Chemical Physics seminars are now held at Thursdays, 4pm at the
Melamed auditorium, Rm 006
Jun 2009
Jun 4 : Maytal (Caspary) Toroker, The Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion
Flux Correlation Approach to Electronic Transport through Molecular Junctions Abstract
Jun 18 :CHEMICAL PHYSICS SYMPOSIUM
Past
seminars
May 2009
May 7 :Dr. hezi Gildor, Environmental Sciences &
Energy Research, Weizmann institute of Science
Ocean mixing observation and modeling: from vertical density to
horizontal barriers to mixing
May 14: Dr Ohad Medalia,
Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University
Insights into the molecular architecture of cells by cryo-electron
tomography
May 21, Rm 205, Ornstein: Dr Eli Rothenberg,
Department of Physics of Living cells, University of Illinois - Urbana,
Urbana,IL, USA
Topic: Single-Molecule-Based Approaches for Probing Biochemical
Reactions: From Protein-DNA specificity to Virus-Host Interactions
Abstract
April 2009
Apr 2:Dr. Eli Stavitski Inorganic Chemistry and
Catalysis group, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Topic: "Catalysts live and up close" Abstract
Apr 23 :Dr. Arik Yochelis, Department of chemical
engineering, Technion institute of Technology
Topic:
"Towards Biochemical Control of Developmental Physiological
Self-Organization"
Apr 30: Dr. Dima Lukatski,
Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University
"Structural similarity statistically enhances interaction propensity of
proteins"
Abstract
March 2009
Mar 5:Dr. Taleb MokariMaterial Sciences Division,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA
Topic: "Synthesis of Nanostructures for Photocatalysis and renewable
energy"
Mar 11 (Wednesday, 2pm):Dr. Arik Landau, University of South California,
Los Angeles, CA
Topic:
"An accurate method for Ionization of extended systems: The frozen
natural orbital (FNO) equation-of-motion coupled-cluster (EOM-CC)
approach"
---> Mar 12: Biophysics
Symposium - Melamed Auditorium <---
Mar 19: (Location: MELAMED
HALL) Dr.
Raanan Carmieli Department of Chemistry,
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Topic:"EPR Study of Molecular Analogs to the Photosynthetic Reaction
Centers"
Mar 24
(Tuesday, Ornstein 205): Prof.
Yoachim
Krug, Institute for Theoretical Physics,
University of Cologne, Germany
Topic: "Clonal interference and the benefits of sex" Abstract
February 2009
; Feb 12:Prof.
Peter Wolynes , Department of Chemistry and biochemistry,
UCSD, San Diego, CA, USA
Topic: "Recent Successes in the Energy Landscape Theory of Protein
Folding"
January 2009
Jan 1:Dr.
Saar Rahav ,Department of Chemistry, University of
California, Irvine, CA
Topic: "Directed flow in nonadiabatic stochastic pumps" Abstract
Jan 7 (Wed) - Special seminar:Dr. Yuval Ebenstein,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA
Topic: "High Resolution Mapping Of Quantum-dot labeled Proteins Bound
To DNA" Time
& Location: Ornstein 205, 16:15
Jan 8:Dr. Ilan Degani,
Applied math Department, Bergen University, Norway
Topic: "Simulation and control of quantum systems" Abstract
Jan 15:Dr. Uri Raviv, Department
of
Chemistry, Hebrew University
Topic: "Structures and Interactions of charged biomolecules" Abstract
Jan 22, Prof. David Tannor,
Weizmann
Institute of Science, Rehovot
Topic: Bohmian Mechanics with Complex Action: An Exact Formulation of
Quantum Mechanics with Complex Trajectories Abstract
December 2008
Dec 4:Dr. Aharon Blank,
Faculty of
Chemistry, Technion
Topic: "Advanced Methodologies in Electron Spin Resonance: Imaging and
Dynamics"
Dec 11:Prof. Ka Yee C. Lee, Department of
Chemistry,
University of Chicago, IL
Topic: "Collapse mechanisms of lung surfactant and two-dimensional
films"
Dec 18:Prof. Ido Braslavsky,
Department of
Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA
Topic: "Freeze control by ice binding proteins" Abstract
Dec 25: Prof. Rachel Segalman,
Chemical
Engineering Faculty, UC Berkely, CA
Topic: "Molecular Thermopower Measurements: Insight to Electronic
Structure and Applications" Abstract
October-November 2008
Oct 30:Dr. Meni Wanunu,
Dept. of biomedical
engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA
Topic: "Single-Molecule Manipulation using Natural and Synthetic
Nanopores"
Nov 6:Dr. Igor Rahinov,
Department of
chemistry and biochemistry, University of California, Snata Barbara, CA
Topic: "Electronically non-adiabatic interactions in molecule
metal-surface scattering"
Nov 13:Dr. Oren Tal, Leiden
Institute of
Physics, Leiden University, Netherlands
Topic: "Electron transport through single-molecule junctions"
Nov 20, Prof. Dan Hupert,
Tel Aviv
University, Tel Aviv
Topic: "Indication of a very large proton diffusion constant
in
ice Ih"
Nov 27: Prof. Amnon Aharony,
Department of
Physics, Ben Gurion
University & Department of physics and astronomy, Tel Aviv
University
Topic: "Spin filtering by nano-spintronic devices"