LIGHT SCATTERING & GPC/SEC TECHNOLOGIES: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS Breakfast and lunch will be provided for registered participants Registration required [http://www.cvent.com/d/mcq5fh] Workshop Summary The IBNAM Equipment Core and Malvern Instruments will present a workshop designed to expand researchers? knowledge of the Zetasizer Nano ZSP and its capabilities. Experts from Malvern will be at Northwestern to explain how characterization of biomolecules, nanoparticles, and a broad range of emulsion materials can be carried out using dynamic light scattering (DLS), molecular weight determinations, and zeta potential measurements. This workshop will cover basic theory to instrumentation and measurement techniques so you can understand the data you obtain and optimize your results. Whether you are an experienced Zetasizer user or just beginning to learn about these techniques and instrumentation, this technical workshop will cover a broad range of topics to help you with your characterization needs. More Information.

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Jill Johnson
The Institute for BioNanotechnology in Medicine (IBNAM)

"Killing the Messenger: RNA-Based Manipulation of Gene Expression During Viral Infection" Britt Glaunsinger, Ph.D., Univ. of California, Berkeley Host: Dr. Eva Gottwein

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Dr. Eva Gottwein
Department of Microbiology-Immunology Seminar Series

Turn your posters into manuscripts. You're invited to participate in the second writing retreat hosted by the Center for Community Health (CCH). This is not an educational workshop but a dedicated space and time for attendees to focus on their own manuscripts. Chris Masi, Director of Internal Medicine, Practice-Based Research Network, North Shore University Health, and journal reviewer for Progress in Community Health Partnerships [http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/progress_in_community_health_partnerships/], will be on hand to share publishing experience, answer questions, and provide guidance as needed. Space is limited. RSVP by May 10 to CCH@northwestern.edu [http://mailto:CCH@northwestern.edu] More Information.

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Center for Community Health (CCH)
Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS)

How to End Poverty in 90 Minutes (With 199 People You May or May Not Know) Conceived and directed by Michael Rohd. Visit www.tic.northwestern.edu [http://www.tic.northwestern.edu/] for tickets.

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TIC Box Offic
One Book One Northwestern 2012-2013

Soli Ozel, a Turkish professor, journalist, and 2013 Keyman Modern Turkish Studies visiting scholar, will deliver a lecture on Turkey's vision for its growing role of in modern international affairs. Ozel is the foreign news editor and a columnist for the Gazete Haberturk, one of Turkey?s largest daily newspapers. Since 2010, he has also served on the faculty of Kadir Has University in the Department of International Relations. Ozel has worked in the intersection of academia, foreign policy, and the press for over two decades. From 1998 until 2007, he was the Editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy-Turkiye, and is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Private View, the quarterly publication of TUSIAD, Turkey?s top business association. He has also written as a columnist for several of Turkey?s most popular newspapers, including Sabah (2002-2009). After studying at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and University of California, Berkeley, Professor Ozel taught at the University of California, Santa Cruz (1988-1989) and Johns Hopkins SAIS (1993-1995) before returning to teach in Turkey at Bogazici University (1995-1996) and Bilgi University (1995-2010). He has been published in numerous international academic journals in both English and Turkish, and his first book, published in 2009, is entitled Rebuilding a Partnership: Turkish-American Relations for a New Era—A Turkish Perspective.

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Rita Koryan
Buffett Center for International and Comparative Studies

Fulbright-Hays funds graduate students for 6-12 months research in countries outside Western Europe. Students must work extensively in modern languages under the broad umbrella ?Area Studies?. The short lead-time confers a distinct advantage on students who react quickly. To assist NU applicants, the Office of Fellowships offers the following application workshops. Attend the earliest workshop possible. Eligibility requirements** Is a citizen, national, or a permanent resident of the United States;** Is a graduate student in good standing at an institution of higher education in the United States who, when the fellowship begins, is admitted to candidacy in a doctoral program in modern foreign languages and area studies at that institution;** Possesses adequate skills in the language(s) necessary to carry out the dissertation project. No Registration Necessary! More Information.

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Angela Johnson
Office of Fellowships Information Sessions

"Matching Designs for Observational Studies with Multilevel Data" by Peter Steiner, Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. This is part of the IPR Q-Center Series. More Information.

