Seminar Schedule-Events-Department of Chemistry-University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Unless otherwise stated, seminars are at 11:15 AM in Lederle GRT Room 1634.
Contact the host indicated for further information.

Seminar Schedule FALL 2006
September 7	Professor Vernon Anderson Department of Biochemistry Case Western Reserve University “Structural and kinetic studies on a-synuclein fibril formation” Host: Prof. Richard Vachet
September 14	Professor Maria Gomez Department of Chemistry Mt. Holyoke College “Modeling Proton Transfer in Solid State Materials” Host: Prof. Scott Auerbach
September 22 Friday-3:30 p.m. 119 ELAB II	WILLIAM E. MAHONEY ANNUAL LECTURE Dr. Ioannis Miaoulis President and Director Museum of Science, Boston “Re-engineering the Curriculum” Host: Prof. Mahoney
September 28	Professor Michael Barnes Department of Chemistry University of Massachusetts, Amherst “Chemical Microscopy of Novel Nanostructures–Uncovering Structure-Property Relations, One Molecule at a Time” Host: Personnel Commitee
October 5	Professor Sergey Vassenkov Department of Chemical Engineering University of Florida “Using NMR in Nanosciences” Host: Prof. Scott Auerbach
October 12	Professor Anne-Frances Miller Department of Chemistry University of Kentucky “How Proteins Control Electrons: Protons” Host: Prof. Michael Knapp
October 19	Professor Robert P. Hausinger Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Michigan State University “Mechanism and versatility of Fe(11)/2-oxoglutarate-dependent hydroxlases” Host: Prof. Michael Knapp
October 26	PROCTER & GAMBLE SEMINAR Professor Jean-Marie Lehn Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry 1987 University of Strasbourg, France “Perspectives in Supramolecular Chemistry: Towards Self-Organization from Matter to Life” Host: Procter & Gamble
November 2	Professor Michael Hecht Department of Chemistry Princeton University “Designing Combinatorial Libraries of Novel Proteins and the Molecular Underpinnings of Alzheimer’s Disease” Host: Prof. Jeanne Hardy
November 9	STEIN-BAYER SEMINAR Professor Julia Kornfield Department of Chemical Engineering California Institute of Technology “Making them Faster and Better: Flow-Induced Crystallization of Polymers” Host: Prof. Richard Stein
November 16	Professor Fraser Stoddart Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California, Los Angeles “Whither Molecular Electronics” Host: Subhadeep Basu–Thayumanuvan Lab Professor Stoddart's website
November 30	Professor David Modarelli Department of Chemistry University of Akron “Photophysical Properties of N-Confused Porphyrins and Their Use in Photonic Arrays” Host: Prof. Paul Lahti Professor Modarelli's website
December 7	Professor Homme Hellinga Department of Biochemistry Duke Univesity “Computation Protein Design” Hosts: Profs. Lila Gierasch and Jeanne Hardy Professor Hellinga's website
December 14	Professor David Warshaw Department of Cell and Molecular Biology University of Vermont “Myosin: A Molecular Motor with Mechanical Parts” Host: Prof. Vincent Rotello Professor Warshaw's website