James Franck Institute: Events

EVENTS
JFI Colloquium - Winter Quarter 2005

Every Tuesday at 4 p.m., the James Franck Institute hosts a colloquium in RI 480 at 5640 South Ellis Avenue. Tea is served at 3:45 during open discussion before the start of the talk. Persons with disabilities may request assistance in advance from
Ms. Anderson: zenaa@uchicago.edu or 773-702-7180.

For more information, contact our Colloquium Chair, Ka Yee Lee. She can be reached via e-mail or by calling (773) 702-7068.

Dates	Speakers	Title
Jan. 04	Vassily Lubchenko Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Host: Aaron Dinner	"The Chemical Physics of the Amorphous State: From Cryogenic Anomalies in Glasses to Control of Protein Dynamics"
Jan. 11	Igor Aleiner Columbia University Host: Paul Wiegmann	"Zero-resistance state in ac-driven two-dimensional electron gas and related phenomena"
Jan. 18	Laurent Weisenfeld Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de l'Observatoire de Grenoble Host: Steve Berry	"Calculating molecules for astrophysics : cross sections and rates"
Jan. 25	Howard Stone Harvard University, Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences Host: W. Zhang/R. Ismagilov	"Digital Microfluidics: Drops, Bubbles, Jets and Colloidal Armor"
Feb. 01	Christoph Naumann Indiana University, Purdue University, Indianapolis Host: Ka Yee Lee	"Single Molecule Tracking Of Phospholipids And Membrane Proteins In Polymer-Tethered Phospholipid Membranes"
Feb. 08	Margaret Gardel Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Host: Philippe Cluzel	"Elasticity of F-actin Networks"
Feb. 15	Irfan Siddiqi Applied Physics Department Yale University Host: Ilya Gruzberg	"Using a Dynamical Bifurcation to Readout a Quantum Bit"
Feb. 22	Mark Robbins Johns Hopkins University Dept. of Physics & Astronomy Host: Sid Nagel	"Contact and Friction: Connecting Atomic-Scale Interactions to Macroscopic Behavior"
Mar. 01	Todd D. Krauss Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester Host: Philippe Guyot-Sionnest	"Single Carbon Nanotube Electronics and Photonics"
Mar. 08	George Schatz Northwestern University Dept. of Chemistry Host: Laurie Butler	"Using Nanoparticles to Detect Biomolecules: New Challenges for Theory"
Mar. 15	Piotr Piecuch Department of Chemistry and Department of Physics and Astronomy Michigan State University Host: David Mazziotti	"New Alternatives for Accurate Quantum Calculations for Many-Electron and Other Many Fermion Systems: From Bond Breaking and Diradicals to Excited States in Molecules and Atomic Nuclei"