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FW: Friday, May 24, 2013 Interdisiciplinary Physics SATE

Shawna Prater — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:41:12 +0000

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From: Shawna Prater [mailto:prater@pa.msu.edu] Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 2:40 PM To: SCI-AT-THE-EDGE@LIST.MSU.EDU Subject: [SCI-AT-THE-EDGE] Friday, May 24, 2013 Interdisiciplinary Physics SATE

Dear Faculty, Specialists, Staff, and Graduate Students:

Professor Ruby Ghosh from the Department of Physics and Astronomy and Professor Piotr Piecuch from the Department of Chemistry cordially invite you to attend a Science at the Edge seminar on Friday, May 24, 2013, featuring Professor Henry F. Schaefer, III, from the University of Georgia. The seminar will be held in BPS 1400 at 11:30 am, with refreshments served at 11:15 am. The title of Professor Schaefer's presentation is [...]

Friday, May 24, 2013 Interdisiciplinary Physics SATE

Shawna Prater — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:39:40 +0000

Dear Faculty, Specialists, Staff, and Graduate Students:

Professor Ruby Ghosh from the Department of Physics and Astronomy and Professor Piotr Piecuch from the Department of Chemistry cordially invite you to attend a Science at the Edge seminar on Friday, May 24, 2013, featuring Professor Henry F. Schaefer, III, from the University of Georgia. The seminar will be held in BPS 1400 at 11:30 am, with refreshments served at 11:15 am. The title of Professor Schaefer's presentation is "Reactions of Fluorine and Chlorine Atoms with Water and the Water Dimer". A copy of the seminar announcement, including abstract and Professor Schaefer's [...]

REMINDER: Science at the Edge Seminar announcement: Friday, May 17, 2013

Jennifer Keddle — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:50:21 -0400

MichiganState University

Science at the Edge

Engineering Seminar

*May 17^th , 2013*

11:30 a.m.

1400 Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building

Refreshments served at 11:15 a.m.

Mark E. Thompson

Department of Chemistry

University of Southern California

Exciton Management in Organic Solar Cells

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Abstract

The exciton is a critical part of each of the processes leading to photocurrents in Organic PhotoVoltaics (OPVs), and being able to control the location, lifetime and energy of the exciton is essential to achieving high efficiency.We have investigated methods for tuning exciton energies and controlling their migration paths, both intramolecularly and within a thin film.I will [...]

Science at the Edge Seminar announcement: Friday, May 17, 2013

Jennifer Keddle — Fri, 10 May 2013 08:57:59 -0400

This Weeks Science on the Edge Interdisciplinary Physics

Shawna Prater — Mon, 6 May 2013 17:10:20 +0000

Dear colleagues,

Our next speaker at the interdisciplinary Science at the Edge seminar is Michelle Johannes from the Center for Computational Materials Science at the Naval Research Laboratory. The title of the presentation is

"Using Computational Methodologies to Understand Energy Storage Materials".

The seminar will begin at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, May 10 in room 1400 Biomedical & Physical Sciences Building. [...]

DATE CHANGE: Science at the Edge Seminar announcement

Jennifer Keddle — Fri, 3 May 2013 09:50:33 -0400

*FYI--The date has been changed to May 17th, 2013.*

On 3/15/2013 9:15 AM, Jennifer Keddle wrote: > > MichiganState University > > Science at the Edge > > Engineering Seminar > > *May 17, 2013* > > 11:30 a.m. > > Room1400 Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building > > Refreshments served at 11:15 a.m. > > Mark E. Thompson > > Department of Chemistry > > University of Southern California > > > Exciton Management in Organic Solar Cells > > ** > > Abstract > > The exciton is a critical part of each of the processes leading to [...]

CANCELLED - QB/GEDD SATE on April 26 - Stephanie Hampton

Geiger, Helen — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:32:58 +0000

The QB/GEDD SATE seminar speaker, Stephanie Hampton has cancelled her visit to MSU on Friday, April 26.

Helen Geiger, Administrative Assistant Quantitative Biology Graduate Program and Gene Expression in Development and Disease Biochemistry 603 Wilson Road, Room 212 East Lansing, MI 48824 Email: geiger@msu.edu Phone: 517-432-9895 QB Website: http://www.qbi.msu.edu/ GEDD Website: http://www.gedd.msu.edu/

CANCELLED - QB/GEDD SATE on April 26 - Stephanie Hampton

Geiger, Helen — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:42:36 +0000

CANCELLED: QB/GEDD SCIENCE AT THE EDGE SEMINAR TODAY

Geiger, Helen — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:06:47 +0000

The QB/GEDD Science at the Edge seminar is cancelled today because the speaker's flight was cancelled due to weather.

