Department of Chemistry
Seminars & Colloquia
(listed in chronological order)Upcoming Seminars
The Investigation of C-CN Cleavage of Allyl- and Aryl-nitriles by [(dippe)NiH]2 and [(dippe)PtH]2
December 7, 2009 • 12:30 PM
Computer Science Building 209
Ph.D. Defense
Computer Science Building 209
Ph.D. Defense
Brett David Swartz
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
Suppression of Photobleaching in Tris-8-(hydroxyquinoline) Aluminum Through Plasmon Enhanced Spontaneous Emission
December 11, 2009 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Steve Paquette
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
I. Studies Towards the Total Synthesis of +/- Lycoramine, II. Development of the Retro-Aza-Claisen Rearrangement to Synthesize Medium Sized N-Substituted Heterocycles, III. Studies Towards the Total Synthesis of (-)-Nakadomarin A
December 11, 2009 • 1:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Nathan Edward Genung
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
Past Seminars
Self-assembling Collagen Triple Helices and Beta-sheet Nanofibers
November 20, 2009 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor Jeffrey D. Hartgerink
Rice University
Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering
Rice University
Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering
Structure and Function in Peptidic Foldamers
November 18, 2009 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor Samuel Gellman
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Department of Chemistry
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Department of Chemistry
Aryl Carbon-Fluorine Bond Formation Promoted by Transition Metal Complexes
November 17, 2009 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Thomas Dugan
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
Cancelled
Topological charge defects in hydrogen-bonded systems probed by ab initio molecular dynamics: Bulk and interfacial properties
November 16, 2009 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Professor Mark Tuckerman
New York University
Department of Chemistry
New York University
Department of Chemistry
Allosteric Regulation of Heat Shock Protein 70 by Small Molecules
November 13, 2009 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor Jason Gestwicki
University of Michigan
Department of Pathology, Life Sciences Inst.
University of Michigan
Department of Pathology, Life Sciences Inst.
Crystallographic Snapshots of Nickel Dependent Proteins in Action
November 11, 2009 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor Catherine Drennan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Chemistry
Cancelled
Functional Conducting Metallopolymer Materials
November 9, 2009 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Professor Bradley Holliday
University of Texas at Austin
Department of Chemistry
University of Texas at Austin
Department of Chemistry
Modeling of Photoinduced Dynamics at the Nanoscale
November 4, 2009 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Sergei Tretiak, Ph.D.
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Theoretical Division, Center for Nonlinear Studies and Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Theoretical Division, Center for Nonlinear Studies and Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies
Thermodynamics of Metal-Protein Interactions: Essential Metal Transport and Toxic Metal Sequestration
November 2, 2009 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Professor Dean Wilcox
Dartmouth College
Department of Chemistry
Dartmouth College
Department of Chemistry
Ring Fragmentations and Intramolecular Cycloadditions: Efficient Approaches to Nitrogen Heterocycles
October 30, 2009 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor Matthias Brewer
University of Vermont
Department of Chemistry
University of Vermont
Department of Chemistry
Structure-Reactivity Relationships in Organolithium Chemistry: Working at the Academic-Industrial Interface
October 28, 2009 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor David Collum
Cornell University
Department of Chemistry
Cornell University
Department of Chemistry
Caught in the middle: Formation and reactivity of magnesium(I) compounds
October 27, 2009 • 2:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Ryan Cowley
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
What do roaming radicals, astrochemistry, proteomics and atomic orbital polarization have in common?
October 26, 2009 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Professor Arthur Suits
Wayne State University
Department of Chemistry
Wayne State University
Department of Chemistry
The Dissociation of Excitons in Conjugated Polymers: Advancing Organic Solar Cells through Basic Research
October 21, 2009 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Garry Rumbles Ph.D.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Chemical and Materials Science Center
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Chemical and Materials Science Center
Computational Studies of DNA Hydration Dynamics
October 19, 2009 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Professor Steven Corcelli
University of Notre Dame
Department of Chemistry
University of Notre Dame
Department of Chemistry
Imaging with Lanthanides
October 14, 2009 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Hutchison Memorial Lecture
Hutchison Hall 473
Hutchison Memorial Lecture
Professor Kenneth N. Raymond
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Chemistry
Supramolecular Metal Complexes as Nanozymes
October 13, 2009 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Hutchison Memorial Lecture
Hutchison Hall 473
Hutchison Memorial Lecture
Professor Kenneth N. Raymond
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Chemistry
Human and Bacteria: The Arms Race for Iron
October 12, 2009 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Hutchison Memorial Lecture
Hutchison Hall 473
Hutchison Memorial Lecture
Professor Kenneth N. Raymond
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Chemistry
Enantioselective Organocatalysis and the Study of Redox Neutral Reaction Cascades
October 2, 2009 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor Daniel Seidel
Rutgers University
Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Rutgers University
Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Research at the Intersection of Nanoscience and Biology - Highlights from the Molecular Foundry
October 1, 2009 • 7:30 PM
Med. Ctr., G-9525
Harrison Howe Award Lecture
Med. Ctr., G-9525
Harrison Howe Award Lecture
Professor Carolyn R. Bertozzi
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Chemistry
Imaging the Glycome with Bioorthogonal Chemistry
October 1, 2009 • 2:00 PM
Med. Ctr., G-9525
Harrison Howe Technical Lecture
Med. Ctr., G-9525
Harrison Howe Technical Lecture
Professor Carolyn R. Bertozzi
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Chemistry
Catalysis and chirality with molecules and materials: Novel catalytic processes and materials
September 30, 2009 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor Cathleen Crudden
Queens University, Ontario
Department of Chemistry
Queens University, Ontario
Department of Chemistry
An Introduction to Supercritical CO2 (sc CO2) and Examples of Increased Selectivity in Reactions Due to the Properties of sc CO2
September 29, 2009 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Karen Chiang
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
Computational studies on membrane protein structures and protein-ligand binding affinities
September 29, 2009 • 2:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Cen Gao
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
Strategies in Enzymatic Oxidation Catalysis
September 28, 2009 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Professor Justine P. Roth
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Chemistry
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Chemistry
The Alkyne Strategy For the Synthesis of Bioactive Targets
September 23, 2009 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Victor J. Chambers Memorial Lecture
Hutchison Hall 473
Victor J. Chambers Memorial Lecture
Professor Barry M. Trost
Stanford University
Stanford University
Self Assembly of Dinuclear Main Group Catalysts for Asymmetric Synthesis
September 22, 2009 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Victor J. Chambers Memorial Lecture
Hutchison Hall 473
Victor J. Chambers Memorial Lecture
Professor Barry M. Trost
Stanford University
Department of Chemistry
Stanford University
Department of Chemistry
On the Design of Chiral Space for Asymmetric Induction in A Catalytic Synthetic Reaction
September 21, 2009 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Victor J. Chambers Memorial Lecture
Hutchison Hall 473
Victor J. Chambers Memorial Lecture
Professor Barry M. Trost
Stanford University
Department of Chemistry
Stanford University
Department of Chemistry
Modeling Ring Cleaving Dioxygenases: Complexes of Iron(II) with Tridentate Ligands and their Reactivity with Catecholates and Phenolates
September 18, 2009 • 2:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Sara S. Rocks
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
