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FALL 2008 COLLOQUIA Top of page
SEPTEMBER 5
Dr. Paul DaSilva-Jardine
Pfizer
The Evolution of Medicinal Chemistry Over the Last Five Years: From Cannabinoid Receptor Antagonists to Opiod Receptor Antagonists
Host: Prof. David Berkowitz
SEPTEMBER 12
Professor Peter Rossky
University of Texas at Austin
Hydration at the Nanoscale
Host: Prof. Xiao Cheng Zeng
SEPTEMBER 19
Dr. Bruce Garrett
EMSL, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Dynamical Nucleation Theory: A Molecular-Scale Approach to New Particle Formation
Host: Prof. Xiao Cheng Zeng
SEPTEMBER 25, 26
HAMILTON AWARD LECTURE 
Professor Paul Wender
Stanford University
Thursday: The Chemistry-Medicine Continuum Part I: New Strategies For Breaching Biological Barriers And Overcoming Resistant Disease
Friday: The Chemistry-Medicine Continuum Part II: Synthetic and Biological Studies on Latent HIV/AIDS Virus, Cancer, and Cognition
Host: Prof. James Takacs
OCTOBER 3
Professor Paul Weiss
Pennsylvania State University
Designing, Measuring and Controlling Molecular- and Supramolecular-Scale Properties for Molecular Devices
Host: Prof. Barry Cheung
OCTOBER 10
Professor D. Wayne Goodman
Texas A & M University
Catalysis by Au and Au Alloys: From Single Crystals to Nanoparticles
Host: Prof. Xiao Cheng Zeng
OCTOBER 31
Professor Robert Powers
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Protein Structure, Function and Evolution
Host: Prof. James Takacs
NOVEMBER 7
Professor Gianluigi Veglia
University of Minnesota
Hybrid Solution and Solid-State NMR Approach to Analyze Structure,
Dynamics, and Interactions of Membrane Proteins
Host: Prof. Gerard Harbison
NOVEMBER 14
CANCELLED
NOVEMBER 21
MICHAEL L. GROSS LECTURESHIP
Professor Igor Kaltashov
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Mass Spectrometry as a Versatile and Comprehensive Tool to Study Biopolymer Behavior: From Model Systems to Biopharmaceutical Products
Host: Prof. Ron Cerny
DECEMBER 5
Professor Joseph Noel
Salk Institute
Pealing Back the Layers of Time: Reconstructing the Evolutionary History of Nature's Chemical Toolbox
Host: Prof. Liangcheng Du
DECEMBER 12
Professor Jody Redepenning
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Biomaterials for Hard Tissue Repair and Reconstruction
Host: Prof. James Takacs
SPRING 2008 COLLOQUIA Top of page
JANUARY 18
Professor Xiaogang Peng
University of Arkansas
Semiconductor Nanocrystal Emitters: Either Years Efforts
Host: Prof. Xiao Cheng Zeng
JANUARY 25 - POSTPONED
Michael L. Gross Lectureship
Professor Igor Kaltashov
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Mass Spectrometry as a Versatile Tool to Study Protein Behavior: From Model Systems to Biopharmaceutical Products
Host: Prof. Ron Cerny
FEBRUARY 15
Professor Yi Lu
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Designing Functional Metalloenzymes
Host: Prof. Hui Li
FEBRUARY 29
Professor Zhenyu Zhang
Oak Ridge National Laboratory & University of Tennessee
First-Principles Design of Novel Nanomaterials for Hydrogen Generation and Storage
Host: Prof. Xiao Cheng Zeng
MARCH 7
Michael L. Gross Lectureship
Professor John Klassen
University of Alberta
Structure and Stability of Protein Complexes in Solution and the Gas Phase Studied by Electrospray Ionization
Host: Prof. Ron Cerny
MARCH 14
Professor James P. Morken
Boston College
Transition-Metal Catalyzed Enantioselective Diboration: An Enabling Tool for Organic Synthesis
Host: Prof. James Takacs
MARCH 21 SPRING BREAK
MARCH 28
Professor John L. Markley
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Metabolomics: New Technology and Applications to Investigations of Gene Knockouts in Arabidopsis and Red Blood Cells
Host: Prof. Robert Powers
APRIL 4
Professor Qiang Cui
University of Wisconsin-Madison
QM/MM Simulations: Recent Developments and Biophysical Applications
Host: Prof. Hui Li
APRIL 11
ACS National Meeting
APRIL 18 - POSTPONED
Professor David E. Cane
Brown University
Nature's Dirty Secrets: Exploring the Microbial Terpenome
Host: Prof. Liangcheng Du
APRIL 24 & 25
HAMILTON AWARD LECTURE
Professor Christopher T. Walsh
Harvard Medical School
Thursday: Antibiotics: Past, Present, and Future
Friday: Microcins: Posttranslational Modification of Ribosomal Peptides to Antibiotic Scaffolds
Host: Prof. David Berkowitz
MAY 2
Professor Eric Anslyn
University of Texas, Austin
Supramolecular Analytical Chemistry
Host: Prof. Andrzej Rajca
MAY 9
Graduate Student Awards
FALL 2007 COLLOQUIA Top of page
August 31
Professor Adam J. Matzger
University of Michigan
Crystallization in Two and Three Dimensions
Host: Prof. Andrzej Rajca
September 7
Professor Jeffrey R. Long
University of California, Berkeley
Hydrogen Storage in Microporous Coordination Solids with Exposed Metal Sites
Host: Prof. Wonyoung Choe
September 14
Professor Kay Brummond
University of Pittsburgh
Rh(I)-Catalyzed Carbocyclization and Cyclocarbonylation Reactions of Cumulated Dienes
Host: Prof. James Takacs
September 20 & 21
HAMILTON AWARD LECTURE
Professor Shu Kobayashi
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
The University of Tokyo
Thursday: Organic Reactions in Water
Friday: New Dimensions of Acid and Base Catalysis
Host: Prof. James Takacs
September 28
Professor Oksana Lockridge
University of Nebraska Medical Center,
Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases
Mass Spectrometry for Diagnosis of Exposure to Organophosphorus Pesticides
Host: Prof. Mark Griep
October 12
Professor Kim D. Janda
Scripps Research Institute
Traversing Chemistry and Immunology: A Few Vignettes
Host: Prof. David Berkowitz
October 19 - CANCELLED
Professor Michael D. Ward
New York University
Self-assembly of Soft Molecular Networks: Crystal Design and Curvature
Host: Prof. Barry Cheung
October 26
WASHBURN AWARD LECTURE
Professor Charles M. Lieber
Harvard University
Nanowires, Nanoscience & Emerging Nanotechnologies
Host: Prof. Lawrence Parkhurst
November 2
Professor Mary Kay Pflum
Wayne State University
Chemical Approaches to Monitoring Protein Phosphorylation
Host: Prof. Patrick Dussault
November 9
Professor Hung-wen (Ben) Liu
University of Texas, Austin
Learning Nature’s Strategies for Making Unusual Sugars
Host: Prof. Liangcheng Du
November 16 - POSTPONED (Fall 2008)
Professor Peter J. Rossky
University of Texas, Austin
Hydration at the Nanoscale: Patterned Hydrophobicity and Polarity
Host: Prof. Xiao Cheng Zeng
November 23
THANKSGIVING BREAK
November 30
Professor Vladimir Gevorgyan
The University of Illinois at Chicago
Development of Novel Transition Metal-Catalyzed Synthetic Methodologies
Host: Prof. James Takacs
December 14
Professor Felix N. Castellano
Bowling Green State University
Molecular Inorganic Photonics
Host: Prof. Stephen DiMagno
SPRING 2007 COLLOQUIA Top of page
January 12
Professor Günter Haufe
Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Selective Fluorination: Key for the Synthesis Fluorinated Analogs of natural Products
Hosts: Prof. David Berkowitz and Prof. Stephen DiMagno
January 19
Professor David Lynn
Emory University
Protein Self-assembly: Predicting Form and Function
Host: Prof. David Berkowitz
February 16
Professor Miguel A. Garcia-Garibay
University of California, Los Angeles
Amphidynamic Materials and Molecular Machinery - A New Frontier in Molecular and Crystal Engineering
Host: Prof. Craig Eckhardt
February 19-23
Candidate Interview To Be Announced
March 2
Professor Thomas A. Mallouk
Pennsylvania State University
Catalytic Nanomotors and Pumps
Host: Prof. Barry Cheung
March 9
Professor John Vederas
University of Alberta
Inhibition of Viral 3C Proteases: Lessons from
Synthesis, Enzymology and Protein Crystallography
Host: Prof. Liangcheng Du
March 16
SPRING BREAK
March 23
Dr. Shengbai Zhang
Center for Basic Sciences, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Host: Prof. Xiao Cheng Zeng
March 26-30
American Chemical Society 2007 Spring Meeting
April 6
Professor Leonard MacGillivray
University of Iowa
Crystal Engineering the Covalent Bond - Self-Assembly Required
Host: Prof. Wonyoung Choe
April 13
Professor Joel Bowman
Emory University
Uncovering Surprises in Molecular Vibrations and Reaction Dynamics: "It's The Potential!"