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James Pustejovsky
Institute For Policy Research

Rexxi Prasasya, student in the Mayo lab, will present her research on "Gene Expression Analysis in the Juvenile Ovary in the Absence of Notch2 and Jagged1". Center for Reproductive Science member groups, Reproductive Science & Medicine research cluster members, and guests present their research data weekly. The meeting is videoconferenced between Cook 3118-B, Lurie 10-123, and Children's Hospital of Chicago Research Center conference room D/E. Light breakfast is provided at the Cook and Lurie sites. All members of the larger Northwestern community are welcome to attend. More Information.

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Fern Elizabeth Murdoch
Center for Reproductive Science Events

English Teaching Assistantships support English instruction in settings from kindergarten to university level classrooms. Fulbright seeks people with some teaching experience and a strong commitment to education. Through the Fulbright program, individuals who hold undergraduate degrees go abroad to carry out intensive independent research, study at a foreign university, or teach English at the middle or high school level. Application Workshops assist current seniors, current juniors who will graduate by June 2013, alums, and graduate students. The workshops cover the basics of a Fulbright application, productive application and writing strategies, how to avoid common pitfalls, and better understand the Northwestern University application process. Attendance at a May Application Workshop is a prerequisite for currently enrolled students who wish to apply through Northwestern University. All others are welcome.

Contact:
Angela Johnson
Office of Fellowships Information Sessions

Fulbright full projects fund research in all disciplines, journalism, the arts, as well as university level study in many fields. Strong applicants will demonstrate a solid knowledge of language and culture in their target country.Through the Fulbright program, individuals who hold undergraduate degrees go abroad to carry out intensive independent research, study at a foreign university, or teach English at the middle or high school level. Application Workshops assist current seniors, current juniors who will graduate by June 2013, alums, and graduate students. The workshops cover the basics of a Fulbright application, productive application and writing strategies, how to avoid common pitfalls, and better understand the Northwestern University application process. Attendance at a May Application Workshop is a prerequisite for currently enrolled students who wish to apply through Northwestern University. All others are welcome.

Contact:
Angela Johnson
Office of Fellowships Information Sessions

How should instabilities be addressed when control authority is limited to discrete changes in the network? Power networks with changes in their topologies are hybrid systems--they have a finite set of governing equations that depend on time and possibly the state of the network. Designing these discrete changes to either minimize or maximize some objective function is the purpose of hybrid optimal control. For instance, one may wish to design time-dependent changes in transmission lines to stabilize a multimachine power network that would otherwise go unstable. Solving the associated optimal control problem is challenging due to the integer constraints on the inputs found in the governing equations. In this talk I will discuss a method that does not require a priori discretization and does not relax the optimization, but does provide guarantees on both convergence and computational complexity. Moreover, at every iteration the algorithm returns a dynamically feasible solution. The method parallels classical gradient descent methods from finite dimensions, but in an infinite-dimensional and nondifferentiable setting, making implementation of the algorithms reasonably straightforward. I will illustrate the algorithmic technique on a standard IEEE power network test case. More Information.

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Nicole Smith
Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)

Dan Xu (Dr. Miller Lab)

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Igal Ifergan
Immunology Journal Club

How to End Poverty in 90 Minutes (With 199 People You May or May Not Know) Conceived and directed by Michael Rohd. Visit www.tic.northwestern.edu [http://www.tic.northwestern.edu/] for tickets.

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TIC Box Offic
One Book One Northwestern 2012-2013

The Barry Goldwater Scholarship provides funding for highly qualified individuals in science, mathematics, and engineering academic study and research. The Goldwater Scholarship is one of the most desirable undergraduate awards. Scholars continue after the bachelor's to win such prestigious fellowships as NSF, NDSEG, and the Hertz. AWARD AMOUNTUndergraduate tuition and expenses up to $7,500 annually. ELIGIBILITY**Sophomore or Junior in Sciences, Math, or Engineering**U.S. Citizen /U.S. Permanent Resident**Strong research experience; rigorous academic program; public service Northwestern may only forward four candidates. Previous candidates, chosen or not, have profited enormously from the application process in their ability to articulate professional goals, think creatively about their current and future research plans, and form a partnership with key professors in their departments. More Information.