Progress Towards a Chemical Code for Small Molecule Targeting of RNA
September 18, 2009 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor Matthew Disney
University of Buffalo
Department of Chemistry
University of Buffalo
Department of Chemistry
New Concepts in Chemical Bonding: Charge Shift Bonding and its Manifestations in Chemistry
September 16, 2009 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor Philippe Hiberty
Universite of Paris-Sud XI
Laboratoire de Chimie Physique
Universite of Paris-Sud XI
Laboratoire de Chimie Physique
Detecting polymer dynamics with fluctuations and dissipation
September 14, 2009 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Professor Roger Loring
Cornell University
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Cornell University
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Cancelled
Bioorganic Chemistry of Protein Prenylation
September 11, 2009 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor Mark Distefano
University of Minnesota
Department of Chemistry
University of Minnesota
Department of Chemistry
Insights into the Nitrogenase Mechanism
September 9, 2009 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Joint Chemistry/Biochemistry and Biophysics Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Joint Chemistry/Biochemistry and Biophysics Seminar
Professor Lance Seefeldt
Utah State University
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Utah State University
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Excitation Dynamics in Nanoscale Materials for Solar Energy Harvesting
August 25, 2009 • 12:00 PM
Goergen 109
Physical Seminar
Goergen 109
Physical Seminar
Professor Oleg Prezhdo
University of Washington
Department of Chemistry
University of Washington
Department of Chemistry
I. Stereoselective Synthesis of Pyrrolidine Derivatives via Reduction of Substituted Pyrroles; II. Progress Towards the Total Synthesis of Tetrapetalone A
August 10, 2009 • 2:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Chao Jiang
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
Studies of Horse Heart Cytochrome c Folding
August 10, 2009 • 10:00 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Amy A. Ensign
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
Photophysics of Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
August 6, 2009 • 2:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Lisa Joanne Carlson
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
Single molecule biodetection and multi-modality in single walled carbon nanotube optical sensors
July 10, 2009 • 1:30 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Materials Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Materials Seminar
Professor Michael S. Strano
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Chemical Engineering
Chemical Control of Interfacial Composition and Structure
July 8, 2009 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic/Physical Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic/Physical Seminar
Professor Chaim N. Sukenik, Edward and Judy Steinberg Chair in Nanotechnology
Bar Ilan University, Israel
Department of Chemistry
Bar Ilan University, Israel
Department of Chemistry
Rational synthesis and reaction mechanism for chalcogenide magic-sized clusters and quantum dots
June 22, 2009 • 3:00 PM
Computer Studies 209
Physical Seminar
Computer Studies 209
Physical Seminar
Christopher Evans
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
Metal-Initiated Amination of Alkenes and Alkynes
June 19, 2009 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Meagan Evans
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
Progress Toward The Total Synthesis of Roseophilin
June 16, 2009 • 2:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Abdallah Youssef Bitar
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
Development of New Synthetic Methodology Featuring Tandem-Bond Forming Process and Their Application to the Total Synthesis of Natural Products
June 16, 2009 • 11:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor Kei Takeda
Hiroshima University
Department of Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Hiroshima University
Department of Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Nuclear Energy and the Study of Nuclear Matter Far from Stability
June 15, 2009 • 12:00 PM
Computer Studies 209
Physical Seminar
Computer Studies 209
Physical Seminar
Michael Quinlan
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
Molecular Simulations of Ribozyme Catalysis
June 3, 2009 • 3:30 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Biological Chemistry Cluster Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Biological Chemistry Cluster Seminar
Darrin M. York
University of Minnesota
Department of Chemistry
University of Minnesota
Department of Chemistry
Spectroscopic Approaches to Protein AGGREGATION Diseases: Conformation and Dynamics of Amyloid Aggregates via Isotope-edited Infrared Spectroscopy
June 3, 2009 • 2:30 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Biological Chemistry Cluster Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Biological Chemistry Cluster Seminar
Sean M. Decatur
Oberlin College
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Oberlin College
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Synthesis and Reactivity of Low-coordinate Cobalt Dinitrogen, Hydride and Fluoride Complexes
May 29, 2009 • 1:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Keying Ding
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
New Studies in Catalytic, Asymmetric alpha-Fluorination
May 29, 2009 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor Thomas Lectka
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Chemistry
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Chemistry
Beyond the Harmonic Oscillator Approximation: Probing Vibrational Anharmonicity with Ultrafast Vibrational Spectroscopy
May 26, 2009 • 11:15 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Kristina Wilson
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
Reagent and Reaction Development in Organic Chemistry: Recent Case Studies
May 15, 2009 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor Jeffrey Johnson
University of North Carolina
Department of Chemistry
University of North Carolina
Department of Chemistry
Porous Nanocrystalline Silicon Membranes for Efficient and Precise Molecular Separations
May 12, 2009 • 3:30 PM
Georgen 101
Nanomaterials Symposium
Georgen 101
Nanomaterials Symposium
Professor James McGrath
University of Rochester
Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Rochester
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Strategies for Testing the Safety of Nanomaterials
May 12, 2009 • 2:15 PM
Georgen 101
Nanomaterials Symposium
Georgen 101
Nanomaterials Symposium
Professor Alison Elder
University of Rochester
Department of Environmental Medicine
University of Rochester
Department of Environmental Medicine
Understanding and Applying Nanoparticles in the Environment
May 12, 2009 • 1:15 PM
Georgen 101
Nanomaterials Symposium
Georgen 101
Nanomaterials Symposium
Professor Vicki Colvin
Rice University
Department of Chemistry
Rice University
Department of Chemistry
Nanostructures of Macromolecules to Direct Biological Function
May 12, 2009 • 11:00 AM
Georgen 101
Nanomaterials Symposium
Georgen 101
Nanomaterials Symposium
Professor Ashutosh Chilkoti
Duke University
Department of Chemistry
Duke University
Department of Chemistry
Nanostructured Materials for Optical Biosensing
May 12, 2009 • 10:15 AM
Georgen 101
Nanomaterials Symposium
Georgen 101
Nanomaterials Symposium
Professor Benjamin Miller
University of Rochester
Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics
University of Rochester
Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics
Surface Interactions and Reactions in Marine Fouling
May 12, 2009 • 8:45 AM
Georgen 101
Nanomaterials Symposium
Georgen 101
Nanomaterials Symposium
Professor Michael Grunze
Heidelberg University
Department of Chemistry
Heidelberg University
Department of Chemistry
Synthesis of Proton Conducting Ceramic Membranes via Seeded Surface Crystallization
May 11, 2009 • 3:45 PM
Georgen 101
Nanomaterials Symposium
Georgen 101
Nanomaterials Symposium
Professor Matthew Yates
University of Rochester
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Rochester
Department of Chemical Engineering
Design, Synthesis, Formation Mechanism and Electrocatalytic Applications of Platinum and Its Alloy Nanostructures
May 11, 2009 • 2:30 PM
Georgen 101
Nanomaterials Symposium
Georgen 101
Nanomaterials Symposium
Professor Hong Yang
University of Rochester
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Rochester
Department of Chemical Engineering
Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene
May 11, 2009 • 1:30 PM
Georgen 101
Nanomaterials Symposium
Georgen 101
Nanomaterials Symposium
Professor Louis Brus
Columbia University
Department of Chemistry
Columbia University
Department of Chemistry
Nanoscience and Nanostructures for Solar Energy
May 11, 2009 • 11:00 AM
Georgen 101
Nanomaterials Symposium
Georgen 101
Nanomaterials Symposium
Professor Philippe Fauchet
University of Rochester
Department of Electrical & Computer Eng.
University of Rochester
Department of Electrical & Computer Eng.
