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Events for April 2012

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  1. Week of April 1, 2012

    1. Monday, April 2, 2012

      1. 3:30 pm   Final Defense, Professor So Hirata, AdvisorMr. Murat Keceli, UIUC, "Vibrational Many-Body Methods for Molecules and Extended Systems"
        433 RAL
      2. 4:00 pm   MatSE Department ColloquiumDr. Daniel Abraham, Argonne National Laboratory, "Designing Long-Life Lithium-ion Batteries"
        100 Materials Science and Engineering Building

    2. Tuesday, April 3, 2012

      1. 1:00 pm   Advisor: Daniel W. PackRahul Keswani
        Final Defense - Design of Hybrid Retroviral/Synthetic Gene Delivery Vectors
        117 RAL
      2. 3:00 pm   Advisor: Daniel W PackAshlee Nicole Ford Versypt
        Final Defense: Modeling of controlled-release drug delivery from autocatalytically degrading polymer microspheres
        279 Davenport Hall
      3. 4:00 pm   Final Defense, Professor John Hartwig, AdvisorMs. Jessica Klinkenberg, UIUC, "Palladium-Catalyzed Reactions of Ammonia, Carbon Monoxide, and Cyanide"
        161 Noyes Lab
      4. 7:00 pmDr. Illinois ChBE Pageant
        141 Wohlers Hall

    3. Thursday, April 5, 2012

      1. 10:00 am   Advisor: Paul J. A. KenisAdam S. Hollinger
        Final Defense: Manufacturing All-polymer Laminar Flow-based Fuel Cells
        117 RAL
      2. 12:00 pmMs. Amy Larson
        CHEM 575 Seminar: Ms. Amy Larson, UIUC, "Engineering Protein Photoswitches to Illuminate Biology"
        217 Noyes Laboratory
      3. 1:00 pm   Physical Seminar of Special InterestProfessor Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Physical Seminar of Special Interest, Penn State University, "Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Catalysis and Energy Conversion"
        116 RAL
      4. 4:00 pmFlygare Memorial Lecture, Professor Michael Bowers, University of California - Santa Barbara, "Peptide Assembly: What we know and why it is important."
        116 RAL

  2. Week of April 8, 2012

    1. Monday, April 9, 2012

      1. 4:00 pm   MatSE Department ColloquiumProf. Silvija Gradecak, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , "Semiconductor Nanowires for Energy Applications"
        100 Materials Science and Engineering Building
      2. 4:00 pmProf. Sylvie Garneau-Tsodekova, University of Michigan
        Prof. Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova, University of Michigan, "Towards understanding and combating resistance to aminoglycoside antibiotics"
        116 Roger Adams Lab

    2. Wednesday, April 11, 2012

      1. 4:00 pmProfessor James Chou, Harvard Medical School, "Structural and functional investigation of the mitochondrial heat generators: the uncoupling proteins"
        112 Chem Annex

    3. Thursday, April 12, 2012

      1. 12:00 pmMs. Caitlin Deane
        CHEM 575 Seminar: Ms. Caitlin Deane, UIUC, "Selective Probes for Biological Reactive Oxygen Species"
        217 Noyes Laboratory
      2. 4:00 pmDr. Douglas Weibel
        Dr. Douglas Weibel, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "Chemical Biological Studies of Bacterial Membranes"
        116 Roger Adams Laboratory
      3. 4:00 pm   Materials ChemistryProf. Xiaodong Chen, Nanyang Technology University, "Bio-Inspired Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage"
        112 Chem Annex

    4. Friday, April 13, 2012

      1. 4:00 pm   Analytical Chemistry seminarProfessor Nolan Flynn, Wellesley College, "Science on the Small Scale: Assembly and Applications of Nanoparticles"
        116 RAL

  3. Week of April 15, 2012

    1. Monday, April 16, 2012

      1. 4:00 pm   MatSE Department ColloquiumProf. Amanda Petford-Long, Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory , "Understanding the behavior of nanoscale magnetic heterostructures: How microscopy can help""
        100 Materials Science and Engineering Building

