Chemistry Departmental Seminar Series
Fall, 2009
Friday, 3:30 pm, 1001 Malott (unless specified)
| Date | Presenter / Topic | Host |
|---|---|---|
| August 21 | Susan Teague, Chemistry Business Office, University of Kansas
Mandatory Safety Seminar |
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| August 28 | No Seminar | |
| September 3 | Schowen Lecture Professor Richard Wolfenden, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Public Lecture: "An enzyme's eye view of evolution" Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009 4:00 P.M. 130 Budig Hall |
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| September 4 | Schowen Lecture Professor Richard Wolfenden, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Scientific Lecture: "Two Extreme Examples of Enzyme Catalytic Proficiency" Friday Sept. 4, 2009, 3:30 p.m., 1001 Malott Hall |
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| September 11 | No Seminar | |
| September 18 | Professor Richard P. Hsung, School of Pharm. & Dept of Chem, University of Wisconsin at Madison, WI
"Total Synthesis of Phomactin A." |
M. Rubin |
| September 25 | Professor Ekaterina Kadnikova, Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City
"Biocatalytical dynamic kinetic resolution as route to chiral unsaturated alcohols" |
M. Barybin |
| October 2 | Open | |
| October 9 | Dr. Kyungsoo Oh, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Indiana University-Purdue University
"Asymmetric Catalysis by Modified Strychnos Alkaloids" |
Rubin |
| October 9 | Dr. Steve Corcelli, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Notre Dame
"Vibrational Probes of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics" |
W. Thompson |
| October 15 | Fall Break | |
| October 23 | NIH Training Grant Symposium,
Professor Matthew Shair, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology,
Harvard University
"Synthesis of Cephalostatin 1, Elucidation of its Cellular Target, and Their Potential Impact on Human Diseases" |
Paul Hanson, Tom Prisinzano |
| October 30 | Professor Richard S. Givens,
Chemistry Department,
University of Kansas
Light, a ‘Traceless Reagent’ for Rapid Substrate Delivery The Photo-Favorskii Rearrangement: A Mechanistically Challenging, Yet Practical Photochemical Reaction |
Professor Richard S. Givens |
| November 6 | Arthur William Davidson Lecture, Professor Geraldine Richmond, Chemistry Department, University of Oregon
"Achieving Diversity in Science and Engineering Why is it so important? Why is it so difficult to achieve?" |
Arthur William Davidson Lecture |
| November 6 | Arthur William Davidson Lecture Professor Geraldine Richmond, Chemistry Department, University of Oregon "At the Water’s Edge: Understanding Environmentally Important Processes at Liquid Surfaces" |
C. Berrie |
| November 9 | Dr. Charles A. Perry - U. S. Geological Survey
"Global Warming Yes or No? Natural or Human Caused?" |
Chem club |
| November 13 | Professor Scott Snyder, Columbia University, Dept. of Chemistry
"Lessons in Chemoselectivity: Total Synthesis of Polyphenolic Natural Products" |
P. Hanson |
| November 20 | Christy L. Haynes, Chemistry Department, University of Minnesota
“Electroanalytical Eavesdropping on Cellular Communications” |
M. Johnson |
| November 27 | Thanksgiving Break
No Seminar |
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| December 4 | Professor Patrick Charbonneau, Chemistry Dept., Duke University
"How rare is crystal nucleation? Insights from beyond 3D" |
B. Laird |
| December 11 | Dains Lecture Professor Eric Anslyn, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas "Supramolecular Analytical Chemistry" |
R. Givens |
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