Previous Seminars
FALL 2003
Albert Mao (Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organization of Australia), "Products Developed by Nanoscience at CSIRO"
Friday, August 29, 2003, 3:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Thomas H. LaBean (Duke University - Dept. of Computer Science), "DNA Motifs for Algorithmic Self-assembly and Nanofabrication"
Friday, September 5, 2003, 3:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Hao Yan (Duke University - Dept. of Computer Science), "Self-assembling DNA Nanostructures for Computation and Molecular Robotics"
Friday, September 12, 2003, 3:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Milan Mrksich (CANCELLED) (University of Chicago - Dept. of Chemistry), "Tailored Substrates for Studying Cell Adhesion" [abstract]
Thursday, September 18, 2003, 4:00pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 203 Teer Building
FACULTY COLLOQUIA - Michael C. Fitzgerald (Duke University - Dept. of Chemistry), "SUPREX: A New Analytical Method for the Investigation of Protein Folding and Function"
Friday, September 19, 2003, 3:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Paul Floreancig (University of Pittsburgh), "Development and Synthetic Applications of Electron Transfer Initiated Cyclization Reactions"
Thursday, September 25, 2003, 3:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
J. Michael Ramsey (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), "Micro- and Nanofluidic Devices for Chemical and Biochemical Experimentation"
Friday, September 26, 2003, 3:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Michael Carnahan (Ph.D. Examination Seminar), "Synthesis, Characterization, and Application of Novel Biodendrimers and Biodendritic Polymers for Specific Medical Applications"
Tuesday, September 30, 2003, 3:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Zhongju (John) Zhang (Georgia Institute of Technology - Dept. of Chemistry), "Chemical Design and Control of Magnetic Nanoparticles: From Data Storage to Drug Delivery"
Wednesday, October 1, 2003, 3:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Prof. Göran Hilmersson (Göteborg University, Sweden), "SmI2/Water/Amine Mediated Reactions and Chiral Organolithium Complexes, Dynamics and Reactions"
Tuesday, October 7, 2003, 3:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Myung-Hwan (Mike) Whangbo (N.C. State University - Dept. of Chemistry), "Electronic Structure Analysis of Spin Exchange Interactions in Extended Magnetic Solids"
Friday, October 10, 2003, 3:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Marc M. Greenberg (Johns Hopkins University - Dept. of Chemistry), "Using Organic Chemistry to Study DNA Damage and Repair"
Friday, October 17, 2003, 3:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
FACULTY COLLOQUIA - Weitao Yang (Duke University - Dept. of Chemistry), "Simulation of Chemical Reactions in Enzymes with a Density Functional Theory QM/MM Free Energy Method"
Friday, October 24, 2003, 3:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Paul Cremer (Texas A&M University - Dept. of Chemistry), "Biomembranes on a Chip" [abstract]
Monday, October 27, 2003, 2:15pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 203 Teer Building
George McLendon (Princeton University - Dept. of Chemistry), "Cytochrome C and the Suicide Hotline"
Thursday, October 30, 2003, 4:00pm, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Robert M. Dickson (Georgia Institute of Technology - Dept. of Chemistry), "Nanoscale Optoelectronics"
Friday, October 31, 2003, 3:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Vicki L. Colvin (Rice University - Department of Chemistry), "Nanoparticles: Their Formation, Assembly and Environmental Implications"
Wednesday, November 5, 2003, 3:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Richard G. Posner (Northern Arizona University - Dept. of Chemistry), "Quantitative Approaches for Studying Cell Surface Receptor Aggregation and Signal Transduction"
Friday, November 7, 2003, 3:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Nick Abbott (University of Wisconsin, Madison - Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering), "Liquid Crystals as Amplifiers of Biomolecular Interactions" [abstract]
Monday, November 10, 2003, 2:15pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 203 Teer Building
Michael Z. Wang (Ph.D. Examination Seminar), "Complex Mixture Analysis by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry"
