Departmental Events for Spring 2012

Yue Cai (Duke University), "Facile Synthesis of Three-dimensional Metal Oxide/Carbon co-Aerogel Nanostructures and Their Application for Energy Storage"   [abstract]
Monday, April 2, 2012, 10:30am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

M. Ariel Geer (Duke University), "Detection and Quantification of Protein-Protein Interactions by Mass Spectrometry"   [abstract]
Monday, April 2, 2012, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Kristina L. Butler (Duke University), "Gold(I) and Platinum(II)-Catalyzed Hydroamination of Allenes"   [abstract]
Wednesday, April 4, 2012, 2:00pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Mark Kohler (Duke University), "Part I: The Development of the Organocatalytic Asymmetric Mannich and Sulfenylation Reactions; Part II: Progress Towards the Synthesis of Lagunamide A"   [abstract]
Thursday, April 5, 2012, 1:00pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 3225 - French Family Science Center

Mark Sleeper (Duke University), "The development of tumor-specific enzyme-activated CuII prochelators for use against tumor angiogenesis"   [abstract]
Monday, April 9, 2012, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225 - French Family Science Center

Heekwang Park (Duke University), "I. Formal Synthesis of SCH 351448. II. Synthesis and Characterization of Largazole Analogues"   [abstract]
Monday, April 9, 2012, 1:00pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Sarah Wengryniuk (Duke University), "Regioselective, Asymmetric a,a-Bisalkylation of Ketones via N-Amino Cyclic Carbamate Chiral Auxiliaries: Methodology Development and Application to the Total Synthesis of both (+) and (-)-Stigmolone and Apratoxin D"   [abstract]
Tuesday, April 10, 2012, 10:00am, Departmental Seminar, Room 107, Bio. Sci.

Michelle R. Garnsey (Duke University), "Part I. The Development of a Strategy for the Asymmetric Synthesis of PPAPs: Application to the Total Synthesis of (+)- and (–)-Clusianone 
Part II. Progress Toward the Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Brasilicardin A"   [abstract]
Tuesday, April 10, 2012, 1:00pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 3232, French Family Science Center

Bumki Kim (Duke University), "Synthesis of Largazole Analogues"   [abstract]
Monday, April 16, 2012, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225, French Family Science Center

Zachary S. Kean (Duke University), "Rational Design in Mechanochemical Systems: Toward Applications in Stress-Responsive Materials and Catalysis"   [abstract]
Monday, April 16, 2012, 2:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Pamela Mosley (Duke University), "Use of 2D HSQC NMR Spectroscopy to Determine Histidine pKa Values in Bacillus subtilis RNase P Protein"   [abstract]
Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Megan Lanier (Duke University), "Stereoselective Synthesis of 2,7-trans Oxepanes through an Organocatalytic Oxa-Conjugate Addition Promoted by the gem-Disubstituent Effect"   [abstract]
Monday, April 23, 2012, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Dongyu Wang (Duke University), "Development of Analytical Strategies to Facilitate Protein-Ligand Binding Analysis on the Proteomic Scale"   [abstract]
Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Tesia Stephenson (Duke University), "Synthetic Studies toward Analogues of Manassantin A"   [abstract]
Monday, April 30, 2012, 12:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

David Besse (Duke University), "Toward the Development of Water-Soluble, Aroylhydrazone-Based Ratiometric Iron Sensors"   [abstract]
Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 12:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225, French Family Science Center

Yifei Wang (Duke University), "The Effect of gem-Dichlorocyclopropane Mechanophore on the Macroscopic Mechanical Properties of Polymers"   [abstract]
Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Junpeng Wang (Duke University), "A Universal Handle for Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy"   [abstract]
Friday, May 4, 2012, 10:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Do Yeon Kwon (Duke University), "Synthetic Studies toward NF00659 B1, a diterpene a-pyrone with potent anticancer activity"   [abstract]
Monday, May 7, 2012, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Ruijuan Zhou (Duke University), "Preliminary Studies on Targeted NIR Emissive Polymersomes"   [abstract]
Monday, May 7, 2012, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 5316 - French Family Science Center

Darya Howell (Duke University), "Unique contributions of iDQC MR contrast to stimuli-sensitive liposomal chemotherapy and imaging"   [abstract]
Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 10:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 2219 - French Family Science Center


Jiaxing Lin (Duke University), "Kinetics and Stochastic Simulation analysis of Energy Transfer in Metal Organic Frameworks"   [abstract]
Thursday, May 24, 2012, 10:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232, French Family Science Center