Seminar Schedule-Events & Seminars-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.
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Spring 2012
February 2	Professor Linda Columbus Department of Chemistry University of Virginia "Membrane Protein Structural Biology: From Micelles to Bacterial Invasion" Host: Prof. Mike Maroney & Lynmarie Thompson Professor Columbus' Website
February 9	Professor John Grey Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology University of New Mexico "Spectroscopic Studies of Aggregates in Conjugated Organic Optoelectronic Molecules and Assemblies" Host: Prof. Mike Barnes Professor Grey's Website
February 16	Professor Wayne Hendrickson Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Columbia University "Signal Transmission through Histidine Kinase Receptors" Host: Prof. Bob Weis Professor Hendrickson's Website
February 23	Professor Hien Nguyen Department of Chemistry University of Iowa "Catalytic Transformation of Trihaloacetimidates: Synthesis of Bioactive Carbohydrates and Allylic Fluorides" Host: Prof. Thai Thayumanavan Professor Nguyen's Website
March 1	Professor Vitali Tugarinov Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry University of Maryland "Methyl-based NMR Evidence for Symmetry in Functionally or Crystallographically Asymmetric Homodimers" Host: Prof. Igor Kaltashov Professor Tugarinov's Website
March 8	Professor Wendell Griffith Department of Chemistry University of Toledo "Mass Spectrometry in the Characterization of PTMs: New Tricks with an Old Tool" Host: Prof. Igor Kaltashov Professor Griffith's Website
March 15	Professor Bradley Smith Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry University of Notre Dame "Fluorescent and Chemiluminescent Probes for Optical Molecular Imaging" Host: Prof. Jim Chambers Professor Smith's Website
March 29	Professor Michael Baldwin Department of Chemistry University of Cincinnati "Bio-inspired Inorganic Chemistry: Examples in Catalysis and Metal Availability" Host: Prof. Mike Maroney Professor Baldwin's Website
April 5	Professor Nicolas Polfer Department of Chemistry University of Florida "Peptide Dissociation Chemistry in Mass Spectrometers Probed by Vibrational Spectroscopy" Host: Prof. Richard Vachet Professor Polfer's Website
April 12	RAUSCH SEMINAR Professor Robert Bergman Department of Chemistry University of California, Berkeley "Selective Stoichiometric and Catalytic Reactions in Water-Soluble Host-Guest Supramolecular Systems" Professor Bergman's Website
April 19	FIVE COLLEGE SEMINAR Professor Stephen Lippard Department of Chemistry Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Hydrocarbon Oxidation at Carboxylate-Bridged Diiron Active Sites" Host: Hampshire College Professor Lippard's Website
April 25- Wednesday, 4:00 p.m., 329 ISB	SPECIAL SEMINAR Professor Ray D'Alonzo Department of Chemistry UMass Amherst "Pharmaceutical Product and Supply Chain Protection or the Criminal Side of Pharmaceuticals"* Professor D'Alonzo's Website
April 26	Professor Benjamin Spiller Department of Pharmacology Vanderbilt University "Microtubule Regulation by Phosphatases and Bacterial Pathogens" Host: Prof. Jeanne Hardy Professor Spiller's Website
April 30 - Monday, 4:00 p.m., 124 Hasbrouck	*SPECIAL SEMINAR Professor Jaime Prilusky Head of Bioinformatics R&D Bioinformatics and Data Management Weizmann Institute of Science "Proteopedia" Professor Prilusky's Website
May 2-Wednesday, 4 p.m., 1634 LGRT	SPECIAL SEMINAR Professor Julius Rebek, Jr. The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology Scripps Institute "Molecular Behavior in Small Spaces"* Host: Prof. Vince Rotello Professor Rebek's Website
May 3	Dr. Bradley T. Hyman Director, Massachusetts Alzheimer's Disease Research Center John B. Penney Jr. Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School "TBA" Host: Prof. Jeanne Hardy Dr. Hyman's Website
May 10	JOINT CBI SEMINAR Professor Donald Engelman Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry Yale University "pH-dependent Transmembrane Peptide Insertion: Mechanism and Uses in Tumor Targeting and Drug Delivery" Host: Fabian Romano Chernac Professor Engelman's Website