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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Reminder: NSF Solar Fest June 13th 4-6 PM. Save the date! Scipplets competition.

by Jacob J Krich

A reminder that on Monday we will have the NSF Solar Fest from 4-6pm in Pfizer. There will be food, and you should make a scipplet! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Alan Aspuru-Guzik <alan(a)aspuru.com> Date: Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 9:32 PM Subject: [Aspuru-Guzik group list] NSF Solar Fest June 13th 4-6 PM. Save the date! Scipplets competition. To: Cynthia Friend <cfriend(a)deas.harvard.edu>, Eric Mazur < mazur(a)physics.harvard.edu>, Michael Brenner <brenner(a)deas.harvard.edu>, Bob Graham <graham(a)deas.harvard.edu>, "Anna B. Shin" <anna(a)chemistry.harvard.edu>, aspuru.assistant(a)gmail.com, A-G Group <aspuru-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu> *Re: SolarFEST, June 13th 4-6 PM.* Dear Friend, Mazur, Brenner and Aspuru-Guzik groups, As you probably know, the four of our groups are in a collaborative effort during the NSF SOLAR program. We are organizing an NSF SOLAR get-together to see short presentations by the NSF SOLAR team members, and also to make a competition of energy-related facts, to be converted in web-deployable "Scipplets". *a) SCIPPLET COMPETITION (Your entry is needed) *What is a Scipplet? It is a Flash-based content piece that can be embedded in any website. We are currently focusing on developing Scipplets about energy. The best way to see what they are is to go to http://cleanenergy.harvard.edu/ and go to the bottom right of the page, to see some Scipplets in action. You can reload the page to see more of the ones we already have. Each one of you is expected to send us at least one Scipplet for the competition. It should be about energy or the environment. See the current Scipplets: They are usually 1-6 panels of a few lines of text and associated graphics. If you get the graphics from the web, please specify the source, please do so if you create them yourself. I attach a Powerpoint template for the Scipplet Competition, please send your entry as an attachment to scipplets(a)gmx.com no later than Sunday, June 12th, 2011. The jury is led by Professor Carlos Amador-Bedolla, from UNAM, the creator of most of the scipplets shown in the website. *b) PRESENTATIONS *The first part of our meeting will be short 3-slide presentations from members of the NSF SOLAR team. We ask that each member of the SOLAR team teams up with a member of another group (E.g. a joint Mazur-Friend presentation, etc.) and sends me (alan(a)aspuru.com) the pairing so I can make a short presentation schedule. The presentations should be short (~5 minutes). *c) GROUPS GET-TOGETHER *The rest of the time, we can enjoy food and a get-together between the groups, as well as discussing possible spinoff projects or collaborations. Summary * To be able to come, you have to submit at least one Scipplet draft in Powerpoint format to the competition. * Food will be available at the event * An Amazon gift certificate will be given to the best Scipplet draft. * Please RSVP at the following Doodle Poll http://www.doodle.com/r2chwr5hpdzstp53 * We will provide food. *Where: June 13th 4 PM, Pfizer Hall, Mallincrodt (12 Oxford Street) Alán Aspuru-Guzik | Associate 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 | http://about.me/aspuru _____________________________________________ Aspuru-list mailing list Aspuru-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/aspuru-list

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [Aspuru-meetings-list] HUCE Calendar Email June 9 - 23