Materials Science, Nanoscience, and Energy
May 11, 2009 • 8:45 AM
Georgen 101
Nanomaterials Symposium
Georgen 101
Nanomaterials Symposium
Professor George Whitesides
Harvard University
Department of Chemistry
Harvard University
Department of Chemistry
Metal-Catalyzed Oxidation Reactions for Organic Synthesis
May 8, 2009 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor Matthew Sigman
University of Utah
Department of Chemistry
University of Utah
Department of Chemistry
Developing a Predictive Model for Polyphenol Prevention of DNA Damage
May 4, 2009 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Professor Julia Brumaghim
Clemson University
Department of Chemistry
Clemson University
Department of Chemistry
Synthesis and Reactions of Heterocycles
April 29, 2009 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor Mark Lautens
University of Toronto
Department of Chemistry
University of Toronto
Department of Chemistry
Dynamics on the nanoscale: Time-domain ab initio studies of photo-induced dynamics in quantum dots and carbon nanotubes
April 27, 2009 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Professor Oleg Prezhdo
University of Washington
Department of Chemistry
University of Washington
Department of Chemistry
Ring-Forming Strategies in Asymmetric Catalysis
April 24, 2009 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor Tomislav Rovis
Colorado State University
Department of Chemistry
Colorado State University
Department of Chemistry
Mechanistic Studies of Oxidative Halophenol Dehalogenation by Heme-Containing Enzymes
April 22, 2009 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor John Dawson
University of South Carolina
Department of Chemistry
University of South Carolina
Department of Chemistry
Transition Metal Mediated Synthesis of Heterocycles Via Carbon-Hydrogen Bond Activation
April 17, 2009 • 1:45 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Ling Li
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
Achiral Templates. New and Effective Tools for Asymmetric Transformations
April 17, 2009 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor Mukund Sibi
North Dakota State University
Department of Chemistry
North Dakota State University
Department of Chemistry
Chemical and Structural Analysis of RNA-Based Gene Regulation
April 16, 2009 • 2:00 PM
MC Aud 3-7619 (Upper)
Ph.D. Defense
MC Aud 3-7619 (Upper)
Ph.D. Defense
Robert Spitale
University of Rochester
Department of Biochemistry/Biophysics
University of Rochester
Department of Biochemistry/Biophysics
Carbon Nanotube Optoelectronics
April 14, 2009 • 2:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Kathryn Elizabeth Leach
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
Directed Evolution as a Tool for Engineering P450 BM-3 into a Propane Hydrolase
April 13, 2009 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Matthew McLaughlin
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
Recent Methodologies Towards Highly Substituted Pyrroles
April 10, 2009 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Matthew Betush
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
A Single Molecule Spectroscopy Investigation of the Electronic Properties of Conjugated Polymers
April 8, 2009 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor Paul Barbara
University of Texas at Austin
Center for Nano & Molecular Science & Technology
University of Texas at Austin
Center for Nano & Molecular Science & Technology
Dynamic Contributions to Enzyme Catalysis as Illustrated by Orotidine Monophosphate Decarboxylase (OMPDC)
April 6, 2009 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Professor Jiali Gao
University of Minnesota
Department of Chemistry
University of Minnesota
Department of Chemistry
Platinum(II) Polypyridyl Complexes for Visible Light-driven Hydrogen Production from Water
April 2, 2009 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Pingwu Du
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
The Inner Space of Molecules
April 1, 2009 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor Julius Rebek
The Scripps Research Institute
Department of Chemistry
The Scripps Research Institute
Department of Chemistry
Development of Homogeneous Catalysts for the Conversion of C-H Bonds
March 30, 2009 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Professor Brent Gunnoe
University of Virginia
Department of Chemistry
University of Virginia
Department of Chemistry
Mechanism for the Lewis Acid Catalyzed Cycloadditions of Aldehydes and Donor-Acceptor Cyclopropanes
March 20, 2009 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Pu Luo
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
Multiscale approach to the activation/inactivation of Src kinases
March 18, 2009 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor Benoit Roux
University of Chicago
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
University of Chicago
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Bioinorganic Chemistry of Titanium in Medicine and the Environment
March 16, 2009 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Professor Ann M. Valentine
Yale University
Department of Chemistry
Yale University
Department of Chemistry
Exploiting Under-Utilized Functional Groups in Chemical Reaction Discovery and Library Synthesis
March 4, 2009 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor Kay Brummond
University of Pittsburgh
Department of Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Department of Chemistry
How to Make Nanowire Christmas Trees: Screw Dislocation Driven Nanowire Growth
March 2, 2009 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Professor Song Jin
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Chemistry
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Chemistry
Molecules as Wires: Structural and Electronic Criteria for Long Distance Charge Transport
February 26, 2009 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Hutchison Memorial Lecture
Hutchison Hall 473
Hutchison Memorial Lecture
Professor Michael R. Wasielewski
Northwestern University
Department of Chemistry
Northwestern University
Department of Chemistry
Dynamics of Photogenerated Multi-Spin Systems: The Road to Molecular Spintronics
February 25, 2009 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Hutchison Memorial Lecture
Hutchison Hall 473
Hutchison Memorial Lecture
Professor Michael R. Wasielewski
Northwestern University
Department of Chemistry
Northwestern University
Department of Chemistry
Energy and Charge Transport in Self-assembled Systems for Solar Energy Conversion
February 24, 2009 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Hutchison Memorial Lecture
Hutchison Hall 473
Hutchison Memorial Lecture
Professor Michael R. Wasielewski
Northwestern University
Department of Chemistry
Northwestern University
Department of Chemistry
Catalytic Coupling Reactions using Hemilabile Phosphino-Imines and Palladium
February 20, 2009 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor Joseph A. Schmidt
The University of Toledo
Department of Chemistry
The University of Toledo
Department of Chemistry
Non-Canonical Assembly-Line Biosynthesis: The Story of Coronatine Biogenesis
January 15, 2009 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Eric Strieter, Ph.D.
Harvard University
Department of Chemistry
Harvard University
Department of Chemistry
Theory of excitation energy transfer and three-pulse photon-echo spectroscopy with applications to photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes
January 8, 2009 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Yuan-Chung Cheng, Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Chemistry
New Functions of Organic Materials
January 5, 2009 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Samuel W. Thomas, III, Ph.D.
Harvard University
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Harvard University
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Studies Directed Toward the Total Synthesis of (-)-Apoptolidin A
December 19, 2008 • 2:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Venkatesan Srinivasan
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
Conjugated Oligomers and Polyvalent Nanoparticle Conjugates
December 18, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Dwight Seferos, Ph.D.
Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Deconstructing Receptor Signaling with Chemically Tailored Interfaces
December 11, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Khalid Salaita, Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
Lighting up New Functionalities of Nanoparticles
December 8, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Aihua Fu, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Stanford University
Biosynthesis of Lantibiotics, Polycyclic Thioether Antibiotics
December 5, 2008 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor Wilfred van der Donk
Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois
Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois
Chemistry and Electrochemistry with Small Molecules at First Row Transition Metal Centers
December 4, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Louise Berben, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and California Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and California Institute of Technology
Molecular Inorganic Photonics
December 3, 2008 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor Felix N. Castellano
Department of Chemistry and Center for Photochemical Sciences
Bowling Green State University
Department of Chemistry and Center for Photochemical Sciences
Bowling Green State University
Mechanistic Studies of Pd-catalysed Allylic Alkylation: Simple, Subtle and Complex
November 24, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Professor Guy Lloyd-Jones
School of Chemistry, UK
The Bristol Centre for Organometallic Catalysis
School of Chemistry, UK
The Bristol Centre for Organometallic Catalysis
The Chemistry of Dyes and Pigments for Imaging Applications
November 17, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Steven Evans, Ph.D.
Materials Science and Technology Research
Eastman Kodak Co.
Materials Science and Technology Research
Eastman Kodak Co.
Cancelled
Membrane peptides: 2D-IR spectroscopy as a probe of structure and dynamics
November 12, 2008 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
W. Albert Noyes Jr. Memorial Lecture
Hutchison Hall 473
W. Albert Noyes Jr. Memorial Lecture
Professor James L. Skinner
Department of Chemistry
University of Wisconsin
Department of Chemistry
University of Wisconsin
Water: Traditional, ultrafast and sum-frequency vibrational spectroscopy of the bulk liquid and the liquid/vapor interface
November 11, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
W. Albert Noyes Jr. Memorial Lecture
Hutchison Hall 473
W. Albert Noyes Jr. Memorial Lecture
Professor James L. Skinner
Department of Chemistry
University of Wisconsin
Department of Chemistry
University of Wisconsin
Water: Hydrogen bonding in the bulk liquid and at the liquid/vapor interface, and new simulation models
November 10, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
W. Albert Noyes Jr. Memorial Lecture
Hutchison Hall 473
W. Albert Noyes Jr. Memorial Lecture
Professor James L. Skinner
Department of Chemistry
University of Wisconsin
Department of Chemistry
University of Wisconsin
Peptide-based Materials
November 7, 2008 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor Joel Schneider
Department of Chemistry
University of Delaware
Department of Chemistry
University of Delaware
A Hybrid Biochemical/Organic Half-Cell for the Photochemical Generation of Dihydrogen
November 5, 2008 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor John Golbeck
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Pennsylvania State University
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Pennsylvania State University
Selenium in Thioredoxin Reductase: A Mechanistic Perspective
October 31, 2008 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor Robert Hondal
Department of Biochemistry
University of Vermont
Department of Biochemistry
University of Vermont
Single-Molecule Dynamics of Bioinorganic Chemistry and Nanocatalysis
October 27, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic/Physical Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic/Physical Seminar
Professor Peng Chen
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Cornell University
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Cornell University
The Intertwined Nature of Chemical Synthesis and the Discovery Process
October 23, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison 473
Andrew S. Kende Distinguished Lecture
