Chemistry Department Seminars
Spring 2013
Mondays and Wednesdays
12:00 noon - 1:00pm, MR 1027
Salzberg Chemistry Seminars are held on Mondays; Biochemistry Seminars are held on Wednesdays.
| DATE | SPEAKER | TOPIC |
| Jan. 30 |
David Jeruzalmi CCNY |
A unique mechanism for a DNA damage sensor |
| Feb. 4 |
Dalimil Dvorak Inst. of Chemical Tech, Prague, Czech Republic |
7,8-Dihydropurines for the Synthesis of New Purine Derivatives |
| Feb. 6 |
James Prestegard U, Georgia |
An NMR view of glycoprotein glycan structure and function |
| Feb. 11 |
Seth Herzon Yale |
Target-Driven Total Synthesis |
| Feb. 13 |
Anne-Francis Miller U, Kentucky |
How do proteins control electrons? PROTONS |
| Feb. 20 |
Barbara Zajc CCNY Chem |
Novel Approaches to Fluoroorganics via Electrophilic Fluorination Chemistry |
| Feb. 25 |
Ilona Kretszchmar CCNY, Dept of Chem Eng |
Patchy Particles - Why does asymmetry matter? |
| Feb. 27 |
Bil Clemens CalTech |
Biosynthesis of hydrophobic-tail proteins from structural biology |
| Mar. 4 |
Judy Zhang Temple Univ. |
Emerging Contaminants: Oxidation in Binary Metal oxide Mixtures and Removal of Polymeric Sorbents |
| Mar. 6 |
Mary Roberts Boston College |
New insights into protein/phospholipid binding |
| Mar. 11 |
Steven Bernasek Princeton Univ |
Interfacial Chemistry for Energy and the Environment |
| Mar. 18 |
Alisa Park Columbia U. |
Towards Sustainable Energy: Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) |
| Mar. 20 |
Huey Huang Rice Univ. |
Protein-induced structural changes in lipid bilayers |
| Mar. 25 - Apr. 2 |
SPRING |
RECESS |
| Apr. 3 |
Ariel Warshel USC |
Progress in Modeling of Biological Functions |
| Apr. 8 |
TBA |
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| Apr. 10 |
T. Kwaku Dayie U, Maryland |
Riboswitch TNA on-off signaling: a view from NMR & SAX |
| Apr. 15 |
Kripa K. Varasini MIT |
LiquiGlide ultra-slippery coating |
| Apr. 17 |
Dongping Zhong Ohio State U. |
Soothing the burn: repairing some damaged DNA with enzymes |
| Apr. 22 |
Steve G. Greenbaum |
Multinuclear Solid State NMR Studies of Lithium Batter Materials |
| Apr. 24 |
Victoria D'Souza Harvard |
Unraveling retroviral genome: one segment at a time |
| Apr. 29 |
Stan Whittingham SUNY Binghamton & Stony Brook |
Energy Storage and the Electric Century: Beyond Li-Ion Batteries-Materials Limitations |
| May 1 |
Brian Bachmann Vanderbilt |
Discovering new biosyntheses |
| May 6 |
Tanaji Talele St. Johns Univ. |
Novel Dihydrobenzofuran-Based Poly(ADP-ribose)Polymerase-1 Inhibitors |
| May 8 |
Greg Voth U, Chicago |
Proton transport in proteins: surprises from computer simulation |
| May 13 |
TBA | TBA |
| May 15 |
Biochemistry | Student Seminars |
