Seminars, Colloquia and Thesis Defense
Special Seminar
Thursday Feb 23 2012
4:00 PM
NSB 3211
Dr. Tae-Ho
UCSD
Full counting Statistics of Inelastic Scattering
Host: Professor Francesco Paesani
Comments: Part of Theoretical/Computational Chemistry Seminar Series
Inorganic Seminar
Friday Feb 24 2012
11:00 AM
4500 Pacific Hall
Professor Rory Waterman
University of Vermont
Zirconium-Mediated Bond Formation: Methods, Molecules and Materials
Host: Professor Joshua Figueroa 858-822-7478
Comments:
Organic Seminar
Monday Feb 27 2012
4:00 PM
1205 NSB
Michael C. Pirrung, Professor
University of California, Riverside
Synthesis of Natural Proteasome-Inhibiting Anticancer Agents
Host: Professor Yitzhak Tor, x44466
Comments:
Inorganic Seminar
Friday Mar 2 2012
11:00 AM
4500 Pacific Hall
Professor Parisa Mehrkhodavandi
University of British Columbia
Chiral Indium Catalysts for Highly Controlled Ring Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Esters
Host: Professor Joshua Figueroa
Comments:
Organic Seminar
Monday Mar 5 2012
4:00 PM
Garren Auditorium
Professor Barbara Imperiali
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Asparagine-linked Protein Glycosylation: Pathways, Processes and Potential Antivirulence Targets
Host: Goodman Lecture Committee, 858-534-4466
Comments: 2012 Murray Goodman Lecture and Organic Chemistry Seminar
Organic Seminar
Tuesday Mar 6 2012
1:30 pm
NSB 1205
Professor Athanassios Giannis
University of Leipzig
The Hedgehog Pathway: Chemistry, Biological Investigations and Medical Perspectives of Cyclopamine
Host: Professor Emmanuel Theodorakis (858) 534 - 4466
Comments:
Physical/Analytical Seminar
Tuesday Mar 6 2012
4:00 PM
1205 NSB Auditorium
Professor Christine Payne
Georgia Institute of Technology
Cellular Internalization and Transport of Nanoparticles
Host: Professor Judy Kim 858-534-8080
Comments:
Organic Seminar
Monday Mar 12 2012
4:00 PM
1205 NSB
Assistant Professor Neil K. Garg,
UC-Los Angeles
Complex Molecule Synthesis as a Fuel for Discovery
Host: Professor Emmanuel Theodorakis (858) 534 - 4466
Comments:
Organic Seminar
Monday Mar 12 2012
4:00 PM
1205 NSB
Neil K. Garg, Assistant Professor
University of California, Los Angeles
TBA
Host: Professor Carlos Guerrero, x44466
Comments:
Physical/Analytical Seminar
Tuesday Mar 13 2012
4:00 PM
1205 NSB Auditorium
Professor Harry Frank
University of Connecticut
Structure, Spectroscopy and Photophysics of Carotenoids: The Peculiar Story of Peridinin
Host: Professor Mike Tauber 858-534-7334
Comments:
Thesis Defense
Thursday Mar 15 2012
2:00 pm
Natural Science Building (NSB) 1205
Karen Olson
TBD
Chair: Ulrich Muller, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Committee Members: Stanley Opella, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Thomas Hermann, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Simpson Joseph, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Lorraine Pillus, Biology
Physical/Analytical Seminar
Tuesday Mar 20 2012
4:00 PM
1205 NSB Auditorium
Professor Jim Skinner
University of Wisconsin
Spectroscopy, Structure and Dynamics of Water: Ice, Liquid, Surface, Clusters
Host: Professor Francesco Paesani 858-822-3383
Comments:
Inorganic Seminar
Friday Mar 23 2012
11:00 AM
4500 Pacific Hall
Professor Tomas Torres
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Photoactive Phthalocyanine- and Subphthalocyanine-Containing Ensembles
Host: Professor Seth Cohen 858-822-5596
Comments:
Organic Seminar
Monday Mar 26 2012
4:00 PM
1205 NSB
Hang (Hubert) Yin, Assistant Professor
University of Colorado at Boulder
Drugging the Undruggable
Host: Professor Thomas Hermann, x44466
Comments:
Biochemistry Seminar
Thursday Mar 29 2012
4:00 PM
TBD
Professor Jack W. Szostak (2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine)
Harvard Medical School
TBD
Host: Miller Lecture Committee, 858-534-4466
Comments: 3rd Stanley Miller Memorial Lecture and Biochemistry Seminar
Physical/Analytical Seminar
Tuesday Apr 3 2012
4:00 PM
1205 NSB Auditorium
Professor Jun Ye
JILA
Molecules are QuantumChemistry Near Absolute Zero
Host: Professor Tim Bertram 858-534-6371