Hutchison 473
Andrew S. Kende Distinguished Lecture
Professor Brian M. Stoltz
Department of Chemisty
California Institute of Technology
Department of Chemisty
California Institute of Technology
Oxidation Catalysis: The development of aerobic based oxidation methodology for synthetic chemists
October 22, 2008 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Andrew S. Kende Distinguished Lecture
Hutchison Hall 473
Andrew S. Kende Distinguished Lecture
Professor Brian M. Stoltz
Department of Chemistry
California Institute of Technology
Department of Chemistry
California Institute of Technology
Complex Natural Products as a Driving Force for Discovery in Organic Chemistry
October 21, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Andrew S. Kende Distinguished Lecture
Hutchison Hall 473
Andrew S. Kende Distinguished Lecture
Professor Brian M. Stoltz
Department of Chemistry
California Institute of Technology
Department of Chemistry
California Institute of Technology
Practical Organic Synthesis to Unravel Chemical Biology of Complex Natural Products
October 15, 2008 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inaugural Magomedov-Shcherbinina Memorial Prize and Lectureship
Hutchison Hall 473
Inaugural Magomedov-Shcherbinina Memorial Prize and Lectureship
Professor Sergey A. Kozmin
Department of Chemistry
University of Chicago
Department of Chemistry
University of Chicago
Total Syntheses of β-C-Glycoside Natural Products via Oxocarbenium Cations
October 10, 2008 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor Michael Jennings
Department of Chemistry
The University of Alabama
Department of Chemistry
The University of Alabama
Principles for Amphiphile-Free Water-in-Water Emulsions: Templated Synthesis and Biocatalysis
October 3, 2008 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor Yan-Yeung Luk
Department of Chemistry
Syracuse University
Department of Chemistry
Syracuse University
Zirconium-catalyzed bond-forming reactions
September 29, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Professor Rory Waterman
Department of Chemistry
University of Vermont
Department of Chemistry
University of Vermont
Development of Novel Transition Metal-Catalyzed Synthetic Methodologies
September 24, 2008 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor Vladimir Gevorgyan
Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois at Chicago
One and two electron transformations of high valent iron imido and nitrido complexes
September 22, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Professor Jeremy M. Smith
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
New Mexico State University
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
New Mexico State University
The Catalytic Nazarov Cyclization of Heteroaromatic Systems and its Application Towards Rocaglamide
September 19, 2008 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
John Malona
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
The Discovery and Optimization of Triazole-Based Neurokinin-1 Antagonists
September 19, 2008 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Dr. Louis N. Jungheim
Discovery Chemistry Research and Technologies
Lilly Corporate Center
Discovery Chemistry Research and Technologies
Lilly Corporate Center
Towards the Mechanism of N2 Reduction by Nitrogenase
September 17, 2008 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Seymour Rothchild Lecture
Hutchison Hall 473
Seymour Rothchild Lecture
Professor Brian Hoffman
Department of Chemistry
Northwestern University
Department of Chemistry
Northwestern University
Photoinduced Electron Transfer Processes of Self-Assembled Inorganic Nanomaterials
September 15, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic/Physical Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic/Physical Seminar
Professor David Watson
Department of Chemistry
SUNY Buffalo
Department of Chemistry
SUNY Buffalo
Heterocycles in Natural Product Synthesis
September 12, 2008 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor Yoshihisa Kobayashi
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California at San Diego
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California at San Diego
Transition Metal Silylene Complexes
September 8, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
James Kovach
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Free energy calculations of RNA duplexes with tandem GA base pairs using the thermodynamic integration approach
August 12, 2008 • 2:00 PM
Bausch & Lomb 372
Ph.D. Defense
Bausch & Lomb 372
Ph.D. Defense
Ilyas Yildirim
Physics & Astronomy and Chemistry (Turner Group)
University of Rochester
Physics & Astronomy and Chemistry (Turner Group)
University of Rochester
Oriented Attachment Growth Mechanism for Cadmium Selenide Nanorods
August 4, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Joaquin Calcines
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Platinum Terpyridine Acetylide Complexes for Photo-Induced Charge Separation and the Photogeneration of Hydrogen from Aqueous Media
July 31, 2008 • 1:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Paul R. Jarosz
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Progress Toward Simultaneous Charge and Fluorescence Measurements
July 18, 2008 • 10:00 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Julie Smyder
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
NMR studies of the iron-histidine interaction in paramagnetic cytochromes c
July 14, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Sarah Bowman
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
1. Structural and Luminescence Properties of Gold(I) Benzimidazolethiolate Complexes
2. Cyclometalated Platinum(II) Coordination Compounds as Potential Chromophores for the Photogeneration of Hydrogen from Water
June 17, 2008 • 9:30 AM
Computer Studies 209
Ph.D. Defense
Computer Studies 209
Ph.D. Defense
Jacob Schneider
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Platinum and Palladium Two-Electron Transfer Reagents
June 16, 2008 • 11:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Professor William Connick
Department of Chemistry
University of Cincinnati
Department of Chemistry
University of Cincinnati
Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Ketones by BINAP-Ru(II) Complexes
June 2, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Ting Li
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
RNA Secondary Structure Prediction: Interpreting and Selecting Restraints from Isoenergetic Microarray Data
May 30, 2008 • 1:30 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Biophysical Chemistry Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Biophysical Chemistry Seminar
Ruiting Liang
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Coupling Photochemistry to Conformational Signals in Circadian Clock Light Sensors
May 27, 2008 • 2:30 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Biological Chemistry Cluster Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Biological Chemistry Cluster Seminar
Professor Brian Crane
Department of Chemistry
Cornell University
Department of Chemistry
Cornell University
Use of luminescence resonance energy transfer to identify locations of site bound metal ions in the spliceosomal U2-U6 snRNA complex
May 27, 2008 • 1:30 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Biological Chemistry Cluster Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Biological Chemistry Cluster Seminar
Professor Nancy Greenbaum
Department of Chemistry
Hunter College of CUNY
Department of Chemistry
Hunter College of CUNY
I. NMR Structures of 2x2 Internal Loops of Tandem AG Pairs; II. Improving the Chemical Resolution of Ribozyme Catalysis
May 22, 2008 • 5:00 PM
K-207 Medical Center
RNA Club
K-207 Medical Center
RNA Club
Nic Hammond and Robert Spitale
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
The Catalytic Cycle of Discovery in Total Synthesis
May 21, 2008 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Seymour Rothchild Lecture
Hutchison Hall 473
Seymour Rothchild Lecture
Professor Phil S. Baran
Department of Chemistry
Scripps Research Institute
Department of Chemistry
Scripps Research Institute
Total Synthesis Using Enzymes: The Case of 6-Deoxyerythronolide B Synthase
May 16, 2008 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Fehmi Timur Senguen
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Chemistry and Biology of Inteins
May 9, 2008 • 12:30 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Naomi Lee
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Physical Organic Chemistry on the Brain
April 30, 2008 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Victor J. Chambers Memorial Lecture
Hutchison Hall 473
Victor J. Chambers Memorial Lecture
Professor Dennis A. Dougherty
Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
California Institute of Technology
Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
California Institute of Technology
The Cation-π Interaction: A New View of Benzene and the Aromatic Amino Acids
April 29, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Victor J. Chambers Memorial Lecture
Hutchison Hall 473
Victor J. Chambers Memorial Lecture
Professor Dennis A. Dougherty
Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
California Institute of Technology
Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
California Institute of Technology
Chemical-Scale Studies of the Nicotine Receptor
April 28, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Victor J. Chambers Memorial Lecture
Hutchison Hall 473
Victor J. Chambers Memorial Lecture
Professor Dennis A. Dougherty
Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
California Institue of Technology
Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
California Institue of Technology
From Heterocyclic Peptide Mimics to New Reactions of Highly Electron-Deficient Heterocumulenes
April 25, 2008 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor José S. Madalengoitia
Department of Chemistry
University of Vermont
Department of Chemistry
University of Vermont
The Structural Basis of Biological Nitrogen Fixation
April 23, 2008 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Biological Chemistry Cluster Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Biological Chemistry Cluster Seminar
Professor Douglas Rees
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
California Institute of Technology
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
California Institute of Technology
Photoinduced Electron Transfer Processes of Self-Assembled Inorganic Nanomaterials
April 21, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic/Physical Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic/Physical Seminar
Professor David Watson
Department of Chemistry
University at Buffalo
Department of Chemistry
University at Buffalo
Cancelled
New Palladium-Catalyzed Reactions for the Stereoselective Synthesis of Heterocycles
April 18, 2008 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor John P. Wolfe
Department of Chemistry
University of Michigan
Department of Chemistry
University of Michigan
Ultrafast Energy and Electron Transfer Processes in Photosynthetic Complexes
April 16, 2008 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor Robert E. Blankenship
Department of Biology and Chemistry
Washington University
Department of Biology and Chemistry
Washington University
Semi-classical Description of Breathers
April 14, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Kirill Igumenshchev
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Cross-Coupling Reactions via Directed Carbometalation: Reaction Development and Applications
April 4, 2008 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor Glenn Micalizio
Department of Chemistry
Yale University
Department of Chemistry
Yale University
Understanding Heavy Metal-Protein Interactions Using a De Novo Design Strategy
April 2, 2008 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor Vincent L. Pecoraro
Department of Chemistry
University of Michigan
Department of Chemistry
University of Michigan
An Overview of Solution Based Semiconductor Nanowires
March 31, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Professor Masaru Kuno
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Notre Dame
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Notre Dame
Developing New Reactions Using Carbene Catalysis
March 28, 2008 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Karl A. Scheidt
Department of Chemistry
Northwestern University
Department of Chemistry
Northwestern University
Developments in Fuel Cell Technology
March 26, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Goergen Hall 101 (Sloan Aud.)