by Center for the Environment

June 10, 2011 9:00am - 12:30pm New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable: Foley Hoag LLP 155 Seaport Boulevard, 13th Floor Boston, MA "Better Integrating Policy, Planning, and Electricity Markets in New England." Explore the tensions between the desire for both workable markets and a variety of public policy objectives, and will consider how we can move forward to forge a more workable system here in New England. http://www.raabassociates.org/main/roundtable.asp June 13, 2011 8:00am - 10:00am New England Clean Energy Council Waltham Watch Factory, 221 Crescent Street, Suite 501, Waltham, MA Making It Happen: How clean energy startups can integrate funding, infrastructure, and real estate planning to enable growth and expansion. Non-members: $40.00 http://nececmakingithappen.eventbrite.com/ June 16, 2011 11:45am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club HUCE Meeting Room 318 24 Oxford St. 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA Reading and discussion group on diverse topics in ecology. Visit the website for topics of discussion. All interested researchers are welcome and lunch is provided. http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pringle/journalclub.htm Contact Name: Primrose Boynton pboynton(a)fas.harvard.edu 3:30pm Harvard China Project Special Seminar Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA "The Win-Win of Climate Protection and China's Energy Security." WU Gang, Visiting Scholar, Harvard China Project; Associate Professor, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Institute of Policy and Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences. http://www.chinaproject.harvard.edu/ Contact Name: Chris Nielsen nielsen2(a)fas.harvard.edu June 22 - 26, 2011 Documentary: "Queen of The Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us?" Museum of Fine Arts, 100 Huntington Ave, Boston Taking us on a journey through the catastrophic disappearance of bees and the mysterious world of the beehive, this engaging and ultimately uplifting film weaves an unusual and dramatic story of the heartfelt struggles of beekeepers, scientists and philosophers from around the world including Michael Pollan, Gunther Hauk and Vandana Shiva. Together they reveal both the problems and the solutions in renewing a culture in balance with nature. Contact Name: Annabelle Gardner annabelle(a)collectiveeye.org http://www.mfa.org/ June 22, 2011 7:00pm Kraken: The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing Science of Squid HMNH 26 Oxford St Cambridge, MA Harvard Museum of Natural History author talk and booksigning with Wendy Williams. Squid and other cephalopods are among the most agile, creative, and evolutionarily adaptable creatures of the ocean. In her new book, Kraken, science writer Wendy Williams explores the fascinating world of squid and how humans and these strange undersea life forms actually share much basic biology. Part of Summer Nights at the Museum. Free with museum admission. http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu June 23, 2011 11:45am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club HUCE Meeting Room 318 24 Oxford St. 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA Reading and discussion group on diverse topics in ecology. Visit the website for topics of discussion. All interested researchers are welcome and lunch is provided. http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pringle/journalclub.htm Contact Name: Primrose Boynton pboynton(a)fas.harvard.edu 7:00pm - 8:30pm The Trees and Forests of Indonesian Borneo Weld Hill Research and Administration Building, Arnold Arboretum 1300 Centre Street, Roslindale, MA Arnold Arboretum Senior Research Scientist Campbell Webb has just finished a two-month botanical and ecological expedition to the Gunung Palung National Park in West Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo). In this presentation, Webb will describe some of the remarkable trees he studied, his efforts to exchange botanical knowledge with local collaborators, and plans for four future expeditions in this vital hotspot of botanical diversity. Free and open to the public. Register at http://my.arboretum.harvard.edu http://my.arboretum.harvard.edu/ Contact Name: Pamela Thompson pam_thompson(a)harvard.edu 617-384-5277 --- 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. Become a Fan of HUCE on Facebook http://harvard.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7532d1fbf18f39219ac742ebe&… You are receiving this email because you indicated interest in Harvard University Center for the Environment events. [27]Unsubscribe aspuru-meetings-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu from this list. Links: 27. http://harvard.us1.list-manage1.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. 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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [Aspuru-meetings-list] Group meeting by Alex tomorrow

by Joel Yuen

When: Friday June 10 from 11:30 to 12:30 Where: Mallinckrodt 217 What: Alex Eisfeld is up for group meeting. Title: "Absorption and Energy Transfer on Quantum Aggregates - from Molecules to Rydberg atoms" I this talk I will try to focus on various aspects of the coupling of electronic excitation to nuclear degrees of freedom. In the case of molecular aggregates the influence of discrete internal vibrational modes of the chromophores on the absorption spectrum is discussed. Energy transfer in the FMO complex ;) is handled using the non-Markovian QSD approach. In the second part of the talk it is shown how Rydberg atoms can be used to investigate excitonic systems. As an example it is shown how the coupling between excitonic and nuclear degrees of freedom allows to adiabatically transport entanglement along a chain of Lithium atoms. -- Joel Yuen-Zhou PhD candidate in Chemical Physics Harvard University CCB, 12 Oxford St. Mailbox 107, Cambridge, MA, USA. _______________________________________________ Aspuru-meetings-list mailing list Aspuru-meetings-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/aspuru-meetings-list

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: [Postdocs] Summer TGIF Round 2 on Friday!

by Xavier Andrade

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jia, Tony <tzjia(a)fas.harvard.edu> Date: Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 3:09 PM Subject: [Postdocs] Summer TGIF Round 2 on Friday! To: "xavier.andrade.valencia(a)gmail.com" <xavier.andrade.valencia(a)gmail.com> It's time for Round 2 of our weekly summer TGIFs! Even if you were KO'd in Round 1, come out this Friday at 5pm to the Naito courtyard for some snacks, drinks, and socializing. You don't need ASCII art to motivate you to come do you? Thanks a lot to the Ritter Lab for hosting this time. See you there! --The GPC

