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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Chemistry & Biochemistry Colloquia 2017-2018

 

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Colloquia are held at 4:00 p.m. in WO 1205 unless otherwise noted.

 

                                             Fall 2017

Date

Speaker

Host
8-28-2017 Faculty Talks  
8-30-2017 TA Orientation  
9-4-2017  Labor Day  
9-6-2017  Faculty Talks  
9-11-2017  Faculty Talks  
9-13-2017  Faculty Talks  
9-18-2017  Faculty Talks  
9-20-2017    
9-25-2017    
9-27-2017    
10-2-2017    
10-4-2017    
10-9-2017 Prof. Peng Liu, University of Pittsburgh
Title: Computational Studies of Functionalization of C-H, C-C Bonds and Olefins		 Jianglong Zhu 
10-11-2017 Prof. John Wolfe, University of Michigan
Title: Palladium-Catalyzed Alkene Difunctionalization Reactions for the Synthesis of Heterocycles and Carbocycles		 Wei Li
10-16-2017 Fall Break  
10-18-2017    
10-23-2017    
10-25-2017 Prof. David Benson, Calvin College
Title: Oxidative Protein Post-Translational Modifications and Protein Oxidation		 Ajith Karunarathne
10-30-2017

Dr. Andrew Lees, Fina Biosolutions LLC
Public: Towards Affordable Conjugate Vaccines: Efficient Chemistry, Low Cost Carrier Protein and Supporting New Entrants

Special Seminar: 

Grad Student/Post Doc:  Life as a Micro Bio-Entrepreneur
BO 2083 - 12:00 - 12:30 pm

 

 

 Peter Andreana
11-1-2017    
11-6-2017    
11-8-2017    
11-13-2017 Dr. Tom Connelly, CEO of the American Chemical Society
Title: TBA		 Joanna Hinton
Jon Kirchhoff
11-15-2017    
11-20-2017 Prof. Guijun Wang, Old Dominion University
Title: Synthesis and Applications of Glycomimetics, from Asymmetric Synthesis to Advanced Materials		 Peter Andreana 
11-22-2017 Thanksgiving Break  
11-27-2017 Dissertation Defense: Krishnakant Patel Peter Andreana 
11-29-2017    
12-1-2017 Dissertation Defense: Vinay Mutthamsetty Ron Viola
12-4-2017 Prof. Amanda J. Morris, Virginia Tech
Title: Mechanistic Insight into Efficient Energy Transfer in Metal Organic Frameworks		 Michael Young
12-6-2017 Prof. Joshua Pierce, North Carolina State University
Title: Marine Natural Products Synthesis: A Platform for Chemical and Biological Discovery		 Wei Li
12-8-2017    

Spring 2018

Date

Speaker(s)

Host
1-15-2018 Martin Luther King Jr. Day  
1-17-2018 Biochemistry Faculty Search Candidate  
1-22-2017 Prof. Richard Neubig, Michigan State university
Title: TBA		 Ajith Karunarathne
1-24-2018 Prof. Alan Smrcka, University of Michigan
Title: TBA		 Ajith Karunarathne 
1-25-2018 Biochemistry Faculty Search Candidate Ronning
1-29-2018 Biochemistry Faculty Search Candidate Ronning
1-31-2018 Biochemistry Faculty Search Candidate Ronning 
2-5-2018    
2-7-2018    
2-12-2018    
2-14-2018    
2-19-2018

Courtney Aldrich, University of Minnesota, Dept. of Medicinal Chemistry
Title: Rational Design of Antibiotics for Tuberculosis

 Steve Sucheck 
2-21-2018 Dissertation Defense: Christopher Goins Don Ronning 
2-26-2018 Jimmie Weaver, Oklahoma State University
Title: Decomposition of Photocatalytically Generated Perfluoroaryl Radical Anions; a Powerful Synthetic Tool for Accessing Multifluoroinated Arenes		 Michael Young
2-28-2018

Isaac T. Schiefer, University of Toledo, College of Pharmacy
Title: Attenuated Nitric Oxide Mimetic Furoxans as Novel Therapies for Neurodegenerative Disorders

 Dragan Isailovic 

3-2-2018

Friday @ 4:00 pm

 Prof. Jiaoyang Jiang, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Pharmacy
Title: Specificity, Function and Regulation of Protein O-GlcNAc Modification		 Peter Andreana
3-5-2018 Spring Break  
3-7-2018 Spring Break  
3-12-2018

Doug Genna, Youngstown State University
Title: TBA

 Michael Young
3-14-2018    
3-19-2018    
3-21-2018    
3-26-2018    
4-2-2018 Dr. Chris Senanayake, VP of Chemical Development
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Title: Important Asymmetric and Catalytic Transformations for Drug Development		 Steve Sucheck
4-4-2018 Dr. Dan Dransfield, Siamab Therapeutics, Boston MA
Title: Developing Novel Glycan-Targeted Cancer Immunotherapies		 Peter Andreana
4-9-2018

Organic Synthesis Lecture
Prof. Scott Rychnovsky, University of California - Irvine
Title: New Method for Synthesis and Structure Determination

Peter Andreana
Steve Sucheck
4-11-2018 Dissertation Defense: Miriam Basiouny
Title: Lanthanum Catalyzed Hydrophosphination and Hydrophosphinylation		 Joseph Schmidt 
4-16-2018 Dissertation Defense: Nasim Esmati Peter Andreana 
4-18-2018 Jiangjiang (Chris) Zhu, Miami University
Title: Probing Human and Microbial Metabolism Using Mass Spectrometry-Based Metabolomics		 Dragan Isailovic
4-20-2018 Dissertation Defense: Gwenn G. Parungao Ron Viola
4-23-2018 Lecturer Candidate Interview Claire Cohen
4-25-2018 Chemistry Department Honors Tea  
4-26-2018 Special Thursday Colloquium: Lecture Candidate Interview (WO 1201) Claire Cohen
4-27-2018 Lecture Candidate Interview Claire Cohen

Summer 2018

Date

Speaker(s)

Host
May 7th Thesis Defense: Thilini Perera Dragan Isailovic
May 23rd Dissertation Defense: Cécile Petit Don Ronning
May 30th

David Crich, Wayne State University
Title: Saccharides, Pseudosaccharides and their Mimetics

 Peter Andreana
June 4th Dissertation Defense: Gopal Dahal Ron Viola
June 6th Dissertation Defense:  Michael Banco Don Ronning
June 18th Dissertation Defense: Krishani Rajanayake Dragan Isailovic
July 18 Dissertation Defense: Badri Bhattarai Terry Bigioni
Last Updated: 6/27/22