UR Virtual Institute for Energy Lecture
Goergen Hall 101 (Sloan Aud.)
UR Virtual Institute for Energy Lecture
Professor Hector Abruna
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Cornell University
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Cornell University
Understanding the Kinetics of Spin-Forbidden Chemical Reactions
March 26, 2008 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor Jeremy Harvey
School of Chemistry
University of Bristol, UK
School of Chemistry
University of Bristol, UK
Metal-Organic Hybrid Materials For Catalytic and Biomedical Applications
March 24, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Professor Wenbin Lin
Department of Chemistry
University of North Carolina
Department of Chemistry
University of North Carolina
Protein Stabilization: Side Chain Length of Charged Amino Acids and Highly Fluorinated Amino Acids
March 21, 2008 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor Richard Cheng
Department Of Chemistry
SUNY at Buffalo
Department Of Chemistry
SUNY at Buffalo
Powering the Planet: The Challenge for Chemistry in the 21st Century
March 18, 2008 • 7:30 PM
Goergen Hall 101 (Sloan Aud.)
Harrison Howe Award Lecture
Goergen Hall 101 (Sloan Aud.)
Harrison Howe Award Lecture
Professor Daniel G. Nocera
Department of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Molecular Chemistry of Renewable Energy
March 18, 2008 • 3:30 PM
Hutchison Hall, Hubbell Aud.
Harrison Howe Award Lecture
Hutchison Hall, Hubbell Aud.
Harrison Howe Award Lecture
Professor Daniel G. Nocera
Department of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Making and Breaking of C-H, C-F and C-N Bonds Utilizing Titanium-Carbon Linkages. A Synthetic and Mechanistic Study.
March 17, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Professor Daniel J. Mindiola
Department of Chemistry
Indiana University
Department of Chemistry
Indiana University
Study and Applications of Small Strained Heterocyclic Synthons
March 7, 2008 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor Jon Njardarson
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Cornell University
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Cornell University
Minimal Amino Acid and Peptide-Based Catalysts for Organic Synthesis
March 5, 2008 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor Scott J. Miller
Department of Chemistry
Yale University
Department of Chemistry
Yale University
Exploring Conductance Switching Properties of Molecular Scale Devices - A Computational Approach
March 3, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Professor Barry D. Dunietz
Department of Chemistry
University of Michigan
Department of Chemistry
University of Michigan
Total Synthesis of Phorboxazole A Revisited: Discovery of The More Potent Cogener, (+)-Chlorophorboxazole A
February 29, 2008 • 9:30 AM
Hutchinson Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchinson Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Abdallah Bitar
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Probing Dynamics in the Far-Infrared with THz Absorption and Emission Spectroscopy
February 27, 2008 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor Charles Schmuttenmaer
Department of Chemistry
Yale University
Department of Chemistry
Yale University
Inorganic Nanocrystals: from Molecular Chemistry to Supramolecular Chemistry
February 25, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchinson Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Hutchinson Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Professor Y. Charles Cao
Department of Chemistry
University of Florida
Department of Chemistry
University of Florida
N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Thiazolium-Catalyzed Additions of Acylsilanes
February 22, 2008 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
John Miller
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
I. C-CN vs. C-H Activation of Nitriles Using Nickel(0); II. New Heterocycles Syntheses Catalyzed by Transition Metals and Brønsted Acids
February 13, 2008 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
SYCAM Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
SYCAM Seminar
Ting Li and Kevin Cariou, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Synthesis and Chemistry of Iridium Complexes Containing Chiral Diphosphine Ligands: Oxidative Addition to Iridium(I) Systems and Catalytic Activity of the Electrophilic Iridium(III) Complexes
February 12, 2008 • 2:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Abdurrahman C. Atesin
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Switchable Nano-Containers: Synthesis and Structural Properties
February 7, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Laura Shirtcliff, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
Department of Chemistry
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
From Alkyne Metathesis to Graphitic Materials: A Story of Application of Chemistry in Materials Science
February 4, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Wei Zhang, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A Synthesis of the Furanosteroid Viridin and Investigations of Group 10 Transition Metal Catalysis and Mechanism
January 31, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Erik Alexanian, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois, Urbana
Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois, Urbana
Chemical Probes to Explore Protein and Metabolite Function
January 28, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Erin Carlson, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
The Scripps Research Institute
Department of Chemistry
The Scripps Research Institute
Metal Reagents for Biological Sensing and Chemotherapeutic Applications
January 24, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Mi Hee Lim, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
California Institute of Technology
Department of Chemistry
California Institute of Technology
Exploiting engineered P450 enzymes for alternative fuel production and synthetic applications
January 21, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Rudi Fasan, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
California Insitute of Technology
Department of Chemistry
California Insitute of Technology
Adventures in Natural Products
January 17, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Kyle Eastman, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
The Scripps Research Institute
Department of Chemistry
The Scripps Research Institute
The Development of a Large-Scale Synthesis of tert-Butanesulfinamide and New Rh- and Ir-Catalyzed Enantioselective Transformations
January 14, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Daniel Weix, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois at Urbana
Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois at Urbana
I. Homogeneous Iron Catalysts with Redox Non-Innocent Ligands: Synthesis and Electronic Structure; II. Sterically Pressured Uranium Complexes for Small Molecule Activation
January 10, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Suzanne Bart, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany
Department of Chemistry
Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany
Synthetic Modeling of Cytochrome c Oxidase & Design of Programmable Anticancer Agents
January 7, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Eunsuk Kim, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Teaching Old Enzymes New Tricks
January 3, 2008 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Kenneth Woycechowsky, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
Department of Chemistry
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
Chemical Tools for Glycobiology
December 17, 2007 • 4:00 PM
HH 473
Organic Seminar
HH 473
Organic Seminar
Peng Wu, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley
Label-free Biomolecular Sensing Using Single Color Near-Null Reflective Interferometry and Brewster Angle Straddle Interferometry
December 13, 2007 • 2:00 PM
Dewey Hall 2110D
Ph.D. Defense
Dewey Hall 2110D
Ph.D. Defense
Tingjuan Gao
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
I. Sequential C- And S- Coupling to Dibromoalkenes II. Effects of Electron-Wihdrawing Groups in the Polarized Nazarov Reaction III. Progress Towards the Total Synthesis of Tetrapetalone A
December 13, 2007 • 12:30 PM
Goergen 108
Ph.D. Defense
Goergen 108
Ph.D. Defense
Ildiko Rita Herrick
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Carbon-Carbon Bond Activation of Acetylene Derivatives via Photolysis of Platinum Complexes
December 12, 2007 • 2:00 PM
Meliora Hall 208
Ph.D. Defense
Meliora Hall 208
Ph.D. Defense
Ahmet Gunay
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Synthetic Control of Magnetic Anisotropy: From Molecules to Extended Solids
December 12, 2007 • 12:00 PM
HH 473
Organic Seminar
HH 473
Organic Seminar
Bart M. Bartlett, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley
I) Dipolar Cycloaddition/Chelotropic Extrusion Sequence to Prepare a Variety of β-Dicarbonyl Compounds. II) Studies Toward the Total Synthesis of Phomactin A
December 7, 2007 • 2:00 PM
Computer Studies Building 209
Ph.D. Defense
Computer Studies Building 209
Ph.D. Defense
Daniel P. Canterbury
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Recent Advances in the Burgeoning Field of Gold Catalysis
November 19, 2007 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Paul Jarosz
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Alkaloid Biosynthesis
November 16, 2007 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor Sarah O'Connor
Department of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Vibrational Energy in Molecules and Nanostructures
November 14, 2007 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor Dana Dlott
Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois
Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois
The Simplest Nitrogen Oxides and Their Not-so-simple Bioinorganic Chemistry
November 12, 2007 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Professor George Richter-Addo
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Oklahoma
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Oklahoma
Synthesis and Characterization of II-VI and IV-VI Colloidal Semiconductor Quantum Dots
November 12, 2007 • 9:00 AM
502 Morey Hall
Ph.D. Defense
502 Morey Hall
Ph.D. Defense
Li Guo
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Transition-Metal-Catalyzed C-H Bond Activation, Alkane Dehydrogenation, and Formation of C-C Bonds
November 7, 2007 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor Alan Goldman
Department of Chemistry
Rutgers University
Department of Chemistry
Rutgers University
Lessons from Natural Products
November 2, 2007 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor Dirk Trauner
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley
Nickel Diimine with Immobilized Fe-, Cr-, and Ti- Based Catalysts for Ethylene Polymerization
November 1, 2007 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Keying Ding
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
(1) Catalytic Hydrogenation of Substituted Pyrroles: Stereoselective Synthesis of Pyrrolidine Derivatives (2) A Novel Camphor-amine Organocatalyst: Application to Hydroxymethylation of Aldehydes
October 31, 2007 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
SYCAM Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
SYCAM Seminar
Chao Jiang and John Miller
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Molecules in Superfluid He Droplets
October 29, 2007 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Professor Andrey Vilesov
Department of Chemistry
University of Southern California
Department of Chemistry
University of Southern California
Evolution and Synthesis of Polyketides
October 26, 2007 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor Richard E. Taylor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of Notre Dame
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of Notre Dame
Intramolecular Cycloadditions of Cyclobutadienes: Using Strain to Access Molecular Complexity
October 24, 2007 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor Marc Snapper
Department of Chemistry
Boston College
Department of Chemistry
Boston College
New Materials for Magnetic Refrigeration
October 22, 2007 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Professor Gordon Miller
Department of Chemistry
Iowa State University
Department of Chemistry
Iowa State University
Valency and Bonding: Lewis Structures for Transition Metal Complexes?
