Previous Seminars
FALL 2007
Emily Tarsis (Duke University), "Part I: Development of a General and Efficient Alternative to the Baylis-Hillman Reaction; Part II: Asymmetric Alkylation via Primary Activated Hydrazones" [abstract]
Tuesday, September 11, 2007, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center
Hang Qi (Duke University), "Synthesis and Mechanistic Study of Carbon Nanotubes by Chemical Vapor Deposition Methods" [abstract]
Thursday, September 13, 2007, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225, French Family Science Center
Dr. Roy Martin (Waters Associates), "The Challenge of Complex Proteomic Samples" [abstract]
Tuesday, September 18, 2007, 3:00pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center
Amanda Kasper (Duke University), "Protein Palmitoylation of Src Oncoproteins" [abstract]
Wednesday, September 19, 2007, 2:45pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225, French Family Science Center
Andrew Carpenter (NOTE DATE CHANGE) (GlaxoSmithKline), "The Discovery of MCH Receptor-1 Antagonists for the Treatment of Obesity" [abstract]
Thursday, September 20, 2007, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Auditorium - French Family Science Center, Room 2231
Ceshea Wooten (Duke University), "Part I. Efforts towards the Synthesis of Manassantin A and B
Part II. Synthesis of 2, 5-Diaryl-3, 4-dimethyl Tetrahydrofuran Lignans through Metal Catalyzed Intramolecular Hydroalkoxylation of Un-activated Olefins" [abstract]
Monday, September 24, 2007, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225, French Family Science Center
Michael MacCoss (University of Washington), "Improving the Throughput and Dynamic Range of Differential Proteomics" [abstract]
Tuesday, September 25, 2007, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Auditorium - French Family Science Center, Room 2231
Weinan E (Princeton University, Dept. of Mathematics and Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics), "Sub-linear Scaling Algorithms for the Analysis of the Electronic Structure of Materials" [abstract]
Tuesday, September 25, 2007, 3:30pm, Theory Seminar, Room 5316 - French Family Science Center
Farrell R. Kersey (Duke University), "Single-Molecule Mechanochemistry of Bimolecular Reactions and Supramolecular Polymers" [abstract]
Thursday, September 27, 2007, 10:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 139, Biological Sciences
David Jonas (University of Colorado at Boulder), "Watching Electrons Move at Conical Intersections" [abstract]
Tuesday, October 2, 2007, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Auditorium - French Family Science Center, Room 2231
Ken Lyle (Duke University), "Chemistry Under the Stars" [abstract]
Tuesday, October 2, 2007, 7:30pm, 3rd Annual Evening of Chemistry, Lawn - French Family Science Center
Anatole Lilienfeld, Truman Fellow of the Multiscale Dynamic Material Modeling Dept. (Sandia National Laboratories), "Rational Compound Design from Molecular Grand-Canonical Ensemble DFT" [abstract]
Friday, October 12, 2007, 3:30pm, Theory Seminar, Room 2237 - French Family Science Center
David Cahen, Head of Optoelectronic Materials Group (Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovat, Israel), "Electronic Charge Transport Across Molecules: From Simple Alkyls to Proteins" [abstract]
Monday, October 15, 2007, 10:30am, Theory Seminar, Room 2237 - French Family Science Center
David Cahen, Informal Seminar for all students and post-docs (Head of Optoelectronic Materials Group, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovat, Israel), "Energy Resources, What is the Problem and How Can Basic Research Help?" [abstract]
Monday, October 15, 2007, 4:00pm, Theory Seminar, Room 2237 - French Family Science Center
Dongwhan Lee (Indiana University), "Shape-Adaptive Chemical Architectures: Cooperative Mechanical Coupling Schemes for Assembly, Transport, and Sensing" [abstract]
Wednesday, October 17, 2007, 4:00pm, Departmental Seminar, French Family Science Center, Room 2237
John H. Dawson (University of South Carolina), "Mechanistic Studies of Oxidative Halophenol Dehalogenation by Heme-Containing Peroxidases" [abstract]
Tuesday, October 23, 2007, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Auditorium - French Family Science Center, Room 2231
Andrea Liu (University of Pennsylvania), "Jamming and the Glass Transition" [abstract]
Tuesday, October 30, 2007, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Auditorium - French Family Science Center, Room 2231
Special Seminar Sponsored by Scynexis
Derek S. Tan (Sloan-Kettering Institute), "Diversity and Design: New Small Molecule Probes for Biology and Medicine" [abstract]
Tuesday, November 13, 2007, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Auditorium - French Family Science Center, Room 2231
Dr. Eva Sinner (CANCELED) (Max Planck Institute), "In vitro Synthesis of Proteins - a Platform Development for Understanding Membrane Proteins" [abstract]
Friday, November 16, 2007, 3:00pm, Departmental Seminar, Auditorium - French Family Science Center, Room 2231
Liangjie Tang (Duke University), "Novel Mass Spectrometry-Based Strategies for Biophysical Analysis of Proteins and Protein-Ligand Complexes" [abstract]
Friday, November 30, 2007, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center
Yunhui (Wendy) Zhang (Duke University), "SYNTHESES AND PROPERTIES OF NUCLEOSIDES BORANOPHOSPHATE" [abstract]
Wednesday, December 5, 2007, 2:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 5316 - French Family Science Center
Dr. Patrick Charbonneau (FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics), "Thermodynamics of Cluster Freezing" [abstract]
Monday, December 10, 2007, 10:00am, Departmental Seminar, Room 2231, French Family Science Center
Tabitha George (Duke University), "Thermodynamic Stability Measurements on Proteins in Complex Mixtures" [abstract]
Monday, December 10, 2007, 3:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225 - French Family Science Center
Katherine D. Weaver (Duke University), "THERMODYNAMIC AND KINETIC INVESTIGATIONS OF STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS IN FERRIC BINDING PROTEIN, TRANSFERRIN, AND HEMOGLOBIN" [abstract]
Tuesday, December 11, 2007, 10:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225, French Family Science Center