Departmental Seminars -- News & Events -- Chemistry at Duke

Departmental Events for 2010

Jeffrey Rubino (Duke University)
"Characterization of Metal Binding Peptides Derived from Copper Trafficking Proteins" [more]
Thursday, June 24, 2010, 9:30am
Room A158, Levine Science Research Center

Nathaniel S. Finney, Professor (University of Zurich, Organic Chemistry Institute)
"TBA" [more]
Monday, July 12, 2010, 2:00pm
Room 2237 - French Family Science Center

Muhammad N. Yousaf, Assistant Professor (Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Dept. of Chemistry and The Carolina Center for Genome Science), "Integrating Surfaces with Organic Chemistry Applied to Dynamic Cell Tissue Engineering and Studies of Cell Behavior" [abstract]
Tuesday, September 7, 2010, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Room 2237, French Family Science Center Edit Dup

Jeffrey Seeman, Visiting Sr. Research Scholar (University of Richmond, Department of Chemistry), "Plagiarism and the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The Role of Collegial Sharing and Conflict Resolution in the Practice of Science" [abstract]
Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 3:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 2231 - French Family Science Center Edit Dup

Stanley Brown, Associate Professor (Univ. of Copenhagen, Dept. of Biology), "Genetic Searches for Proteins that Dissociate Inorganic Particles" [abstract]
Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Room 2237, French Family Science Center Edit Dup

Jenny J. Yang, Prof. of Biochemistry and Biophysical Chemistry (Georgia State University, Dept. of Chemistry), "Modulating Calcium Signaling and Molecular Diagnosis by Protein Design" [abstract]
Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 5:00pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 2237, French Family Science Center Edit Dup

Dr. M. Lisa Manning, Postdoctoral Fellow (Princeton Center for Theoretical Science), "Identifying structural defects in glassy solids" [abstract]
Monday, September 20, 2010, 4:20pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 2237, French Family Science Center Edit Dup

Anne J. McNeil, Assistant Professor (Univ. of Michigan, Dept. of Chemistry), "Responsive Molecular Gels: Bridging the Gap Between Rational Design and Serendipity" [abstract]
Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Room 2237, French Family Science Center Edit Dup

Rachel W. Martin, Assistant Professor (Univ. of Calif., Irvine, Dept. of Chemistry), "Switched Angle Spinning NMR Hardware and Methods Development for Oriented Membrane Systems" [abstract]
Thursday, September 23, 2010, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Room 2237, French Family Science Center Edit Dup

FACULTY COLLOQUIA - Michael C. Fitzgerald (Duke University), "New Methods and Applications for Protein Folding Free Energy Measurements" [abstract]
Thursday, September 23, 2010, 4:15pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 2231, French Family Science Center Edit Dup

Dave Thirumalai, Director, Biophysics Program (Univ. of Maryland, College Park, Inst. for Physical Science and Technology), "Understanding the Annealing Function of Bacterial Chaperonin GroEL" [abstract]
Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Room 2237, French Family Science Center Edit Dup

Scynexis Lecture in Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Darren J. Dixon, Professor (Univ. of Oxford, Dept. of Chemistry), "Catalysis and Cascades in Complex Alkaloid Natural Product Synthesis" [abstract]
Tuesday, October 5, 2010, 11:40am, Scynexis Lecture in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Room 2237, French Family Science Center Edit Dup

Steven T. Cundiff, Professor Adjoint (Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, Dept. of Physics), "Femtosecond Frequency Combs" [abstract]
Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Room 2237, French Family Science Center Edit Dup

Todd J. Martinez, Professor (Stanford Univ., Dept. of Chemistry), "Controlling Chemistry with Light and Force: Photo- and Mechanochemistry from First Principles" [abstract]
Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Room 2237, French Family Science Center Edit Dup

FACULTY COLLOQUIA - Don M. Coltart, Assistant Professor (Duke University), "Leveraging the Reactivity of Thioesters and Activated Hydrazones in the Development of New Synthetic Methods: Applications to Natural Products Synthesis" [abstract]
Thursday, October 21, 2010, 4:15pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 2231, French Family Science Center Edit Dup

Dr. Andrew T. Maynard, Chief Scientist (Department of Infectious Diseases, GlaxoSmithKline), "One drug, two drug, no drug: computational chemistry--guided fishing expeditions in drug discovery" [abstract]
Friday, October 22, 2010, 3:00pm, Chemistry Seminar, Room 2237, French Family Science Center Edit Dup

Peter G. Vekilov, Professor (Univ. of Houston, Depts. of Chemical and Biomolecular Eng. and Chemistry), "The Heme and Sickle Cell Hemoglobin Polymerization" [abstract]
Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Room 2237, French Family Science Center Edit Dup