Comments: A Kent Wilson Lecture
Physical/Analytical Seminar
Tuesday Apr 10 2012
4:00 PM
1205 NSB Auditorium
Professor Ken Brown
Georgia Institute of Technology
Probing Molecules with Laser-Cooled Atomic Ions
Host: Professor Francesco Paesani 858-822-3383
Comments:
Physical/Analytical Seminar
Tuesday Apr 17 2012
4:00 PM
1205 NSB Auditorium
Professor Stephan Link
Rice University
Collective Plasmon Modes in Nanoparticle Assemblies
Host: Professor Judy Kim 858-534-8080
Comments:
Thesis Defense
Wednesday Apr 18 2012
10:00 am
Natural Science Building (NSB) 1205
Jon Smieja
TBD
Chair: Cliff Kubiak, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Committee Members: William Trogler, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Josh Figueroa, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Jerry Yang, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Andrew Dickson, SIO
Inorganic Seminar
Friday Apr 20 2012
11:00 AM
4500 Pacific Hall
Professor Amy C. Rosenzweig
Northwestern University
Biological Methane Oxidation
Host: Professor Seth Cohen 858-822-5596
Comments:
Physical/Analytical Seminar
Tuesday Apr 24 2012
4:00 PM
1205 NSB Auditorium
Professor George Schatz
Northwestern University
New Twists on DNA in Biology and Materials
Host: Professor Francesco Paesani 858-822-3383
Comments: Distinguished Lecture in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
Inorganic Seminar
Friday Apr 27 2012
11:00 AM
4500 Pacific Hall
Professor Jacqueline Barton
Caltech
DNA-Mediated Signaling
Host: Professor Seth Cohen
Comments:
Special Seminar
Tuesday May 1 2012
4:00pm
1205 NSB Auditorium
Professor David W. Chandler
SANDIA
Crossed Molecular Beam Studies of Inelastic Scattering
Host: Professor Robert Continetti
Comments: Physical/Analytical
Physical/Analytical Seminar
Tuesday May 8 2012
4:00 PM
1205 NSB Auditorium
Professor Margaret Tolbert
University of Colorado, Boulder
Laboratory Studies of Cirrus Clouds: Ice Nucleation One Particle at a Time
Host: Analytical Chemistry Students
Comments:
Biochemistry Seminar
Wednesday May 9 2012
4:00 PM
TBA
Dr. Michael Brown, MD
University of Texas Southwestern
TBA
Host: Professor Edward Dennis 858-822-4107
Comments: THIRTY-NINTH EMD-MILLIPORE LECTURESHIP IN CHEMISTRY (formerly CALBIOCHEM)
Biochemistry Seminar
Thursday May 10 2012
4:00 PM
TBA
Dr. Michael Brown, MD
University of Texas Southwestern
TBA
Host: Professor Edward Dennis 858-822-4107
Comments: THIRTY-NINTH EMD-MILLIPORE LECTURESHIP IN CHEMISTRY (formerly CALBIOCHEM)
Physical/Analytical Seminar
Tuesday May 15 2012
4:00 PM
1205 NSB Auditorium
Professor Graham Cooks
Purdue University
Fundamentals and Applications of Desorption Electrospray Ionization (DESI)
Host: Professor Tim Bertram 858-534-6371
Comments:
Inorganic Seminar
Friday May 18 2012
11:00 AM
4500 Pacific Hall
Professor Glenn Millhauser
UC Santa Cruz
The Prion Protein -- More Structure than you think&
Host: Professor Seth Cohen
Comments:
Special Seminar
Tuesday May 22 2012
4:00 PM
1205 NSB Auditorium
Professor Kelly Gaffney
Stanford
Resolving the Mechanism of H-bond Switching and Ligand Exchange in Aqueous Ionic Solution
Host: Professor Tim Bertram
Comments: Physical/Analytical
Inorganic Seminar
Friday May 25 2012
11:00 AM
4500 Pacific Hall
Professor Adam Matzger
University of Michigan
Coordination Polymers: New Tricks for Old Dogs
Host: Professor Seth Cohen 858-822-5596
Comments:
Inorganic Seminar
Friday Jun 1 2012
11:00 AM
4500 Pacific Hall
Professor Shane Telfer
Massey University
Creating Nothing out of Something: Thermolabile Groups in Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs)
Host: Professor Akif Tezcan
Comments:
Thesis Defense
Tuesday Jun 5 2012
10:00 a.m.
Natural Science Building (NSB) 1205
John Zuris
TBD
Chair: Patricia Jennings, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Committee Members: Josh Figueroa, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Gouri Ghosh, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Stan Opella, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Cliff Kubiak, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Jose Onuchic, Physics