Seminars | Chemistry | List of Seminars
Chemistry Seminars
Seminars for Tuesday, January 1, 2008 to Wednesday, April 30, 2008
53rd ANNUAL FRANCIS CLIFFORD PHILLIPS LECTURES
Professor Sunney Xie
Harvard University
Thursday, January 24, 2008
2:30 PM - Chevron Science Center, 12B
Single-Molecule Approach to Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: From in vitro to in vivo Studies
53rd ANNUAL FRANCIS CLIFFORD PHILLIPS LECTURES
Professor Sunney Xie
Harvard University
Friday, January 25, 2008
2:30 PM - Chevron Science Center, Room 12A
CARS Microscopy: Chemical Imaging for Biology and Medicine
PhD Proposal Defense
Byong-kyu Shin
Monday, January 28, 2008
10:00 AM - n/a
Elucidation of the Oligomerization Mechanism of Tau Protein Using Mass Spectrometry: Roles of Cysteine Residues and Electrostatic Interactions in Dimerization
GREEN CHEMISTRY SEMINAR SERIES
Dr. David Luebke
National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
4:00 PM - Chevron Science Center, Room 12
Carbon Dioxide from Power Plants - Capture and Sequestration
Thursday, January 31, 2008
2:30 PM , Chevron Science Center, Room 12B
Professor Dean Tantillo
University of California, Davis
Carbocation Cascades & Metal Promoted Sigmatropic Shifts - Transition State Stabilization in Synthesis and Biosynthesis
Thursday, January 31, 2008
4:00 PM , Chevron Science Center, Room 12A
Professor Timothy M. Swager
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Polymer Electronics for Chemical and Biological Sensors
Thursday, February 7, 2008
2:30 PM , Chevron Science Center, Room 12B
Professor Jon Antilla
University of South Florida
The Development of New Stereoselective Catalytic Methodology
Thursday, February 7, 2008
4:00 PM , Chevron Science Center, Room 12A
Professor Greg M. Swain
Michigan State University
Postnatal Development of Serotonin Signaling Mechanisms in the Gut as Probed by In Vitro Continuous Amperometry
GRADUATE STUDENT Ph.D DEFENSE
David Waller
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
10:00 AM - 307 Eberly
Rearrangement and Cascade Reactions: New Synthetic Methodology and the Total Synthesis of Diazonamide A
MS THESIS DEFENSE
Hui Fang
Thursday, February 14, 2008
10:00 AM - 307 Eberly Hall
Development of a Novel Microfluidic Chip-based Bioreactor for Whole-cell Biocatalysis
Thursday, February 14, 2008
2:30 PM , Chevron Science Center, Room 12B
Professor Gregory Cook
North Dakota State University
New Dimensions in Selectivity with In and Bi Promoted Organic Reactions
Thursday, February 14, 2008
4:00 PM , Chevron Science Center, Room 12A
Professor Martin Zanni
University of Wisconsin - Madison
The folding kinetics of membrane catalyzed amyloid formation studied with automated 2D IR spectroscopy
PhD Dissertation Defense
Ian A. Read
Sunday, February 17, 2008
1:00 PM - EH-102
Solvent Mediated Electron Transfer in C-Clamp Shaped Molecules
ADDITION TO SEMINAR SCHEDULE
Professor Jürgen Popp
University of Jena, Germany
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
2:00 PM - 307 Eberly Hall
New Advances in Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
Thursday, February 21, 2008
2:30 PM , Chevron Science Center, Room 12B
Professor Joseph Ready
University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center
Alkyne Functionalization in the Service of Natural Product Synthesis
Thursday, February 21, 2008
4:00 PM , Chevron Science Center, Room 12A
Professor George Schatz
Northwestern University
Optical Properties of Metal Nanostructures: Electrodynamics and Electronic Structure Studies
PhD Dissertation Defense
Roman A. Ivanov
Monday, February 25, 2008
3:00 PM - n/a
GENERALIZATION OF HIGHLY γ-SELECTIVE ALKYLATION OF ALLYL HALIDES AND PHOSPHORIC ESTERS (γ-Sal ALLYLIC SUBSTITUTIONS) BY ALKYLZINC HALIDES AND ITS APPLICATION IN METALLO-ENE CYCLIZATIONS. THE SUPERIORITY OF PROPERLY PREPARED LITHIUM 1-N,N-D
GREEN CHEMISTRY SEMINAR SERIES
Dr. Paul Anastas
Director, Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering, Yale University
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
4:00 PM - Chevron Science Center, Room 12A
Green Chemistry: Current Status and Future Challenges
Thursday, February 28, 2008
2:30 PM , Chevron Science Center, Room 12B
Professor Lin Chen
Argonne National Laboratory and Northwestern University
Tracking Electrons and Atoms in Molecules by X-ray Transient Absorption Spectroscopy: from Ultraslow to Ultrafast