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Re: [Aspuru-Guzik group list] Seeking old/dead computer parts

by Anna B. Shin

Thanks for the crappy monitor Man Hong! Group: we still need a crapper mouse and dead computer. If we can't find some to switch out, we'll have to give them this newish mouse (it's <2 years old) and a working computer (it's pretty old). CEP guys: are there any lying around in drawers, shelves or under desks? Graveyard have any? We need to take care of this by Wed latest. Thanks, 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 http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Man-Hong Yung <physicist01(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Margaret, > > I think I have one of the most crappiest monitor (at least in the room > M105). > > Yours, > Man Hong > > > > On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Margaret Ronald > <aspuru.assistant(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > We're working with the FAS IT computer exchange again (see Anna's old > email > > below for an example), and we'd like to give them the oldest, crappiest > > mouse and monitor we have. We can replace yours with a new Logitech > mouse > > and a 19" widescreen monitor. Email me to arrange the swap. > > > > Also, if you have a dead computer on hand, we can swap it with a decent > > one. Again, email me and we'll work something out. > > > > Thanks, > > -- Maggie > > > > Margaret Ronald > > Faculty Assistant | Aspuru-Guzik Research Group > > Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology | Harvard University > > 12 Oxford Street | Cambridge, MA 02138 > > 617.496.9964 office | 617.496.9411 fax > > http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/ > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 9:43 PM, Anna B. Shin < > anna(a)chemistry.harvard.edu> > > wrote: > >> > >> Dear Group, > >> > >> I need to collect at least 2 or 3 old group computers to give to FAS IT > >> for their computer exchange program. They require it for the exchange > >> program that Alan and I have signed up for. > >> > >> I specifically need the complete set: desktop, monitor, keyboard, and > >> mouse. I may have nappy mice/keyboards in my office, but let's throw > them > >> together and find the nappiest to give to FAS IT. I know we are hording > the > >> retired computers from the graveyard for CEP use, but I still need at > least > >> 2 computers by Wed 13 April. I want the oldest, nappiest computers. We > can > >> also strip them of any useful parts if we opt. If possible, we also > need to > >> wipe them clean since IT will send them to outside vendor for recycling. > >> > >> 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 > >> http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/ > >> > >> > >> _____________________________________________ > >> Aspuru-list mailing list > >> Aspuru-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu > >> http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/aspuru-list > >> > > > > > > _____________________________________________ > > Aspuru-list mailing list > > Aspuru-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu > > http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/aspuru-list > > > > >

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Seeking old/dead computer parts

by Margaret Ronald

Hi all, We're working with the FAS IT computer exchange again (see Anna's old email below for an example), and we'd like to give them the oldest, crappiest mouse and monitor we have. We can replace yours with a new Logitech mouse and a 19" widescreen monitor. Email me to arrange the swap. Also, if you have a dead computer on hand, we can swap it with a decent one. Again, email me and we'll work something out. Thanks, -- Maggie Margaret Ronald Faculty Assistant | Aspuru-Guzik Research Group Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology | Harvard University 12 Oxford Street | Cambridge, MA 02138 617.496.9964 office | 617.496.9411 fax http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/ On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 9:43 PM, Anna B. Shin <anna(a)chemistry.harvard.edu>wrote: > Dear Group, > > I need to collect at least 2 or 3 old group computers to give to FAS IT for > their computer exchange program. They require it for the exchange program > that Alan and I have signed up for. > > I specifically need the complete set: desktop, monitor, keyboard, and > mouse. I may have nappy mice/keyboards in my office, but let's throw them > together and find the nappiest to give to FAS IT. I know we are hording the > retired computers from the graveyard for CEP use, but I still need at least > 2 computers by Wed 13 April. I want the oldest, nappiest computers. We can > also strip them of any useful parts if we opt. If possible, we also need to > wipe them clean since IT will send them to outside vendor for recycling. > > 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 > http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/ > > <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=e7480c62f0&view=att&th=12eee19970…> > > _____________________________________________ > Aspuru-list mailing list > Aspuru-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu > http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/aspuru-list > >

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Practice Job Talk

by Sergio Boixo

Hi group, I have another job interview next week and I need some help to practice my talk. This will be a different talk from the last one. Monday 2pm in Division Room. Thanks in advance! Sergio

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] What do you conclude from this graph?

by Man Hong Yung

Sent to you via Google Reader What do you conclude from this graph? The graph below (taken from a paper Environment assisted quantum transport by Patrick Rebentrost, Masoud Mohseni, Ivan Kassal, Seth Lloyd and Alán Aspuru-Guzik) shows the calculated efficiency of transport (blue curve) of an exciton through at network in the presence of a dissipative and dephasing environment. The horizontal scale is the magnitude of the dephasing rate. n.b. it is a logarithmic scale and spans 10 orders of magnitude. The vertical line is the estimated dephasing rate at room temperature. To me the curve shows that the efficiency is quite insensitive to the environment, i.e. it is greater than 80 per cent for dephasing rates varying by eight orders of magnitude! In terms of biological functionality I would say that the environment matters little to the efficiency, except when the system couples very strongly to the environment. However, other people interpret this graph in a very different way. In a 2010 paper in PNAS, Sent from my iPhone