Host: Prof. Xiao Cheng Zeng
April 20
GRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS
April 27
Professor Vladimir Gevorgyan
University of Illinois at Chicago
Development of Novel Transition
Metal-Catalyzed Methodologies
Host: Prof. James Takacs
May 4
Professor Peter O'Connor
Boston University School of Medicine
Mass Spectrometry
Host: Prof. Ron Cerny
FALL 2006 COLLOQUIA Top of page
September 1
Prof. Jerry Atwood
University of Missouri–Columbia
Molecular Capsules
Host: Prof. Wonyoung Choe
September 8
Prof. Liangcheng Du
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Genetic and Biochemical Basis for the Biosynthesis of Mycotoxin Fumonisins and Antimycotic HSAF
Host: Prof. Patrick Dussault
September 22
Prof. Younan Xia
University of Washington
Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Nanostructures: Simple Chemistry Meets Complex Physics
Host: Prof. Barry Cheung
September 29
Prof. Barry Trost
Stanford University
A Mechanistic Enigma but a Synthetic Bonanza in Hydrosilylation
Host: Prof. Reuben Rieke
October 6
Prof. Michael O'Keeffe
Arizona State University
Geometry and Chemistry: Reticular Chemistry and the Search for Open Framework Materials
Host: Prof. John Belot
October 20
Dr. Kenneth Kirk
National Institute of Health
Selective Ring-fluorination of Aromatic and heteroaromatic Amines and Amino Acids: Applications in Biomedical Research
Host: Prof. Steve Dimagno
October 27
Prof. Thomas Meade
Northwestern University
Seeing is Believing: The Chemistry of Biological Imaging
Host: Prof. Andrzej Rajca
November 3
Dr. Peter Wuts
Pfizer
A Chemobiological Synthesis of Eplerenone
Host: Prof. James Takacs
November 10
Prof. Nicola Pohl
Iowa State University
Synthetic Strategies for Glycomics
Host: Prof. David Berkowitz
December 8
Graduate Student Awards
Host: Prof. Patrick Dussault
SPRING 2006 COLLOQUIA Top of page
February 10, 2006
Prof. Michael
R. Wasielewski
Northwestern University
Energy, Charge, and Spin Transport Dynamics in Bio-Inspired Molecules
and Materials
Host: Prof. Andrzej Rajca
February 24, 2006
Prof. Kevin
A. Reynolds
Portland State University
Redirecting Bacterial Natural Product Biosynthetic Pathways
Host: Prof. Liangcheng Du
March 10, 2006
Dr. Sotiris
S. Xantheas
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Development of Interaction Potentials for Water From First Principles
Electronic Structure Calculations
Host: Prof. Xiao Cheng Zeng
March 17, 2006
SPRING BREAK
March 24, 2006
Prof. Mostafa
El-Sayed
Georgia Institute of Technology
Some Interesting Properties of Metal Nanoparticles of Different Shapes
in Catalysis, Cancer Diagnostic, and Photothermal Therapy
Host: Prof. Barry Cheung
March 31, 2006
ACS NATIONAL MEETING
April 7, 2006
Prof. Norman
J. Dovichi
University of Washington
Single Cell Proteomics
Host: Prof. David Hage
April 14, 2006 - CANCELLED
Prof. Jerry
L. Atwood
University of Missouri-Columbia
To Be Announced
Host: Prof. Wonyoung Choe
April 21, 2006 - CANCELLED
Prof. Younan Xia
University of Washington
Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Metal Nanocrystals: Simple Chemistry
Meets Complex Physics
Host: Prof. Barry Cheung
April 28, 2006
Prof. Kenneth S. Suslick
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Colorimetric Sensor Arrays: An Adventure in Molecular Recognition
Host: Prof. Wonyoung Choe
FALL 2005 COLLOQUIA Top of page
AUGUST 26
Professor Xiaolian Gao
University of Houston
DNA/RNA/Peptide/Peptidomimetic mChips
by Digital Chemistry and Their Applications
Host: Prof. Robert Powers
SEPTEMBER 2
Professor Richard Caprioli
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
The Role of Proteomics in Clinical and Biological Research:
Direct Tissue Analysis by Mass Spectrometry
Host: Prof. Ron Cerny
SEPTEMBER 9
Professor Bruce S. Hudson
Syracuse University
Vibrations of Molecules in Solids:
Periodic DFT and Inelastic Neutron Scattering
Host: Prof. Gerry Harbison
SEPTEMBER 16
Dr. Melissa Petruska
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals:
Assemblies and Applications
Host: Prof. John Belot
SEPTEMBER 23
WASHBURN MEMORIAL LECTURE
Professor Donald G. Truhlar
University of Minnesota
Quantum Enzyme Kinetics
Host: Prof. Xiao Cheng Zeng
SEPTEMBER 30
Professor Ben Cravatt
The Scripps Research Institute
Activity-based Proteomics
Host: Prof. Liangcheng Du
OCTOBER 7
Professor Devens Gust
Arizona State University
Molecule-Based Switches and Logic Gates
Host: Prof. Andrzej Rajca
OCTOBER 14
Professor Marc Snapper
Boston College
New Reactions: Using Molecular
Strain to Access Molecular Complexity
Host: Prof. David Berkowitz
OCTOBER 21
Professor Frantisek Svec
University of California at Berkeley
Monolithic Columns for Chromatography:
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Host: Prof. David Hage
OCTOBER 28
Professor Madeleine M. Joullie
University of Pennsylvania
Synthetic Investigations of Antimitotic Agents
Host: Prof. James Takacs
SPRING 2005 COLLOQUIA Top of page
JANUARY 21
Professor Gaetano T. Montelione
Rutgers University
Structural Proteomics of Eukaryotic Domain Families
Host: Prof. Robert Powers
JANUARY 28
Professor William E. Buhro
Washington University
Colloidal Semiconductor Quantum Wires
Host: Prof. John Belot
FEBRUARY 4
Professor Carol Post
Purdue University
Structural Plasticity in Signaling Proteins
Host: Prof. Robert Powers
FEBRUARY 11
Professor Robert L. Vold
College of William & Mary
Multinuclear Solid State NMR Studies
of Ferroelectric Perovskites
Host: Prof. John Stezowski
FEBRUARY 18
Professor William Gerwick
Oregon State University
Drug Leads from Marine Cyanobacteria - Unlocking a Treasure
Trove of Useful Natural Products by Chemical, Biosynthetic
and Molecular Genetic Approaches
Host: Prof. Liangcheng Du
FEBRUARY 25
Dr. Mark Pederson
Naval Research Laboratory
Density-Functional Theory for Molecular Assembled Materials
Host: Prof. Xiao Zeng
MARCH 4
Professor Wenbin Lin
University of North Carolina
Supramolecular Approaches toward Asymmetric Catalysis
Host: Prof. Jim Takacs
MARCH 11
ACS National Meeting
MARCH 25
Professor Xueyu Song
Iowa State University
Host: Prof. Robert Powers
APRIL 1
Professor Isiah M. Warner
(Joint seminar with Sigma Xi)
Louisiana State University
Separations and Fluorescence:
Is There More of a Connection than Simple Detection?
