8188 | http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <rtavilla(a)rle.mit.edu> Date: Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 8:43 AM Subject: Progress Reports To: efrc-all(a)mit.edu Hello everyone, It is time to begin the quarterly reporting for the center. This first report need not include a summary of technical progress because most of you are just getting started. Nevertheless we are interested in descriptions of what you intend to do and why. These first reports are due October 26th. Please follow the list below, and let us know if you have any trouble. Progress report instructions 1. Email Rita (*rtavilla(a)rle.mit.edu* <rtavilla(a)rle.mit.edu>) to get an account at *http://centerforexcitonics.net*<http://centerforexcitonics.net/> 2. Log in & setup your account. Upload a photo for your account. 3. Select the relevant group for your research topic. If there isn’t one, please setup a new group. (We will supervise this and we may ask you to modify the group if it is too specialized or too general.) 4. Start a new blog post. Go to ‘My Blogs’ at the top. Go down to ‘RLE Center for Excitonics…’ and then select ‘New Post’ from the menu that appears. 5. When writing the post select the category ‘Progress reports’ 6. Write approximately ½ page on the aim of your project and the approach you are taking. If you have results, you can include them also. See *http://centerforexcitonics.net/blog/2009/09/28/6/*<http://centerforexcitonics.net/blog/2009/09/28/6/>for a style guide. 7. Add a relevant figure (click on ‘Add media’ to upload the figure). The figure could be an experimental schematic or (in future reports) key data. 8. When you are done you can ‘publish’ the post. Even though it is marked ‘public’ only people within the center will be able to read it. 9. To get discussion going you should post a short, informal wire comment in your group with a link to your blog post. We’ll review the postings and we may get back to you with comments and changes. Most of you are leading your own projects. In cases where there are several of you on the same project, only one progress report is required. best regards, Marc

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [iic-colloquium] IIC Colloquium Oct. 28: Multiscale Cancer Modeling

by Rosalind Reid

You are cordially invited to next Wednesday's IIC Colloquium: Multiscale Cancer Modeling October 28, 2009, 4:00 pm Room G115, Maxwell Dworkin, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge Thomas S. Deisboeck Director, Complex Biosystems Modeling Laboratory, Harvard-MIT Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital-East Abstract This talk will focus on modeling cancer as a complex dynamic, multiscaled biosystem where macroscopic behavior is determined by microscopic cell-cell and cell-microenvironment interactions that in turn are guided by dynamics on the sub-cellular level. Deisboeck will discuss applications to several cancer types as well as introduce a related international research effort, CViT.org. Bio Thomas S. Deisboeck received his M.D. degree from the Technical University in Munich, Germany. He began his highly collaborative, interdisciplinary tumor modeling work in 1997, after being recruited for a postdoctoral fellowship by the Neurosurgical Service at Massachusetts General Hospital. Now part of the Harvard-MIT Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (MGH), Dr. Deisboeck’s laboratory is studying cancer as a complex dynamic, adaptive and self-organizing biosystem. The work involves methods and techniques from oncology research, bioengineering, mathematical biology, computational and complex systems science. Dr. Deisboeck is currently associate professor of radiology and is affiliated with the MGH Center for Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Work in his laboratory is supported by the National Cancer Institute. --------------- Mark your calendar for upcoming IIC colloquia: Nov. 4, 4:00 pm: Lorena Barber, Boston University Nov. 18, 4:00 pm: Joe Futrelle, National Center for Supercomputing Applications For more information about IIC colloquia and other events : http://iic.harvard.edu/events/upcoming -------------- Initiative in Innovative Computing Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences ______________________________________________________________________________________________ iic-colloquium mailing list iic-colloquium(a)seas.harvard.edu https://lists.deas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/iic-colloquium

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] HUCE Weekly Calendar Email October 22 - November 5

by Center for the Environment

