CHEMISTRY COLLOQUIUM SCHEDULE: FALL 2006

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

DATE

SPEAKER (HOST)

TITLE

September 1

Professor Craig Crews
Yale University
(Dr. Hecht)

A Small Molecule Approach to Cell Biology

15

IRELAND LECTURE
Professor Amos Smith
University of Pennsylvania
(Dr. Marshall)

Evolution of the Petasis-Ferrier
Union/Rearrangement Tactic in Complex Molecule Synthesis: Challenges, Excitement and Frustrations

October 13

Professor Annelise Barron
Northwestern University
(Dr. Landers)

DNA Sequencing and Genotyping by Free-Solution Microchannel Electrophoresis
of DNA-Polyamide Conjugates

20

Dr. Russell Hemley
Carnegie Institiution of Washington
(Dr. Lehmann)

New Findings in Materials Under Pressure

27

Professor Sherry Chemler
University of Buffalo
(Dr. Jason Chruma)

New Copper(II) Chemistry for the Synthesis of Nitrogen Heterocycles: Carboamination and Diamination of Unactivated Olefins

November 3

Professor Zhen Huang
Georgia State University
(Dr. Pu)

Atom-Specific Mutagenesis by Synthesis of Selenium Nucleic Acids (SeNA) for Structure and Function Studies

10

David Y. Gin
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(Dr. McGarvey)

Strategies for Glycoconjugate and Alkaloid Synthesis

17

Professor Thomas Kodadek
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
(Dr. Chruma)

Chemical Approaches to Monitor and Manipulate the Proteome

24

---Thanksgiving---

 

December 1

   

Exams