Host: Prof. Patrick Dussault
APRIL 8
Professor Jonathan Vennerstrom
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Synthetic Peroxides As Antimalarials:
Progress Since the Discovery of Artemisinin
Hosts: Prof. Patrick Dussault/ Prof. Mark Griep
APRIL 15
Professor Peter Legzdins
University of British Columbia
The Chemistry of C-H Activating Complexes
of Molybdenum and Tungsten
Host: Prof. Victor Day
APRIL 29
SOMMER AWARD
Professor Carolyn Bertozzi
University of California, Berkeley
Chemistry in Living Systems
Host: Prof. Jim Takacs
FALL 2004 COLLOQUIA Top of page
AUGUST 27
Professor Cynthia M. Friend
Harvard University
Surface Chemistry Spanning Length Scales:
Nanostructures to Extended Surfaces
Host: Prof. David Sellmyer
SEPTEMBER 10
Cancelled
SEPTEMBER 17
Professor Cynthia Burrows
University of Utah
Heterocyclic Chemistry Leading to
Mutagenesis via Oxidation of DNA Bases
Hosts: Profs. David Berkowitz and Andrzej Rajca
SEPTEMBER 24
Professor Jurgen Rohr
University of Kentucky
Oxidation Processes in Biosynthesis of the
Anticancer Drug Gilvocarcin V- Perspectives
for Combinatorial Biosynthesis
Host: Prof. Liangcheng Du
SEPTEMBER 30 & OCTOBER 1
HAMILTON AWARD LECTURE
Professor George Whitesides
Harvard University
Thursday: Nanoscience and nanotechnology:
What is it all about?
Friday: Dynamic Self-Assembly,
Complexity, and Emergence
Host: Prof. David Berkowitz
OCTOBER 8
PLU AWARD LECTURE
Dr. Richard Roberts
New England Biolabs
Using Genomics to Find New Restriction Enzymes
Host: Phi Lambda Upsilon
OCTOBER 15
Professor Dennis A. Dougherty
California Institute of Technology
How Does Nicotine Recognize the
Nicotinic Receptor? Chemical-Scale Studies
of Drug-Receptor Interactions
Host: Prof. Andrzej Rajca
OCTOBER 22
Professor John Belot
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Low Coordinate Lanthanides:
Complexes, Clusters, and Catalysis
Host: Prof. Stephen DiMagno
OCTOBER 29
Professor Martin Jarrold
Indiana University
Structure, Melting, and Freezing
in the Cluster Size Regime
Host: Prof. Xiao Zeng
NOVEMBER 5
Professor Jeffrey S. Moore
University of Illinois
Foldamer Heterosequences: A Modular
Approach to Customizable Molecular Containers
Host: Prof. Andrzej Rajca
NOVEMBER 12
WASHBURN MEMORIAL LECTURE
Professor Martin Karplus
Harvard University
How Proteins Work: Insights from Simulations
Host: Prof. Xiao Zeng
NOVEMBER 19
Professor Stephen DiMagno
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
F in Organic Chemistry
Host: Prof. James Takacs
NOVEMBER 26
THANKSGIVING BREAK
DECEMBER 3
Professor David Berkowitz
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Recent Developments at the Interface of
Synthetic Organic and Enzymatic Chemistry
Host: Prof. James Takacs
DECEMBER 10
GRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS
SPRING 2004 COLLOQUIA Top of page
JANUARY 23
Hamilton Hall 110
Professor David A. Shultz
North Carolina State University
The Physical Organic Chemistry of Electron Electron Exchange Coupling
Host: Prof. Rajca
JANUARY 30
Hamilton Hall 112
Professor Daniel R. Talham
University of Florida
Supramolecular Assembly at Interfaces:
Directing the Structure of Organic/Inorganic Networks on Surfaces
Host: Prof. Belot
FEBRUARY 6
Hamilton Hall 112
Professor Theodore G. Goodson, III
Wayne State University
Optical Excitations in Branched Macromolecules
Host: Graduate Students
FEBRUARY 13
Hamilton Hall 110
Professor Timothy M. Swager
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Polymer Electronics for
Chemical and Biological Sensors
Host: Prof. Rajca
FEBRUARY 20
Hamilton Hall 112
Professor Kristin Bowman-James
University of Kansas
Anion Coordination Chemistry
Host: Prof. George
FEBRUARY 27
Hamilton Hall 110
Professor Robert J. McMahon
University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Organic Chemistry of Interstellar Space
Host: Prof. Rajca
MARCH 5
Hamilton Hall 110
Dr. Arthur B. Ellis
National Science Foundation
The ABC's of Nanotechnology:
Atoms, Bits, and Civilization
Host: Prof. Leslie-Pelecky
MARCH 12
Hamilton Hall 112
Professor Scott J. Miller
Boston College
An Approach to Asymmetric Synthesis
Based on "Biomimetic" Catalysis
Host: Prof. Berkowitz
MARCH 19
SPRING BREAK
MARCH 26
Cancelled
Hamilton Hall 112
Dr. Marshall M. Siegel
Wyeth Research
Characterization and Structural Elucidation of
Pharmaceuticals Using Mass Spectrometry
Host: Prof. Powers
APRIL 2
Hamilton Hall 112
SOMMER AWARD LECTURESHIP
Professor Michael L. Gross
Washington University
Proteomics, Chapter IV: Mass Spectrometry
Gives Affinities and Conformational Changes
in Protein Ligand Interactions
Host: Prof. Takacs
APRIL 9
Hamilton Hall 112
Professor Robert M. Williams
Colorado State University
Total Synthesis of Natural Products of
Biological and Biomechanistic Intrigue
Host: Prof. Berkowitz
APRIL 16
Hamilton Hall 112
Dr. C. Richard Hutchinson
Kosan Biosciences
Drugs from Life: Engineering Microbial
Enzymes to Make New and Better Compounds
Host: Prof. Du
FALL 2003 COLLOQUIA Top of page
SEPTEMBER 5
Professor Claudia Turro
Ohio State University
Excited States of Bimetallic and Mononuclear Transition Metal Complexes:
Photoreactivity in Solution and with Biomolecules
Host: Prof. Belot
SEPTEMBER 12
Professor Jay Keasling
University of California, Berkeley
Metabolic Engineering of Microbes for
Production of Terpenoid Drugs
Host: Prof. DiMagno
SEPTEMBER 19
Professor Bill Robinson
Purdue University
Chemistry Misconceptions: Student
Ideas of Atoms and Molecules
Host: Prof. Nicoll
SEPTEMBER 26
Professor Ben Shen
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Hybrid Peptide?Polyketide Natural Products:
Biosynthesis and Prospect for Engineering Structural Diversity
Host: Prof. Du
OCTOBER 3
Professor Marc Hillmyer
University of Minnesota
The Preparation of Nanostructured Hybrid Materials
Using Polylactide Block Copolymers
Host: Prof. Belot
OCTOBER 10
Professor Kendall Houk
University of California, Los Angeles
Theory of Asymmetric Organocatalysis
Host: Prof. Rajca
OCTOBER 17
Professor Brad Moore
University of Arizona
Structural and Mechanistic Basis for Polyketide Assembly
Host: Prof. Du
OCTOBER 24
Dr. David Dixon
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Computational Approaches
to Accurate Thermochemistry
Host: Prof. DiMagno
OCTOBER 31
Professor Edward Clennan
University of Wyoming
Molecular Oxygenations in Zeolites
Host: Prof. Dussault
NOVEMBER 7
Professor Martin O'Donnell
Indiana University-Purdue University
Unnatural Amino Acid Synthesis: Giving Mother Nature a Hand
Host: Prof. Berkowitz
CANCELLED
NOVEMBER 14
Professor David Sherman
University of Michigan
The Chemical Biology of
Natural Product Biosynthesis
Host: Prof. Du
NOVEMBER 21
PHI LAMBDA UPSILON AWARD
Dr. Richard Roberts
New England Biolabs
Using Genomics to Find New Restriction Enzymes
Host: S. Schuetz
NOVEMBER 28
THANKSGIVING BREAK
DECEMBER 5
GRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS
SPRING 2003 COLLOQUIA Top of page
JANUARY 17
Professor David Collum
Cornell University
Chemistry of Lithium Amides: Lessons Learned
from Solution Kinetics (With No Math!!!)
