SPRING 2010 COLLOQUIA

Febraury 5
TBA

Febraury 12
TBA

February 19
Professor Craig Townsend
Johns Hopkins University
Hosted by Liangcheng Du

February 26
Professor Tom Rovis
Colorado State University
Hosted by James Takacs

March 5
TBA

March 12
TBA

March 19
(Spring Break 14-21) Leave Open

March 26
TBA

April 2
Professor Robert Field
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hosted by Craig Eckhardt

April 9
TBA

April 16
TBA

April 23
Professor Henry White
University of Utah
Hosted by Rebecca Lai

April 30
Graduate Student Award

May 7
Commencement

FALL 2010 COLLOQUIA

August 13
Special Alumnus Seminar

August 27
TBA (Fall ACS Meeting, Aug 22-26)

September 3
Washburn Award
Professor Bruce Berne
Columbia University
Hosted by Barry Cheung

September 10
TBA

September 17
TBA

September 23-24
Hamilton Lecture
Professor Stephen Buchwald
MIT
Hosted by James Takacs

October 1
TBA

October 8
Professor David Sherman
University of Michigan
Hosted by Liangcheng Du

October 15
Professor Bill Dolbier
University of Florida
Hosted by Stephen DiMagno

October 22
TBA

October 29   
Professor David Beratan
Duke University
Hosted by Stephen DiMagno  

November 5   
TBA   

November 12  
TBA  

November 19  
TBA 

SPRING 2009 COLLOQUIA

JANUARY 23
OPEN

JANUARY 30
Professor Deborah S. Wuttke
University of Colorado at Boulder
Tying Up the Ends: Recognition of Single-Stranded DNA at Telomeres
Host: Prof.Mark Griep

FEBRUARY 6
OPEN

FEBRUARY 13
Professor J. Karl Johnson
University of Pittsburgh
Atomistic Modeling of Hydrogen Storage in Complex Metal Hydrides
Hosted by Xiao Cheng Zeng  

FEBRUARY 20
Professor Hamid Band
UNMC-Eppley Cancer Center
Ubiquitin-Dependent Negative Regulation of Tyrosine Kinase Receptors: Cell Biology and Translational Possibilities
Host: Prof. David Berkowitz

FEBRUARY 27
OPEN

MARCH 6
Professor Dagmar Ringe
Brandeis University, MA
The Roles of Second Shell Residues in the Active Site of an Enzyme
Host:  Prof. David Berkowitz

MARCH 13
Professor Kevin Plaxco
University of California Santa Barbara
Better Living Through Biosensors
Host: Prof. Rebecca Lai

MARCH 20
Spring Break (No Speaker)

MARCH 27
ACS Meeting Week (No Speaker)

APRIL 3
OPEN

APRIL 10
Professor Uwe H. F. Bunz
Georgia Institute of Technology
From Cruciform Fluorophores to Antiaromatic Large Heteroacenes
Host: Prof. Andrzej Rajca

APRIL 17
Professor Gavin E. Reid
Michigan State University
Evaluation and Development of Mass Spectrometry Strategies for Phosphoproteome Analysis
Host: Prof. Ron Cerny

APRIL 24
Graduate Student Awards

MAY 1
Professor Cathleen Crudden
Queen's University, Canada
Transition Metal Catalysis with Molecules and Materials
Host: Prof. James Takacs

MAY 8
Professor Matthew H. J. Cordes
The University of Arizona
The Evolution of a New Protein Fold
Host: Prof. Mark Griep
Commencement

FALL 2009 COLLOQUIA

August 14
Professor Carol A. Fierke
University of Michigan
Conformational Changes Mediate Molecular Recognition
Hosted by Rebecca Lai

August 28
Professor Sheng Dai
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Synthesis of Au catalysts on Nanostructured Supports
Hosted by Xiao Zeng

September 11
Professor Lawrence Parkhurst
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Why Fret?
Hosted by James Takacs

September 18
Professor Scott A. McLuckey
Purdue University
Ion/ion Reactions:  New Chemistry for Bioanalysis via Mass Spectrometry
Hosted by Ron Cerny

September 24, 25
Hamilton Award Lecture
Professor Peter G. Schultz
The Scripps Research Institute
Thursday:  An Expanding Genetic Code
Friday:  Chemical Approaches to Stem Cell Biology
Hosted by David Berkowitz

October 2 CANCELLED
Professor Henry S. White
University of Utah
Electrochemistry Using Synthetic and Biological Nanopores
Hosted by Rebecca Lai

October 9
Professor Weihong Tan
University of Florida
Molecular Profiling of Cancer: A Chemical Biology Approach
Hosted by Rebecca Lai

October 16
Professor Victor W. Pike
National Institutes of Health/NIMH
Radiofluorinated Arenes and Tracers from Iodonium Salts
Hosted by Stephen DiMagno

October 23
Professor David E. Cane
Brown University
Nature as Stereochemist: Unraveling the Complexities of Polyketide Antibiotic Biosynthesis
Hosted by Liangcheng Du

October 30
Professor R. Mark Wightman
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Voltammetric Measurements of Rapid Chemical Signalling in the Brain by Dopamine
Hosted by Rebecca Lai

November 6
Professor Gerald B. Hammond
University of Louisville
Peering Through Alice’s Looking Glass: Seeking Alternatives to the Conventional Roles of Substrates, Reagents and Solvents in Synthesis
Hosted by Stephen DiMagno

November 13
Professor Istvan Molnar
Arid Lands Studies, University of Arizona   
A Serial Killer, Arrested Movement, and CODs: Molecular Genetics of Anti-haptotactic and Insecticidal Secondary Metabolites From Beauveria Bassiana
Hosted by Liangcheng Du

November 20
Professor Manos Mavrikakis
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Fundamental Heterogeneous Catalysis: From Reaction Mechanisms to New Materials
Hosted by Xiao Zeng