Highlights: Today at 4 pm: Professor James Anderson discusses the "Chemical Feedbacks of the Climate Structure" in the Chemistry and Chemical Biology Seminar, Pfizer Lecture Hall. Wednesday, October 28: The Ecologies of the Human Flourishing lecture series continues with "Cities, Climate Change, and Christianity: Religion and Sustainable Urbanism", a presentation by Sallie McFague, Distinguished Theologian in Residence, Vancouver School of Theology. Monday, November 2: Peter Lehner, the Executive Director of the National Resources Defense Council discusses "Climate Change: Getting from Science to Law" with Daniel Schrag, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering and Director, Harvard University Center for the Environment, in the first HUCE Green Conversations lecture this year. Calendar Listings: Thursday 10/22/2009 4:00p Chemistry and Chemical Biology Seminar (Pfizer Lecture Hall, 12 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Chemical Physics of the Climate Structure: Feedbacks and Irreversibility." Professor James Anderson, Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Contact: 617-496-8190 4:00p - 5:00p OEB Departmental Seminar (Biological Laboratories Main Lecture Hall, Room 1068, 16 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA) "On the diversity and dynamics of tropical forests: Results from a global network of large-scale forest plots." Stuart Davies, Arnold Arboretum, CTFS Harvard University. Contact: Katharine Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5891 4:00p EPS Fall Colloquium (Haller Hall, 102 Geological Museum Building, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Instability and Relaxation in Earth's Carbon Cycle." Daniel Rothman, MIT. Please join us for a reception following the talk, in the 4th Fl. lounge of Hoffman. Contact: Ganna Savostyanova, ganna(a)eps.harvard.edu Friday 10/23/2009 8:30a - 9:30a MSI Chalktalk Breakfast (Haller Hall, 102 Geological Museum Building, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Trick or treat? Why do bacteria oxidize Mn(II)?" Deric Learman, Post Doctoral Fellow in Hansel Lab. Contact: Karen L. Lachmayr, PhD, klachmay(a)fas.harvard.edu 3:00p The Program for Evolutionary Dynamics Seminar (1 Brattle Square 6th floor, Cambridge, MA) "The birth, life and death of an army ant superorganism." Dr. Daniel Kronauer (Harvard Society of Fellows). Contact: Lydia Liu, lydia_liu(a)harvard.edu, (617) 496 4737, www.ped.fas.harvard.edu/ 4:00p EPS Dissertation Defense (Haller Hall, 102 Geological Museum Building, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Reconstructing marine productivity using compound-specific nitrogen isotopes." Meytal Higgins. Contact: Sarah Colgan, 617-496-9770 11:00p Harvard Forest Seminar (Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main St., Petersham, MA) "Neighborhood dynamics of forest ecosystems: Invasion of northeastern forests by Norway maple (Acer platanoides) and Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima)." Charles Canham, Cary Institute. Contact: harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/researc... Saturday 10/24/2009 10:30a - 3:00p Fourth Annual YPIC Regional Forum (Hult International Business School, located at 1 Education St., Cambridge, MA ) The goal of the Forum is to bring experts in the areas of academia, legislation, military, regulation, UN, and private sector from around the world to lead a discussion with young professionals. Contact: ypic(a)unagb.org 2:00p - 3:30p Regional Energy Revolution Rally (Minuteman National Park, 174 Liberty Street, Concord, MA) Spearheaded by Bill McKibben's www.350.org (where you can find more information), this will be a day for citizens around the world to show their support for a strong climate treaty to be agreed upon in Copenhagen. Contact: www.gwenet.org/events.htm 3:00p - 4:00p Boston Under Water Festival (Christopher Columbus Park, Boston, MA) Contact: 350mass.yolasite.com/ 6:30p Benefit Concert for Climate Change (First Congregational Church of Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA) Six different Boston-based performers of international music and dance will join together to draw attention to the global climate crisis. Contact: 781-396-0734 Monday 10/26/2009 11:45a - 12:45p 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: Kate Dennis, kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/ 12:15p - 2:00p Science, Technology, and Society Circle (124 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge, MA) "Sea Stories: What the Nuclear Navy taught me about Systemic Risk." Ian Schillinger, US Navy. Contact: www.hks.harvard.edu/sts 4:15p Harvard Social Anthropology Program Seminar Series (William James Hall 105, Harvard University, 33 Kirkland St., Cambridge, MA) "From Tree-Huggers to Terrorists: A Genealogy of Ecoterrorism." James McCarthy, Penn State University. 5:30p Environmental Economics Guest Speaker (Emerson Hall 101, 25 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA) Speaker: Ira W. Leighton, Acting Regional Administrator Environmental Protection Agency, New England. A guest of the Harvard Extension School's Environmental Economics Class. 6:00p Graduate School of Design: 10th Annual John T. Dunlop Lecture (Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy St., Cambrige, MA) "Toward a More Sustainable Future: Housing, Place and the New Federalism." The Honorable Shaun Donovan, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Contact: www.jchs.harvard.edu/index.htm 7:00p Net-Zero-Energy Home Building (Cary Memorial Library, 1874 Mass. Ave., Lexington, MA) Carter Scott, President of Transformations, Inc., a residential development and building company located in Townsend, MA specializing in sustainable development and green building. Contact: www.lexgwac.org Tuesday 10/27/2009 10:00a - 12:00p BASF Advanced Research Initiative Lecture (Maxwell-Dworkin 119, 33 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Antimicrobials vs. Biofilms: Update on Biofilm Methods." Dr. Philip Stewart, Director of the Center for Biofilm Engineering at Montana State University. Contact: Oliver