The Department of Chemistry

Fall 2005: Schedule of Seminars & Events

Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11 AM - Angell B112

Coffee at 10:45 AM in Cook A229

SPEAKER

TITLE

HOST

DATE

Faculty Meeting

9/20/05

Humphrey Symposium

9/23-9/24/05

Robert Batey

Univ. of Toronto

Reaction Development for the Synthesis of Heterocyclic Targets and Alkaloids

JSM

9/29/05

Vincent Rotello

Univ. of Mass. Amherst

Nanoparticles in Materials and Biology

TSH

10/6/05

Dennis Discher

Univ. of Pennsylvania

Polymer Vesicles and Cylinder Micelles for Insight & Application

DAS

10/13/05

Faculty Meeting

10/18/05

Shana O. Kelley

Boston College

Interfacing and Templating Nanostructures with Biomolecules

MAC

10/20/05

Michael Ogawa

Bowling Green Univ.

Miniature Metalloproteins as Molecular Tinkertoys

MAC

10/27/05

Devon Shipp

Clarkson University

Well-Defined Polymers by Living Radical Polymerizations

DAS

11/3/05

Jason Kingsbury

Harvard University

Design and Serendipity in Organic Synthesis.  New Catalysts and Methods for the Stereo-Enantioselective Formation of C-C Bonds

TSH

11/8/05

Robert B. Grubbs

Dartmouth College

Controlled Radical Polymerization for the Construction of Nanomaterials

DAS

11/10/05

Preston Snee

MIT

Semiconductor Nanocrystal Lasers and Sensors

CCL

11/1505

Vy Dong

Univ. of California, Berkeley

Total Synthesis of Erythronolide B via a Novel Tandem Claisen Rearrangement and Supramolecular Encapsulation of Cationic Intermediates

JSM

11/17/05

Jeremy Kodanko

MIT

Synthesis of Polypyrrolidinoindoline Natural Products and Model Complexes of Diiron Enzyme Active Sites

MB

11/22/05

Kathryn E. Splan

Duke University

Development and Characterization of Porphyrin Chromophores for Solar Energy Conversion

11/29/05

Ekaaterina V. Pletneva

Calif. Institute of Technology

Snapshots of Cytochrome c Folding

12/1/05

Tristan Lambert

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Investigation of New Claisen Rearrangements and Total Synthesis of the Telomerase Inhibitor UCS1025A

12/6/05

Hien Nguyen

Stanford University

Exploring New Methods for Carbohydrate Synthesis and Total Synthesis of Auriside A and Rameswaralide

12/8/05

Michael P. Shaver

Imperial College, London

Multi-dentate Chelating Ligands: Promoting Small Molecule Chemistry with V, Nb, Ta and Fe

12/12/05

12:00 Noon

Thomas Driver

Calif. Institute of Technology

Methodology and Mechanism: (i) Silacyclopropane Formation and (ii) Selectivity Trends in C-H Bond Activation

12/15/05

12:00 Noon

John S. Magyar

Calif. Institute of Technology

Why is Lead Toxic? Insights from Coordination Chemistry into the Molecular Mechanisms of Lead Poisoning

12/20/05