Previous Seminars
SPRING 2007
Joan-Emma Shea (University of California, Santa Barbara), "Effects of the Cellular Environment on Protein Folding: Chaperones and Aggregation" [abstract]
Monday, January 15, 2007, 11:30am, Departmental Seminar, Room 2237 - French Family Science Center
Frank Brown (University of California, Santa Barbara), "Simple Models for Biomembrane Structure and Dynamics" [abstract]
Monday, January 15, 2007, 3:00pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 2237 - French Family Science Center
David Lawrence (Albert Einstein College of Medicine of
Yeshiva University, Department of Biochemistry), "Signal Transduction at the Interface of Chemistry and Biology: Inhibition, Visualization, and Manipulation" [abstract]
Tuesday, January 16, 2007, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Auditorium - French Family Science Center
Kui Yu (National Research Council of Canada), "Synthesis and Characterization of Photoluminescent Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals for Bio-Imaging Applications" [abstract]
Tuesday, January 23, 2007, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Auditorium - French Family Science Center
Ron Castellano (University of Florida), "Useful Electronic and Photophysical Properties from Unconventional Donor-Acceptor Architectures" [abstract]
Friday, February 2, 2007, 3:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Auditorium - French Family Science Center
David Huffman (Western Michigan University), "Unraveling the Mysteries of Copper Movement in the Cell" [abstract]
Tuesday, February 6, 2007, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Auditorium - French Family Science Center
Huan-Xiang Zhou (Florida State University), "Protein Interactions: Structure, Energetics, and Kinetics" [abstract]
Friday, February 9, 2007, 3:00pm, Theory Group Seminar, French Family Science Center, Room 2237
Linda Hsieh-Wilson (California Institute of Technology), "Decoding the Structure-Activity Relationships of Carbohydrates in the Brain" [abstract]
Tuesday, February 13, 2007, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Auditorium - French Family Science Center, Room 2231
David Tirrell (California Institute of Technology), "TBA" [abstract]
Thursday, February 15, 2007, 4:00pm, Departmental Seminar, 203 Teer
Theresa Reineke (University of Cincinatti), "PGAAs: Versatile Glycopolymers for Nucleic Acid and Imaging Agent"
Tuesday, February 20, 2007, 11:40am, Chemistry/CBIMMS Seminar, Auditorium - French Family Science Center, Room 2231
Cheng Qian (Duke University), "SYNTHESIS, PURIFICATION AND APPLICATION OF FEW-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES AND INORGANIC NANOWIRES" [abstract]
Thursday, February 22, 2007, 11:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232, French Family Science Center
Anna Mapp (University of Michigan), "Small Molecule Control of Gene Activation" [abstract]
Thursday, February 22, 2007, 11:30am, Chemistry Seminar, Auditorium - French Family Science Center, Room 2231
Anna Balazs (University of Pittsburgh), "Harnessing Pattern Formation in Polymers and Patterned Polymer Films: From Creating Defect-Free Materials and Useful Micro-actuators to Sorting Microcapsules" [abstract]
Friday, February 23, 2007, 3:00pm, Theory Group Seminar, French Family Science Center, Room 2237
Qian Wang (University of South Carolina), "Biological Particles Directed Chemistry and Nanomaterials Development" [abstract]
Tuesday, February 27, 2007, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Auditorium - French Family Science Center, Room 2231
Fritz London Memorial Lecture
John J. Hopfield (Princeton University, Department of Molecular Biology), "How do we Think so Fast? From Neurons to Brain Computations" [abstract]
Tuesday, February 27, 2007, 8:00pm, Fritz London Memorial Lecture, Auditorium - French Family Science Center, Room 2231
James L. Skinner (University of Wisconsin), "Hydrogen Bonding, Molecular Dynamics, and Ultrafast Vibrational Spectroscopy in Water and Aqueous Solutions" [abstract]
Thursday, March 1, 2007, 3:30pm, Theory Group Seminar, French Family Science Center, Room 2237
Tong Ye (Duke University), "Two-photon Absorption Microscopy - Toward Early Melanoma Detection In Vivo" [abstract]
Friday, March 2, 2007, 1:00pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 2237 - French Family Science Center
Michael Burkart (University of California, San Diego), "Coenzyme A and Natural Product Biosynthesis" [abstract]
Tuesday, March 6, 2007, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Auditorium - French Family Science Center, Room 2231
Alethea Duncan (Duke University), "Gold(I)-Catalyzed Hydroarylation of 2-Allenyl Indoles" [abstract]
Thursday, March 8, 2007, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232, French Family Science Center
Claire J. Parker Siburt (Duke University), "Bioinorganic Investigation of Transferrin Mediated Metal Ion Transport" [abstract]
