CHEMISTRY COLLOQUIUM SCHEDULE
Spring 2006

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

DATE

SPEAKER (HOST)

TITLE

January 13

Professor Luke Lee
University of California, Berkeley
(Dr. Landers)

Soft-State Biological ICs and Quantum Nanoplasmonic Probes for Cellular Systems Biology

February 3

Professor Stig Friberg
University of Virginia-Chemistry
Visiting Scientist
(Ian Harrison)

Emulsions for Topical Applications - Structural Changes and Consequences

February 24

Professor Patrick Vaccaro
Yale University
(Dr. Kolasinski)

Lifting the Veil of Solvation: The Chiro-Optical Response of Isolated Organic Molecules

March 3

Professor Stephen Weber
University of Texas at Austin
(Dr. Venton)

Towards Selective Extractions
with Molecular Hosts in Fluorous Media

March 17

Professor Ronald Breslow
Columbia University
(GSC)

Two Faces of Bioorganic Chemistry - Artificial Enzymes and Cancer Chemotherapy

March 24

Professor Charles Henry
Colorado State University
(Dr. Landers)

Enabling Environmental, Bioanalytical, and Biophysical Chemistry Through
Microfluidics

March 31

Professor Jonathan Sweedler
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(Dr. Landers)

Techniques for Probing the Brain's Chemistry One Cell at a Time

April 7

LUTZ LECTURE
Professor Martin Semmelhack
Princeton University
(Dr. Harman)

Small Talk: The Chemistry of Bacterial Quorum Sensing

April 14

Dr. John Butler
National Institutes of Standards and Technology
(Dr. Demas)

Analytical Detective Work and the Chemistry Behind Forensic DNA Typing

April 28

Professor Gilbert Walker
University of Toronto
(Dr. Cafiso)

Macromolecules Binding to Surfaces