Host: Prof. DiMagno
JANUARY 24
Professor Gregory S. Girolami
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Molecules to Materials. Coordination Chemistry
Approaches to the Synthesis of Novel Magnets
Host: Prof. Rajca
JANUARY 31
Professor Christine J. Wu
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
First-Principles Search for a Liquid-Liquid
Phase Transition in Elemental Carbon: Implications
for Modeling Energetic Materials
Host: Prof. Zeng
FEBRUARY 7
Professor Dale Poulter
University of Utah
Sage Advice about How to
Build Isoprenoid Molecules
Host: Prof. Du
FEBRUARY 14
Professor Joseph S. Francisco
Purdue University
Structure and Reactivity of Open-Shell Complexes:
New Frontiers in Atmospheric Chemistry
Host: Prof. Nicoll
FEBRUARY 21
Dr. Robert Mass�
MDS Harris-Quebec
The Role of Analytical Chemistry
in Drug Development
Host: Prof. Hage
FEBRUARY 28
Professor Hilkka Kenttämaa
Purdue University
Reactivity Studies on Organic Biradicals
Host: Prof. Rajca
MARCH 7
GEORGI-MILITZER LECTURESHIP
Professor John Walker
Cambridge University
Power in Biology
Host: Prof. Griep
MARCH 14
Professor Tarek Sammakia
University of Colorado Boulder
From Mechanistic Studies to the Symmetry-Based
Synthesis of Natural Products
Host: Prof. Takacs
MARCH 21
SPRING BREAK
MARCH 28
Professor Philip Grandinetti
Ohio State University
The Structure of Inorganic Oxide Glasses: An NMR Perspective
Host: Prof. Harbison
APRIL 4
Professor Robert Crabtree
Yale University
An Organometallic Carousel:
Abnormal Binding of Heterocyclic Ligands
Host: Prof. Berkowitz
APRIL 11
Professor Jon Thorson
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Exploiting Nature's Carbohydrate Chemists:
Natural Product Glycorandomization
Host: Prof. Du
APRIL 17
HAMILTON AWARD LECTURESHIP
Professor Eric Jacobsen
Harvard University
Discovery, Study, and Application
of Asymmetric Catalysts
Host: Prof. Berkowitz
APRIL 18
Professor Eric Jacobsen
Harvard University
Privileged Catalysts, Reactions, and
Substrates in Asymmetric Catalysis
Host: Prof. Berkowitz
APRIL 25
Professor Shahriar Mobashery
Wayne State University
Antibacterials as Wonder Drugs and How Their
Effectiveness Is Being Compromised
Host: Prof. Berkowitz
MAY 2
SOMMER AWARD LECTURESHIP
Professor Victor J. Hruby
University of Arizona
The Chemistry of Behavior: Chemical Lessons
from the Genome and the Proteome
Host: Prof. Takacs
FALL SEMESTER 2002 Top of page
SEPTEMBER 6
Professor Eric Fossum
Wright State University
Triarylphosphine Oxide Based Hyperbranched Polymers
Host: Prof. Belot
SEPTEMBER 13
Professor Laren Tolbert
Georgia Institute of Technology
Organic Superphotoacids: New Substrates for Fundamental Studies in Proton Transfer
Host: Prof. Rajca
SEPTEMBER 20
No Seminar
SEPTEMBER 27
Professor Brian Gibney
Columbia University
De Novo Metalloprotein Design: Rational Design of Heme and Iron Sulfur Proteins
Host: Prof. DiMagno
OCTOBER 4
OPEN
OCTOBER 11
Professor Mark Welker
Wake Forest University
Transition Metal Mediated Cycloaddition Reactions
Host: Prof. Belot
OCTOBER 18
Professor David Atwood
University of Kentucky
Fundamental and Applied Aspects of Group 13 Chelates
Host: Prof. Belot
OCTOBER 25
Regional ACS Meeting
Lawrence, Kansas
NOVEMBER 1
Dr. Rex Murray
Dow-Union Carbide Corp
Proprietary Catalyst Research At Union Carbide
Host: Prof. Belot
NOVEMBER 8
Professor Irving Wainer
National Institutes of Health
Immobilized Nicotinic Receptor Liquid Chromatographic Stationary Phases:
Going with the Flow in Pharmacological Research and Drug Discovery
Host: Prof. Hage
NOVEMBER 15
Professor C. Michael Elliot
Colorado State University
TBA
NOVEMBER 22
Professor Joan-Emma Shea
University of California-Santa Barbara
Simulations of Protein Folding: Probing the Free Energy
Landscape of the src SH3 Protein Domain
Host: Prof. Zeng
NOVEMBER 28
No Seminar - Thanksgiving Break
DECEMBER 6
Graduate Student Awards
Host: Prof. Dussault
SPRING 2002 COLLOQUIA Top of page
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
JANUARY 25
Professor Sheldon Shore
Ohio State University
Preparation and Architecture of Some
Lanthanide-Transition Metal Systems
Host: Prof. Belot
FEBRUARY 1
Professor Tom Livinghouse
University of Montana
New Cationic and Metal Mediated
Cyclization Reactions for the Synthesis
of Natural Products and Related Compounds
Host: Prof. DiMagno
FEBRUARY 8
Professor Ercole Cavalieri
University of Nebraska Medical Center
A Unified Mechanism in the
Initiation of Cancer and Other Diseases
Host: Prof. Dussault
FEBRUARY 22
Professor Susan Tucker
University of California-Davis
How Local Density Enhancements Influence
Solute Reaction Rates in Supercritical Water
Host: Prof. Zeng
MARCH 1
Professor Giacinto Scoles
Princeton University
Structural Studies of Organic Thin Films
and Their Relevance to Molecular Electronics
Host: Prof. Eckhardt
MARCH 8
Professor Theodore Widlanski
University of Indiana
Synthesis and Bioogranic Chemistry
of Novel Functional Groups
Host: Prof. Berkowitz
MARCH 15
Professor Marc Hillmyer
University of Minnesota
Nanomaterial Synthesis using
Degradable Block Copolymers
Host: Prof. Belot
MARCH 22
SPRING BREAK
MARCH 29
Dr. Jim McAndrew
Air Liquide
Research on High-Purity Fluids
for Semiconductor Manufacturing
Host: Prof. Belot
APRIL 5
ACS National meeting-Orlando
APRIL 12
Professor Gabriel Waksman
