Date: January 12, 2018 Time: 1:30-2:30pm Location: PSB 160/161 Speaker: Clifford Will, Professor of Physics (University of Florida) Title: Was Einstein Right? Abstract: Einstein formulated general relativity 100 years ago. Although it is generally considered a great triumph, the theory's early years were characterized by conceptual confusion, empirical uncertainties and a lack of relevance to ordinary physics. …
Date: January 19, 2018 Time: 1:30-2:30pm Location: PSB 160/161 Speaker: Angel Enrique Garcia (Center for NonLinear Studies (CNLS) Title: Proteins Under Pressure Abstract: Proteins are heteropolymers that self-assemble into a compact ordered structure known as the folded state. Although the folded state is a compact state, proteins will unfold under high hydrostatic pressure. This effect seems contradictory, …
Speaker: Dan Britt (UCF) Date: January 22, 2018 Time: 1:30pm EDT
Date: January 26, 2018 Time: 1:30-2:30pm Location: PSB 160/161 Speaker: Owen Pornillos (University of Virginia) Title: Structural Biology of HIV Assembly and Maturation Abstract: HIV assembles and buds from infected cells in an immature, non-infectious form. Subsequently, proteolytic cleavage catalyzed by the viral protease leads to a dramatic structural rearrangement of the virus particle into a mature …
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Date: February 2, 2018 Time: 1:30-2:30pm Location: PSB 160/161 Speaker: Bruno Uchoa (University of Oklahoma) Title: Quantum Hall Condensates Abstract: Superconductors are states of matter where electrons can flow without any dissipation. Quantum Hall states on the other hand are insulating states of matter created by the application of a magnetic field, which quantizes the energy of the electrons moving …
Date: February 9, 2018 Time: 1:30-2:30pm Location: PSB 160/161 Speaker: Seth Jonas (IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute) Title: Preparing for the Global Impact of Space Weather Abstract: Space weather events have the potential to negatively affect infrastructure systems that are key to social and economic well-being. An extreme space weather event could cause wide-area disruption, degradation, or damage …
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February 12th, 2018 10:00 am Title: Call Out For Next Generation SOFIA Science Instrument Abstract: The draft call for the Next Generation of SOFIA Science Instruments has been released! This call is an opportunity for theorists, instrument builders, engineers, and physicists to come together to propose the next great scientific observation program and …
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Date: February 16, 2018 Time: 1:30-2:30pm Location: PSB 160/161 Speaker: Hari Srikanth, Professor of Physics (University of South Florida) Title: Functional Magnetic Oxides for Nanomedicine and Spin Caloritronics Abstract: Magnetic nanoparticles are promising for nanomedicine applications such as contrast enhancement in MRI and magnetic hyperthermia treatment of cancer. There is a need to improve the specific absorption rate (SAR) …
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February 19th, 2018 11:00 am Title: How Do We Advance Our Understanding of Global Earth-Space Interactions? Abstract: Despite decades of research even the most basic Earth-near space interactions remain to be controversial. This is due to several complicating factors: 1) the interaction between Earth and near space is global; 2) it is dynamic; …
Date: March 2, 2018 Time: 1:30-2:30pm Location: PSB 160/161 Speaker: Scott M. Ransom Title: Millisecond Pulsars, Basic Physics, and NANOGrav Abstract: Pulsars are some of physics and astrophysics' most exotic objects, and they have already earned two Nobel Prizes. We currently know of more thabn 2500 of them in our Galaxy, but a small subset, the millisecond pulsars (MSPs), …
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