Xiaolu Liu (Duke University), "Atomic-scale Study of DNA Nanomaterial Structure" [abstract]
Friday, October 29, 2010, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 4219, French Family Science Center Edit Dup

Kenso Soai, Professor (Tokyo Univ. of Science, Dept. of Applied Chemistry), "Asymmetric Autocatalysis and the Origins of Homochirality" [abstract]
Thursday, November 4, 2010, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Room 2237, French Family Science Center Edit Dup

Ralph Jimenez, Assistant Professor Adjoint (Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry), "Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Microfluidics-based Methods for Investigating Protein Dynamics" [abstract]
Tuesday, November 9, 2010, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Room 2237, French Family Science Center Edit Dup

Thomas Meyer, Arey Distinguished Professor of Chemistry (Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Dept. of Chemistry), "Solar Fuels and Next Genration Photovoltaics: Challenges for Theory and Experiment" [abstract]
Friday, November 12, 2010, 3:00pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 2237, French Family Science Center Edit Dup

FACULTY COLLOQUIA - Jiyong Hong (Duke University), "Natural Product Synthesis at the Interface of Chemistry and Biology" [abstract]
Monday, November 15, 2010, 4:15pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 2231, French Family Science Center Edit Dup

Royce W. Murray, Kenan Prof. of Chemistry (Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Dept. of Chemistry), "ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY AND PROPERTIES OF SMALL NANOPARTICLES" [abstract]
Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Room 2237, French Family Science Center Edit Dup

Daniel Little, Professor (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry), "Fulvenes Return to North Carolina: From Diyls to Blushing Reds" [abstract]
Thursday, November 18, 2010, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Room 2237, French Family Science Center Edit Dup

Doron Greenbaum, Assistant Professor (Univ. of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology), "A Chemical Biology Approach to Understand Host-Parasite Interactions" [abstract]
Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Room 2237, French Family Science Center Edit Dup

Jason M. Crawford (Harvard Medical School), "Exploiting Symbiotic Associations for New Small Molecule Chemistry: from Genes to Bioactive Small Molecules and Beyond" [abstract]
Monday, December 6, 2010, 4:15pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 2237, French Family Science Center Edit Dup

Wieslaw M. Kazmierski. Ph.D. (GlaxoSmithKline), "New Inhibitors of Hepatitis C Protease: Design, Synthetic & Medicinal Chemistry, Therapy" [abstract]
Tuesday, December 7, 2010, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Room 2237, French Family Science Center Edit Dup

Douglas D. Young (Scripps Research Institute), "Development of Novel Tools to Probe Biological Function" [abstract]
Thursday, December 9, 2010, 4:15pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 2231 - French Family Science Center Edit Dup

Ron Naaman, Aryeh and Mintzi Katzman Professor (Weizmann Institute of Science, Chemical Physics Department), "Molecules as Quantum Devices" [abstract]
Friday, December 10, 2010, 10:00am, Departmental Seminar, Room 144, Biological Sciences Bldg. Edit Dup

Xiancheng Zeng (Duke University), "Multiscale Simulations of Biomolecules in Condensed Phase: from Solutions to Proteins" [abstract]
Friday, December 10, 2010, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 5316 - French Family Science Center Edit Dup

Qui Wang (Harvard University), "Leveraging Small Molecules for Biology and Therapy - Discovery of Novel Tetracycline Antibiotics and Inhibitors of Histone lysine Methyltransferases" [abstract]
Friday, December 10, 2010, 3:00pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 130, Biological Sciences Building Edit Dup

Emily Tarsis (Duke University), "New Methods for the alpha-Functionalization of Thioesters and Activated Hydrazones and an Application Toward the Total Synthesis of Apratoxin D" [abstract]
Monday, December 13, 2010, 10:30am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 2237 - French Family Science Center Edit Dup

Emily E. Weinert (University of California, Berkeley), "Controlling Oxygen Affinity in H-NOX Domains" [abstract]
Monday, December 13, 2010, 4:00pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 2237, French Family Science Center Edit Dup

Albert A. Bowers (Harvard Medical School), "Conformational Evolution in Thiazole‐Containing Natural Products: Largazole, and the Thiocillins" [abstract]
Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 4:00pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 144, Biological Sciences Building Edit Dup

Amanda Kasper (Duke University), "I. Studies Towards the Synthesis of Manassantins A and B and Analogues II. Efforts Towards a FRET-Based Assay to Characterize Palmitoylation of Src Kinases III. Synthesis of Oxepanes via Organocatalytic Oxa-Michael Reactions" [abstract]
Wednesday, December 15, 2010, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center Edit Dup

Elena A. Dubikovskaya (University of California, Berkeley), "Imaging beyond the Proteome" [abstract]
Wednesday, December 15, 2010, 4:00pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 2237, French Family Science Center Edit Dup