Washington University
Insights into the Structural Biology
of Bacterial Pathogenesis
Host: Prof. Griep
APRIL 19
Professor Ralph Nuzzo
University of Illinois
TBA
Host: Prof. Redepenning
APRIL 26
SOMMER AWARD LECTURE
Professor Ned Porter
Vanderbilt University
Lipid Peroxidation and Antioxidants;
Mechanisms and Methods
Host: Prof. Dussault
MAY 3
Professor Charles Brooks, III
The Scripps Research Institute
Protein and Peptide Folding Kinetics,
Mechanism and Thermodynamics Explored
with Molecular Simulations
Host: Prof. Harbison
FALL SEMESTER 2001 Top of page
SEPTEMBER 7
Professor Michael J. Therien
University of Pennsylvania
Strongly Coupled Porphyrin Arrays: Photophysics, Electrooptics, and Chemistry
Host: Prof. DiMagno
SEPTEMBER 14
STIEFVATER MEMORIAL AWARD LECTURE
Professor Miguel Yus
Universidad de Alicante, SPAIN
Arene-Catalyzed Lithiation Reactions: Recent Advances
Host: Prof. Rieke
SEPTEMBER 20 & 21
HAMILTON AWARD LECTURES
Professor Yoshito Kishi
Harvard University
• Thursday Lecture: Stereochemical Assignment of (Acyclic) Molecules through Organic Synthesis: Universal NMR Database Approach
• Friday Lecture: Synthetic 3-O-Methylmanose- and 6-O-Methylglucose-containing Polysaccharides
Host: Prof. Takacs
OCTOBER 5
Professor John F. Hartwig
Yale University
Understanding and Discovering New Transition Metal-Catalyzed Reactions
Host: Prof. DiMagno
OCTOBER 12
MIDWEST REGIONAL MEETING
OCTOBER 26
Professor John Brennan
Rutgers University
Lanthanide Molecules, Clusters, and Solids with Bonds to Sulfur,
Selenium, and Tellurium: Unnatural Combinations of Ionic Metals with Covalent
Ligands
Host: Prof. Belot
NOVEMBER 2
HARRIS AWARD LECTURE
Professor William F. DeGrado
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
de novo Protein Design
Host: Prof. Song
NOVEMBER 9
Professor Franklin A. Davis
Temple University
Asymmetric Synthesis using
Polyfunctionalized Chiral Building Blocks
Host: Prof. Berkowitz
NOVEMBER 16
POSTPONED. New date TBA.
PLU LECTURE
Professor Laren Tolbert
Georgia Institute of Technology
Organic Superphotoacids: Fundamental Studies in Proton Transfer
Host: Prof. Rajca
NOVEMBER 30
Dr. John J. Talley
Pharmacia Corporation
Medicinal Chemistry Department
Discovery of Celebrex
Host: M. Nelson
DECEMBER 7
Professor Pill-Soon Song
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Photobiology at UNL 1987-2001: From Structure-Function of
Phytochromes to Photobiotechnology
DECEMBER 14
Professor Holden Thorp
(originally scheduled for Sept. 28th).
University of North Carolina
Electron Transfer Reactions of Nucleic Acids and Metal Complexes in Solution, on Surfaces, and in Ionic Liquids
Host: Prof. Redepenning
Spring Semester 2001 Top of page
JANUARY 12
Professor
Kevan Shokat
University of California, San Francisco
Unnatural Ligands for Engineered Receptors:
New Tools For Chemical Biology
Host: Prof. DiMagno
JANUARY 19
CANCELLED...CANCELLED
Safety Presentation, Prof. Kingsbury Presiding.
CANCELLED...CANCELLED
JANUARY 26
Professor
Judith Herzfeld
Brandeis University
Solid State NMR Studies of the Proton-Motive Photocycle of Bacteriorhodopsin
Host: Prof. Harbison
FEBRUARY 2
Professor Hans-Beat Bürgi
Universität Bern
Temperature Dependence of Crystal Structures; A New Dimension for
Chemical Crystallography
Host: Prof. Eckhardt
FEBRUARY 9
Professor
Jim Mayer
University of Washington
Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reactions Involving Metal Complexes: From
Organic Radical Chemistry to Marcus Theory
Host: Prof. George
FEBRUARY 16
Graduate Student Awards
Host: Prof. Parkhurst
FEBRUARY 23
Graduate Student Awards
Host: Prof. Parkhurst
MARCH 2
Professor
Austen Angell
Arizona State University
Weird Liquids: Water and Its Non-Hydrogen-Bonded Cousins
Host: Prof. Zeng
MARCH 8 & 9
HAMILTON AWARD LECTURES
Professor
Robert H. Grubbs
California Institute of Technology
Design and Synthesis of Catalysts for Olefin Metathesis; Olefin
Metathesis in the Synthesis of Large and Small Molecules
Host: Prof. Takacs
MARCH 16 - Spring Break, No colloquium
MARCH 23
Professor
Gary Schuster
Georgia Institute of Technology
Long-Distance Charge Transport in
DNA: Materials and Biological Implications
Host: Prof. Rajca
MARCH 30
Professor
Gregory C. Fu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Asymmetric Catalysis with
"Planar-Chiral" Heterocycles
Host: Prof. Takacs
APRIL 13
SOMMER AWARD LECTURE
Professor
Gunda Georg
University of Kansas
Host: Prof. Takacs
APRIL 20
Professor
David B. Collum
Cornell University
Structure-Reactivity Relationships in Lithium Dialkylamides: Lessons
Learned from Solution Kinetics (with No Math!)
Host: Prof. DiMagno
APRIL 27
Professor
James M. Berger
University of California, Berkeley
Host: Prof. Griep
MAY 4
Professor
Janet Morrow
University at Buffalo, SUNY
Synthetic Nucleases for RNA Cleavage
Host: Prof. Belot
MAY 11
HARRIS AWARD LECTURE
Professor
William F. DeGrado
University of Pennsylvania
de novo Protein Design
Host: Prof. Song
Fall Semester 2000Top of page
SEPTEMBER 8
Professor
Peter Rabideau
Iowa State University
Aromatic Hydrocarbons Related to the Fullerenes: `Buckybowls'
Host: Andrzej Rajca
SEPTEMBER 15
Professor
Fred Lewis
Northwestern University
Probing DNA Structure and Electron Transfer with Stilbene-oligonucleotide
Conjugates
Host: Steve DiMagno
SEPTEMBER 22
Dr.