Helen Geiger, Administrative Assistant Quantitative Biology Graduate Program and Gene Expression in Development and Disease Biochemistry 603 Wilson Road, Room 212 East Lansing, MI 48824 Email: geiger@msu.edu Phone: 517-432-9895 QB Website: http://www.qbi.msu.edu/ GEDD Website: http://www.gedd.msu.edu/

ANNOUNCEMENT: QB/GEDD Science at the Edge seminar on Friday, April 19

Geiger, Helen — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:54:47 +0000

SCIENCE AT THE EDGE SEMINAR QB/GEDD Friday, April 19 at 11:30am Room 1400 Biomedical and Physical Sciences Bldg. Refreshments at 11:15

Ian Korf

Genome Center

University of California, Davis

Genomics and Bioinformatics to the Rescue: Solving Complex Problems with Simple Models and Loads of Data

Recent advances in high throughput biology and information technology have changed how we investigate and understand the biological world. 10 years ago, the few genomes that were available had been sequenced by international consortia and had price tags in the millions of dollars. Today, graduate students are sequencing genomes in the course of their dissertations. [...]

April 18 CORE-CM talk: Tom Hamann : Water Splitting,with Hematite Thin Film Electrodes

phillip duxbury — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:58:10 -0400

Hi,

The Thursday CORE - CM ``pizza" seminar this week

*April 18: Tom Hamann * /Chemistry, Michigan State University / "Photoelectrochemical Investigation of Water Splitting with Hematite Thin Film Electrodes" abstract is below

Pizza and cookies available at 11:45

Phil

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Hematite has long been considered a potential candidate for photocatalytic water splitting because of its favourable valence band edge, reasonably low band gap, high stability and low cost. Unfortunately, only very poor conversion efficiencies have been achieved, which is generally attributed to a short minority carrier collection length. In principle, the short collection length can be overcome through nanostructuring [...]

CORE-CM April 11 Cancelled

phillip duxbury — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:46:41 -0400

Hi,

The CORE-CM April 11 has been cancelled due to an unforseen conflict,

Apologies for the late notice,

Phil

ANNOUNCEMENT: QB/GEDD Science at the Edge seminar on Friday, April 12

Geiger, Helen — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:40:17 +0000

EDGE SEMINAR QB/GEDD Friday, April 12 at 11:30am Room 1400 Biomedical and Physical Sciences Bldg. Refreshments at 11:15

Jack Gilbert

Department of Ecology and Evolution

University of Chicago

The Earth Microbiome Project

The understanding of Earth $B!G (Bs climate and ecology requires multi $B!> (Bscale observations of the biosphere, of which microbial life are a major component. However, to acquire and process physical samples of soil, water and air that comprise the appropriate spatial and temporal resolution to capture the immense variation in microbial dynamics, would require a herculean effort and immense financial resources dwarfing even the most ambitious projects [...]

NEEDED - Appt. w/QB/GEDD Science at the Edge sem spk, Jack Gilbert on Friday, April 12 - Please Respond

Geiger, Helen — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:56:31 +0000

Hi Everyone,

Dr. Jack Gilbert is the QB/GEDD Science at the Edge seminar speaker on Friday, April 12. His abstract is below and attached to this message. Dr. Titus Brown is hosting the speaker. If you are interested in meeting with Dr. Gilbert, please reply to this message with your available times (flexibility is helpful in scheduling the appointments) and I will get back with you to confirm the time. [...]

CORE CM talk by David Kramer, April 11

phillip duxbury — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:05:54 -0400

Hi,

The Thursday CORE - CM ``pizza" seminar this week is

*April 11: David Kramer**, Midday in BPS 1400* /Biochemistry and Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University / "New Functions in Photosynthetic Energy Transduction from Next-Generation Phenotyping (Phenometrics)" /The abstract is below/

Pizza and cookies available at 11:45

Phil

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I will introduce a new Center for Advanced Phenotyping at MSU and describe how next-generation high throughput phenotyping is being used to enable new research directions about photosynthetic energy conversion. I will emphasize 1) the discovery of "emergent phenotypes" under fluctuating environmental conditions that are beginning to reveal new functions [...]

