Previous Seminars
FALL 2006
Paramjit Arora (New York University), "Towards a Toolkit of Biomimetic Foldamers as Modulators of Biomolecular Interactions" [abstract]
Wednesday, August 30, 2006, 3:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Tatiana Prytkova (Duke University), "THEORETICAL STUDIES OF ELECTRON TRANSFER REACTIONS IN PROTEINS"
Thursday, August 31, 2006, 11:00am, Student Exams Seminar, 228 (Beratan Group Conference Room)
Ashutosh Chilkoti (Duke University, Department of Biomedical Engineering), "Bionanofabrication with Polymers and Enzymes" [abstract]
Wednesday, September 6, 2006, 3:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Victor S.-Y. Lin (Iowa State University), "Gatekeeping Effect: Multi-functionalized Mesoporous Silica Nanomaterials for Catalysis and Biotechnological Applications" [abstract]
Wednesday, September 20, 2006, 3:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
RESEARCH FACULTY COLLOQUIUM: San-Huang Ke and Martin Fischer (Duke University), "1) Electron Transport Through Single Molecules; 2) Nonlinear Microscopy with Shaped Ultrafast Laser Pulses" [abstract]
Friday, September 22, 2006, 3:30pm, Research Faculty Colloquium, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Janis Louie (University of Utah), "The Versatility of Nickel Catalyzed Cycloaddition Reactions" [abstract]
Thursday, September 28, 2006, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Craig M. Crews (Yale University), "Chemical Biology: Exploring Cell Biology Using Small Molecules" [abstract]
Tuesday, October 3, 2006, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Professor Torsten Fiebig (Boston College), "DNA Photonics - Probing Light-Induced Dynamics in DNA on the Femtosecond Time Scale" [abstract]
Tuesday, October 3, 2006, 4:00pm, Photonics Seminar, FCIEMAS Schiciano Auditorium B
David Pratt (University of Pittsburgh), "Electric Dipole Moments of Biomolecules in the Gas Phase" [abstract]
Friday, October 6, 2006, 3:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Jing Song (Duke University), "Enhancement of In Vivo iZQC Signal by Spin Lock Pulse" [abstract]
Tuesday, October 10, 2006, 10:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room
Justin Gallivan (Emory University), "Reprogramming Bacteria using Small Molecules and RNA" [abstract]
Tuesday, October 17, 2006, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Tamara Hendrickson (Johns Hopkins University, Department of Chemistry), "A Minimalist Approach to Studying GPI Membrane Anchoring of Proteins" [abstract]
Tuesday, October 24, 2006, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
John P. Wolfe (University of Michigan, Chemistry Department), "New Palladium-Catalyzed Carboamination and Carboetherification Reactions for the Stereoselective Synthesis of Tetrahydrofurans and Pyrrolidines" [abstract]
Thursday, October 26, 2006, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Teri Odom (Northwestern University), "Manipulating Light in Arrays of Nanoscale Holes and Pyramids" [abstract]
Tuesday, November 7, 2006, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Sean J. Elliott (Boston University, Department of Chemistry), "Voltammetric Tales: Using Protein Electrochemistry to Study Enzymes" [abstract]
Tuesday, November 14, 2006, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Yu Du (Duke University), "THE SYNTHESES AND EVALUATIONS ON THE BINDING OF LINKAGE LIGANDS AS INHIBITORS OF ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE AND MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE-3" [abstract]
Wednesday, November 15, 2006, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room
Scott G. Nelson (University of Pittsburgh), "Aldol Additions, Claisen Rearrangements, and Diels-Alder Cycloadditions: Some Old Favorites in the Service of New Reaction Development" [abstract]
Tuesday, November 28, 2006, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
Hua Qian (Duke University), "Catalytic Hydrofunctionalization of Alkenes" [abstract]
Wednesday, November 29, 2006, 3:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room (Room 334)
Jun Xu (Duke University), "DNA-Based Reversible Polymers in Solution and on Gold Nanoparticle Surfaces" [abstract]
Thursday, November 30, 2006, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room (Room 334)
Heather M. Stapleton (Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment & Earth Sciences), "The Environmental Fate and Transformation of Brominated Flame Retardants" [abstract]
Friday, December 1, 2006, 3:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall
John Hatten (Duke University), "THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF RHAMNOSE IN SALMONELLA ENTERICA: KINETICS, MOLECULAR DOCKING AND LEAD OPTIMIZATION" [abstract]
Wednesday, December 13, 2006, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Beratan Conference Room, Suite 228