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Nov

20

Event

Physics Colloquium: "Vacuole membranes of hungry yeast are tiny, living, phase-separating thermostats" Presented by Dr. Sarah Keller - University of Washington

Location:
Lewis Lab 316
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Liquid-liquid phase separation in living biological membranes is usually described as occurring on sub-micron length scales. A stunning counterexample occurs in S. cerevisiae. When the yeast shift from the log stage of growth to the stationary stage, huge, micron-scale liquid domains…

Dec

4

Event

Physics Colloquium: "DNA-assembled molecular aggregates as materials for quantum information science" Presented by Dr. Ryan Pensack - Boise State University

Location:
Lewis Lab 316
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Materials composed of conjugated organic molecules mediate energy conversion essential to life on earth, as in photosynthesis, and have great potential in quantum information science (QIS). For example, Josephson junctions based on superconductors, which are currently the primary…