This Year In Chemistry
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August 2015
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| 19 | Chemistry Mini-Symposium: Professor Moris S. Eisen, Dean of Students; Samuel O. Freedlander Academic Chair in Chemistry; Schulich Faculty of Chemistry Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Braun Auditorium, 2:00pm | |||
| 19 | Student Thesis Defense: Marissa Lee, Graduate Student, Moerner Group, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:15pm | |||
| 20 | SAC Summer Seminar: Qunxiang Ong, Cui Lab - "Optogenetic Control of NGF-mediated Signaling Pathways" & Steven Ryckbosch, Pande Lab - "Water You Doing, Bryostatin?! Membrane Simulations of PKC Suggest Mechanism of Bryostatin Function," Braun Lecture Hall, 11:00am | |||
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Student Thesis Defense: Stephanie Galanie, Graduate Student, Smolke Group - "Synthetic Biochemical Production of Medicinal Natural Products in Yeast" Clark Auditorium, 9:00am
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Student Thesis Defense: Mikael Backlund, Graduate Student, Moerner Group - “Applications and Advances in Super-Localization Microscopy” Hewlett 102 10:00am
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Organic Chemistry Seminar: Professor Michael Monteiro, University of Queensland - Australia, Chemistry Gazebo, 4:30pm (Host: Robert Waymouth and Yan Xia)
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| 22 | Student Hosted Colloquia Kick-Off: Professor Carolyn Bertozzi, Stanford University, Braun Auditorium, 4:30pm (Host: Tommy Li) | |||
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Organic Chemistry Seminar: Professor Xiang (David) Li, University of Hong Kong, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Chaitan Khosla)
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October 2015
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Chemistry Seminar: Professor Neal Devaraj, University of California, San Diego, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Chris Chidsey)
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| 06 | Physical Chemistry Seminar: Professor Benjamin Levine, Michigan State University, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Todd Martinez) | |||
| 07 | Biology-Chemistry Seminar: Professor Alice Ting, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Professor Tim Stearns (Biology) and Professor Keith Hodgson (Chemistry)) | |||
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Physical Chemistry Seminar: Professor Sharon Glotzer, University of Michigan, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Vijay Pande)
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Physical Chemistry Seminar: Professor Renato Zenobi, ETH Zurich, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Richard Zare)
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Merck Seminar: Dr. Jared Cumming, Merck, Chemistry Gazebo, 11:00am (Host: Michael Ryan)
Student Hosted Colloquia: Professor Rob Phillips, California Institute of Technology, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Joshua Yoon) ** This seminar is sponsored by Merck |
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Physical Chemistry Seminar: Professor Alfredo Alexander-Katz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Todd Martinez)
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| 26 | Distinguished Women in Science: Dr. Wendy Cieslak, Sandia National Laboratories, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Melanie Huttner & Olivia Hendricks) | |||
| 27 | Physical Chemistry Seminar: Professor Bojan Zagrovic, Department of Structural and Computational Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories & University of Vienna, Location: TBA, Time: TBA (Host: Vijay Pande) | |||
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Merck-Banyu Lectureship: Professor Jun Takaya, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Barry Trost)
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November 2015
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Student Hosted Colloquia: Professor Karen Goldberg, University of Washington, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Jason Ervin)
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Organic Chemistry Seminar: Professor Rafal Klajn, Weizmann Institute of Science, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Matthew Kanan)
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ChEM-H Seminar: Professor Craig Crews, Yale University, Location TBA, 4:00pm
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Physical Chemistry Seminar: Professor Xiaokun Shu, University of California, San Francisco, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Bianxiao Cui)
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Student Hosted Colloquia: Professor Christopher Mundy, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Will Pfalzgraff) | |||
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Chemistry Biology Seminar: Professor Matthew Chapman, University of Michigan, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Lynette Cegelski) | ||
| 17 | Student Thesis Defense: Xiaoxue (Snow) Zhou, Graduate Student, Theriot Group - “Composition and mechanics of the Gram-positive bacterial cell wall and implications for cell division” Munzer Auditorium 2:00pm | |||
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Organic Chemistry Seminar: Professor John MacMillan, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Noah Burns) | ||
| 20 | Inorganic Chemistry Seminar: Professor Seth Cohen, University of California, San Diego, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Hemamala Karunadasa) | |||
| 24 | Student Thesis Defense: Bo Zhang, Graduate Student, Dai Group - “Plasmonic Nanomaterials For Biological Sensing and Biomedical Diagnostics” Clark Center S360 2:00pm | |||
| 30 | Chemistry Seminar: Professor Tom Soh, Stanford University, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Steven Boxer) | |||
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December 2015
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Organic Chemistry Seminar: Professor Lara Mahal, New York University, Braun Lecture Hall, 11:30am (Host: Carolyn Bertozzi)
