CHEMISTRY COLLOQUIUM SCHEDULE: SPRING 2008

ALL LECTURES ARE SCHEDULED AT 4:00 P.M., ROOM 304 CHEMISTRY BUILDING (unless noted otherwise)

DATE

SPEAKER (HOST)

TITLE

February 1    
8
Second Year Exams  
15
Professor Daniel Nocera
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(Professor Cassandra Fraser)

Powering the Planet: Chemistry to the Rescue

22

Professor Marcey Waters
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(Professor Jason Chruma)

Form and Function of Designed Mini-Proteins

29

Professor Robert J. Hamers
University of Wisconsin
(Professor John T. Yates, Jr.)

Molecular Monolayers as Tunable Interfaces to Nanoscale Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion

March 7

 

 

14

Professor Mary Roberts
Boston College
(Professor Linda Columbus)

Kinky Kinetics, Murky Membranes, Dynamic Dimers: Understanding How Interfaces Regulate PI-specific Phospholipase C

21

Professor Kurt Zilm
Yale University
(Professor Robert Bryant)

Solid State NMR Nanocrystallography: A Spectroscopic Window into the Physical Chemistry of Proteins

28

JEFFERSON LECTURE
Professor Robert Grubbs
California Institute of Technology
(Graduate Student Council)

The Synthesis of Large and Small Molecules Using Olefin Metathesis Catalysts

April 4
Professor Alan Van Orden
Colorado State University
(Professor James Demas)
Fluorescence Fluctuation Spectroscopy and Scanning Probe Microscope for Probing the Dynamic Properties of Biomolecules and Nanoparticles
11
   
18
Professor Ben Cravatt
The Scripps Research Institute
(Professor Linda Columbus)
Mapping Biochemical Pathways in Human Disease by Activity-Based Proteomics and Metabolomics
25
Professor David Crich
Wayne State University
(Professor Glenn McGarvey)
New Methods for the Synthesis of Oligosaccharides, Peptides, and Their Conjugates: Current Challenges and Potential Solutions

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