October 17, 2007 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Hutchison Memorial Lecture
Hutchison Hall 473
Hutchison Memorial Lecture
Professor Clark R. Landis
Department of Chemistry
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Chemistry
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Diazaphospholanes and Highly Selective and Active Catalysts for Hydroformylation
October 16, 2007 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Hutchison Memorial Lecture
Hutchison Hall 473
Hutchison Memorial Lecture
Professor Clark R. Landis
Department of Chemistry
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Chemistry
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Catalytic Perfection and Alkene Polymerization
October 15, 2007 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Hutchison Memorial Lecture
Hutchison Hall 473
Hutchison Memorial Lecture
Professor Clark R. Landis
Department of Chemistry
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Chemistry
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Not "Lectureless," but Definitely Lecturing Less: An Evaluation of Peer-Led Guided Inquiry
October 12, 2007 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor Jennifer Lewis
Department of Chemistry
University of South Florida
Department of Chemistry
University of South Florida
Photosynthetic Water Splitting: Investigations by Multifrequency Pulsed EPR Methods
October 10, 2007 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor R. David Britt
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Davis
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Davis
Thermodynamic Research on RNA Pseudoknots
October 5, 2007 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Biao Liu
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Illuminating Spectra, Images, Microfluidics and Biosensors with Laser NMR/MRI
October 2, 2007 • 12:30 PM
Lander Auditorium, 140
W. Albert Noyes Jr. Memorial Lecture
Lander Auditorium, 140
W. Albert Noyes Jr. Memorial Lecture
Professor Alexander Pines
Department of Chemistry
University of California - Berkeley
Department of Chemistry
University of California - Berkeley
Magnetic Resonance with Lots of Quanta and No Magnetic Field
October 1, 2007 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
W. Albert Noyes Jr. Memorial Lecture
Hutchison Hall 473
W. Albert Noyes Jr. Memorial Lecture
Professor Alexander Pines
Department of Chemistry
University of California - Berkeley
Department of Chemistry
University of California - Berkeley
Expanding the Language of Bacterial Communication Using Synthetic Ligands
September 28, 2007 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor Helen Blackwell
Department of Chemistry
University of Wisconsin
Department of Chemistry
University of Wisconsin
Electron Transfer Dynamics in Efficient Molecular Solar Cells
September 26, 2007 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor Gerald J. Meyer
Department of Chemistry
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Chemistry
Johns Hopkins University
Synthesis, Assembly, Sensing and Imaging with Metallic Nanorods
September 24, 2007 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Professor Catherine Murphy
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of South Carolina
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of South Carolina
Synthetic Studies of Spiroketal Enol Ether Natural Products
September 21, 2007 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor Jennifer Koviach-Côté
Department of Chemistry
Bates College
Department of Chemistry
Bates College
Metal Catalyzed Ring Forming and Ring Opening Reactions: Synthesis of Heterocycles
September 19, 2007 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor Mark Lautens
Department of Chemistry
University of Toronto
Department of Chemistry
University of Toronto
Cancelled
New Twists in Nazarov Cyclization Chemistry
September 17, 2007 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor Alison Frontier
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
New Transition Metal Catalyzed Carbon-Carbon Bond Forming Reactions
September 14, 2007 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor John Chisholm
Department of Chemistry
Syracuse University
Department of Chemistry
Syracuse University
Preoganization in Biological Systems: Are Conformational Constraints Really Worth the Energy?
September 12, 2007 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor Stephen Martin
Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Texas at Austin
Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Texas at Austin
Harnessing Redox-Active Ligands for Small-Molecule Bond-Activation Reactions at d0 Metals
September 10, 2007 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Professor Alan Heyduk
Department of Chemistry
University of California at Irvine
Department of Chemistry
University of California at Irvine
Beyond the Bezoin Reaction: New Discoveries with Carbene Catalysis
September 7, 2007 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor Karl Scheidt
Department of Chemistry
Northwestern University
Department of Chemistry
Northwestern University
Cancelled
Single molecule optical absorption of carbon nanotubes detected via scanning tunneling microscopy
September 5, 2007 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor Martin Gruebele
Departments of Chemistry, Physics and Biophysics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Departments of Chemistry, Physics and Biophysics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Studies on the Mechanism-of-Action of Diazoparaquinone Natural Products and Efforts Toward the Synthesis of Caged Alkaloid Natural Products
August 13, 2007 • 4:00 PM
Computer Studies 209
Organic Seminar
Computer Studies 209
Organic Seminar
Kyle Eastman, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
The Scripps Research Institute
Department of Chemistry
The Scripps Research Institute
Strong Bond Activation of Organic Substrates Using Metal Complexes Containing Hafnium and Rhodium
August 6, 2007 • 3:00 PM
Computer Studies 209
Ph.D. Defense
Computer Studies 209
Ph.D. Defense
Ryan Dennis Rieth
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Studies Directed Toward the Total Synthesis of the Immunosuppressant FK-506
July 26, 2007 • 1:00 PM
Morey Hall 321
Ph.D. Defense
Morey Hall 321
Ph.D. Defense
Susan Hanson
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Kinetic and Thermodynamic Aspects of the C-S Bond Activation Reactions of Asymmetrically Substituted Thiophenes with Rhodium and Platinum Metal Complexes
July 25, 2007 • 1:15 PM
Computer Studies 209
Ph.D. Defense
Computer Studies 209
Ph.D. Defense
Tulay Aygan Atesin
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Towards prediction of alpha helical membrane protein structure
July 17, 2007 • 2:00 PM
Computer Studies 209
Physical Seminar
Computer Studies 209
Physical Seminar
Cen Gao
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Synthesis and Reactivity of Low-Coordinate Iron (I) and Iron (II) Complexes Supported by Beta-Diketiminates
June 21, 2007 • 2:00 PM
Computer Studies 209
Ph.D. Defense
Computer Studies 209
Ph.D. Defense
Ying Yu
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Optical Spectroscopy of Lead Selenide and Lead Sulfide Semiconductor Nanocrystals
June 19, 2007 • 2:00 PM
Goergen 110
Ph.D. Defense
Goergen 110
Ph.D. Defense
Jeffrey J. Peterson
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Fluorescence Efficiencies of Individual Carbon Nanotubes
June 18, 2007 • 4:00 PM
Computer Studies 209
Physical Seminar
Computer Studies 209
Physical Seminar
Lisa Carlson
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Selenoenzymes and Oxidative Stress: Glutathione Peroxidase and Bioinspired Mimics
June 14, 2007 • 1:00 PM
Computer Studies 209
Inorganic Seminar
Computer Studies 209
Inorganic Seminar
Sally Rocks
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Atomic-resolution crystal structure of E. coli TruB bound to RNA: structural insights into the chemical isomerization of specific uridines in cellular RNAs
June 11, 2007 • 4:00 PM
Computer Studies 209
Biophysical Seminar
Computer Studies 209
Biophysical Seminar
Robert Spitale
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Cytochrome c Folding Studied by Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Flourescence Resonance Energy Transfer
May 31, 2007 • 2:00 PM
Computer Studies 209
Inorganic Seminar
Computer Studies 209
Inorganic Seminar
Amy Ensign
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Ultrafast spectroscopy of single-walled carbon nanotubes under high laser excitation intensity
May 25, 2007 • 4:00 PM
Computer Studies 209
Physical Seminar
Computer Studies 209
Physical Seminar
Shujing Wang
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Taking a Hit for the Team: Self-sacrifice as an enzymatic strategy in the biosynthesis of lipoic acid
May 23, 2007 • 3:45 PM
Computer Studies 209
Biological Chemistry Cluster Seminar
Computer Studies 209
Biological Chemistry Cluster Seminar
Professor Squire Booker
Center for Biological Inorganic Chemistry
Pennsylvania State University
Center for Biological Inorganic Chemistry
Pennsylvania State University
Sequence Dependence of Stability for RNA Bulge Loops Based on the Complete Set of Group I Single Nucleotide Bulge Loops
May 23, 2007 • 3:00 PM
Computer Studies 209
Biological Chemistry Cluster Seminar
Computer Studies 209
Biological Chemistry Cluster Seminar
Professor Martin Serra
Department of Biochemistry
Allegheny College
Department of Biochemistry
Allegheny College
New Computational Chemistry Methods for Studying Protein-Ligand Interactions and Membrane Permeability
May 21, 2007 • 1:30 PM
Computer Studies 209
Physical Seminar
Computer Studies 209
Physical Seminar
Professor Matt Jacobson
Department of Phamaceutical Chemistry
University of California at San Fancisco
Department of Phamaceutical Chemistry
University of California at San Fancisco
Palladium Chemistry: Synthesis of Heterocycles via Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Addition
May 14, 2007 • 4:00 PM
Hutchinson Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchinson Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Ling Li
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Artificial Molecular-Level Machines: How do they work?