Two CORE-CM talks this week

phillip duxbury — Tue, 9 Apr 2013 17:36:25 -0400

Hi,

There are two CORE-CM talks this week * **Wednesday April 10th, 4-5pm in BPS 1400* - Special seminar _Mark Tuckerman_ (Chemistry NYU and Courant institute) /Materials in silico: Structure, transport, and functionalization/

There will be a wine reception to follow in Chemistry. The flyer for Mark's talk is attached

*Thursday April 11th, 12**-1pm in BPS 1400* David Kramer (Plant Research lab, MSU) /Phylogenetics for energy harvesting/ [...]

MSU ChEMS Department Research Forum 2013 - Attendees can win an iPad mini!

Jennifer Keddle — Fri, 5 Apr 2013 16:02:18 -0400

REGISTRATION CLOSES 4/15!

All Registered attendees will have the chance to win an iPad mini!

The Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (ChEMS) at Michigan State University would like to invite you to join us at the annual ChEMS Research Forum on Thursday, May 9, 2013. The Forum will be held at the Spartan Club on the Campus of Michigan State University. [...]

FW: Chasing Ice documentary

Geiger, Helen — Thu, 4 Apr 2013 12:02:39 +0000

Michigan State University's Department of Geography is hosting the documentary about climate change “Chasing Ice” which will include a special question and answer session with the film's director after the movie. The film is free and open to everyone. The movie is being hosted to add to the knowledge, discussion and passion for our environment. Details for the event are in the email below. If you would be willing to share this with your “Science at the Edge” students list serv, the email below can be forwarded and has all the details. Or I can send a flier for posting [...]

ANNOUNCEMENT: QB/GEDD Science at the Edge seminar Friday, April 5

Geiger, Helen — Wed, 3 Apr 2013 19:36:27 +0000

EDGE SEMINAR QB/GEDD Friday, April 5 at 11:30am Room 1400 Biomedical and Physical Sciences Bldg. Refreshments at 11:15

Qiang Cui

Department of Chemistry and Theoretical Chemistry Institute

University of Wisconsin, Madison

"Multi-scale" simulation of processes in membrane proteins and biomembranes: methods and applications

I'll discuss a number of topics that represent our efforts in developing reliable molecular models for describing chemical and physical processes in membrane proteins and biomembranes. This is an exciting yet challenging research area because of the multiple length and time scales that are present in the relevant problems. As an example of chemical processes in membrane [...]

ANNOUNCEMENT: QB/GEDD Science at the Edge seminar Friday, March 29

Geiger, Helen — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:47:55 +0000

EDGE SEMINAR QB/GEDD Friday, March 29 at 11:30am Room 1400 Biomedical and Physical Sciences Bldg. Refreshments at 11:15

Matthew Rockman

Department of Biology and Center for Genomics & Systems biology

New York University

Genetic Consequences of Mating-system Evolution in C. elegans

C. elegans, the workhorse model organism for studies of development and behavior, reproduces primarily by self-fertilization in hermaphrodites. Its recent ancestors, however, were obligate outcrossers, with separate sexes. The transition from outcrossing to selfing altered the selective regime in which these animals live, and it simultaneously transformed the genetic structure of the species. I'll show how mating-system evolution in [...]

March 28 CORE-CM seminar, Alison Walker, University of Bath

phillip duxbury — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:17:59 -0400

Hi,

The CORE-CM seminar this week is:** * March 28: Alison Walker * /Department of Physics, University of Bath, UK / "Linking morphology and performance in nanostructured organic and hybrid solar cells" The abstract is below

BPS 1400 at 12:00pm, Pizza and cookies available at 11:45am

Phil Duxbury Full seminar list is at: http://www.pa.msu.edu/cmp/CORE-CM/SeminarSpring2013.html [...]

ANNOUNCEMENT: QB/GEDD Science at the Edge seminar Today

Geiger, Helen — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:24:38 +0000

EDGE SEMINAR QB/GEDD Friday, March 22 at 11:30am Room 1400 Biomedical and Physical Sciences Bldg. Refreshments at 11:15

Ethan Perlstein

Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics

Princeton University

Do Yeast Get Depressed?