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Angela Johnson
Office of Fellowships Information Sessions

The Harry S Truman Foundation awards scholarships to juniors who are pursuing a bachelor's degree and plan to attend graduate school in preparation for careers in the public sector. Eligible programs of graduate study include law programs and master's and doctoral programs in public administration, public policy analysis, public health, international relations, government, economics, social services delivery, education and human resource development, and conservation and environmental protection. ELIGIBILITYU.S. citizen college juniors who plan careers in public service. Students must be college juniors at the time of selection. AWARD AMOUNTThe Truman Scholarship provides up to $30,000 in funding towards a graduate degree in public service fields. More Information.

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Angela Johnson
Office of Fellowships Information Sessions

Speaker: Joe Bass, MD, PhD Kettering Professorship of Medicine Endocrinology Division Northwestern University Lecture Title: TBD

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Donna Ray
Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute

Undergraduate Fellowship Forum [http://www.northwestern.edu/fellowships/deadlines/]Every Thursday, 4pm during the Academic year: The Office of Fellowships weekly Undergraduate Fellowship Forum provides currently enrolled undergraduates with an introduction to fellowships and a chance to ask questions and discuss opportunities with us. Alumni and graduate students (Ph.D., M.A., M.B.A, M.D., J.D.) should begin with a 1-on-1 consultation, which can be scheduled by calling the office.

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Angela Johnson
Office of Fellowships Information Sessions

Targeting the Oncogene elF4E at the Bench and in the Clinic Katherine Borden, PhD Professor, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology University of Montreal (Montreal Canada) More Information.

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Cancer Center
Robert H Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University

Richard Wortman, Professor Emeritus, Columbia University This year marks the four-hundredth anniversary of the election of Michael Romanov to the Russian throne. One hundred years ago it was the occasion for elaborate celebrations of the dynasty. This presentation examines the meaning of the dynasty, its functioning, justification, representation and practices from Peter the Great to the Romanov revival in the last decades of the nineteenth century. It inquires into the role of law and imagery in the inauguration of Russian monarchs and compares the dynamic of their succession with that of their European counterparts. Richard Wortman is the author of a two-volume study of Scenarios of Power: Myth and Ceremony in Russian Monarcy (1995-2000), which is already a classic (as we know because it was republished in 2006 in a one-volume edition, and has been translated in full into Russian), as well as earlier studies of The Crisis of Russian Populism and The Development of a Russian Legal Consciousness. Organized by Central and Southeast European Studies (CSEES).

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Rita Koryan
Buffett Center for International and Comparative Studies

IIN Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series- Speaker Scott Phillips, Penn State University. Hosted by Professor SonBinh Nguyen.

Contact:
Kasey Brink
International Institute for Nanotechnology

Rucker Johnson (University of California, Berkeley): "Desegregation & (Un)Equal Opportunity" More Information.

Contact:
Joseph Ferrie
Department of Economics; Workshop in Economic History

How to End Poverty in 90 Minutes (With 199 People You May or May Not Know) Conceived and directed by Michael Rohd. Visit www.tic.northwestern.edu [http://www.tic.northwestern.edu/] for tickets.

Contact:
TIC Box Offic
One Book One Northwestern 2012-2013

How to End Poverty in 90 Minutes (With 199 People You May or May Not Know) Conceived and directed by Michael Rohd. Visit www.tic.northwestern.edu [http://www.tic.northwestern.edu/] for tickets.

Contact:
TIC Box Offic
One Book One Northwestern 2012-2013

Article [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23582330]

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Mark Mandel
Bacteriology Journal Club

A Tumor-lytic Bacteria Therapeutic for Solid Tumors Saurabh Saha, MD, PhD President, BioMed Valley Discoveries Kansas City, MO More Information.