May 9, 2007 • 9:30 AM
Hutchinson Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchinson Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Pingwu Du
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Caught in the Act: Watching the Ribosome Move
May 2, 2007 • 2:00 PM
K-307 (MC)
Joint Chemistry/Biochemistry and Biophysics Seminar
K-307 (MC)
Joint Chemistry/Biochemistry and Biophysics Seminar
Professor Harry Noller
Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
University of California - Santa Cruz
Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
University of California - Santa Cruz
Ferrocene-free Organometallic Electrochemistry: Structures and Reactions of New 17-Electron Radicals
April 30, 2007 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Professor William Geiger
Department of Chemistry
University of Vermont
Department of Chemistry
University of Vermont
Organocatalysis and New Concepts for Natural Product Synthesis
April 26, 2007 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Andrew S. Kende Distinguished Lecture
Hutchison Hall 473
Andrew S. Kende Distinguished Lecture
Professor David W. C. MacMillan
Department of Chemistry
Princeton University
Department of Chemistry
Princeton University
Enamine Catalysis, Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks
April 25, 2007 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Andrew S. Kende Distinguished Lecture
Hutchison Hall 473
Andrew S. Kende Distinguished Lecture
Professor David W. C. MacMillan
Department of Chemistry
Princeton University
Department of Chemistry
Princeton University
Iminium Catalysis, Advent of a New Activation Mode
April 24, 2007 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Andrew S. Kende Distinguished Lecture
Hutchison Hall 473
Andrew S. Kende Distinguished Lecture
Professor David W. C. MacMillan
Department of Chemistry
Princeton University
Department of Chemistry
Princeton University
Nickel-Catalyzed Coupling of Alkenes, Aldehydes, and Silyl Triflates
April 20, 2007 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Philip Warburton
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Catalysis and communcation in two active sites of the ribosome
April 18, 2007 • 2:00 PM
K-307 (MC)
Joint Chemistry/Biochemistry and Biophysics Seminar
K-307 (MC)
Joint Chemistry/Biochemistry and Biophysics Seminar
Professor Rachel Green
Molecular Biology and Genetics
Johns Hopkins University
Molecular Biology and Genetics
Johns Hopkins University
I. Pd(II)- and Hg(II)- Catalyzed Rearrangement of Propargyl Acetates;
II. Progress Toward the Synthesis of Terpestacin
April 17, 2007 • 2:00 PM
Computer Studies 209
Ph.D. Defense
Computer Studies 209
Ph.D. Defense
Patrick Caruana
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
The Asymmetric Intramolecular Heck Reaction of o-Iodoanilides
April 13, 2007 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Chao Jiang
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Peptide structure and dynamics studied by two-dimensional infared spectroscopy
April 9, 2007 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Professor Nien-Hui Ge
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Irvine
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Irvine
Gas Phase Ion-Molecule Reaction Dynamics Studied with Crossed Beams and Density Functional Theory Calculations
April 5, 2007 • 2:30 PM
Dewey 2162
Ph.D. Defense
Dewey 2162
Ph.D. Defense
Li Liu
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Palladium- and Nickel-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions
April 4, 2007 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Victor J. Chambers Memorial Lecture
Hutchison Hall 473
Victor J. Chambers Memorial Lecture
Professor Gregory C. Fu
Department of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Asymmetric Catalysis with "Planar-Chiral" Heterocycles: Part 2
April 3, 2007 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Victor J. Chambers Memorial Lecture
Hutchison Hall 473
Victor J. Chambers Memorial Lecture
Professor Gregory C. Fu
Department of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Asymmetric Catalysis with "Planar-Chiral" Heterocycles: Part 1
April 2, 2007 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Victor J. Chambers Memorial Lecture
Hutchison Hall 473
Victor J. Chambers Memorial Lecture
Professor Gregory C. Fu
Department of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New Developments and Applications of Unconventional Bond Forming Methodology
March 30, 2007 • 9:30 AM
Hutchinson Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchinson Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor Karl A. Scheidt
Department of Chemistry
Northwestern University
Department of Chemistry
Northwestern University
Cancelled
Catalytic C-O and C-C Bond Formations for Organic Synthesis
March 23, 2007 • 9:30 AM
Hutchinson Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchinson Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor Chulbom Lee
Department of Chemistry
Princeton University
Department of Chemistry
Princeton University
Development of Polarized Nazarov Cyclizations Using Lewis Acid Catalysts and Application
March 22, 2007 • 3:30 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Wei He
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Pericyclic Reactions and Carbon [1,3] Sigmatropic Shifts
March 21, 2007 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor John Baldwin
Department of Chemistry
Syracuse University
Department of Chemistry
Syracuse University
Synthetically Tuned Luminophoric Materials: 3D Displas, Solar Energy Conversion and Beyond
March 19, 2007 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Professor Stefan Bernhard
Department of Chemistry
Princeton University
Department of Chemistry
Princeton University
The Development of Methods in Static and Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry and Application
March 16, 2007 • 12:30 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Brian Richard McNaughton
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Shape Matters - Quantum Confinement in Semiconductor Dots, Rods, Wells, and Wires
March 14, 2007 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor William E. Buhro
Department of Chemistry
Washington University
Department of Chemistry
Washington University
Novel Catalytic Amination Reactions
March 9, 2007 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor Hélène Lebel
Department of Chemistry
Université de Montréal
Department of Chemistry
Université de Montréal
Enantioselective C-H Activation: Applications to Organic Synthesis
March 7, 2007 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor Huw M. L. Davies
Department of Chemistry
SUNY - Buffalo
Department of Chemistry
SUNY - Buffalo
Understanding Water Oxidation Catalysis: What do we need to split water more efficiently?
