Seminar Schedule

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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.

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Spring 2012

February 2

iCal

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

iCal

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

iCal

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

iCal

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

iCal

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

iCal

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

iCal

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

iCal

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

iCal

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

iCal

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

iCal

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

iCal

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

iCal

*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

iCal

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

iCal

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