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| 8 | Physical Chemistry Seminar: Dr. Lauren Zarzar, MIT, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm | |||
| 10 | Student Thesis Defense: Chris Lyons, Graduate Student, Stack Group - "Thermodynamic study of carbon dioxide capture with amine- functionalized mesoporous materials" Braun Lecture Hall 1:00pm | |||
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January 2016
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| 8 | Chemistry Seminar: Dr. Julia Lehman, University of Colorado, Boulder, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Bianxiao Cui) | |||||
| 12 | Physical Chemistry Seminar: Professor Sarah Keller, University of Washington, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Steve Boxer) | |||||
| 15 | Chemistry Seminar: Dr. Eric Bloch, Harvard University, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Tom Markland) | |||||
| 22 | Chemistry Seminar: Dr. Jungwon Park, Harvard University, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Hongjie Dai) | |||||
| 26 | Student Thesis Defense: Tim Brown, Graduate Student, Zare Group - “Coupling Electrochemistry and Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry to Observe Transient Electrochemical Intermediates”, Clark Center S360 1:00pm | |||||
| 26 | Organic Chemistry Seminar: Professor J.P. Lumb, McGill University, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Barry Trost) | |||||
| 27 | Second Year Organic Seminar: Xiuyuan "Ted" Li, Khosla Group - "Principle and Application of Activity Based Protein Profiling" & Carolyn Cohen, Burns Group - “Polymer-Based Drug Delivery Systems for Antibiotics”, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm | |||||
| 29 | Chemistry Seminar: Dr. Julia Kalow, MIT, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Noah Burns) | |||||
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February 2016
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Student Thesis Defense: Shiven Kapur, Graduate Student, Khosla Group - “Molecular Recognition Between Ketosynthase and Acyl Carrier Protein Domains of the 6-Deoxyerythronolide B Synthase”, Chemistry Gazebo 2:30pm | ||||
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Student Hosted Colloquia: Professor Eric Jacobsen, Harvard University, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: James Mack)
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Second Year Organic Seminar: Zexin Jin, Xia Group - "Recent progress in meta-C-H activation" & Fred Tomlin, Bertozzi Group - "Dendrimers: Applications in cancer imaging and therapy", Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm |
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| 04 | Inorganic Chemistry Seminar: Professor Leslie Murray, University of Florida, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Hemamala Karunadasa) | |||||
| 05 | Inorganic Chemistry Seminar: Professor Lawrence Que, Jr., University of Minnesota, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:00pm (Host: Ed Solomon) | |||||
| 08 | Student Thesis Defense: Kate Waldie, Graduate Student, Waymouth Group - "Investigations of Homogeneous Ruthenium and Cobalt Complexes for Electrocatalytic Transformations", Munzer Auditorium 9:30am | |||||
| 08 | Student Thesis Defense: Herman Lik Hang Yuen, Graduate Student, Kool Group - "Fluorogenic DarkZone Dyes for In Vitro and Intracellular Aldehyde Labeling", Chemistry Gazebo 2:00pm | |||||
| 08 | Organic Chemistry Seminar: Professor Xumu Zhang, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and South University of Science and Technology, China, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Bob Waymouth) | |||||
| 09 | Physical Chemistry Seminar: Professor Long Cai, Caltech, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Bianxiao Cui) | |||||
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Student Thesis Defense: Liting Duan, Graduate Student, Cui Group - "Application and Characterization of Optogenetic Systems Based on Cryptochrome 2/CIB1", Clark S360 3:00pm | ||||
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Student Thesis Defense: Marie Maher, Graduate Student, Cegelski Group - "Identification and subsequent characterization of inhibitors of amyloids and amyloid-based biofilm in E. coli through cell-based high-throughput screening", Chemistry Gazebo 2:00pm | ||||
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Organic Chemistry Seminar: Professor Felix Fischer, University of California, Berkeley, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Carolyn Bertozzi)
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Chemistry Seminar: Dr. Brian Liau, Massachusetts General Hospital, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Noah Burns) | ||||
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Physical Chemistry Seminar: Professor Michael Wasielewski, Northwestern University, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Steve Boxer)
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Organic Chemistry Seminar: Professor Luis Campos, Columbia University, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Yan Xia)
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| 18 | Organic Chemistry Seminar: Professor Matt Kanan, Stanford University, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm | |||||
| 22 | ChEM-H Seminar: Dr. Stavroula Hatzios, Harvard Medical School and Brigham & Women's Hospital - "Chemoproteomic Discovery of Host and Pathogen Enzymes Active in Cholera", Packard Building Room 101, 4:00pm | |||||
| 24 | Organic Chemistry Seminar: Professor Scott Silverman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Eric Kool) | |||||
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Linus Pauling Lectureship: Professor Jane Clarke, University of Cambridge, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Joseph Puglisi)
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Student Thesis Defense: Courtney Reichhardt, Graduate Student, Cegelski Group - "Atomistic insights into microbial biofilms", Clark Auditorium 9:30am | ||||
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March 2016
