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Seminar Schedule

All Upcoming Seminars and Colloquia

Monday, November 23, 2009

Physical Seminar

Title:

Low-Frequency Fourier Transform Microwave Spectroscopy

Speaker:

Lazlo Sarkozy (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona)

Location/Time:

Koffler 216 at 4:00 PM

Host:

Stephen Kukolich

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Inorganic Seminar

Title:

Cluster-Bound Nitriles Do Not Click with Organic Azides - Unexpected Formation of Imino Complexes of the [Re6Se8]2+ Core-Containing Clusters

Speaker:

Xiaoyan Tu (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona)

Location/Time:

Koffler 218 at 4:00 PM

Host:

Katrina Miranda

Monday, November 30, 2009

Physical Seminar

Title:

Better Living Through Interstellar Chemistry

Speaker:

Professor Lucy Ziurys (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona)

Location/Time:

Koffler 216 at 4:00 PM

Host:

Lucy Ziurys
 
Organic Seminar

Title:

Novel Methods for the Synthesis of Peptides and Glycopeptides

Speaker:

Professor Katja Michael (Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at El Paso)

Location/Time:

Koffler 218 at 4:00 PM

Host:

Robin Polt
 
BPP Journal Club Seminar

Title:

Molecular Simulations of Ion Channels

Speaker:

Joe Baker, Tama Group (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona)

Location/Time:

Chemical Sciences Building 402 at 5:00 PM

Host:

Michael Brown

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Analytical Seminar

Title:

TBA

Speaker:

Tracey Veres (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona)

Location/Time:

Koffler 218 at 4:00 PM

Host:

Neal Armstrong

Thursday, December 3, 2009

BCP Journal Club Seminar

Title:

Investigating Modes of Allosteric Regulations of Soluble Guanylate Cyclase

Speaker:

Juliana The, Montfort Lab (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona)

Location/Time:

Biosci West 208 at 12:15 PM

Host:

Andrew Hausrath
 
Colloquium

Title:

Asymmetric Catalysis with Chiral Lewis Bases: A New Frontier in Main Group Chemistry (Abstract)

Speaker:

Professor Scott E. Denmark (Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Location/Time:

Koffler 218 at 4:00 PM

Host:

Hamish Christie

Monday, December 7, 2009

Physical Seminar, Special Seminar

Title:

Quantum Dynamics from Classical Trajectories: Direct Simulation of Electron Injection

Speaker:

Dr Thomas Miller (Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology)

Location/Time:

Koffler 216 at 4:00 PM

Host:

Michael Brown
 
Organic Seminar

Title:

TBA

Speaker:

Dr. Nate Polaske (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona)

Location/Time:

Koffler 218 at 4:00 PM

Host:

Hamish Christie
 
BPP Journal Club Seminar

Title:

"Atomistic and Coarse-Grained Simulations of Hydrophobic Regulation in the Sec Translocon"

Speaker:

Dr. Thomas Miller (Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology)

Location/Time:

Chemical Sciences Building 402 at 5:00 PM

Host:

Michael Brown

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Inorganic Seminar

Title:

Investigating the Role of the Tether in Human Sulfite Oxidase: A Kinetic Analysis

Speaker:

Kayunta Johnson-Winters (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona)

Location/Time:

Koffler 218 at 4:00 PM

Host:

Katrina Miranda

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Analytical Seminar

Title:

A Radical New Approach to Peptide and Protein Dissection in the Gas Phase

Speaker:

Dr. Ryan Julian (Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside)

Location/Time:

Koffler 218 at 4:00 PM

Host:

Vicki Wysocki

Thursday, December 10, 2009

BCP Journal Club Seminar

Title:

SECOND ROTATION POSTER SESSION

Speaker:

BCP GRAD STUDENTS (The University of Arizona)

Location/Time:

Biosci West 208 at 12:15 PM

Host:

Andrew Hausrath
 
Colloquium

Title:

TBA

Speaker:

Dr. Robert Field (Department of Chemistry, MIT)

Location/Time:

Koffler 218 at 4:00 PM

Host:

Lucy Ziurys

Thursday, January 14, 2010

BCP Journal Club Seminar

Speaker:

Bobbi Anglin, Polt Group (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona)

Location/Time:

Biosci West 208 at 12:15 PM

Host:

Andrew Hausrath
 
Colloquium

Title:

On the Nature of Electronically Excited and Ionized States of the Anionic Form of the Green Fluorescent Protein Chromophore

Speaker:

Professor Anna Krylov (Department of Chemistry, University of So. California)

Location/Time:

Koffler 218 at 4:00 PM

Host:

Andrei Sanov

Thursday, January 21, 2010

BCP Journal Club Seminar, Special Seminar

Speaker:

Dr. Rebecca Page (Brown University)

Location/Time:

Biosci West 208 at 12:15 PM

Host:

Andrew Hausrath

Thursday, January 28, 2010

BCP Journal Club Seminar

Speaker:

Dr. Justin Dietrich, Research Assoc, Hulme Group (Department of Pharmaceutical Science, The University of Arizona)

Location/Time:

Biosci West 208 at 12:15 PM

Host:

Andrew Hausrath

Friday, January 29, 2010

Biochemistry Seminar, Colloquium Seminar

Speaker:

Dr. Cynthia Stauffacher (Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University)

Location/Time:

Family and Consumer Sciences 202B at 12:00 PM

Host:

William Montfort

Monday, February 1, 2010

BPP Journal Club Seminar

Speaker:

TBA, Miyashita Group (Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, The University of Arizona)

Location/Time:

Chemical Sciences Building 402 at 5:00 PM

Host:

Michael Brown

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Inorganic Seminar

Speaker:

Taka Sakamoto (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona)

Location/Time:

Koffler 218 at 4:00 PM

Host:

Katrina Miranda

Thursday, February 4, 2010

BCP Journal Club Seminar

Speaker:

Elyssia Steinwinter (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona)

Location/Time:

Biosci West 208 at 12:15 PM

Host:

Andrew Hausrath

Friday, February 5, 2010

Biochemistry Seminar, Colloquium Seminar

Title:

Electron CryoMicroscopy-A Versatile Tool for the Study of Membrane Biology

Speaker:

Dr. Vinzenz Unger (Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University)

Location/Time:

Family and Consumer Sciences 202B at 12:00 PM

Host:

Megan McEvoy

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Inorganic Seminar

Speaker:

Matt Swenson (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona)

Location/Time:

Koffler 218 at 4:00 PM

Host:

Katrina Miranda

Friday, February 12, 2010

BCP Journal Club Seminar

Speaker:

Stacy Mazzalupo, Montfort Group (Department of Chemistry, The University of Arizona)

Location/Time:

Biosci West 208 at 12:15 PM

Host:

Andrew Hausrath

Monday, February 15, 2010

BPP Journal Club Seminar

Speaker:

TBA, Granzier Group (Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, The University of Arizona)

Location/Time:

Chemical Sciences Building 402 at 5:00 PM

Host:

Michael Brown

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Inorganic Seminar

Speaker:

Diana Cedeno (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona)

Location/Time:

Koffler 218 at 4:00 PM

Host:

Katrina Miranda

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Colloquium

Title:

Synthetic Mimics of Mammalian Cell Surface Receptors (Abstract)

Speaker:

Blake R. Peterson, Regents Distinguished Professor (Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Kansas)

Location/Time:

Koffler 218 at 4:00 PM

Host:

Indraneel Ghosh

Friday, February 19, 2010

Biochemistry Seminar, Colloquium Seminar

Speaker:

Dr. Nika N. Danial ( Pathology Department, Dana Farber Cancer Inst, Harvard University )

Location/Time:

Family and Consumer Sciences 202B at 12:00 PM

Host:

Carol Dieckmann

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Inorganic Seminar

Speaker:

Corin Schowalter (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona)

Location/Time:

Koffler 218 at 4:00 PM

Host:

Katrina Miranda

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Colloquium

Title:

Palladium- and Nickel-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions of Alkyl Electrophiles

Speaker:

Professor Greg C. Fu (Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Location/Time:

Koffler 218 at 4:00 PM

Host:

Hamish Christie

Monday, March 1, 2010

BPP Journal Club Seminar

Title:

Membrane Biophysics Under Osmotic Stress

Speaker:

Jake Kinnun, Brown Group (Department of Physics, The University of Arizona)

Location/Time:

Chemical Sciences Building 402 at 5:00 PM

Host:

Michael Brown

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Inorganic Seminar

Speaker:

Steve Smith (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona)

Location/Time:

Koffler 218 at 4:00 PM

Host:

Katrina Miranda

Thursday, March 4, 2010

BCP Journal Club Seminar

Speaker:

Asha Rajapakshe (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , The University of Arizona)

Location/Time:

Biosci West 208 at 12:15 PM

Host:

Andrew Hausrath

Friday, March 5, 2010

Biochemistry Seminar

Title:

Architecture of Acid Sensing Ion Channels and P2X Receptors (Abstract)

Speaker:

Dr. Eric Gonzales (Department of Pharmacology and Neurosicence, University of North Texas, Health Science Center)

Location/Time:

Family and Consumer Sciences 202B at 12:00 PM

Host:

Marc Tischler

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Inorganic Seminar

Speaker:

Joel Jorolan (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona)

Location/Time:

Koffler 218 at 4:00 PM

Host:

Katrina Miranda

Friday, March 19, 2010

Biochemistry Seminar, Colloquium Seminar

Speaker:

Dr. Sara Vaiana (Department of Physics, Arizona State University)

Location/Time:

Family and Consumer Sciences 202B at 12:00 PM

Host:

Andrew Hausrath

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Inorganic Seminar

Speaker:

Gabriel Hall (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona)

Location/Time:

Koffler 218 at 4:00 PM

Host:

Katrina Miranda

Friday, March 26, 2010

Biochemistry Seminar, Colloquium Seminar

Title:

From Spitomes to the Sialoverse: Decoding the Salivary Potion of Blood Sucking Arthropods

Speaker:

Jose Ribeiro, MD (Lab of Malaria and Vector Research, NIAD/NIH)

Location/Time:

Family and Consumer Sciences 202B at 12:00 PM

Host:

Roger Miesfield

Monday, March 29, 2010

Organic Seminar

Title:

Strategies and Tactics for the Total Synthesis of Complex Natural Products

Speaker:

Professor Richmond Sarpong (Department of Chemistry, The University of California, Berkeley)

Location/Time:

Koffler 218 at 4:00 PM

Host:

Hamish Christie
 
BPP Journal Club Seminar

Speaker:

TBA, Visscher Group (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona)

Location/Time:

Chemical Sciences Building 402 at 5:00 PM

Host:

Michael Brown

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Inorganic Seminar

Speaker:

Laura Whelan (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona)

Location/Time:

Koffler 218 at 4:00 PM

Host:

Katrina Miranda

Friday, April 2, 2010

Biochemistry Seminar, Colloquium Seminar

Title:

Intrinsic Disorder and Allostery in an Ensemble

Speaker:

Dr. Vincent Hilser (Sealy Ctr Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston)

Location/Time:

Family and Consumer Sciences 202B at 12:00 PM

Host:

Andrew Hausrath

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Inorganic Seminar

Speaker:

Susan Borowski (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona)

Location/Time:

Koffler 218 at 4:00 PM

Host:

Katrina Miranda

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Colloquium

Speaker:

Dr. Mark Schoenfisch (Department of Chemistry, The University of North Carolina)

Location/Time:

Koffler 218 at 4:00 PM

Host:

Neal Armstrong

Monday, April 12, 2010

BPP Journal Club Seminar

Speaker:

TBA, Tama Group (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona)

Location/Time:

Chemical Sciences Building 402 at 5:00 PM

Host:

Michael Brown

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Inorganic Seminar

Speaker:

Elliott Smith (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona)

Location/Time:

Koffler 218 at 4:00 PM

Host:

Katrina Miranda

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Colloquium

Speaker:

Professor Sunney Xie (Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University )

Location/Time:

Koffler 218 at 4:00 PM

Host:

Oliver Monti

Friday, April 23, 2010

Biochemistry Seminar, Colloquium Seminar

Title:

TBA

Speaker:

Dr. Lily Huang (Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center)

Location/Time:

4:00 PM

Host:

Tsu-Shuen Tsao

Monday, April 26, 2010

BPP Journal Club Seminar

Title:

NMR Relaxation and Dynamics of Rhodopsin

Speaker:

Andrey Struts, Brown Group (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona)

Location/Time:

Chemical Sciences Building 402 at 5:00 PM

Host:

Michael Brown

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Inorganic Seminar

Speaker:

LisaAnn Buttitta (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona)

Location/Time:

Koffler 218 at 4:00 PM

Host:

Katrina Miranda

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Colloquium

Title:

pH of the Liquid Water Surface : Selective Adsorption of Hydronium and Hydroxide

Speaker:

Dr. Richard J. Saykally (Department of Chemistry, Univ Calif, Berkeley and Chem Sciences Div, LBNL)

Location/Time:

Koffler 218 at 4:00 PM

Host:

Oliver Monti

Friday, April 30, 2010

Biochemistry Seminar, Colloquium Seminar

Speaker:

Dr. Stephen Harvey (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology)

Location/Time:

Family and Consumer Sciences 202B at 12:00 PM

Host:

Florence Tama

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Inorganic Seminar

Speaker:

Alejandro Blanco-Ocampo (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona)

Location/Time:

Koffler 218 at 4:00 PM

Host:

Katrina Miranda

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Eminent Scholar Series

Title:

Life at the Single-Molecule Level

Speaker:

Dr. Sunney Xie (Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University)

Location/Time:

Integrated Learning Center at 5:00 PM

Host:

Oliver Monti