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Cancer Center
Robert H Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University

Since August 2007 financial markets have been rocked by crises emerging from the rich democracies of North America and Western Europe. The conference brings together scholars to reflect on how global economic governance has—and has not—changed during a half-decade of crisis. Have states and intergovernmental institutions clawed back some of the authority they surrendered to private actors in the years before the crisis of 2008? How have key actors in world politics—powerful states, inter- and nongovernmental organizations, sectoral interest groups and other policy entrepreneurs—shaped the post-crisis regulatory agenda? Are financial systems safer now than they were before the crisis? Are global financial markets ungovernable? 9-9:15 AM – Welcome & Introductory Remarks (9:15-10:45am) Panel I: Governing Markets in Hard Times Eric Helleiner (Waterloo) Bruce Carruthers (NU) Steve Nelson (NU) Hendrik Spruyt (NU, chair/commentator) (11am – 12:30pm) Panel II: Recovering from Crisis: Lessons from the Turkish and Japanese Experiences Omer Taspinar (Brookings) William Grimes (Boston University)Daron Acemoglu (MIT) Vefa Tarhan (Loyola University Chicago, commentator) Brian Hanson (NU, chair) (12:45-2pm) Keynote Address Janice Eberly (Kellogg and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury) (2:15-3:30pm) Panel III: The Crisis in EuropeKathleen McNamara (Georgetown University) Nicolas Jabko (Johns Hopkins University)

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Krzysztof Kozubski
Buffett Center for International and Comparative Studies

Fulbright full projects fund research in all disciplines, journalism, the arts, as well as university level study in many fields. Strong applicants will demonstrate a solid knowledge of language and culture in their target country.Through the Fulbright program, individuals who hold undergraduate degrees go abroad to carry out intensive independent research, study at a foreign university, or teach English at the middle or high school level. Application Workshops assist current seniors, current juniors who will graduate by June 2013, alums, and graduate students. The workshops cover the basics of a Fulbright application, productive application and writing strategies, how to avoid common pitfalls, and better understand the Northwestern University application process. Attendance at a May Application Workshop is a prerequisite for currently enrolled students who wish to apply through Northwestern University. All others are welcome.

Contact:
Angela Johnson
Office of Fellowships Information Sessions

Jessica Huszar, graduate student in the Payne lab, will present her research on "The Role of MicroRNAs in Spermatogonia Self-renewal". Center for Reproductive Science member groups, Reproductive Science & Medicine research cluster members, and guests present their research data weekly. The meeting is videoconferenced between Cook 3118-B, Lurie 10-123, and Children's Hospital of Chicago Research Center conference room D/E. Light breakfast is provided at the Cook and Lurie sites. All members of the larger Northwestern community are welcome to attend. More Information.

Contact:
Fern Elizabeth Murdoch
Center for Reproductive Science Events

The Department of Materials Science and Engineering welcomes you to its 2013 Spring Colloquium series. Ali Erdemir Distinguished Fellow and Senior ScientistEnergy Systems DivisionArgonne National Laboratory Tuesday, May 28, 2013Tech L211, 4:00pm ?Dissociative Extraction of DLC Boundary Films from Lubricating Oils at Sliding Contact Interfaces by Catalytically Active Nanocomposite Coatings? Nanocomposite coatings hold great promise for enhancing performance, efficiency, and durability of many types of rolling, rotating, and sliding engine parts and components mainly because of their impressive mechanical and tribological properties. In this presentation, we discuss the details of some novel nanocomposite coatings that are capable of extracting diamondlike carbon (DLC) boundary films from lubricating oils at sliding contact interfaces. Specifically, in these coatings, we identified and strategically combined catalytically active hard (nitrides, carbides, or oxides of Mo, W, V, Re, etc.) and soft phases (such as Ag, Ni, Pd, Au, Cu, etc.) in one coating at some optimum concentrations. When tested under severe contact conditions, these designer coatings were able to dissociate long-chain hydrocarbon molecules of lubricating oils into shorter, dimers and trimers and then deposit them on sliding surfaces as lubricious and highly protective DLC boundary films. Using UV Raman and TOF-SIMS, we have elucidated the structural chemistry of these boundary films and confirmed that they were indeed similar to that of conventional DLC films that are deposited using plasma-based CVD and PVD processes. Under severe sliding, reciprocating, and scuffing test conditions, these DLC boundary films were able to reduce friction by more than 50% and provide extreme resistance to wear and scuffing. Biography: Dr. Ali Erdemir is a Distinguished Fellow and a Senior Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory with international recognition and significant accomplishments in the fields of materials science, surface engineering, and tribology. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1982 and 1986, respectively, and his B.S. from Istanbul Technical University in 1977. In recognition of his pioneering research, Dr. Erdemir has received numerous awards and honors, including the University of Chicago?s Medal of Distinguished Performance, five R&D-100 Awards, two Al Sonntag and an Edmond E. Bisson Awards from the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, and an Innovative Research Award from the Tribology Division of ASME. He is a Fellow ASME, AVS, ASM-International, and STLE. He holds 20 U.S. and international patents, presented more than 150 invited/keynote/plenary talks, authored/co-authored more than 260 research articles and 16 book/handbook chapters, and edited two books. His current research is directed toward nano-scale design and large-scale manufacturing of new materials, coatings, and lubricants for a broad range of applications in manufacturing, transportation and other energy conversion and utilization systems.