Thursday, March 6, 2008
2:30 PM , Chevron Science Center, Room 12B
Professor Mohamed Eddaoudi
University of South Florida
Building approach for the design and synthesis of functional porous materials
Thursday, March 6, 2008
4:00 PM , Chevron Science Center, Room 12A
Professor Brian Crane
Cornell University
Photochemistry and Conformational Change in Circadian Clock Light Sensing Proteins
UPCMLD P50 LECTURE
Professor Craig M. Williams
University of Queensland, Australia
Friday, March 7, 2008
4:00 PM - Chevron Science Center, Room 12A
So Close But Yet So Far Away: Toward the Total Synthesis of Various Vibsane Diterpenes
Thursday, March 13, 2008
2:30 PM , Chevron Science Center, Room 12B
Professor Frank McDonald
Emory University
Biomimetic Synthesis of Cyclic Ether Natural Product
GREEN CHEMISTRY SEMINAR SERIES
Professor Eric Beckman
University of Pittsburgh
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
4:00 PM - Chevron Science Center, Room 12A
Sustainable Innovation in the Chemical Industry
DDI LECTURE
Professor John Ellman
University of California, Berkeley
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
4:00 PM - BST3 Lecture Auditorium
Substrate Activity Screening - A New Method for Inhibitor Discovery
UPCMLD LECTURE
Dr. Kip Guy
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Friday, March 21, 2008
4:00 PM - Chevron Science Center, Room 12A
New Approaches to Antitrypanosomal Drugs
PhD Dissertation Defense
Jian Zhang
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
2:00 PM - Eberly 307
Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Novel Ligands for the Sensitization of Near-Infrared Emitting Lanthanide Cations in Complexes and Nanocrystals
CMMS DISTINGUISHED LECTURES
Professor Wilfred van Gunsteren
ETH, Zurich
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
4:00 PM - Chevron Science Center, Room 12A
CANCELLED
CMMS DISTINGUISHED LECTURES
Professor Wilfred van Gunsteren
ETH, Zurich
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
4:00 PM - Chevron Science Center, Room 12B
CANCELLED
ADDITION TO SEMINAR SCHEDULE
PETERSEN INSTITUTE OF NANO SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (PINSE) SEMINAR
Professor Ron Naaman
Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute
Friday, March 28, 2008
12:00 PM - 307 Eberly Hall
Cooperative Molecular Field Effect - The Source for Surprising Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Interfaces
Monday, March 31, 2008
11:00 AM , Chevron Science Center, 12A
EH&S SAFETY SEMINAR
Compressed Gas Safety / Safety Review
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
1:00 PM , Chevron Science Center, 12A
EH&S SAFETY SEMINAR
Compressed Gas Safety / Safety Review
GREEN CHEMISTRY SEMINAR SERIES
Dr. Amy E. Landis
Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
4:00 PM - Chevron Science Center, Room 12A
Biodegradable Polymers
Thursday, April 3, 2008
4:00 PM , Chevron Science Center, Room 12A
Professor Richard Armstrong
Vanderbilt University
Structural and Functional Genomics of Microbial Resistance to the Antibiotic, Fosfomycin
Friday, April 4, 2008
2:00 PM , Chevron Science Center, 12A
EH&S SAFETY SEMINAR
Compressed Gas Safety / Safety Review
PhD Dissertation Defense
Christina Mitala
Thursday, April 10, 2008
2:00 PM - n/a
Understanding the brain after nnury: the development of an electrochemical sensor to be used in hypoxic environments
MS Thesis Defense
Remond Moningka
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
10:00 AM - Eberly 325
Progress Toward the Total Synthesis of Guanacastepene A via a Rh(I)-catalyzed Cyclocarbonylation Reaction.
28th ANNUAL PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE LECTURES
Professor Yasuhisa Mizutani
Osaka University
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
4:00 PM - Chevron Science Center, Room 12B
Hemoglobin Allostery: Dynamics and Function
28th ANNUAL PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE LECTURES
Professor Yasuhisa Mizutani
Osaka University
Thursday, April 17, 2008
2:30 PM - Chevron Science Center, Room 12B
Picosecond Protein Dynamics Revealed by Time-Resolved Resonance Raman Spectroscopy
DDI LECTURE
Professor Arun Ghosh
Purdue University
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
4:00 PM - BST3 Conference Room 6014
Harnessing the Power of Organic Synthesis to Address the Challenges of Today's Medicine