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Chem 502: Graduate Student Seminars - 2006 · 2004 · 2005 · 2007

Note: All seminars are on Monday or Wednesday at 11:00am in V-107 (unless otherwise indicated).

January
11 Jan. Yunhui Li
Metal catalysis and applications of hydrosilylation of alkynes
18 Jan. Yinghong Qiao
Construction of artificial superhydrophobic surfaces
23 Jan. Zhiyong Li
Metal catalysis and applications of hydrosilylation of alkynes
25 Jan. Zihao Cheng
Engineering ribozymes as logic gates
30 Jan. Rick Bauer
Catalytic Strategies for Applying Reactivity Umpolung on the Carbonyl Group
February
1 Feb. Nan Wang
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6 Feb. Lei Li
Recent Developments in the Functionalization of sp3 C-H Bonds
8 Feb. Yoonjung Huh
Topology in Chemistry: Graph Theory and its applications
15 Feb. Stu Chambers
Microcapsule biosensors using competitive binding resonance energy transfer assays based on apoenzymes
27 Feb. Feng Peng
Recent Advances in Stereoselective Synthesis of Cyclopropanes
March
1 Mar. Mei He
Mass spectrometry sampling under ambient conditions with desorption electrospray ionization
8 Mar. Andrea DeSouza
Displacement enzyme linked aptamer assay
15 Mar. Fu Chen
Hydrogen storage in carbon nanotubes
17 Mar.
1:00pm
Rahul Samant
Co-polymerization of Ethylene with Polar Monomers Catalyzed by Late Transition Metal Complexes
22 Mar. Andy Lo
Pushing the limits of mercury sensors with gold nanorods
27 Mar. Sandra Jacques
Vibriobactin Biosynthesis: From Biochemical Studies to in vivo Labeling of Proteins
29 Mar. Yujuan Hua
Single-quantum dot based DNA nanosensor
April
3 Apr. Vivek Rauniyar
Recent Advances and Mechanistic Developments in the Morita Baylis Hillman Reaction
5 Apr. Kevin Guo
Rapid detection of an anthrax biomarker by surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy
5 Apr.
1:00pm
Jianbiao Peng
Metal-Catalyzed Couplings Between sp3 Carbons
10 Apr. Chunjuan Liu
Recent Advances in Non-Porphyrin Photodynamic Therapy
12 Apr. Qingye Lu
Electrochemical Imaging of Fusion Pore Openings by Electrochemical Detector Arrays
19 Apr.
11:00am
CAB 265
Brian Asher
Electrochemical sensor for organophosphate pesticides and nerve agents using zirconia nanoparticles as selective sorbents
19 Apr.
1:00pm
E1-60
Lina Cui
Breaking of Cancer Cells' Immortality: Recent Development in Telomerase Inhibitors
26 Apr.
11:00am
E3-25
Julie Michaud
Ice nucleation on soot and its importance for climate change
May
1 May
11:00am
NRE-2-003
Gabor Borzsönyi
[4+3] Cycloadditions: Mechanistic Aspects, Stereocontrol, and Applications in Synthesis
10 May
1:00pm
E1-60
Eli Stoffman
Synthesis of CC-1065 and the duocarmycins
June
No seminars scheduled this month.
July
No seminars scheduled this month.
August
No seminars scheduled this month.
September
Sept. No seminars scheduled this month.
October
2 Oct.
2:00pm
NRE 1-003
Lisa Carosi
Hexacyclinol Synthesis: A Lesson About Structural Revision Tools
4 Oct.
11:00am
E3-25
Andrew Grovsenor
Pair distribution function: A route to determining structural information from disordered systems
16 Oct.
11:00am
MEC 2-1
Jeffrey Johnston
Recent Approaches in the Synthesis of the 'Nakadomarin A' Skeleton
23 Oct.
11:00am
MEC 2-1
Pui Hang Tam
Peptide Synthesis by Native Chemical Ligation. Recent Approaches and Developments
30 Oct.
11:00am
MEC 2-1
Kai Ylijoki
Transition-Metal Catalyzed Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Organometallic Reagents
November
6 Nov.
11:00am
MEC 2-1
Craig Stewart
Preparation for a Pandemic: Evolution of Synthetic Strategies for the Preparation of oseltamivir phosphate (Tamiflu®)
22 Nov.
11:00am
MEC 2-1
Ting Zhou
High-Throughput Comparative Proteome Analysis Using a Quantitative Cysteinyl-peptide Enrichment Technology
27 Nov.
11:00am
MEC 2-1
Jing Li
Recent research on unnatural base pairs in nucleic acids
29 Nov.
11:00am
E3-25
Hidenori Mizuno
Silicatein: Use of Biomineralization Processes for the Synthesis of Technologically Important Materials
December
4 Dec.
11:00am
MEC 2-1
Wes Chalifoux
Chiral Binaphthyl Phosphates as Enantioselective Brønsted Acid Catalysts
6 Dec.
11:00am
E3-25
Tony McKnight-Whitford
Visual Olfaction: A Colourimetric Array for Volatile Organic Compound Detection