aspuru-list June 2010

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] John Harvard Tonight

by Dmitrij Rappoport

Hello everyone, Thank you all for the nice birthday wishes! To celebrate my birthday and my recent move back to Cambridge, I wanted to go John Harvard tonight and would be very happy if you had time for that, too. It's very short notice but if you have time, I'd like to meet here at the lab at 7pm and walk over to John Harvard for a round (or two) of beers. Hope to see you tonight. Best wishes, Dmitrij

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] HUCE Weekly Calendar Email June 3 - 17

by Center for the Environment

Calendar Listings: Today: 3:00pm - 4:30pm MIT CEER China Energy and Environment Talk Series MIT 3-343 Cambridge, MA "Current Status & Development of Biofuel in China." Prof. LIU Dehua, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University. http://ceer.mit.edu Contact Name: Liu Hengwei liu.ccs(a)gmail.com 7:00pm Veterans for American Power Town Hall 1 Faneuil Square Boston, MA A Clean Energy and National Security Townhall with veterans and top retired military officers to discuss how our oil dependence and climate change are threatening our country and endangering our troops. http://www.operationfree.net/boston June 7, 2010 12:00pm Harvard Energy Journal Club HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA Visit the Energy Journal website for updates and topics of discussion. http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hejc/ Contact Name: Kate Dennis kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu June 8, 2010 11:30am Pardee House Seminar Pardee House 67 Bay State Road Boston, MA "Future Challenges of Global Energy Systems." Dr. Rajan Gupta, Theoretical Physicist, Los Alamos National Laboratory. Seating is limited. Please RSVP to pardee(a)bu.edu by Friday, June 4, 2010. Lunch served at 11.30am, panel begins at noon. http://bu.edu/pardee pardee(a)bu.edu June 17, 2010 - June 20, 2010 (All day) Quantum Effects in Biological Systems Workshop Mb-23 Pfizer Lecture Hall 12 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA The 3 1⁄2 day workshop will focus on the discussion of non-trivial quantum phenomena in biological systems. The interdisciplinary nature of the program will bring together experts in chemical physics, biology, physics, and quantum information. http://quebs2010.wordpress.com/about/ Contact Name: Peg Tamiso aspuru-assistant(a)chemistry.harvard.edu June 17, 2010 6:30pm - 7:30pm Summer Nights at the Museum http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/ hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu (617) 495-3045 Harvard Museum of Natural History 26 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA 02138 "Exhibition Tour and Discussion: Treasures of the Mineral Gallery." Free with museum admission. 7:30pm Summer Nights at the Museum Harvard Museum of Natural History 26 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA "Birdology: From Hens to Hummingbirds - and One Big Living Dinosaur." Lecture and booksigning with Sy Montgomery. http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/ hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu 617.495.3045 --- 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. Be sure to sign up to receive the HUCE newsletter. You are receiving this email because you indicated interest in Harvard University Center for the Environment events. [23]Unsubscribe aspuru-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu from this list. Links: 23. http://harvard.us1.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=7532d1fbf18f39219ac742ebe&… Our mailing address is: 24 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA 02138 (T) 617-495-0368 www.environment.harvard.edu Copyright (C) 2008 Harvard University. All rights reserved.

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] The most important thing all year

by Ivan Kassal

Dear group, Coffee is running out. Our proven reserves should only last another month or so. In a move that will not reduce our reliance on foreign coffee, I will be buying another giant box of Lavazza. For those new to the group, it works based on the unfailing honor principle. You honorably estimate how many coffees you drink every week from the coffee machine, rounded off to the nearest 0.25. Then you multiply that by 4 and you give me that many dollars. For example, if you drink one coffee every business day, you give me $20. This should then last another eight months or so. Free-riders are severely punished. The payment is due by next Wednesday. Those who are late will be charged a $50 processing fee. Ivan

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] SVN information

by Roberto Olivares-Amaya

Hello: As agreed at the last group meeting, I'll be taking care of the SVN repository usage. Please let me know if you need to add a new repository or have questions related to it. If you are a linux user, please read below. Alán and Ville just pointed out for me that on Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (10.04) and similar, repositories will not work when they were checked out under a https url. There is a quick workaround to this issue to avoid re-checking out the repository.. First, to check if you have this problem, go to your repository and type: svn info If the URL has https, then do the following: svn switch --relocate https://secure3.svnrepository.com/s_aspuru/AAAA http://aspurugroup.svnrepository.com/svn/AAAA where AAAA is the name of your repository. After this, you should be set to go. Let me know if you have any problems with this. Roberto

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Looking for library book: Quantum aspects of life

by Cesar A. Rodriguez-Rosario

Dear Group: I need to return the following book to the library: *Quantum aspects of life* editors, Derek Abbott, Paul C.W. Davies, Arun K. Pati; foreword by Sir Roger Penrose Barcode: 32044106934524 Sublibrary: *Cabot Science* Call No: *QP517.Q34 Q36 2008* Has anyone picked it up from my shelf? Please let me know. Cesar -- Cesar A. Rodriguez-Rosario, Postdoctoral Fellow Harvard University Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Box#34 12 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA rodriguez(a)chemistry.harvard.edu

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] VIP Aspuru-Guzik Group Party

by Cesar A. Rodriguez-Rosario

Dear Aspuru-Guzik Group and Friends: We have many things to celebrate: welcoming Kenzo, Publications, Conferences, Grants, Awards... so let's have a VIP All-American Party! We will get the full VIP treatment: a room with free food and the game on TV. Who? Family and Friends of the Aspuru-Guzik Group How? The Pour House managements selected my business card, among hundreds of others, for a free VIP party. What? Free "american" bar food (with vegetarian options) and the Red Sox game on the big screen TV. When? Monday, June 7th from 6pm until close (free food from 6pm-8pm). Where? Pour House Bar and Grill <goog_162384654> 909 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02115-3104<http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&q=pour+house&fb=1&gl=us&hq=pour+h…> (From the office, take Bus #1) Why? Because it is a good excuse for the whole group to party together! See you all there! Cesar -- Cesar A. Rodriguez-Rosario, Postdoctoral Fellow Harvard University Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Box#34 12 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA rodriguez(a)chemistry.harvard.edu

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Biophysics: Green quantum computers

by Man Hong

I think this article may be interesting to some of us. (Plenio's work is cited) Regards, Man Hong Sent to you by Man Hong via Google Reader: Biophysics: Green quantum computers via Nature Physics - Issue - nature.com science feeds by Gregory D. Scholes on 6/1/10 Biophysics: Green quantum computers Nature Physics 6, 402 (2010). doi:10.1038/nphys1693 Author: Gregory D. Scholes In photosynthesis, the Sun's energy is harvested and converted into biomass, greening the planet. Evidence is growing that quantum mechanics plays a part in that process. But exactly how, and why, remains to be explored. Things you can do from here: - Subscribe to Nature Physics - Issue - nature.com science feeds using Google Reader - Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites

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