March 5, 2007 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Professor Mu-Hyun Baik
Department of Chemistry, Informatics
Indiana University
Department of Chemistry, Informatics
Indiana University
Small Molecule Control of Gene Activation
March 2, 2007 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor Anna Mapp
Department of Chemistry
University of Michigan
Department of Chemistry
University of Michigan
Single molecule optical absorption of carbon nanotubes detected via scanning tunneling microscopy
February 28, 2007 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor Martin Gruebele
Departments of Chemistry, Physics, and Biophysics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Departments of Chemistry, Physics, and Biophysics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Cancelled
Unconventional Doping, Fano Lineshape, and Phonon Softening in Carbon Nanotubes
February 26, 2007 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Professor Moonsub Shim
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Multi-Catalyst Systems
February 23, 2007 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Professor D. Tyler McQuade
Department of Chemistry
Cornell University
Department of Chemistry
Cornell University
Nanostructural Design of Photocatalysts and Photoelectrochemical Cells
February 21, 2007 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor Thomas Mallouk
Department of Chemistry and Physics
Pennsylvania State University
Department of Chemistry and Physics
Pennsylvania State University
A New Paradigm for Studies of Encapsulated Proteins
February 19, 2007 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Physical Seminar
Professor Peter Flynn
Department of Chemistry
University of Utah
Department of Chemistry
University of Utah
Cycloisomerizations of Diynols - An Alternative to the Intramolecular Aldol Condensation
February 16, 2007 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Yan Zhang
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Conversion of Biomass to Fuel
February 12, 2007 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Brett Swartz
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Molybdenum π-Complexes: Organometallic Chirons
February 9, 2007 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
David Min
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Conformational changes of Nitrosomonas europaea cytochrome c552
February 8, 2007 • 2:00 PM
Hylan 201
Ph.D. Defense
Hylan 201
Ph.D. Defense
Ravinder Kaur
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Ultrafast Spectroscopy of the Primary Event in Vision and other Biophysical Processes
February 2, 2007 • 10:30 AM
Wilmot 116
Research Seminar
Wilmot 116
Research Seminar
Professor David McCamant
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Competitive Biradical and Zwitterion Paths in the Bergman-like Thermocyclization of Ene-Yne-Cumulenes
February 2, 2007 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Thomas Mastrangelo
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
I. The Alkylation of 2-Butyl-4,4-Dimethyl-4HBenzo-[d}{1,3}-Oxathiine-1,1-Dioxide, A New Class of Acyl Anion Equivalents; II. Studies Toward the Total Synthesis of FK-506
January 26, 2007 • 1:00 PM
Goergen 110
Ph.D. Defense
Goergen 110
Ph.D. Defense
Susan Hanson
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Stereoselective Synthesis of Complex Heterocycles and Natural Products That Modulate Transcription and Bacterial Cell Division
January 22, 2007 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Jared Shaw, Ph.D.
The Broad Institute of Harvard University and MIT
The Broad Institute of Harvard University and MIT
Investigating the Unique Reactivity of Organosilanes: From Synthetic Methodology to Cellular Profiling
January 15, 2007 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Annaliese Franz, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Harvard University
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Harvard University
New Strategies for the Synthesis of Bioactive Targets and Multidimensional Screening of Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors
January 11, 2007 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Weiping Tang, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
Harvard University
Department of Chemistry
Harvard University
The Chemical and Biological Synthesis of Natural Products
January 8, 2007 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Zachary Aron, Ph.D.
Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Harvard Medical School, Department of
Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Harvard Medical School, Department of
Thinking Outside the Backbone: Unique Approaches to Modifying Conjugated Polymers
January 4, 2007 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Anne McNeil, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Approaches Towards Total Synthesis of Nakadomarin A
December 19, 2006 • 2:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Ke Chen
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Mimicking Biomolecular Structures: from Supersized DNA to Amide-Depleted Proteins
December 18, 2006 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Jianmin Gao, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
Scripps Research Institute
Department of Chemistry
Scripps Research Institute
Asymmetric Synthesis of Bisphosphonate Antiosteoporetic Agents and Studies of Asymmetric Organocatalysis
December 15, 2006 • 3:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Xinyi Song
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Total Synthesis of Disease-Relevant Natural Products;
Tetracycline and Garsubellin A
December 14, 2006 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Dionicio Siegel, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Department of Chemistry
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Versatile Stereoselective Synthesis of Carbocyclic Compounds
Through Electrocyclic Ring Closure Reactions
December 14, 2006 • 2:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Hutchison Hall 473
Ph.D. Defense
Yuchen Tang
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Development and Applications of Cycloaddition Chemistry in Organic Synthesis
December 11, 2006 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
James Fuchs, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
Scripps Research Institute
Department of Chemistry
Scripps Research Institute
Effects of Conformational Mobility on Bacterial Cytochrome c Function
December 11, 2006 • 3:00 PM
Neuman Room 1-6823 MC
Ph.D. Defense
Neuman Room 1-6823 MC
Ph.D. Defense
Lea R. Vacca
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
University of Rochester
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
University of Rochester
From novel ligand design for small molecule activation to the search for
molecular hydrogen evolution catalysts
December 7, 2006 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Xile Hu, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
California Institute of Technology
Department of Chemistry
California Institute of Technology
Multi-Electron Redox Reactions at First Row Transition Ions
December 4, 2006 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Theodore Betley, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
TBA
November 20, 2006 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Professor Sean Elliott
Department of Chemistry
Boston University
Department of Chemistry
Boston University
The Story of Vildagliptin (LAF237):
A DPP4 Inhibitor for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes
November 10, 2006 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Edwin Villhauer, Ph.D.
Process Research and Development
Novartis Parmaceuticals
Process Research and Development
Novartis Parmaceuticals
Metal-Linked Artificial peptides as Model 1-D Molecular Wires
November 8, 2006 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor Mary Beth Williams
Department of Chemistry
Pennsylvania State University
Department of Chemistry
Pennsylvania State University
TBA
November 6, 2006 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Ryan Rieth
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Promoting College Students' Intellectual Development
November 3, 2006 • 3:30 PM
Lander Auditorium, H.H. 140
The College Workshop Project
Lander Auditorium, H.H. 140
The College Workshop Project
Professor Emeritus Richard Felder and Rebecca Brent, Ed.D.
Educations Designs, Inc.
North Carolina State University
Educations Designs, Inc.
North Carolina State University
Towards an understanding of the bases for diverse but specific flavin reactivities in enzymes
November 1, 2006 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor Anne-Frances Miller
Department of Chemistry
University of Kentucky
Department of Chemistry
University of Kentucky
Single-Molecule imaging of biomolecular and cellular processes
October 30, 2006 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Seymour Rothchild Lecture
Hutchison Hall 473
Seymour Rothchild Lecture
Professor Xiaowei Zhuang
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Harvard University
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Harvard University
Synthesis and Design of Conjugated Polyelectrolyes
October 25, 2006 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor Guillermo Bazan
University of California, Santa Barbara
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Santa Barbara
Department of Chemistry
Electronic Structure Contributions to Catalysis in Pyranopterin Molybdenum Enzymes
October 23, 2006 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Professor Martin Kirk
University of New Mexico
Department of Chemistry
University of New Mexico
Department of Chemistry
General Acid-Based Catalysis and pKa Shifting in RNA Enzymes
October 19, 2006 • 3:30 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Sproull Fellow Alumnus Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Sproull Fellow Alumnus Seminar
Professor Philip Bevilacqua
Pennsylvania State University
Department of Chemistry
Pennsylvania State University
Department of Chemistry
Amplifying Signals with Multivalency
October 16, 2006 • 1:30 PM
Strong Auditorium
Harrison Howe Award Lecture
Strong Auditorium
Harrison Howe Award Lecture
Professor Laura Kiessling
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Semiconductor Quantum Dots for Quantum Optics and Photonics
October 13, 2006 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Special Physical Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Special Physical Seminar
Professor Dr. Ulrike Woggon
Universitat Dortmund
Experimentelle Physik Ilb
Universitat Dortmund
Experimentelle Physik Ilb
PPAR Pan Agonists - The Next Generation of PPAR Ligands
October 13, 2006 • 9:30 AM
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Organic Seminar
Paul L. Feldman, Ph.D.
Medicinal Chemistry
GlaxoSmithKline
Medicinal Chemistry
GlaxoSmithKline
Enantioselective C-H Activation: Application in Organic Synthesis
October 11, 2006 • 12:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Hutchison Hall 473
Colloquium
Professor Huw M. Davies
Department of Chemistry
University at Buffalo
Department of Chemistry
University at Buffalo
New Ligands for the Hormone Binding Domain of Nuclear Receptors
October 9, 2006 • 4:00 PM
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Hutchison Hall 473
Inorganic Seminar
Professor Robert Stockland, Jr.
Professor of Chemistry
Bucknell University
Professor of Chemistry
Bucknell University