Seminar Schedule, Spring Semester, 2010
Jan 11 Monday |
Part I. Understanding the Construction of the A-Cluster of Acetyl CoA Synthase: Investigating the Proximal Nickel site through resin-bound complexes. Part II. Utilizing computational chemistry to rationalize water exchange rates of PARACEST complexes. Dr. Kayla Green, Advanced Imaging Research Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center Room 113, 4:00 pm |
Jan 14 Thursday |
Synthesis of Cyclic Polymers via Ring-Expansion Metathesis Polymerization. Dr. AJ Boydston Room 113, 4:00 pm |
Jan 21 Thursday |
Heterogeneous chemistry of atmospheric aerosols. Dr. Alexei Khalizov, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University Room 113, 4:00 pm |
Jan 26 Tuesday |
Fragmentation Pathways of Protonated Peptides. Dr. Bela Paizs Room 113, 4:00 pm |
Jan 27 Wednesday |
Developing Protein Models from Known Structures. Dr. William Noid, Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University Room 113, 4:00 pm |
Feb 10 Wednesday |
Functional Conducting Metallopolymer Materials. Dr. Bradley Holliday, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Texas, Austin Room 113, 4:00 pm |
Feb 11 Thursday |
LiCB11(CH3)12 Catalyzed radical polymerization and grafting of isobutylene. Dr. Victoria Volkis Room 113, 4:00 pm |
Feb 17 Wednesday |
To Bond or Not to Bond? Questions in the Bonding of Main Group Elements, Transition Elements, and Combinations of the Two. Dr. John Berry, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison Room 113, 4:00 pm |
Feb 19 Friday |
Structures and Binding Energies of Ionic Complexes from Guided Ion Beam Tandem Mass Spectrometry and IRMPD Action Spectroscopy. Dr. Mary Rodgers, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University Room 107, 4:00 pm |
Feb 24 Wednesday |
Robinson Lectures Series What is the Hype about Nanotechnology. Dr. Mostafa A. El-Sayed, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Tech Room 107, 7:30 pm |
Feb 25 Thursday |
Robinson Lectures Series Confining Photons in Metallic Gold on the Nanoscale; Properties and Applications in Nanobiology and Cancer Therapy. Dr. Mostafa A. El-Sayed, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Tech Room 107, 3:30 pm |
Mar 3 Wednesday |
Aerosol Synthesis of Shape- and Architecturally-Controlled Particles. Dr. Sara Skrabalak, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University Room 113, 4:00 pm |
Mar 4 Thursday |
Glycomics and Glycoproteomics in Disease Biomarker Discovery. Dr. Yehia Mechref Room 113, 4:00 pm |
Mar 10 Wednesday |
Development of Novel Polymeric Dielectric Materials. Dr. Shawn Dirk, Sandia National Labs Room 113, 1:00 pm |
Mar 10 Wednesday |
Direct Imaging of Atmospheric Radical Photochemistry: From Energetics to Detailed Dynamics. Dr. Simon North, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University Room 113, 4:00 pm |
Mar 24 Wednesday |
Lipid Signaling: the Molecular Glue to Physiological Function. Dr. Sam Wang, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center , University of Missouri-St. Louis Room 113, 4:00 pm |
Mar 31 Wednesday |
Interpreting ion adsorption at the mineral-water interface of nano- and micro-crystalline TiO2 phases: Application of surface complexation models. Dr. Moira Ridley, Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University Room 113, 4:00 pm |
Apr 7 Wednesday |
Molecular Recognition and Sensing of Peptides by Self-Assembled Synthetic Receptors. Dr. Adam Urbach, Department of Chemistry, Trinity University Room 113, 4:00 pm |
Apr 14Wednesday |
Hierarchical Self-organization of Molecular Materials. Dr. Juan Noveron, Department of Chemistry, University of Texas, El Paso Room 113, 4:00 pm |
Apr 19 Monday |
Supramolecular Chirality is the Result of Conformational Memory. Dr. Hicham Fenniri, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta Room 113, 4:00 pm |
Apr 21 Wednesday |
New stimuli-responsive macromolecules: polymer-protein bioconjugates and ‘sweet tooth’ micelles. Dr. Brent S. Sumerlin, Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University Room 113, 4:00 pm |
Apr 28 Wednesday |
Screening and Characterization of High Affinity ssDNA Aptamers against Anthrax Protective Antigen. Dr. Sung-Kun Kim, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University Room 113, 4:00 pm |