Seminars and Events
Fridays at 3:00 p.m. in ISC 1127
Spring 2009:
January 23
Faculty Research Presentations (Chem 320)
January 30
Faculty Research Presentations (Chem 320)
February 6
Library Presentation (Chem 320)
February 13
Safety Presentation (Chem 320)
February 20
Safety Presentation (Chem 320)
February 27
NO SEMINAR - UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
March 6
NO SEMINAR - SPRING BREAK
March 13
NO SEMINAR - SPRING BREAK
March 20
NO SEMINAR
March 27
Wade Downey, University of Richmond
“Carbonyl attack by enolate and acetylide nucleophiles in the presence of trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate”
April 3
Margaret MacDonald, Ph.D., National Gallery of Art
“Investigation of Pigment and Binder Interactions in Traditional Oil Paint Media”
April 10
Daniel Rabinovitch, UNC,Charlotte
“Hooked on Sulfur Ligands: Novel Complexes and Unexpected Applications”
April 17
Dave Deaton, GlaxoSmithKline
“Cathespin K Inhibitors for the Treatment of Osteoporosis: An Example of the Drug Discovery Process”
April 24
Michael Unger, VIMS
“Tributyltin (TBT) in Chesapeake Bay: A Case Study of an Important Aquatic Pollutant”
May 1
NO SEMINAR - CLASSES END
Fall 2008:
September 5
"Biomedical Application of Magnetic Nanoparticles: impact of size and crystal structure"
Everett Carpenter
Virginia Commonwealth University
September 12
"The Chemistry of Kidney Stones"
Jennifer Swift
Georgetown University
September 19
"Remarkably Durable Ultracold Plasmas Made of Molecules in a Supersonic Expansion"
Edward Grant
University of British Columbia
September 26
NO SEMINAR
October 3
“Small Molecule Control of Bacterial Biofilms and Behavior”
Christian Melander
North Carolina State University
October 10
NO SEMINAR - FALL BREAK
October 17
"Chemistry at the Interface with Biology and Medicine. How Inhibition of Fatty Acid Synthesis has led to Therapeutic Approaches to Tuberculosis, Cancer and Obesity"
Craig Townsend
Johns Hopkins University
October 24
"Friendly Metals for Asymmetric Catalysis"
Greg Cook
North Dakota State University
October 31
NO SEMINAR
November 7
"Fuel Economy and Today's Lubricants"
Michael Glasgow
Afton Chemical Company
November 14
"Anti-cancer activity of natural product cribrostatin 6: Synthesis of potent derivatives and elucidation of anti-cancer mechanism"
Mirth Hoyt
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
November 21
"From Hydrogen Atom Transfer to Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer: Transition Metal Complexes Provide a New Look at an Old Reaction"
James Mayer
University of Washington
November 28
NO SEMINAR - THANKSGIVING BREAK
December 5
NO SEMINAR - CLASSES END