Thursday, March 8, 2007, 3:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225, French Family Science Center
Nancy Makri (CANCELED) (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), "Simulating the Dynamics of Quantum Fluids" [abstract]
Thursday, March 8, 2007, 3:30pm, Theory Group Seminar, Room 2237, French Family Science Center
Yan Zhao (Iowa State University), "Learning from Nature: A Conformational Approach to Responsive Supramolecular Hosts, Catalysts, and Sensors" [abstract]
Monday, March 19, 2007, 4:30pm, Departmental Seminar, French Family Science Center, Room 2237
Elizabeth R. Jenista (Duke University), "Absolute Temperature Imaging using iMQCs" [abstract]
Tuesday, March 20, 2007, 9:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232, French Family Science Center
Peter Wolynes (CANCELED) (University of California, San Diego), "TBA" [abstract]
Tuesday, March 20, 2007, 11:40pm, Departmental Seminar, Auditorium - French Family Science Center, Room 2231
Yongcheng Ying (Duke University), "Investigation of Total Synthesis of Brasilibactin A, a Cytotoxic Compound from Actinomycete Nocardia brasiliensis" [abstract]
Wednesday, March 21, 2007, 4:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232, French Family Science Center
Marcus A. Cheek (Duke University), "Synthesis of (α-P-borano)-nucleoside 5’-triphosphate analogues as potential antiviral agents against Hepatitis C Virus" [abstract]
Thursday, March 22, 2007, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225, French Family Science Center
Jon Amster (University of Georgia, Athens), "ACCURATE MASS MEASUREMENT MALDI-FTICR MASS SPECTROMETRY FOR GLOBAL PROTEOMICS" [abstract]
Thursday, March 22, 2007, 11:40pm, Departmental Seminar, Auditorium - French Family Science Center, Room 2231
Zhigang Shuai (Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences), "Excited State Decay and Electron Transfer in Organic Semiconductors" [abstract]
Friday, March 23, 2007, 3:30pm, Theory Group Seminar, French Family Science Center, Room 2237
Steven L. Castle (Brigham Young University), "New Strategies for the Synthesis of Unusual Peptides and Alkaloids" [abstract]
Tuesday, March 27, 2007, 11:40pm, Departmental Seminar, Auditorium - French Family Science Center, Room 2231
Professor P. Andrew Evans (University of Liverpool), "New Metal-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling and Carbocyclization Reactions for the Construction of Complex Natural Products" [abstract]
Wednesday, March 28, 2007, 2:00pm, Departmental Seminar, Auditorium - French Family Science Center, Room 2231
Peter F. Flynn (University of Utah), "A New Paradigm for Studies of Encapsulated Proteins" [abstract]
Tuesday, April 3, 2007, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Auditorium - French Family Science Center, Room 2231
Marina Dickens (Duke University), "The Synthesis and Characterization of Masked Iron Chelators" [abstract]
Wednesday, April 4, 2007, 9:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room, Room 334, Gross Chem.
Jeffrey T. Rubino (Duke University), "Determination of the Effective Dissociation Constants of Copper Binding Motifs in the Human and Yeast High Affinity Copper Transport Protein Ctr1" [abstract]
Wednesday, April 4, 2007, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232, French Family Science Center
Tabitha George (Duke University), "Thermodynamic Stability Measurements on Proteins in Complex Mixtures: Fundamental and Practical Applications" [abstract]
Friday, April 6, 2007, 9:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225, French Family Science Center
Ye Hou (Duke University), "Synthesis and Functionalization of Double Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Their Future Applications" [abstract]
Friday, April 6, 2007, 1:15pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room
Sarah E. Crider (Duke University), "Reactivity of cisplatin with hCtr1 7-14K and its norleucine derivatives" [abstract]
Friday, April 6, 2007, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225, French Family Science Center
John Lavigne (University of South Carolina), "Dynamic Polymer Assemblies: From Self-Repairing Materials to Food Freshness Sensors" [abstract]
Friday, April 6, 2007, 3:30pm, Chemistry Seminar, French Family Science Center, Room 2237
Petra L. Roulhac (Duke University), "Protein-Ligand Binding Analysis in Complex Mixtures using Amide Hydrogen Exchange and MALDI Mass Spectrometry" [abstract]
Monday, April 9, 2007, 9:30am, Student Exams Seminar, Biological Sciences, Room 107
Xiancheng Zeng (Duke University), "QM/MM Calculations of Electron Transfer Reactions: Fractional Number of Electrons Approach" [abstract]
Tuesday, April 10, 2007, 3:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225, French Family Science Center
James Harrington (Duke University), "Study of the Binding of Synthetic Hydroxypyridinone-donor Siderophores with Iron (III)" [abstract]
Wednesday, April 11, 2007, 10:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room, Room 334, Gross Chem.