Caplan, ocaplan(a)seas.harvard.edu, (617) 495-1579 12:00p - 1:00p Harvard Herbaria Seminar (22 Divinity Ave, Seminar Room, Cambridge, MA) "Informatics projects at the HUH." James Macklin, Harvard University Herbaria. Contact: Erin Ciccone, (617) 495-7504 5:30p - 7:00p MIT Wind Energy Lecture (MIT, 4-145, Cambridge, MA) "The Latest on Wind Power Development in Massachusetts." Greg Watson, Senior Advisor for Clean Energy Technology, MA Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. Contact: Kathy Araujo, kmaraujo(a)mit.edu 6:00p Natural History Museums and Society Lecture by Cristián Samper (Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) The role of natural history museums in society has evolved over the past two centuries. Contact: www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe... 6:30p - 8:00p Energy in Brazil: Achievements , Challenges, Policies and Opportunities (MIT, E51-115, Cambridge, MA) Mr. Antunes will highlight expectations and opportunities in bioelectricity (from sugarcane bagasse), small scale hydroelectric power, the growing wind market and the challenges of solar in Brazil. Contact: sf10_br(a)googlegroups.com, events.mit.edu Wednesday 10/28/2009 12:30p - 2:00p Wellesley College: Marjorie Stoneman Douglas Lecture (Science Center Room 277, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA) Marina Rikhvanova, internationally recognized environmental leader from Russia, especially protecting Lake Baikal. Contact: www.wellesley.edu/EnvironmentalStudies/ 4:00p - 5:30p Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy (Room L-382, HKS, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA) "Firms' Costs (and Benefits) of Environmental Regulation: An Event Study of the EU Emission Trading Scheme." James Bushnell, Iowa State University, Howard Chong, University of California. Contact: Jason Chapman, 617-496-8054, isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword... 5:15p Ecologies of Human Flourishing Lecture Series (Sperry Room, Andover Hall, 45 Francis Ave., Cambridge, MA) "Cities, Climate Change, and Christianity: Religion and Sustainable Urbanism." A presentation by Sallie McFague, Distinguished Theologian in Residence, Vancouver School of Theology. Contact: www.hds.harvard.edu/cswr/events/theme... 7:00p Science in the News Seminar (Armenise Ampitheatre at Harvard Medical School, 200 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA) "Feeding the Future: Agricultural Genetics and World Hunger." Contact: https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/ 7:00p Panel Discussion: Creating Sustainable Food Production (Boston Public Library Mezzanine Conference Room Central Library 700 Boylston Street Boston, MA) Join us for a panel discussion to explore alternative agricultural methods such as organic and sustainable farming available to you here in the United States as well as to rural farmers in developing countries. Contact: www.ecologic.org/greenag/events 8:00p - 9:00p Enviromental Action Committee Meeting (Spindell Room, Quincy House, 58 Plympton St., Cambridge, MA) Everyone interested in learning about the EAC and/or learning how to help make a difference for the environment is welcome. Contact: www.hcs.harvard.edu/~eac/ Thursday 10/29/2009 8:00a - 9:30a Energy Innovation and Research at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Speaker (MIT, E40-496, Cambridge, MA) Speaker: Professor Gideon Grader, Head of the Technion Energy Program. Contact: David Dolev , 617-324-5581 , events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?e... 11:45a Ecology Journal Club (HUCE, Meeting Room 318, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA) Weekly discussions on an ecology-related paper; all interested researchers welcome, and papers on website. Contact: Primrose Boynton, pboynton(a)fas.harvard.edu , www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pringle/j... 4:00p - 5:00p OEB Seminar (Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA) "Phylogenetics: The BEST way to sort out incongruent gene phylogenies." Dennis Pearl, The Ohio State University. Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5891 4:15p MIT Energy Colloquia (MIT, 10-250, Cambridge, MA) "FACING THE HARSH REALITIES: Shaping the energy mix of the future, starting today." Tony Hayward, CEO of BP plc. Contact: web.mit.edu/mitei/news/seminars/harsh... Friday 10/30/2009 8:30a - 5:30p Engineering a Cooler Earth: Can We Do It? Should We Try? (Wong Auditorium (E51-115), MIT, Cambridge, MA) Contact: web.mit.edu/esi/symposium2009.html 9:00a - 12:45p New England Restructuring Roundtable (Foley Hoag LLP 155 Seaport Boulevard-13th Floor Conference Room Boston, MA) Keynote: "Pursuing All Cost-Effective Demand Resources in New England (and Beyond)" by FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff. Contact: raab(a)raabassociates.org , 617-350-5544, www.raabassociates.org/main/roundtabl... 