Sue Goo Rhee
National Institutes of Health
Hydrogen Peroxide as an Intracellular Messenger in Mammalian
Cells
Host: Pill-Soon Song
SEPTEMBER 29
Professor
Eric Oldfield
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
New Applications of NMR in Chemistry and Biology
Host: Gerard Harbison
OCTOBER 6
Professor
Thomas Moore
Arizona State University
Energy Conversion in an Artificial Photosynthetic Membrane
Host: Pill-Soon Song
OCTOBER 13
Professor
Jack Kirsch
University of California, Berkeley
Modern Approaches to Mechanistic Enzymology: The Pyridoxal Phosphate
Paradigm?
Host: David Berkowitz
OCTOBER 20
Professor
Stephen Leone
University of Colorado at Boulder
Ultrafast Laser Studies of Coherent Control Dynamics
Host: Marjorie Langell
OCTOBER 27
Professor
William Evans
University of California, Irvine
The Chemistry of a Molecule Thought to be Too Sterically Crowded
to Exist: (C5Me5) 3Sm
Host: John Belot
NOVEMBER 3
Professor
David Collum
Cornell University
CANCELLED...to be rescheduled for the Spring Semester.
NOVEMBER 10
Professor
Dewey Holten
Washington University-St. Louis
Ultrafast Electron Transfer in Mutant Photosynthetic Reaction Centers
Host: Mark Griep
NOVEMBER 17
Professor
Michael Ward
University of Minnesota
Crystal Engineering with Soft and Porous Molecular Frameworks: Strategic
Routes for New Materials
Host: Jody Redepenning
DECEMBER 1
Professor
David Williams
University of Indiana
Synthesis of Marine Natural Products
Host: Pat Dussault
DECEMBER 8
Professor
Ad Bax
National Institutes of Health
What Can NMR Tell Us About a Protein?
Host: Gerard Harbison
Spring 2000 Top of page
JANUARY 14
Professor
Harry C. Dorn
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
"A New Class of Trimetallic Nitride Encapsulated Fullerenes"
Host: G. Sturgeon
JANUARY 28
Professor
Vicki H. Grassian
University of Iowa
"Laboratory Studies of Potentially Important Heterogeneous Reactions
in the Atmosphere:
Surface Reactions of HNO3 and NO2 on Oxide, Soot and CaCO3 Particles"
Host: G. Sturgeon
FEBRUARY 4
Professor
Hendrik J. Viljoen
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
"Modeling of Solid Flames"
Host: G. Sturgeon
FEBRUARY 18
Professor
Pill-Soon Song
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
"Inter-Domain Signaling Within the Phytochrome Molecule"
Host: G. Sturgeon
FEBRUARY 25
Professor
David R. Williams
Indiana University
"Synthesis of marine Natural Products"
Host: P. Dussault
MARCH 3
Professor
Paul A. Grieco
Montana State University-Bozeman
"Use of Polar Media in Organic Chemistry and Natural Products Synthesis"
Host: J. Takacs
MARCH 10
Professor
Philipp Gütlich
Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Analytisch Chemie
"Thermal, Optical, and Pressure-Induced Switching of Iron (II) Complexes"
Host: G. Sturgeon
MARCH 24
Dr.
Isabella Karle
Naval Research Laboratory
"Structure and Confirmation of Peptide Ion Channels & Nonotubes"
Hosts: J. Stezowski
APRIL 7 (Stiefvater Award Lecture)
Professor
John E. Bercaw
California Institute of Technology
"TBA"
Host: R. Rieke
APRIL 21 (Harris Award Lecture)
Professor Richard C. Strohman
University of California, Berkeley
"What the Human Genome Project has to do with the
Copernican Revolution in the 16th Century Astronomy"
Host: P. Song
APRIL 28 (Sommer Award Lecture)
Professor
George R. Pettit
Arizona State University
"Discovery of Naturally Occuring Anticancer Drugs"
Host: J. Takacs
MAY 24 & 25 (Hamilton Award Lecture)
Professor
Peter Dervan
California Institute of Technology
"TBA"
Host: S. DiMagno
Fall 1999 Top of page
SEPTEMBER 3
Professor
Wlodzimierz Bujalowski
Medical Branch
University of Texas at Galveston
"Mechanism of DNA Substrate Recognition by a Hexameric Helicase:
The E. Coli Primary Repicative Helicase DnaB Protein"
Host: M. Griep
SEPTEMBER 10
Professor
Stephen Hanessian
Universite de Montreal
"Art, Craft, Logic and the Effectts of Visual Imagery in Organic
Synthesis"
Host: D. Berkowitz
SEPTEMBER 17
Dr. Jill Trewhella
Los Alamos National Laboratories
"Structural Studies of Second Messenger Mediated Signaling and Enzyme
Activation"
Host: M. Griep
SEPTEMBER 24
Dr. Fran Waller
Air Products & Chemicals Inc.
"Chemical Research Within an Industrial Laboratory - Is It For You?"
Host: P. Dussault
OCTOBER 8
Professor
Christine E. Evans
Department of Chemistry
University of Michigan
"Pressure-Induced Perturbations in Liquid Chromatographic Separation:
From the Fundamental to the Pragmatic"
Host: D. Hage
OCTOBER 15
Professor
Richard J. Saykally
Department of Chemistry
University of California at Berkeley
"What Makes Water Wett??? Results from Terahertz
and Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy of Water Clusters"
Host: C. Eckhardt
OCTOBER 22 (Midwest Center for Mass Spectrometry Award Lecture)
Dr. Marvin Vestal
PE Biosystems
"TBA"
Host: D. Smith
OCTOBER 29 (Chemistry/CMRA Joint Colloquium)
Professor
Kenneth Jordan
Department of Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
"Rings, Cubes, Prisms, and Chins: The Multiple Forms of Water
Clusters"
Hosts: G. Gallup and X. Zeng
NOVEMBER 5 (Chemistry/CMRA Joint Colloquium)
Professor Judith A. Harrison
Department of Chemistry
United States Naval Academy
"Mechanical and Tribological Properties of Anchored Hydrocarbon
Chains on Diamond"
Host: X. Zeng
NOVEMBER 12
Professor
Brian Coppola
Department of Chemistry
University of Michigan
"CSIE, ISIE, and the Scholarship of Teaching"
Host: J. Carr and B. McLaughlin
NOVEMBER 19
Professor
David Hage
Department of Chemistry
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
"Chromatographic Studies of Biomolecular Interactions"
Host: L. Parkhurst
DECEMBER 3 (Li-Cor Award Lecture)
Professor Joseph R. Lakowicz
University of Maryland
"Emerging Applications of Fluorescence: Multi-Photon Excitation,
Long-Lifetime Luminophores, and Novel Sensing Methods"
Host: L. Parkhurst
Spring 1999Top of page
JANUARY 22
Professor
Carl R. Johnson
Dept. of Chemistry
Wayne State University
"Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Bioactive Molecules"
Host: D. Berkowitz
JANUARY 29
Professor Christine E. Evans
Dept. of Chemistry
University of Michigan
"Pressure -- Induced Perturbations in Liquid Chromatographic
Separations: From the Fundamental to the Pragmatic"
Host: D. Hage