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Inorganic Chemistry Seminar: Professor Andrew J. Boydston, University of Washington, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Robert Waymouth) | ||||
| 04 | Student Thesis Defense: Robert McGibbon, Graduate Student, Pande Group - "Statistical models of protein conformational dynamics", Clark S360 3:30pm | |||||
| 07 | Student Hosted Colloquia: Professor Anne Andrews, University of California, Los Angeles, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Qunxiang Ong) | |||||
| 09 | Student Thesis Defense: Cong Arthur Meng, Graduate Student, Block Group - "Single-Molecule Studies Of Prokaryotic And Eukaryotic Transcription Initiation", Li Ka Shing Center Room 120, 2pm | |||||
| 09 | Organic Chemistry Seminar: William Dichtel, Cornell University, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Yan Xia) | |||||
| 18 | Student Thesis Defense: Xirui Xiao, Graduate Student, Khosla Group - "In vitro Reconstitution of Escherichia Coli Lipid A Biosynthesis Pathway: Enzymatic Synthesis of Lipid A Analogues", Shriram 104, 1pm | |||||
| 29 | Inorganic Chemistry Seminar: Professor Kirill Kovnir, University of California, Davis, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Hema Karunadasa) | |||||
| 30 | Second Year Organic Seminar: Shyam Sathyamoorthi, Du Bois Group & Katherine Walker, Waymouth/Zare Group, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm | |||||
| 31 | Third Year Inorganic Seminar: Will Gent, Chueh Group, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm | |||||
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April 2016
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Physical Chemistry Seminar: Professor Amber Krummel, Colorado State University, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Michael Fayer)
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Guthikonda Lectureship: Professor K.C. Nicolaou, Rice University, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Barry Trost)
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Second Year Organic Seminar: Binhong Lin, Waymouth Group & Nielson Weng, Khosla Group, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm | ||||
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Student Hosted Colloquia: Professor Graham Cooks, Purdue University, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Katherine Walker)
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| 12 | Physical Chemistry Seminar: Professor Joel Eaves, University of Colorado Boulder, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Tom Markland) | |||||
| 13 | Organic Chemistry Seminar: Professor Jared Lewis, University of Chicago Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Justin Du Bois) | |||||
| 18 | Organic Chemistry Seminar: Professor Ryan Shenvi, Scripps Research Institute, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Noah Burns) | |||||
| 20 | Second Year Organic Seminar: Nicholas Chiappini, Du Bois Group, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm | |||||
| 21 | 2016 McConnell Lectureship: Professor Hermann Gaub, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, 4:30pm (Host: Steven Boxer) | |||||
| 25 | Student Hosted Colloquia: Professor Joseph DeSimone, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Ben Elling) | |||||
| 26 | Third Year Inorganic Seminar: Stephen Jones, Solomon Group & Ari Jacobs, Solomon Group, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm | |||||
| 27 | Inorganic Chemistry Seminar: Professor Josh Figueroa, University of California San Diego, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Matthew Kanan) | |||||
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Inorganic Chemistry Seminar: Professor Michael Nedig, University of Rochester, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Ed Solomon)
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May 2016
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| 03 | Third Year Inorganic Seminar: David Hanifi, Salleo Group & Matthew Smith, Karunadasa Group, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm | |||||
| 04 | Stauffer Lectureship (Day 1 of 2): Professor Mark Johnson, Yale University, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Richard Zare) | |||||
| 05 | Third Year Inorganic Seminar: Thomas Cook, Stack Group & Alex Stahl, Yang Group, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm | |||||
| 06 | Stauffer Lectureship (Day 2 of 2): Professor Mark Johnson, Yale University, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Richard Zare) |
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Physical Chemistry Seminar: Professor Prashant Jain, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Mike Fayer) | ||||
| 13 | CMAD Symposium: Location: Braun Lecture Hall, time - TBA | |||||
| 16 | Distinguished Women in Science: Professor Emily Weiss, Northwestern University, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Hsiao-Tieh Hsu) | |||||
| 17 | Third Year Inorganic Seminar: Mary Anne Manumpil, Karunadasa Group & Hsiao-Tieh Hsu, Maher Group, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm | |||||
| 18 | Second Year Organic Seminar: Elizabeth McLoughlin, Waymouth Group & Jack Sloane, Wender Group, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm | |||||
| 23 | Student Hosted Colloquia: Professor Taekjip Ha, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Maurice Lee) | |||||
| 25 | Second Year Organic Seminar: Steven Shuken, Burns Group & Naomi Clayman, Waymouth Group, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm | |||||
| 26 | Inorganic Chemistry Seminar: Professor Michael Green, University of California, Irvine, Braun Lecture Hall, 4:30pm (Host: Keith Hodgson) | |||||
| 27 | 2016 Student Award Ceremony and Reception: Braun Auditorium and Mudd Patio, 3:00pm | |||||
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June 2016
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ChEM-H Seminar: Professor Chuan He, University of Chicago, Location: TBA, Time: TBA
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July 2016
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August 2016
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