Schedule

Graduate Journal Club

 

PHYG210

 

Instructor: Professor Brent Nelson

 

This class will meet every Wednesday at 12 PM in 114 DA. Changes in time or place will be announced by email.

  

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Fall 2008

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Sep. 17

Prof. Alain Karma

"Nonequilibrium Patterns" 

Sep. 24

Prof. Srinivas Sridhar

"Nanophotonics and Nanomedicine" 

Oct. 1

Prof. Mark Williams

"Forcing DNA-protein interactions with optical tweezers: From phase transitions to viral replication" 

Oct. 8

Prof. Armen Stepanyants

"Synaptic connectivity in the cerebral cortex" 

Oct. 15

Prof. Nathan Isrealoff

"Nanophysics of Complex Materials" 

Oct. 22

Prof. Paul Champion

"Coherent Motions in Biomolecules and Their Role in Biological Reactions" 

Oct. 29

Prof. Tim Sage

"Biomolecular Dynamics in Cells, Crystals, and Computers" 

Nov. 5

Prof. Jeffrey Sokoloff

"Charged Polymer Brushes, Cartilage and Gels: Transporting Oneself with Low Friction on a Layer of Water" 

Nov. 12

Prof. George Alverson

"Collider Physics" 

Nov. 19

Prof. Pran Nath

"Probing the Hidden Sector" 

Nov. 26

NO JOURNAL CLUB

 

Dec. 3

Pu Wang, working with Prof. Albert-Laszlo Barabasi

"Understanding the Spreading Patterns of Mobile Phone Viruses" 

Dec. 10

Prof. Brent Nelson

"What Do We Want from the LHC, and What Will We Do With It?" 

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Spring 2009

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Jan. 14

Baris Altunkaynak: "Connecting String Theory to Particle Physics at the LHC"

 

Jan. 21

NO JOURNAL CLUB

 

Jan. 28

Kathy Chaurasiya: "DNA Polymerase: Unzipping the Mystery with Optical Tweezers"

 

Feb. 4

Vic Feng: "Orbifolds, Orientifolds and Dualities in Superstring Theory"

 

Feb. 11

Gina Escobar: "Information Storage Capacity of the Brain Tissue"

 

Feb. 18

Evin Gultepe: "Physics of Nanoplatforms and Applications in Nanomanufacturing and Nanomedicine"

Yung Jui (Ray) Wang: "Momentum density, Fermi surface and directional Compton profile in the Iron-based superconductor LaOFeAs"

 

Feb. 25

Prof. Dagmar Sternad (Biology/ECE/Physics Department)

"Variability and stability in sensorimotor coordination" 

 

Mar. 4

SPRING BREAK

 

Mar. 11

Tanmoy Das: "Strong correlation effects and optical conductivity in electron doped cuprates (High temperature superconductor)"

Susmita Basak: "ARPES matrix element and the waterfall effect in the cuprates"

 

Mar. 18

Jingyung Zhang: "Mechanism of DNA flexibility enhancement by HMGB proteins"

 

Mar. 25

NO JOURNAL CLUB

 

Apr. 1

Wael Al-Sawai: "Superconductivity, Superfluids and Condensate"

Ari Adland: "Applying the Phase Field Crystal Model to BCC Iron"

 

Apr. 8

Michael Holmes: "Dark Matter in the Deflected Mirage Mediation Scenario"

Dashun Wang: "How many real friends do you have?"