FEBRUARY 5
Graduate Student Awards
Host: L. Parkhurst
FEBRUARY 12
Graduate Student Awards
Host: L. Parkhurst
FEBRUARY 19 (Washburn Award Lectureship)
Professor David Chandler
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley
"Hydrophobicity at Small and Large Length Scales; Two Faces of Water"
Host: C. Eckhardt
FEBRUARY 26
Professor Marcy Towns
Department of Chemistry
Ball State University
"The Student Perspective of Small-Group Learning in Physical Chemistry"
Host: P. Kelter
MARCH 5
Professor Mukund P. Sibi
Department of Chemistry
North Dakota State University
"Enantioselective Conjugate Additions"
Host: P. Dussault
MARCH 12 (PLU Lectureship)
Dr. Paul Anderson
Senior Vice President for Chemical and Physical Sciences
DuPont Pharmaceuticals Company
"The Chemical Enterprise--Accomplishments, Challenges and Opportunities"
Host: R. Richards
MARCH 26 (Merski Award Lectureship)
Professor
Ahmed H. Zewail
Linus Pauling Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Physics
Dept. of Chemistry
California Institute of Technology
"Chemistry and Biology in the Femtosecond Age"
Host: C. Eckhardt
APRIL 2
Professor Hai-Lung Dai
Dept. of Chemistry
University of Pennsylvania
"Laser and Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy on Services and in Colloids"
Host: C. Wang
APRIL 16
Professor Robert Whetten
School of Chemistry
Georgia Tech University
"Gold Clusters and Nanocrystals in the Strong Quantum-Size-Effect
Regime"
Host: A. Rajca
APRIL 23 (Nolan and Gloria Sommer Award Lectureship)
Dr. Paul T. Anastas
United States Environmental Protection Agency
"Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice"
Host: J. Takacs
APRIL 29 & 30 (Hamilton Award Lectureship)
Professor
Ryoji Noyori
Nagoya University
Thursday Lecture "Asymmectric Hydrogenation"
Friday Lecture "Asymmectric Transfer Hydrogenation"
Host: S. DiMagno
MAY 7 (Harris Award Lectureship)
Professor Christopher Walsh
Harvard Medical School
"Deciphering the Biosynthetic Code: Assembly Line Enzymology
in the Biosynthesis of Nonribosomal Peptide and Polyketide Antibiotics"
Host: P. Song
Fall 1998 Top of page
SEPTEMBER 4
Professor
Carl Frieden
Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Washington University School of Medicine
"The Search for Intermediates in the Protein Folding Process"
Host: D. Smith
SEPTEMBER 11
Professor
Wlodzimierz Bujalowski
Dept. of Human Biological Chemistry and Genetics
University of Texas Medical Branch
"Mechanism of DNA Substrate Recognition by a Hexameric Helicase:
The E. coli Primary Replicative Helicase DnaB Protein"
Host: M. Griep
SEPTEMBER 18
Professor Mark
Gordon
Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University
"Ubiquitous Water"
Host: C. Kingsbury
SEPTEMBER 25 (ISCO AWARD)
Professor
William Pirkle
Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois-Urbana
"Separations Based on Brush Type Chiral Stationary Phases"
Host: D. Hage
OCTOBER 2 (Li-Cor Award)
Professor
Britton Chance
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania
"Hemoglobin in Action: Imaging Muscle and Brain Function and Breast
Tumor Diagnosis by Light"
Host: L. Parkhurst
OCTOBER 9
Professor
Mark Hollingsworth
Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University
"Domain and Phase Growth as Models for Solid State Reactivity"
Host: C. Eckhardt
OCTOBER 16
Professor
Lucio Frydman
Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois-Chicago
"NMR of 1H, 13C and Beyond: From Polymers to Biomolecules"
Host: G. Harbison
OCTOBER 23
Professor
Steve DiMagno
Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
" Fluorinated Models of Hemes and Carbohydrates"
Host: J. Takacs
OCTOBER 30
Professor
Steven Granick
Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois-Urbana
"Ions and Poly-Ions at Surfaces: What's Different from Bulk Solution?"
Host: X. Zeng
NOVEMBER 6
Dr. Fran Waller
Air Products & Chemicals Inc.
"Chemistry Within an Industrial Laboratory - Is It For You?"
Host: P. Kelter
NOVEMBER 13
Dr. Suvit Thaisrivongs
Pharmacia Upjohn
"Anti-HIV Clinical Candidates: Structure-Based Design of HIV Protease
Inhibitors"
Host: J. Takacs
NOVEMBER 20
Professor
Sam Gellman
Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin
"Heteropolymer Folding: Proteins and Beyond"
Host: P. Dussault
DECEMBER 4
Professor
Craig Townsend
Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University
"Diverse Chemical Solutions to Beta-Lactam Formation in Nature"
Host: D. Berkowitz
DECEMBER 11
Professor
Barney Ellison
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University Of Colorado-Boulder
"Organic Radicals in Combustion Processes as Revealed by Photoelectron
Spectroscopy"
Host: A. Rajca
SPRING 1998 Top of page
January 16
Dr. Marianne Schiffer
Center for Mechanistic Biology
Argonne National Lab
"Protein Domain Associations
Studies in Antibody Light Chains"
Host: J. Stezowski
January 23
Dr. Peter Cummings
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Tennessee
"Molecular Simulation of Supercritical Water and of Ionic Association in Supercritical Aqueous Solutions"
Host: X. Zeng
January 30
Dr. Kurt W. Zilm
Department of Chemistry
Yale University
"Solids NMR of Uniformly C-13 Labeled Macromolecular Building Blocks: Assignment Strategies and Problems at High Fields"
Host: G. Harbison
February 6
Dr. Steven Ragsdale
Department of Biochemistry
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
"Organometallic Catalysis by Enzymes: An Ancient Biological Strategy for Microbal Production of Acetic Acid and Methane"
Host: D. Smith
February13
Graduate Student Awards
Speakers:
Todd Eary
Marianne Sloss
Young-Sik Kye
Host: L. Parkhurst
February 20
Dr. Dennis P. Curran
Department of Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
"Fluorous Synthesis: An Alternative to Organic Synthesis and Solid Phase Synthesis for the Preparation of Small Organic Molecules"
Host: P. Dussault
February 27
Dr. Carol Powers
Avery-Dennison
"Chemistry of Pressure Sensitive Adhesives"
Host: D. Smith
March 6
Dr. Tayhas Palmore
Department of Chemistry
University of California-Davis
"Engineering the Structure of Molecular Solids with One- and Two-Dimensional Supramolecular Motifs"
Host: C. Eckhardt
March 13
Dewey and Kelly International Award Lectureship
Dr. Alan Fersht, F.R.S.
