Week of November 11, 2012 to November 17, 2012

1. Monday, November 12, 2012

   1. 4:00 pmProfessor Bradley Moore
      Professor Bradley Moore, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, "Genomics-inspired discovery and engineering of natural product small molecules"
      116 Roger Adams Laboratory
   2. 8:00 pm   John C. Bailar Jr. Lectures2011-2012 John C. Bailar Jr. Lecture, Prof. Lawrence Que, Jr., University of Minnesota, "BIO-INSPIRED HYDROCARBON OXIDATIONS BY NONHEME IRON CATALYSTS"
      B102 CLSL

2. Tuesday, November 13, 2012

   1. 4:00 pm   John C. Bailar Jr. Lectures2011-2012 John C. Bailar Jr. Lecture, Professor Lawrence Que, Jr., University of Minnesota, "High-valent Iron: Structures, Spin States, and Reactivity"
      112 Chem Annex

3. Wednesday, November 14, 2012

   1. 3:30 pm   Chem 545 Literature SeminarMr. Bruno Giuliano Nicolau, University of Illinois, "Quantum Teleportation"
      112 Chem Annex
   2. 3:30 pm   Chem 545 Literature SeminarMr. William Shaw, University of Illinois, "Vibrational Spectroscopy: Probing the Dynamics of Interfacial Water" "
      112 Chem Annex
   3. 3:30 pm   Chem 545 Literature SeminarMs. Tuseeta Banerjee, University of Illinois, "Water in non polar confinement"
      112 Chem Annex
   4. 4:00 pmDaniel Wichelecki (Gerlt Lab) - "Functional and Physiological Discovery in the Enolase Superfamily".
      116 RAL
   5. 4:00 pmSwaminath Srinivas (Cronan Lab) - "Identification and Characterization of Enoyl-ACP isomerases in Clostridium and Neisseria Species"
      116 RAL

4. Thursday, November 15, 2012

   1. 12:00 pmCHEM 575 Seminar: Ms. Xi Zhao, UIUC, "Targeting the cloak of Mycobacterium tuberculosis via the sugar-processing enzymes"
      163 Noyes Lab
   2. 4:00 pmMarshall Brennan
      CHEM 535 Seminar, Mr. Marshall Brennan, UIUC, "FeMo Cofactor: The Characterization of Nature's Carbide"
      116 Roger Adams Laboratory

5. Friday, November 16, 2012

   1. 9:00 am   11:00 am - Advisor: Paul J A KenisDaria Khvostichenko
      Final Defense: Mesophase-based approaches for on-chip membrane protein crystallization and structure determi
      117 RAL
   2. 9:00 am - 11:00 am   Advisor: Dr. Paul J. A. KenisDaria Khvostichenko
      Final Defense: Mesophase-based approaches for on-chip membrane protein crystallization and structure determination
      117 Roger Adams Lab
   3. 10:00 am   Advisor: Christopher RaoYuki Kimura
      Final Defense: Cellular strategies for chemotactic navigation in complex chemical environments
      401 RAL
   4. 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmDr. James A. Huntington
      Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. James A. Huntington, University of Cambridge "The ins and outs of serpin polymerization."
      B102 CLSL
   5. 3:00 pmProfessor Peter R. Taylor, Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative and University of Melbourne, "Keeping it Short: A Gzip for Wave Functions"
      165 Noyes Lab
   6. 4:00 pm   Analytical Chemistry Literature SeminarMr. David Wetzel, UIUC, "Boolean Based Biosensors"
      116 RAL
   7. 4:00 pm   Analytical Chemistry Literature SeminarMr. Philip Rabe, UIUC, "Detection of Allergenic Ingredients in Food Products"
      116 RAL