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Department Office
Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Buffett Center Year-End Celebration & Open House

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Krzysztof Kozubski
Buffett Center for International and Comparative Studies

"The Multimerization of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cytotoxin ExoU" Angelica Zhang, Northwestern Univ. (MSTP) Host: Dr. Alan Hauser

Contact:
Dr. Alan Hauser
Department of Microbiology-Immunology Seminar Series

Jianiei Hao (Dr. Zhou Lab)

Contact:
Igal Ifergan
Immunology Journal Club

"Women of the National Supported Work Demonstration" by Jeffrey Smith, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan. This is part of the IPR Q-Center Series. More Information.

Contact:
James Pustejovsky
Institute For Policy Research

"Have we been looking at global disease dynamics all wrong?"

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Nicole Michelle Smith
Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)

Fulbright full projects fund research in all disciplines, journalism, the arts, as well as university level study in many fields. Strong applicants will demonstrate a solid knowledge of language and culture in their target country.Through the Fulbright program, individuals who hold undergraduate degrees go abroad to carry out intensive independent research, study at a foreign university, or teach English at the middle or high school level. Application Workshops assist current seniors, current juniors who will graduate by June 2013, alums, and graduate students. The workshops cover the basics of a Fulbright application, productive application and writing strategies, how to avoid common pitfalls, and better understand the Northwestern University application process. Attendance at a May Application Workshop is a prerequisite for currently enrolled students who wish to apply through Northwestern University. All others are welcome.

Contact:
Angela Johnson
Office of Fellowships Information Sessions

AKT Isoform Specificity in Estrogen and P13/LmTOR Inhibitor Response in Breast Cancer Harikrishna Nakshatri, BVSc, PhD Marian J. Morrison Professor in Breast Cancer Research IU Simon Cancer Center (Indianapolis, IN) More Information.

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Cancer Center
Robert H Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University

The symposium will present a comprehensive overview of various types of malignancies and will detail the role of Radiosurgery in the management of metastatic disease More Information.

Contact:
Amy Stevenson, RN, BSN, CNRN
Robert H Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University

Sarah Reber (University of California, Los Angeles): "Survey Incentives for Teenagers"

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Jaye Stapleton
Department of Economics: Workshop in Applied Microeconomics

Faculty & Fellows Colloquium No Place But Home: Karen Burmese Refugees and the Early Warming Signs of Repatriation Jack Doppelt is a professor at Medill, publisher of Immigrant Connect, and director of RefugeeLives. RefugeeLives depicts the daily lives of refugees and establishes connections between resettled refugees and those abroad. He has published widely on libel, the media?s influence on the criminal justice system, and the media coverage of the legal system. He has represented a group of journalists before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in a successful attempt to gain access to sealed court documents. As an investigative journalist in Chicago, he broke stories on court corruption, housing dangers and governmental conflicts of interest. As part of Immigrant Connect, he wrote stories about refugee life in Namibia?s Osire camp, and he co-produced, wrote and voiced a half-hour radio documentary, "Chicago?s Global Immigrants: Beyond the American Dream," that aired on WBEZ.

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Krzysztof M Kozubski
Buffett Center for International and Comparative Studies

Research

Contact:
Mark Mandel
Bacteriology Journal Club

Contact:
Vignesh Kumar Gunasekharan
Virology Journal Club