Mon., Tues., Wed., Thurs., Fri.

Monday, October 06, 2008

10:00am Population Genetics and Genomics
Peter Andolfatto, Princeton & KITP
(Auditorium)
Population Genetics of Drosophila
11:00am The Theory and Practice of Fluctuation-Induced Interactions
Peter Kleban, University of Maine & KITP
(Small Seminar Room)
Exact Factorization of Correlations in 2-D Critical Systems
12:15pm Blackboard Lunch
Leo Blitz, UC Berkeley
(Auditorium)
Galaxy Evolution

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Tuesday, October 07, 2008

10:00am Population Genetics and Genomics
Sergey Nuzhdin, USC & KITP
(Small Seminar Room)
Genetics of Complex Traits in Drosophila
10:30am The Theory and Practice of Fluctuation-Induced Interactions
Umar Mohideen, UC Riverside & KITP
(Auditorium)
Modulation of the Casimir Force with Light: Experiment and Theory
12:30pm The Theory and Practice of Fluctuation-Induced Interactions
Informal Lunch Meeting
(Founder's Room)

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Wednesday, October 08, 2008

10:00am Population Genetics and Genomics
Guy Sella, Hebrew Univ. & KITP
(Auditorium)
Estimating the Frequency of Adaptive Evolution
12:30pm The Theory and Practice of Fluctuation-Induced Interactions
Umar Mohideen, UC Riverside & KITP
(Small Seminar Room)
Lunch Discussion: Single Bio Molecular Nanomechanics
2:00pm KITP Colloquium
Yoseph Imry, Weizmann Inst. of Science
(Main Seminar Room)
Slow Relaxation and Aging in the Electron Glass

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Thursday, October 09, 2008

10:00am Population Genetics and Genomics
Molly Przeworski, Univ. Chicago & KITP
(Small Seminar Room)
Recombination in the Human
10:30am The Theory and Practice of Fluctuation-Induced Interactions
Joseph Rudnick, UCLA & KITP
(Auditorium)
Critical Casimir Force: Effects of Boundary Conditions and Dimensionality
12:30pm The Theory and Practice of Fluctuation-Induced Interactions
Informal Lunch Meeting
(Founder's Room)

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Friday, October 10, 2008

10:00am Population Genetics and Genomics
Jeffrey Wall, UCSF & KITP
(Auditorium)
Human Demography and Evolution
12:30pm The Theory and Practice of Fluctuation-Induced Interactions
Eugene Kolomeisky, Univ. Virginia & KITP
(Small Seminar Room)
Lunch Discussion: Geometrical Interpretation of the Casimir Effect

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New Members Expected:     Pascal Buenzli, Alessandra Carbone, Josep Comeron, John Dobson, Andreea Font, Fabio Fontanot, Susan Holmes, Herve Isambert, Israel Klich, Marta Luksza, Philippe Martin, Jean-Baptiste Masson, Umar Mohideen, Sergey Nuzhdin, Joshua Plotkin, Richard Stein, Shamil Sunyaev, Jeffrey Wall

Seminar Rooms, Commons Room, and Founders' Room are located on the 1st floor of Kohn Hall. Coffee and cookies are served daily in Kohn Hall Commons Room at 3:15 p.m. except on those Tuesdays when there is a Physics Department Colloquium.