Tuesday, November 11, 2003, 3:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Terry L. Sheppard (Northwestern University - Department of Chemistry), "Chemical Insights into Oxidative DNA Damage and Chemoselective DNA Decoration"
Wednesday, November 12, 2003, 3:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Peter Lansbury (Harvard University - Dept. of Neurology), "CANCELLED"
Friday, November 14, 2003, 3:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall ---CANCELLED
Valerie Daggett (University of Washington - Dept. of Medicinal Chemistry), "Exploring the Molecular Basis of Elasticity" [abstract]
Monday, November 17, 2003, 2:15pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 203 Teer Building
Christian Melander (The Scripps Research Institute), "Chemical Control of Gene Expression"
Monday, November 17, 2003, 3:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Eric Hegg (University of Utah - Department of Chemistry), "Unraveling the Biosynthesis and Transport of Heme A"
Wednesday, November 19, 2003, 3:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Rebecca L. Owen (Ph.D. Examination Seminar), "Investigation of Sol-Gel Encapsulated G-Quartet Forming DNA: A Novel Monolithic Stationary Phase for Capillary Electrochromatography AND Spectroscopic Characterization of a Glucose-Binding Protein"
Thursday, November 20, 2003, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room
Wieslaw Kazmierski (Glaxo Smithkline), "Next Generation of HIV-1 Protease Inhibitors; Structural Design, Synthetic Methodology and Properties"
Friday, November 21, 2003, 3:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Christopher Boddy (Stanford University), "Harnessing the Epothilone Biosynthetic Pathway: Access to New Complex Molecules"
Monday, November 24, 2003, 3:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Jessica A.L. Blomberg (Ph.D. Examination Seminar), "Characterization of Humic Substances Using High-Performance Size Exclusion Chromatography and On-The-Fly Fluorescence Lifetime Detection in Capillary Gel Electrophoresis"
Tuesday, December 2, 2003, 2:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Beratan Conference Room, Suite 228
Don M. Coltart (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center), "The Power of Chemical Synthesis: From Natural Products to Cancer Vaccines"
Tuesday, December 2, 2003, 3:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Thomas E. Wales (Ph.D. Examination Seminar), "Total Chemical Synthesis and Biophysical Characterization of Backbone-Modified Protein Analogues"
Wednesday, December 3, 2003, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room
Guy C. Lloyd-Jones (University of Bristol), "Study of the Stereochemistry of Some C-C Bond Forming Organometallic Reactions"
Wednesday, December 3, 2003, 3:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Rachel S.A. Mohammed (Ph.D. Examination Seminar), "INVESTIGATION OF THE MICROENVIRONMENTS OF NONIONIC TWEEN 85 REVERSE MICELLE SYSTEMS AND MIXED TWEEN 85 REVERSE MICELLE SYSTEMS AND THEIR UTILIZATION AS REACTION MEDIA FOR ENZYME CATALYSIS"
Thursday, December 4, 2003, 2:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room (Room 334)
Carol Fierke (University of Michigan - Dept. of Chemistry), "Mechanism and Specificity of Protein Prenyltransferases"
Friday, December 5, 2003, 3:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Dennis Bong (Columbia University), "From Viral Transfection to Organic Semi-Conductors"
Monday, December 8, 2003, 3:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Nicholas S. Perch (Ph.D. Examination Seminar), "Mechanistic Investigation of Palladium Catalyzed Cyclization/Hydrosilylation of Dimethyl Diallylmalonate"
Wednesday, December 10, 2003, 11:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Beratan Conference Room, Suite 228
Kendall D. Powell (Ph.D. Examination Seminar), "THERMODYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF PROTEIN FOLDING REACTIONS BY H/D EXCHANGE AND MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION/IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY"
Thursday, December 11, 2003, 10:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room
Bogdan Olenyuk (California Institute of Technology), "New Motifs and Strategies in Gene-Specific Transcriptional Regulation with Designed DNA-Binding Molecules"
Friday, December 12, 2003, 11:00am, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
FACULTY COLLOQUIA - Barbara Ramsay Shaw (Duke University - Dept. of Chemistry), "Mimics of Nucleic Acids for Coding, Decoding and Modulating Genetic Information"
Friday, December 12, 2003, 3:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall