Institute Calendar
October 2026
Thursday, October 1st, 2026
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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EVOxZankou Seminar
"Modeling embryonic quality control: how stem cell-based embryo models reveal lineage-specific selection against chromosomally abnormal cells"
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Friday, October 2nd, 2026
8:30am
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2:00pm
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BOND Colloquium "Careers in Academia: Beyond the R1"
Prof. Kenneth Childers,
Cal State Fullerton,
Prof. Raul Navarro,
Occidental College,
Prof. Khuloud Sweimeh,
Pasadena City College,
Dr. Mike Vicic,
Caltech CCE,
Kala Youngblood,
USC East College Prep,
Dr. Jasmine Bryant,
Caltech CTLO,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Riccardo Penco,
Carnegie Mellon University,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Signatures of Black Hole Spin and Plasma Acceleration in Jet Polarimetry
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Susan and James Wu Aerospace Colloquium
Unraveling interactions between extreme-scale wind power systems and stratified, turbulent environmental flows
Michael F. Howland,
Jeffrey Cheah Career Development Professor,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Monday, October 5th, 2026
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Dr. Marshall Brennan, "Device" journal
Publishing Applied Technology Research at Cell Press
Dr. Marshall Brennan,
Editor in Chief, Device,
Tuesday, October 6th, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Job Market Seminar
Topic to be announced
Binyamin (Ben) Wincelberg,
Graduate Student,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute 15th Anniversary Seminar Series
Topic to be announced
Pietro Ortoleva,
Professor of Economics and Public Affairs,
Princeton University,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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MedE : EAS Trailblazers Department Seminar
Biointegrated electronics for disease monitoring and intervention
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Electrical Engineering Trailblazers Seminar
Designing imaging systems to maximize information capture
Leyla Kabuli, PhD Candidate,
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) at UC Berkeley advised by Professor Laura Waller,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Aerospace: EAS Trailblazers Department Seminar
A Study of Hypersonic Shockwave/Boundary-Layer Interaction Dynamics Using High-Temperature Plasma Discharges
Emma Nicotra,
Zonta International Ameila Earhart Fellow and Graduate Student,
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
Purdue University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thursday, October 8th, 2026
11:00am
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2:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Job Market Seminar
Topic to be announced
Paulo Cesar Matos Trifu,
Graduate Student,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
3:39pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Short RNA chaperones promote aggregation-resistant TDP-43 conformers to mitigate neurodegeneration
James Shorter,
Professor,
Department of Biochemistry and Biology, Perelman School of Medicine,
University of Pennsylvania,
Friday, October 9th, 2026
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Jakob Moritz,
University of Wisconsin, Madison,
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Importance of accretion disk-driven torques on extreme mass ratio inspirals
5:30pm
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7:30pm
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7:00pm
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8:30pm
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Monday, October 12th, 2026
All Day
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1:30pm
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2:30pm
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2026
10:30am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Job Market Seminar
Topic to be announced
Shiyu (Jake) Zhang,
Graduate Student,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
L. Robert Baker,
Phyllis and Richard Leet Endowed Chair,
Department of Chemistry,
The Ohio State University,
Wednesday, October 14th, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Special Seminar - Stanislav Shvartsman
TBD
Stanislav Shvartsman,
Professor of Molecular Biology and the Lewis Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics,
Princeton University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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5:00pm
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Frontiers in Chemical Biology Symposium
10AM: Yael David Shternberg,
Associate Member, Chemical Biology,
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center,
3:00pm
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4:15pm
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Thursday, October 15th, 2026
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Contantin G. Economou Memorial Lecture
Madeline (Maddy) Murphy,
Graduate Student,
Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
Friday, October 16th, 2026
9:00am
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10/18
3:00pm
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9:00am
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10:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Vignesh Bhethanabotla,
Graduate Student,
Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Aldana Grichener,
Prize Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory,
University of Arizona,
Saturday, October 17th, 2026
9:00am
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7:00pm
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Monday, October 19th, 2026
1:30pm
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2:30pm
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2:15pm
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3:15pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar
Ultrafast Optical Excitation of Antiferromagnetic or Inertial Magnons in 2D Magnets