Professor Ron Naaman (Weizmann Institute of Science), "Cooperative Molecular Field-Effect - A Way to Couple Organic and Inorganic Electronic Properties" [abstract]
Thursday, April 12, 2007, 1:00pm, Theory Group Seminar, Auditorium - French Family Science Center, Room 2231
Lynne Hunt (Duke University), "Development of a Fluorescent Iron/H2O2 Sensor" [abstract]
Thursday, April 12, 2007, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232, French Family Science Center
Adam Arkin (Lawrence Berkeley National Labs), "Signaling, Uncertainty and Design of Natural and Artificial Cellular Networks" [abstract]
Friday, April 13, 2007, 3:30pm, Theory Group Seminar, French Family Science Center, Room 2237
Peter J. Rossky (University of Texas, Austin), "Electronic Dynamics and Spectroscopy in the Condensed Phase" [abstract]
Tuesday, April 17, 2007, 11:40am, Departmental Seminar, Auditorium - French Family Science Center, Room 2231
Yuming Morris Chen (Duke University), "Structural characterization of the hSRI/PCTD complexes" [abstract]
Tuesday, April 17, 2007, 12:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225, French Family Science Center
Esther M. Tristani (Duke University), "Siderophore-Ionophore and Siderophore-Antibiotic Interactions" [abstract]
Wednesday, April 18, 2007, 10:30am, Student Exams Seminar, Biological Sciences, Room # 140
James A. Parise Jr. (Duke University), "INVESTIGATIONS OF MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS AT THE CHEMISTRY-BIOLOGY INTERFACE: THE DESIGN OF INTERFACIAL BIOMATERIALS AND THE MODULATION OF GALECTIN-3 AGGREGATION WITH MULTIVALENT SACCHARIDE LIGANDS" [abstract]
Wednesday, April 18, 2007, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 107, Gross Chem. Lab.
Frances Arnold (California Institute of Technology), "TBA" [abstract]
Thursday, April 19, 2007, 4:00pm, Departmental Seminar, 203 Teer
Douglas G. Hill Memorial Lecture
Professor Jeremy K. Nicholson (Imperial College London, Biological Chemistry), "Are We Controlled by Aliens?: Spectroscopic Approaches to Understanding Human Biology and Disease Processes" [abstract]
Friday, April 20, 2007, 4:00pm, Douglas G. Hill Memorial Lecture, Auditorium - French Family Science Center, Room 2231
Alexander Shestopalov (Duke University), "Inkless Microcontact Printing on Self-Assembled Monolayers of Fmoc-Protected" [abstract]
Monday, April 23, 2007, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232, French Family Science Center
Julia Contreras-Garcia (Universidad de Oviedo, Spain), "Towards a Quantum-chemical Interpretation of Compressibility in Solids" [abstract]
Monday, April 23, 2007, 2:30pm, Theory Group Seminar, Room 2237 - French Family Science Center
Fang Fang (Duke University), "Novel Methods for Alpha-Functionalization of Ketones and Thioesters" [abstract]
Wednesday, April 25, 2007, 11:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 107, Bio. Sci.
Hongyan Liu (Duke University), "Boranophosphate Nucleotides: Synthesis, Chemical and Substrate Properties" [abstract]
Wednesday, April 25, 2007, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232, French Family Science Center
Kassy A. Mies (Duke University), "BIOPHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF IRON SIDEROPHORES AND IRON SIDEROPHORE MIMICS" [abstract]
Thursday, April 26, 2007, 11:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 2237 - French Family Science Center
Garegin A. Papoian (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), "Towards Computational Modeling of Chromatin: Insights into DNA Electrostatics from Molecular Dynamics Simulations" [abstract]
Thursday, April 26, 2007, 3:30pm, Theory Group Seminar, French Family Science Center, Room 2237
Matthew G. Poferl (Duke University), "SYNTHESIS OF UNUSUAL OPTICALLY ACTIVE γ-HYDROXY-α-AMINO ACIDS VIA 1,3-DIPOLAR CYCLOADDITIONS OF NITRONES AND ALKENES" [abstract]
Monday, April 30, 2007, 11:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232, French Family Science Center
Chad J. Ray (Duke University), "HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTIONS AT A SINGLE MOLECULE LEVEL: FORCE SPECTROSCOPY STUDY OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ALKANES AND BETWEEN FRAGMENTS OF -SYNUCLEIN" [abstract]
Monday, April 30, 2007, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232, French Family Science Center
Stephen P. O'Brien (Columbia University, Dept. of Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics), "Nanocrystals. Synthesis, Superlattices and Biomedical Applications" [abstract]
Friday, May 4, 2007, 3:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center
Sergei Tretiak (Los Alamos National Laboratory), "Optical Response and Photodynamics of Functional Organic Materials" [abstract]
Tuesday, May 15, 2007, 3:30pm, Theory Group Seminar, Room 2237 - French Family Science Center
Tom Darden (NIEHS, Computational Molecular Modeling), "Towards Next Generation Forcefields?" [abstract]
Thursday, May 17, 2007, 11:00am, Theory Group Seminar, Room 5316 - French Family Science Center
Richard M. Caprioli (Vanderbilt University), "Molecular Imaging and Profiling of Tissue Sections using Mass Spectrometry: Applications in Biological and Clinical Research" [abstract]
Thursday, May 24, 2007, 3:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Auditorium - French Family Science Center, Room 2231