Week of April 22, 2012 to April 28, 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