Tarun Grover, Department of Physics, KITP, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA. Presentation title: Quantum Entanglement, Renormalization and the Stability of Quantum Phases. Host: Eun-Ah Kim.

Tsvi Tlusty, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University. Presention title: The many-body physics of microfluidic droplet ensembles. Host: Itai Cohen.

Yong Xiong from Yale University.

Host: Ailong Ke.

Title: "HIV suppression by host restriction factors and viral immune evasion."

Poster available

Yonggang Ke, Molecular Systems Lab Center for Life Sciences, Wyss Institute, Harvard University. Presentation title: Modular 3D DNA self-assembly, bio-inspired applications, and nanomanufacturing. Host: Paul McEuen.

José Argüello, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Host: Peng Chen.

Title: "A simple mechanism but complex functional roles for bacterial Cu+-ATPases."

Poster available

Tom Purdy, JILA, University of Colorado/NIST, Boulder, CO. Presentation title: Quantum Measurements on a Macroscopic Scale. Host: Mukund Vengalattore.

Efi Efrati from the James Franck Institute in Chicago. Presentation title: Orientation dependent handedness and chiral design. Host: Itai Cohen.

The 2013 Summer LASSP Theory Talks will be Thursdays from June 27th to August 15th.

Each summer graduate students in Biophysics and related fields present their research at the Biophysics Summer Seminar. Each talk will be 30 minutes. We plan 2 talks per meeting and will meet Wednesdays starting June 26th in Clark 700.

Chair of the series is Prof. Brian Crane.

Speakers by date:

6/26/2013

Faculty Welcome

Riccardo Comin from the Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of British Columbia presents:

CORRELATED PHYSICS AND CHARGE-ORDERED GROUND STATES IN 3D- AND 5D-OXIDES

Abstract: