Previous Events
To see the upcoming events and seminars, please check the Events page.
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| COLLOIDAL PHYSICS THAT INSTANTIATE LIFE IN BIOLOGICAL CELLS |
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We are interested in how physics at the colloidal scale instantiate life in biological cells. While principles from physics have driven recent paradigm shifts in how collective biomolecular behaviors orchestrate life, many mechanistic aspects of e.g.… Show more Speaker: Prof. Roseanna Zia |
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| Material Innovation through Freestanding Nanomembranes towards Future Electronics |
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The conventional electronic system has been developed upon Si-based thin-films because of their cost-effectiveness and mature process. However, there are fundamental limitations in using conventional systems towards future electronics such as wearable… Show more Speaker: Sang-Hoon Bae from Washington University in St. Louis |
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| Matured Clusters from eROSITA: its synergy in studying environmentally dependent starburst activities | Speaker: Tom Sun |
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| Machine Learning in present day Astronomy and Astrophysics | Speaker: Harold Quiroz |
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| Replicate, Repair, Recombine: Configurational Dynamics of the Replication Protein A (RPA) in Cellular Decision Making |
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Replication protein A (RPA) coordinates a plethora of DNA metabolic events. In the cell, it binds to virtually all exposed single-strand DNA, melts secondary DNA structures, recruits over three dozen proteins onto ssDNA, activates the DNA… Show more Speaker: Maria Spies, University of Iowa |
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| Exploring quenching in the high redshift universe | Speaker: Teja Teppala |
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| Nanoscale Imaging of Catalytic Activity in Semiconductor Nanostructures Using Single-Molecule Fluorescence Microscopy |
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Semiconductor nanocrystals are promising candidates for generating chemical feedstocks through photocatalysis in which photoexcited charge carriers are used to perform charge-transfer reactions. However, the fate of photoexcited charges once they reach the… Show more Speaker: Bryce Sadtler |
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| Discovery of Massive Galaxies at z~7 by JWST? | Speaker: Gourab Nandi |
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| Can JWST reveal the Hubble Sequence at High Redshift? | Speaker: Vicki Kuhn |
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| Realization of surface properties of two-dimensional material on metal substrate: A step towards wonder material for future applications |
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Surfaces and interfaces, also referred to as phase boundaries, play an important role in material performance for the application in nanodevices. When the surface of a material comes in contact with another phase, interaction occurs at the interface… Show more Speaker: Prof. Farhana Tuli |
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| From molecules to development: biological timing and patterning |
Zoom link available upon request- email sekhrn@missouri.edu.
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Organisms from bacteria to humans employ complex biochemical or genetic oscillatory networks, termed biological clocks, to drive a wide variety of cellular and developmental processes… Show more Speaker: Qiong Yang, University of Michigan |
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| The Art of Measuring Physical Parameters in Galaxies | Speaker: Prof. Yicheng Guo |
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| Angular momentum and gravitational radiation | Speaker: Prof. Adam Helfer |
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| The Search for Low Dimensional Quantum Matter |
Abstract: As the spatial dimension is lowered, locally stabilizing interactions between atoms are reduced, leading to the emergence of quantum fluctuating phases of matter without classical analogues. In this colloquium I will discuss theoretical progress and… Show more Speaker: Prof. Adrian Del Maestro |
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| Presolar Stardust Grains in the Solar System | Speaker: Dr. Nan Li (Boston University) |
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| Navigating molecular space at the single-molecule level for optoelectronics, energy, and quantum applications |
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Molecules-the smallest unit of matter with remarkable structural diversity-have been playing a pivotal role in today’s materials science, nanotechnology, and life science. The capability to manipulate physical and chemical behaviors of single molecules and… Show more Speaker: Dr. Kun Wang |
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| A Possible Supernova at z>2 Discovered by JWST | Speaker: Prof. Haojing Yan |
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| Effects of Feedback on Galaxy Modeling | Speaker: Alec Martin |
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| O.M. Stewart Colloquium: Revealing the mechanisms of bacterial chemotaxis signaling using integrative multi-scale molecular simulations | Speaker: Keith Cassidy, PhD |
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| Pulsars in Astrophysics and Gravitational Physics | Speaker: Prof. Sergei Kopeikin |
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| CP-ICE: A New Tool for Laboratory Studies of Interstellar Ice Chemistry |
Zoom link available upon request- email sekhrn@missouri.edu
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A new instrument is described that employs buffer gas cooling with mm-wave rotational spectroscopy to probe molecules desorbed from interstellar ice analogues. The unique combination of… Show more Speaker: Dr. Bernadette Broderick |
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| Earendel: an extremely magnified star at z~6 | Speaker: Tom Sun |
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| Enhanced irradiation tolerance of steels via nanostructuring |
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Steels have important applications in current and advanced nuclear reactors, however, their irradiation tolerance and mechanical properties need to be improved. Bulk ultrafine-grained and nanocrystalline… Show more Speaker: Prof. Haiming Wen |
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| Galaxy Formation and Evolution in the Last Decade: the Most Cited Papers in 2011-2021 | Speaker: Prof. Yicheng Guo |
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| Search for New Quantum Materials |
Quantum materials such as topological, 2D and nanostructured materials have attracted tremendous attention due to their exotic quantum properties. In this presentation, we will talk about our findings of chemical doping effect in inducing magnetism and… Show more Speaker: Prof. Yew San Hor, Missouri S&T |
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| Switching of control mechanisms during the rapid solidification of alloys |
Switching of control mechanisms during the rapid solidification of alloys
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The formation of complex solidification patterns is an intrinsic non-equilibrium phenomenon. It is the interplay between capillary and kinetic effects at the solidification front (… Show more Speaker: Dr. Yijia Gu |
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| PAH in the Universe | Speaker: Charles Mentzer |
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| Nonequilibrium Electron and Phonon Dynamics in Advanced Photovoltaic Devices |
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Nonequilibrium Electron and Phonon Dynamics in Advanced Photovoltaic Devices
The realization of advanced concept solar cells that circumvent the thermodynamic limitations of conventional devices [1] depends strongly on the competition between energy… Show more Speaker: Stephen Goodnick |
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| Investigating Star Formation in Low-mass Galaxies | Speaker: Teja Teppala |
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| Radiative cooling: harness sustainable coldness from the universe for passive cooling on the Earth |
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Radiative cooling is a passive cooling technique featured with zero-energy consumption by emitting terrestrial heat to the universe in form of blackbody thermal radiation. Nocturnal radiative cooling is an ordinary phenomenon of radiative cooling effect… Show more Speaker: Professor Yao Zhai |