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: REU11 - Orientation Tuesday, June 7 (noon) - Maxwell Dworkin lobby/33 Oxford Street

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Alán Aspuru-Guzik | Associate 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 | http://about.me/aspuru ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kathryn Hollar <hollar(a)seas.harvard.edu> Date: Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 5:11 PM Subject: REU11 - Orientation Tuesday, June 7 (noon) - Maxwell Dworkin lobby/33 Oxford Street To: Jorge F Pozo <jpozo(a)seas.harvard.edu>, Natasha Rosenberg < rnatasha(a)seas.harvard.edu>, John Free <john.u.free(a)enc.edu> Cc: Sandra Klemm <sklemm(a)seas.harvard.edu>, Rosalind Reid < rreid(a)seas.harvard.edu> Dear REU mentors and PIs, Orientation for the REU students will be on Tuesday, June 7. Students will meet with us in the morning, and then we will ask you to join us in the lobby of Maxwell Dworkin at noon. We will provide a pizza lunch (please let us know of any special dietary requests). Once you and your student have finished lunch, you have your student for the rest of the afternoon to get him/her acquainted with your research group. We suggest that you discuss the project and provide some general references, give them a brief safety orientation, get them settled into their workspace, arrange for access to the lab/building, and introduce them to other group members. Since most of you do not know your REU student yet, we have assigned tables and areas to research groups so that you can meet them at your table. We will also have nametags for the REU students and for you - please pick up a nametag at the registration table outside Maxwell Dworkin G115. Below are table/area assignments: Aizenberg: Maxwell Dworkin 119 Aspuru-Guzik: Table 7 Auguste: Table 6 Aziz: Table 3 Clarke: Table 2 Cox (Rowland): Table 4 Gordon: Table 3 Harris: Table 1 Hu: Table 2 Kaxiras: Table 1 Loncar: Table 1 Martin: Table 8 Mazur: Tables 13 & 14 Mooney: Table 10 Morrisett: Maxwell Dworkin cafe Nagpal: Maxwell Dworkin cafe Parker: Tables 15 & 16 Pfister: Table 8 Schonbrun (Rowland): Table 4 Spaepen: Table 9 Weitz: Tables 11 & 12 Westervelt: Table 9 Whitesides: Maxwell Dworkin 119 Wilson (Rowland): Table 5 Wong (Rowland): Table 5 Wood: Maxwell Dworkin cafe Pizza and beverage stations will be available at several locations in the Maxwell Dworkin lobby, the cafe area, and MD 119 - please first locate your table, then find the nearest pizza line. We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday! Kathryn & the REU Team Kathryn Hollar, PhD Director of Educational Programs Harvard School of Engineering & Applied Sciences 29 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Office: Pierce Hall 185 Phone: 617-496-7479 Fax: 617-812-0760 hollar(a)seas.harvard.edu

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: REU11 - Calendar, important dates

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Alán Aspuru-Guzik | Associate 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 | http://about.me/aspuru ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kathryn Hollar <hollar(a)seas.harvard.edu> Date: Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 5:17 PM Subject: REU11 - Calendar, important dates To: Jorge F Pozo <jpozo(a)seas.harvard.edu>, Natasha Rosenberg < rnatasha(a)seas.harvard.edu>, John Free <john.u.free(a)enc.edu> Cc: Natasha Baker <nrbaker(a)seas.harvard.edu>, Rosalind Reid < rreid(a)seas.harvard.edu> Dear REU mentors and PIs, This email will give you information on events and workshops we have planned for the students this summer. The REU calendar is available to view at http://www.eduprograms.seas.harvard.edu/REUCalendar.htm. If you are a google calendar user, you can subscribe to the calendar using this link: ampbeebh5oujk2jpg9oj9ckrp8(a)group.calendar.google.com. Important dates this summer: June 7 (Tuesday) - Orientation/Lunch June 10 (Friday) - Safety training (see email that follows) July 22 (Friday) - Presentation skills workshop for students August 3-5 (Wed-Fri) - REU Symposium - please plan for your student to attend all talks to support their peers August 8 (Monday) - End of summer BBQ and multimedia festival August 12 - last day of program, all deliverables due Students will be asked to attend a communications workshop roughly either every Tuesday (scientific writing) or Thursday (multimedia project) morning until 10 am. We also have faculty seminars planned for either Tuesday or Thursday evenings starting at 5 pm. Please let us know of any group meetings/conflicts for any events that we have planned. Best, Kathryn & The REU Team Kathryn Hollar, PhD Director of Educational Programs Harvard School of Engineering & Applied Sciences 29 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Office: Pierce Hall 185 Phone: 617-496-7479 Fax: 617-812-0760 hollar(a)seas.harvard.edu

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