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
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
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
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