    2. Tuesday, April 17, 2012

      1. 2:00 pm   116 RALCBI/ChBE 565 Seminar, "Drug Delivery Systems for Treatment of Brain Tumors", Professor Mark Saltzman, Yale University
        116 Roger Adams Lab
      2. 2:00 pmProf. W. Mark Saltzman, Yale University
        Prof. W. Mark Saltzman, Yale University, "Drug delivery systems for treatment of brain tumors"
        116 Roger Adams Lab

    3. Wednesday, April 18, 2012

      1. 4:00 pmProfessor Kelly Gaffney, Stanford University, "Resolving the Mechanism of H-bond Switching and Ligand Exchange in Aqueous Ionic Solution"
        112 Chem Annex

    4. Friday, April 20, 2012

      1. All Day2012 Undergraduate Research Symposium, ceremony, and reception

  4. Week of April 22, 2012

    1. Monday, April 23, 2012

      1. 4:00 pmDr. Tadhg Begley
        Dr. Tadhg Begley, Texas A&M University, "Divergent Strategies for the Biosynthesis of Thiamin Pyrophosphate in Saccharomyces cerevisia and in Bacillus subtilis"
        116 Roger Adams Laboratory
      2. 4:00 pm   MatSE Department ColloquiumProf. Mohamed E.H. El-Sayed, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, "Development of enzyme-activated nano-conjugates for targeted hepatic cancer therapy"
        100 Materials Science and Engineering Building

    2. Tuesday, April 24, 2012

      1. 2:00 pm   116 RALChBE 565 Seminar, "Microstructure and Rheology Relationships for Concentrated Colloidal Dispersions: Shear Thickening Fluids and Their Applications", Professor Norman Wagner, University of Delaware
        116 Roger Adams Lab
      2. 4:00 pmProf. Ian Fleming
        Dr. Ian Fleming, Univ. of Cambridge, "Short Cuts: Scenes from a Life in Chemistry"
        116 Roger Adams Laboratory

    3. Wednesday, April 25, 2012

      1. 1:00 pm   Advisor: Professor Scott E. DenmarkMatthew Burk
        Mr. Matthew Burk, UIUC, "Asymmetric Lewis Base Catalysis: I. Lewis Base Catalyzed Halogenation and Development of an Enantioselective Bromocycloetherification Reaction; II. Enantioselective Addition of Silyl Ketene Imines to Carbonyl Electrophiles"
        A414 CLSL
      2. 4:00 pmDr. Gerhard Hummer, NIH, "Water in proteins: when it's there and when it isn't"
        112 Chem Annex

    4. Thursday, April 26, 2012

      1. 10:00 am   Final Defense, Professor Andrzej Wieckowski, AdvisorMr. Robert Kutz, UIUC, "In-Situ Spectroelectrochemical Surface Studies of Fundamental Fuel Cell Catalysis"
        A414 CLSL
      2. 3:00 pmDr. Phil Kym
        Abbott Lecture: Dr. Philip Kym, Abbott Laboratories, "Discovery of Modality Specific TRPV1 Antagonists for the Treatment of Chronic Pain"
        116 Roger Adams Laboratory
      3. 4:00 pmProfessor Makoto Fujita
        Abbott Lecture: Professor Makoto Fujita, University of Tokyo, "Emergent Self-Assembly of Giant Coordination Polyhedra"
        116 Roger Adams Laboratory

    5. Friday, April 27, 2012

      1. 4:00 pm   Analytical Chemistry SeminarDr. Bryan Pivovar, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, "The Use of Extended Surface Catalysts in Fuel Cells"
        116 RAL

  5. Week of April 29, 2012

    1. Monday, April 30, 2012

      1. 4:00 pm   MatSE Department ColloquiumDr. Frances Ross, Watson Research Center, IBM, "Vapor and Liquid Phase Crystal Growth in the Transmission Electron Microscope"
        100 Materials Science and Engineering Building
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