Department of Chemistry
University of Cambridge
"Protein Folding"
Host: P. Song
March 20
Midwest Center for Mass Spectrometry Lectureship
Dr. Michael Gross
Department of Chemistry
Washington University
"Mass Spectrometry in Peptide and Protein Chemistry Analysis"
Host: D. Smith
April 3
Dr. Barbara Imperiali
Division of Chemistry
California Institute of Technology
"Polypeptide Motifs: Form and Function"
Host: D. Berkowitz
April 10
Lewis E. Harris Distinguished Award Lectureship
Dr. Walter Englander
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
University of Pennsylvania
"How We Think Proteins Fold: The Intermediates and the Barriers"
Host: P. Song
April 17
Nolan and Gloria Sommer Award Lectureship
Dr. Steven A. Benner
Department of Chemistry
University of Florida
"Redesigning Nucleic Acids"
Host: D. Berkowitz
April 24
Dr. Bernard Doudin
Department of Physics
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
"Template Synthesis: A Tool for Making Morphology-Controlled Nanostructured Magnetic Materials"
Host: M. Langell
Fall 1997 Top of page
AUGUST 29
Professor John Welch
University at Albany
Conformationally Constrained Fluoroolefin Containing Dipeptide Isoteres:
Synthesis and Enzyme Binding Studies
Host: S. DiMagno
SEPTEMBER 5
Professor Stephen A. Koch
SUNY-Stony Brook
An Inorganic Chemist's View of Metal-Enzymes- the Iron Centers in Nitrogenase
and Hydrogenase
Host: T.A. George
SEPTEMBER 12
Professor C.K. (Chris) Chang
Michigan State University
Synthetic Porphyrin Photosensitizers in Photodynamic Cancer Therapy
Host: S. DiMagno
SEPTEMBER 19
Professor Paul Kelter
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Preparing Learners for the Next Stage: Reflections on the Role of Chemical
Education in a Major University
Host: L. Parkhurst
SEPTEMBER 26
Professor Patrick Dussault
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
The Peroxide Changes Everything: Approaches to the Synthesis of Peroxide
Natural Products
Host: L. Parkhurst
OCTOBER 3
Professor John A. Soderquist
University of Puerto Rico
Organoboranes: The Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling and a New Asymmetric Hydroborating
Agent
Host: J. Takacs
OCTOBER 10
Professor Keith Gubbins
Cornell University
Fluids in Nanospace: Adsorption, Selectivity and Phase Separation
Host: X.C. Zeng
OCTOBER 17
Professor Robert Coleman
Ohio State University
Synthesis of the DNA Cross-Linking Agents Azinomycins A and B
Host: D. Berkowitz
NOVEMBER 7
Professor Bruce E. Bursten
Ohio State University
Experimental and Theoretical Studies of the Photochemistry of Dinuclear
Organometallic Complexes
Host: P. Kelter
NOVEMBER 14
Professor Xiao C. Zeng
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Topics on Fluid Phase Transition
Host: L. Parkhurst
NOVEMBER 20-21
HAMILTON AWARD LECTURE
Professor K.C. Nicolaou
The Scripps Research Institute
Reception will be November 20
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Award Lecture, November 20: Title: Chemistry, Biology and Medicine of
Natural Substances.
Second Lecture, November 21: Title: Total Synthesis of Natural Products.
Host: S. Dimagno
DECEMBER 5
Professor Jacob N. Israelachvili
University of California, Santa Barbara
What Happens at the Molecular Level When Two Surfaces Slide Past Each
Other
Hosts: C.J. Echkardt and X.C. Zeng
SPRING 1997 Top of page
January 24
Dr. Eric J. Amis
National Institutes of Standards and Technology
Structure and Dynamics in Polyelectrolyte Solution
Host: C. H. Wang
JANUARY 31
Dr. William W. McWhorter, Jr.
Pharmacia and UpJohn
The Synthesis of a Quinolone Antibiotic Intermediate and Some Chemistry
of the Marcfortines and Dihydrobenzothiazoles
Host: D. Berkowitz
FEBRUARY 7
DEWEY AND KELLY AWARD LECTURESHIP
Professor Christopher Dobson
University of Oxford
Structural Studies of Protein Folding
Host: D. Smith
FEBRUARY 12
Professor Michael Grunze
Lehrstuhl fuer Angewandte Physikalische Chemie Universitaet Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Structural Defects and Molecular Conformations in Self-Assembled Monolayers
Host: M. Langell
FEBRUARY 21
Professor Jacob Schaefer
Washington University
REDOR NMR of Biological Solids: From Protein Complexes to Bacterial
Cell Walls
Host: G. Harbison
FEBRUARY 28
PLU LECTURESHIP
Professor Ronald Breslow
Columbia University
The Chelate Effect in Binding, Catalysis, and Chemotherapy
Host: PLU
Reception - 3:30 p.m. Lecture - 4:00 p.m.
MARCH 7
Professor Donald Burton
University of Iowa
The Development of New Synthons for the Preparation of Fluoroolefin
and Fluorinated Polyenes
Host: S. DiMagno and D. Berkowitz
MARCH 14
Professor Brenda Bass
University of Utah
RNA Editing by dsRNA Adenosine Deaminase: How Much Inosine do mRNAs
Contain?
Host: C. Price
MARCH 21
Graduate Student Awards
Speakers:
Edward Charles Lawson
Hyung-Jae Lee
Host: L. Parkhurst
APRIL 4
ISCO AWARD LECTURESHIP
Professor Peter W. Carr
University of Minnesota
Why the Stuff Comes Off the Column When It Does:
...or...
The Origin of the Chromatographic Species
Host: J. Smith
APRIL 18
Professor Charles Eckert
Georgia Tech
Tuning Nearcritical and Supercritical Fluids
Host: X. Zeng
APRIL 25
LI-COR AWARD LECTURESHIP
Postponed until sometime in May (tentatively)...
Check back later for more information
FALL 1996 UNL DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY COLLOQUIUM SCHEDULE Top of page
SEPTEMBER 6
Professor Miquel Salmeron
University of California, Berkeley
Molecular Structure and Mechanical Properties of Self-Assembled
Organic Monolayers on Solid Substrates
Host: X. Zeng
SEPTEMBER 13
Professor David Berkowitz
University of Nebraska Lincoln
Synthesis of Unnatural Products as Bioorganic Tools
Host: P. Song
SEPTEMBER 20
STIEFVATER MEMORIAL LECTURE
Professor Albert I. Meyers
Colorado State University
Recent Advances in Asymmetric Synthesis
Host: R. Rieke
SEPTEMBER 27
Professor John Seinfeld
California Institute of Technology
Aerosols: The Gremlin in the Greenhouse
Host: X. Zeng
OCTOBER 4
Professor Paul G. Rasmussen
University of Michigan
From HCN and Cyanamid to Carbon Nitride: The Special Chemistry and
Properties of High Nitrogen Materials
Host: G. Sturgeon
OCTOBER 11
Professor Nicholas J. Turro
Columbia University
Supramolecular Organic Photochemistry of Radical Pairs: From Micelles
to Zeolites
Host: C. Kingsbury
OCTOBER 18
Professor Mark D. Edigar
University of Wisconsin, Madison
How Do Molecules Move Near the Liquid-Glass Transition?
Host: J. Wang
OCTOBER 25
Professor J. Michael Ramsey
Oak Ridge National Lab
The Chemistry Laboratory on a Chip: What are the Prospects?
Host: D. Hage
OCTOBER 30 - 31
HAMILTON AWARD LECTURE
Professor Dieter Seebach
Institut f�r Organische Chemie Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule-Zentrum
Zurich, Switzerland
-
WEDNESDAY AWARD LECTURE
Poly (3-hydroxyalkanoates) - Ubiquitous Biopolymers in Living Organisms: Contributions by Synthetic Chemists
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THURSDAY LECTURE
New Ways of Peptide Modification - From Peptide Enolates to -peptides
Host: P. Dussault
NOVEMBER 1
Professor Bruce Ganem
Cornell University
Heterocyclic Routes to Highly Functionalized Carbocycles: Syhtnetic
Studies on Bioactive Carbohydrate Mimics
Host: D. Berkowitz
NOVEMBER 8
Professor David M. Walba
University of Colorado, Boulder
Atomic Resolution Imaging of Chiral Organic Molecules by Scanning
Tunneling Microscopy
Host: A. Rajca
NOVEMBER 15
Professor Robert Landick
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Dissection of a Transcriptional Pause Site as a Structure/Function
Probe of RNA Polymerase
Host: C. Price
NOVEMBER 22
Graduate Student Awards
Host: L. Parkhurst
DECEMBER 6
Professor Ronald J. Jandacek
Proctor & Gamble Company
Notes of a Fatwacher
Host: M. Griep
DECEMBER 13
Professor Rachel E. Klevit
University of Washington
Structural and Dynamical Insights into DNA Recognition by a Zinc
Finger Domain from the Transcription Factor, ADR1"
Host: M. Griep