2:00p EPS Dissertation Defense (Haller Hall, 102 Geological Museum Building, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Transpacific transport of mineral dust: its impact in the United States and on sulfate, nitrate, and ozone in Asian pollution plumes." Duncan Fairlie. Refreshments to follow in th... Contact: Sarah Colgan, 617-496-9770 Sunday 11/1/2009 7:00p Boston Night to Combat Climate Change (Royal Sonesta, Cambridge, MA) The night is Boston’s premier 2009 fundraising event showcasing New England’s leaders in the fight against global climate change. All proceeds from the event will go to organiza... Contact: www.worthycausesinc.org/home.html Monday 11/2/2009 11:45a - 12:45p 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: Kate Dennis, kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/ 12:15p - 2:00p Science, Technology, and Society Circle (124 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge, MA) "Yucca Mountain: Reflections on a Repository Sixty Years in the Making." Daniel Metlay, US Nuclear Wast Technical Review Board. Contact: www.hks.harvard.edu/sts 4:00p Globalization and Health: Challenges to Development, Security, and Human Rights (Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden St., Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge, MA) Julio Frenk, Dean, Harvard School of Public Health; T & G Angelopoulos Professor of Public Health and International Development, Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Kennedy School. Contact: www.radcliffe.edu/events/calendar_200... 5:00p Green Conversations with Peter Lehner (Science Center, Lecture Hall A, One Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Climate Change: Getting from Science to Law." Peter Lehner Executive Director of the National Resources Defense Council. With discussant: Daniel Schrag, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-8883 Tuesday 11/3/2009 6:30a Margaret McCurry Lecture in the Design Arts (Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy St., Cambrige, MA) "The Vertical Garden, From Nature to the City." Patrick Blanc. How to bring biodiversity close to everyone's daily life. Contact: www.gsd.harvard.edu/events 12:00p - 1:00p Harvard Herbaria Seminar (22 Divinity Ave, Seminar Room, Cambridge, MA) "How Evergreen Plants Control Leaf Longevity: The role of leaf vascular transport in regulating leaf senescence." Juan Pablo Giraldo, Holbrook Lab, OEB. Contact: Erin Ciccone, eciccone(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-7504 Wednesday 11/4/2009 4:00p - 5:30p Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy (Room L-382, HKS, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA) "Marketing Stoves to Combat Indoor Air Pollution: A Randomized Intervention in Bangladesh." Grant Miller, Stanford Medical School, and Mushfiq Mobarak, Yale University. Contact: Jason Chapman, 617-496-8054, isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword... 4:00p - 6:00p Food, Soil, People: Global Geopolitics in the Mid 20th Century (Center for Government and International Studies, Room S050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA) Alison Bashford, Professor of History, University of Sydney, and Visiting Chair of Australian Studies, Harvard University. With comments by Paul Cruickshank, Ph.D. Candidate, Harvard University. Contact: Kate Brady , kbrady(a)wcfia.harvard.edu 5:30p MSI Graduate Consortium Information Session (HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA) RSVP required to Andrea Lenco. Include in the email your school, department, lab, and year in graduate school. Dinner will be served. Contact: Andrea Lenco, alenco(a)fas.harvard.edu 8:00p - 9:00p Enviromental Action Committee Meeting (Spindell Room, Quincy House, 58 Plympton St., Cambridge, MA) Everyone interested in learning about the EAC and/or learning how to help make a difference for the environment is welcome. Contact: www.hcs.harvard.edu/~eac/ Thursday 11/5/2009 11:45a Ecology Journal Club (HUCE, Meeting Room 318, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA) Weekly discussions on an ecology-related paper; all interested researchers welcome, and papers on website. Contact: Primrose Boynton, pboynton(a)fas.harvard.edu , www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pringle/j... 3:30p Harvard China Project Seminar (Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Potential for Wind-Generated Electricity in China." Lu Xi, doctoral student, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard. Contact: Chris Nielsen , nielsen2(a)fas.harvard.edu, 617-496-2378 4:00p - 5:00p OEB Seminar (Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA) Speaker: H. Bradley Shaffer, Sarah and Daniel Hrdy Fellow in Conservation Biology. Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5891 6:00p Natural History Museums in the Environmental Century Lecture by Michael Novacek (Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) In the 21st century the planet faces radical transformation, which includes mass extinction, rapid change in climate, and large-scale loss of natural habitat. Contact: www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe... 7:30p Boston Area Solar Energy Association (First Parish in Cambridge Unitarian Universalist 3 Church Street , Harvard Square, Cambridge) Joonki Song, PHOTON Consulting will discuss the worldwide PV industry: market size, growth, and leaders, as well as the future possibilities for technologies, manufacturing and installed cost. Contact: info(a)basea.org --- Always check the calendar on the website for updated information. 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. ============================================== You are receiving this email because you indicated interest in Harvard University Center for the Environment events. 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