My research interests are in evolutionary pharmacology, the study of complex drugs using simple genetic model organisms. For 5 years at Princeton, my lab used cellular drug responses of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model for psychopharmacology. A recurring theme of our work is that cell membranes are a novel drug target of basic and hydrophobic psychoactive drugs, such as antidepressants, antipsychotics and antihistamines. Using a radioactive [...]

Core-CM seminar, March 21, Juan Bisquert on "Solar energy conversion with nanoheterostructure"

phillip duxbury — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:55:54 -0400

Hi,

The CORE-CM seminar this week is:** * March 21: Juan Bisquert * /Department of Physics, University Jaume I, Castello Spain / "Solar energy conversion with nanoheterostructures" The abstract is below

BPS 1400 at 12:00pm, Pizza and cookies available at 11:45am

Phil Duxbury Full seminar list is at: http://www.pa.msu.edu/cmp/CORE-CM/SeminarSpring2013.html * *----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nanostructures based on inorganic semiconductor layers, molecular catalysts and colloidal quantum dots, are very promising candidates to achieve efficient solar cells and photoelectrochemical cells for the production of solar fuels. Empirical progress has been realized but fundamental methods of analysis are required to relate electronic operation to [...]

DATE CHANGE: Science at the Edge Seminar announcement

Jennifer Keddle — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:56:21 -0400

Appt. w/SATE sem spk, Ethan Perlstein, on Friday, March 22 -- Please Respond

Geiger, Helen — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:04:07 +0000

Hi Everyone,

Dr. Ethan Perlstein, Princeton University is the QB/GEDD Science at the Edge seminar speaker on Friday, March 22 - his abstract follows this message. Dr. Titus Brown is hosting the speaker. If you would like to meet with Dr. Perlstein, please reply to this message with your available times (flexibility is helpful in scheduling the appointments) and I will get back with you to confirm the time. [...]

Science at the Edge Seminar announcement: Friday, March 22, 2013

Jennifer Keddle — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:15:29 -0400

MichiganState University

Science at the Edge

Engineering Seminar

*March 22, 2013*

11:30 a.m.

Room1400 Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building

Refreshments served at 11:15 a.m.

Mark E. Thompson

Department of Chemistry

University of Southern California

Exciton Management in Organic Solar Cells

**

Abstract

The exciton is a critical part of each of the processes leading to photocurrents in Organic PhotoVoltaics (OPVs), and being able to control the location, lifetime and energy of the exciton is essential to achieving high efficiency.We have investigated methods for tuning exciton energies and controlling their migration paths, both intramolecularly and within a thin film.I will discuss [...]

ANNOUNCEMENT: QB/GEDD Science at the Edge seminar on Friday, March 15

Geiger, Helen — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:36:13 +0000

SCIENCE AT THE EDGE SEMINAR QB/GEDD Friday, March 15 at 11:30am Room 1400 Biomedical and Physical Sciences Bldg. Refreshments at 11:15

Dr. Oleg Igoshin

Department of Bioengineering

Rice University

Ultrasensitivity and stochasticity in bacterial networks

The rate laws describing kinetics of biochemical reactions are fundamentally non-linear[1]. These non-linearities are responsible for many key dynamical properties of biochemical networks. Often these result in ultrasensitive switches in which small changes or fluctuations of network inputs can lead to a large change in network output. Such switches are important for making robust cell decisions but can be detrimental for networks functioning in homeostasis [...]

Core-CM seminar, March 14, Pengpeng Zhang on "Growth of organics on inorganic substrates"

phillip duxbury — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:24:20 -0400

Hi,

The CORE-CM seminar this week is: * *****March 14: Pengpeng Zhang* //***/Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University / "Growth of light harvesting organic molecules on inorganic substrates" The abstract is below * *BPS 1400 at 12:00pm, Pizza and cookies available at 11:45am

Phil Duxbury Full seminar list is at: http://www.pa.msu.edu/cmp/CORE-CM/SeminarSpring2013.html * * [...]

Appt. w/QB/GEDD SATE sem spk, Oleg Igoshin, March 15 - Please Respond

Geiger, Helen — Thu, 7 Mar 2013 14:15:36 +0000

Hi Everyone,

Oleg Igoshin is the Science at the Edge seminar speaker on Friday, March 15 - his abstract is attached and follows this message. Lee Kroos is hosting the speaker and if you would like to meet with Dr. Igoshin, please reply to this message with your available times (flexibility is helpful in scheduling the appointments) and I will get back with you to confirm the time. [...]