Nilanjan Chatterjee, Principal Research Scientist
Jan/19 | Fri | 01:00PM-03:00PM | 54-1221 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
This session is to introduce new users to the JEOL JXA-8200 Superprobe. It will involve hands-on instructions on the electron microprobe, and a discussion on wavelength and energy dispersive spectrometry, and imaging with back-scattered electrons, secondary electrons, x-rays (elemental mapping) and cathodoluminescence. Please fill out the form located here, or e-mail Dr. Chatterjee at nchat@mit.edu if you plan to attend.
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Contact: Nilanjan Chatterjee, 54-1216, 617 253-1995, NCHAT@MIT.EDU
Matej Pec, Assistant Professor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
The aim of the workshop is to familiarize participants with a number of image processing and analysis methods which will allow them to derive quantitative measurements from images. We will focus on the analysis of rock microstructures from sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous rocks. We will cover the topics of image segmentation, area and volume estimation, size and shape analysis and much more. The workshop consist of morning lectures and afternoon hands-on practice. The participants are encouraged to bring their own images of samples they would like to analyze. Participants taking the course for credit should registrer for 12.S591 and will be required to finish a short project.
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Contact: Matej Pec, 54-720, 617-324-7279, mpec@mit.edu
Jan/22 | Mon | 09:00AM-05:00PM | 54-819 | |
Jan/23 | Tue | 09:00AM-05:00PM | 54-819 | |
Jan/24 | Wed | 09:00AM-05:00PM | 54-819 | |
Jan/25 | Thu | 09:00AM-05:00PM | 54-819 | |
Jan/26 | Fri | 09:00AM-05:00PM | 54-819 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
A series of hosted lectures from leaders in the Origin of Life community, focusing on various dimensions of one of the most challenging problems in the biological and planetary sciences. Topics will include the origin of cells, metabolism, replication and proteins, as well as the geochemical conditions on the Early Earth that led to prebiotic and early biotic systems. Enrolled students will attend 4-5 seminars during IAP, actively engage in Q & A sessions with invited speakers in a panel format, and collaborate on creating an Origins of Life online blog resource highlighting the work of invited speakers. Instructor: G. Fournier
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Contact: Professor Greg Fournier, 54-1016, 617 324 6164, g4nier@mit.edu
Jan/10 | Wed | 04:00PM-05:00PM | 54-915 |
Dr. Loren Williams, Professor
Institution: School of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology
Contact: loren.williams@chemistry.gatech.edu
Title: RNA and Protein: Molescules in Mutualism
Jan/11 | Thu | 04:00PM-05:00PM | 54-915 |
Dr. Irene A. Chen, University of California, Santa Barbara
Evolutionary outcomes are difficult to predict, largely because the effect of any possible mutation is unknown. In other words, understanding evolution requires detailed knowledge of the relationship between sequence and activity, or the fitness landscape. Inspired by the RNA World of early life, we study the emergence and evolution of functional RNAs.
Jan/29 | Mon | 04:00PM-05:00PM | 54-915 |
Dr. Anna Wang, NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow
Title: "What is "I": the role of compartmentalisation in the origins of life"
Institution: Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University
Contact: awang@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu
Feb/02 | Fri | 04:00PM-05:00PM | E25-605 |
Dr. Vlada Stamenkovic, Simons Collaboration on the Origins of Life Postdoctoral fellow
Title: The planetary battery for the origins of life: the example of Mars
Institution: Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology & Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Contact: eriduu@gmail.com
Michael Person, Shuo Zhang, Postdoctoral Associate, Paul Hemphill, Postdoctoral Associate
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: none
Join us for daytime stargazing! We will have solar telescopes set up so you can safely observe our closest star, the Sun. Swing on by for a quick look, and feel free to stay and chat with MIT astronomers over cups of cocoa.
Weather permitting on the following 3 dates:
Monday, January 22
12noon-2pm
location: MIT North Court
Tuesday, January 23
12noon-2pm
location: Upper Plaza Area outside of MIT Student Center W20
Thursday, January 25
12noon-2pm
location: MIT North Court
Sponsor(s): Kavli Institute for Astrophysics , Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Wallace Astrophysical Observatory
Contact: Debbie Meinbresse, 37-241, 617 253-1456, MEINBRES@MIT.EDU
Jan/22 | Mon | 12:00PM-02:00PM | (CANCELED) | |
Jan/23 | Tue | 12:00PM-02:00PM | (CANCELED) | |
Jan/25 | Thu | 12:00PM-02:00PM | North Court |
Join us for daytime stargazing! We will have solar telescopes set up so you can safely observe our closest star, the Sun. Swing on by for a quick look, and feel free to stay and chat with MIT astronomers over cups of cocoa.
Weather Permitting
Michael J Person
Jan/24 | Wed | 07:00PM-11:00PM | Wallace observatory |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Come tour the heavens at MIT's George R. Wallace Jr. Astrophysical Observatory located 45 minutes northwest of Boston in Westford, MA. Use various telescopes from 14" to 24" for both visual observing and electronic imaging of the moon, stars, and other celestial bodies. Required signup via website: http://web.mit.edu/wallace/iaptour/
Sponsor(s): Wallace Astrophysical Observatory, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Contact: Michael J Person, wao-iap-tour@mit.edu
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