Fall 2008 Seminar Calendar

Friday, August 22, 2008, DO-202:

Introduction to seminar; for enrolled students only

 

Friday, August 29, 2008, DO-202:

Dr. Ned H. Martin

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

University of North Carolina Wilmington
Title: Revisiting through-space NMR shielding effects; it's not just shielding cones anymore

Dr. Martin's Website

Abstract of Dr. Martin's Seminar

Introduction by: Brian Kelly

 

Friday, September 5, 2008, DO-202:

Dr. Mark Wightman

Department of Chemistry

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Title: Voltammetric Measurements of Rapid Chemical Signalling by Dopamine

Dr. Wightman's Website

Abstract of Dr. Wightman's Seminar

Introduction by: Amy Mroz

 

Friday, September 12, 2008, DO-202:

Dr. Gary Pielak

Department of Chemistry

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Title: Protein NMR Under Physiological Conditions

Dr. Pielak's Website

Abstract of Dr. Pielak's Seminar

Introduction by: Mairin Buchanan

 

Friday, September 19, 2008, DO-202:

Dr. David Wilson

Department of Chemistry

Georgia State University
Title: DNA Molecular Recognition and Compound Design
to Specifically Target the DNA Minor Groove

Dr. Wilson's Website

Abstract of Dr. Wilson's Seminar

Introduction by: Kim Clark

 

Friday, September 26, 2008, DO-202:

Dr. Jeff Petty

Department of Chemistry

Furman University
Title: Biophysical Studies of Alternate DNA Structures

Dr. Petty's Website

Abstract of Dr. Petty's Seminar

Introduction by: Justin Isaacs

 

Friday, October 3, 2008, DO-202:

Dr. Richard Jordan

Department of Chemistry

University of Chicago
Title: Synthesis of Functionalized Polyolefins by Insertion Polymerization

Dr. Jordan's Website

Abstract of Dr. Jordan's Seminar

Introduction by: Neil Williams

 

Friday, October 10, 2008, DO-202:

Dr. Mike Whangbo

Department of Chemistry

North Carolina State University
Title: On the negative oxidation state and chemical bonding of late transition metal elements

Dr. Whangbo's Website

Abstract of Dr. Whangbo's Seminar

Introduction by: Natalie Mitchell

 

Friday, October 17, 2008, DO-202:

Dr. William C. Wimley

Department of Chemistry

Tulane University
Title: High throughput methods for discovering membrane active peptides

Dr. Wimley's Website

Abstract of Dr. Wimley's Seminar

Introduction by: James Svetlovics

 

Friday, October 24, 2008, DO-202:

Dr. Ross Widenhoefer

Department of Chemistry

Duke University
Title: TBA

Dr. Widenhoefer's Website

Abstract of Dr. Widenhoefer's Seminar 

Introduction by: Allen Martin

 

Friday, October 31, 2008, DO-202:

Dr. Bernadette Donovan-Merkert

Department of Chemistry

University of North Carolina Charlotte
Title: Electrochemistry in Asymmetric Catalysis: Zapping our way to Enantiomeric Purity

Dr. Donovan-Merkert's Website

Abstract of Dr. Donovan-Merkert's Seminar

Introduction by: Danielle Merrill

 

Friday, November 7, 2008, DO-202:

Dr. Roberta Colman

Department of Chemistry

University of Delaware
Title: Exploring Interfaces Between Enzyme Subunits

Dr. Colman's Website

Abstract of Dr. Colman's Seminar

Introduction by: Beth Butler

 

Friday, November 14, 2008, DO-202:

Dr. Steven Regen

Department of Chemistry

Lehigh University
Title: Neareast-Neighbor Recognition in Phospholipid Membranes

Dr. Regen's Website

Abstract of Dr. Regen's Seminar

Introduction by: Darryl Wright

 

Friday, November 21, 2008, DO-202:

Dr. Jeffrey Wright

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Center for Marine Science

University of North Carolina Wilmington
Title: Mingling with Microbes: Some recent developments in the chemistry and biochemistry of culturable phytoplankton.
Dr. Wright's Website

Abstract of Dr. Wright's Seminar

Introduction by: Jared Arnette

 

Mike Whangbo's abstract.pdf