CHEMISTRY COLLOQUIUM SCHEDULE
Spring 2005

ALL LECTURES ARE SCHEDULED AT 4:00 P.M. ROOM 304 CHEMISTRY BUILDING

DATE

SPEAKER (HOST)

TITLE

JAN 21

Professor Robert Kennedy
University of Michigan
(Dr. Landers)

Life in the Fast Lane: High Speed Electrophoresis Creates New Opportunities for Studies from Biochemistry to Neuroscience

28

Professor Alan Marshall
Florida State University
(Dr. Bryant)

Accurate Mass Measurement Taking Full Analytical Advantage of Nature’s Isotopic Complexity

FEB 25

Professor Brent Gunnoe
North Carolina State University
(Dr. Pu)

Transition-Metal Mediated Activation of Small Molecules

MAR 1

Professor Renzo Cini
University of Siena, Italy
(Dr. Sabat)

Multi-Therapies Involving Coordination Chemistry

11

JEFFERSON LECTURE IN CHEMISTRY
Professor Graham Cooks
Purdue University
(Graduate Student Council)

TBA

24

IRELAND LECTURE
Professor Larry Overman
University of California, Irvine
(Dr. Marshall)

Asymmetric Construction of All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters: New Transformations and Total Synthesis

APR 1

LUTZ LECTURE
Professor Peter Stang
University of Utah
(Dr. Hecht)

Nonoscale Molecular Architecture:Design and Self-Assembly of Metallocyclic Polygons and Polyhedra
via Coordination

8

Dr. David Kimball
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals
(Dr. Brown)

The Role of Organic Chemistry in Drug Discovery

12

Professor Stephen Kent
University of Chicago
(Dr. Geysen)

The Chemistry of Protein Function

15

Professor Tuan Vo-Dinh
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
(Dr. Demas)

Advanced Biomedical Photonics: From Laser to Biochip

22

Professor Richard Mathies (D)
University of California, Berkeley
(Dr. Cafiso)

Direct Structural Observation of the Primary Isomerization in Vision with Femtosecond Raman

29

Professor Ian Manners
University of Toronto
(Dr. Fraser)

Functional and Supramolecular Metallopolymers