| January |
9 Jan.
11:00am
V-107 |
John Pezacki (NRC-Steacie Inst. & U. of Ottawa)
New tools for interrogating host-virus interactions in hepatitis C virus |
12 Jan.
10:00am
E3-25 |
Christopher Cairo (Harvard)
Exploring cell surface interactions: lateral mobility, conformational change, and allosteric inhibition of LFA-1 |
12 Jan.
2:00pm
E3-25 |
Michael Gerken (Lethbridge)
Iodine oxide fluoride chemistry and solid-state NMR spectroscopy of xenon fluorides |
16 Jan.
11:00am
V-107 |
Yvan Guindon (IRCM/University of Montreal)
Bio-active molecules: Design and synthesis |
17 Jan.
10:00am
E3-25 |
Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova (Harvard University)
Pyrrole formation and modification in secondary metabolites |
20 Jan.
4:00pm
V-110 |
Donald Douglas (University of British Columbia)
Quadrupole Mass Filters and Ion Traps in Mass SpectrometryNew Tricks for Old Technology |
23 Jan.
1:00pm
E3-25 |
Karen Waldron (Université de Montréal)
Development of coupled analytical methods for determining chitosan oligosaccharide products after enzymatic deacetylation: towards a screening assay of enzyme variants created by directed evolution |
24 Jan.
10:00am
V-106 |
Xingyu Jiang (Chiniese National Centre of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology)
Micro-/nano-tools for biological research |
24 Jan.
2:00pm
E3-25 |
Teri Odom (Northwestern University)
Manipulating Light in Nanohole Arrays and Nanoparticles |
30 Jan.
2:00pm
E3-25 |
Carlito Lebrilla (University of California, Davis)
The Development of Mass Spectrometric Tools for Clinical Glycomics |
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February
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2 Feb.
2:00pm
E3-25 |
Arieh Warshel (University of Southern California)
Computer Simulations of Enzymatic Reactions: Finding out What are the Catalytic Principles that Really Work? |
2 Feb.
2:00pm
V-110 |
Peter Budzelaar (University of Manitoba)
Variations on the β-diiminate theme |
13 Feb.
11:00am
V-107 |
Edwin Vedejs (University of Michigan)
2006 Merck Frosst Lecture
Heteroatom-Directed Hydroboration |
14 Feb.
2:00pm
V-102 |
Vicki Colvin (Rice University)
Safe Nanotechnology: Implications and Applications in the Environment |
15 Feb.
2:00pm
E3-25 |
Richard Bowles (University of Saskatchewan)
Dynamics and Nucleation in Nanoscale Systems |
24 Feb.
11:00am
E3-25 |
Millard Alexander (University of Maryland)
Aluminum Atoms Embedded in Cryogenic Helium and para-Hydrogen: Potentials and Dynamics |
24 Feb.
2:00pm
E3-25 |
Josef Zwanziger (Dalhousie University)
Glass under stress: Towards an atomic model of the stress-optic coefficient |
| March |
3 Mar.
10:00am
E3-25 |
Robert McKellar (Steacie Institute, NRC)
High resolution infrared spectroscopy of quantum helium nanoclusters |
3 Mar.
2:00pm
CSB 10-120 |
Susan Richardson (US EPA)
The next generation of drinking water disinfection by-products and health issues |
3 Mar.
4:00pm
V-110 |
J.B. Alexander Ross (University of Montana)
Structural and Functional Dynamics of DNA Repair |
6 Mar.
11:00am
V-107 |
Scott Miller (Boston College)
2006 Boehringer Ingelheim Lecture
A Biomimetic approach to asymmetric organic synthesis |
8 Mar.
11:00am
HMRC 2-07 |
Andrew Freywald (University of Regina)
The Functions of the EphB6 Receptor in T Lymphocytes |
10 Mar.
4:00pm
V-110 |
Hongbin Li (University of British Columbia)
Protein Mechanics and Engineering at the Single Molecule Level |
13 Mar.
11:00am
V-107 |
Eric Brown (McMaster University)
Screening in academe: it's a small molecule world |
15 Mar.
2:00pm
E3-25 |
Bern Kohler (The Ohio State University)
Ultrafast spectroscopy of DNA: Following electronic energy across hydrogen bonds and along base stacks |
15 Mar.
4:00pm
EducN2-115 |
Philip Livingston (Cornell University)
Almost any carbohydrate cancer antigen can be made immunogenic |
16 Mar.
2:00pm
V-106 |
Maurice Brookhart (University of North Carolina)
Catalytic Transformations Based on Transition Metal Carbon-Hydrogen Bond Activation Reactions |
20 Mar.
1:00pm
E3-25 |
Christopher Palmer (University of Montana)
Characterization of the selectivity and performance of novel pseudostationary phases for electrokinetic chromatography |
21 Mar.
9:45am
E1-60 |
Roald Hoffman (Cornell University)
CSC 75th Anniversary Lecture - Physical Division
All the ways to have a bond |
23 Mar.
2:00pm
V-110 |
Daniel Nocera (MIT)
Powering the planet: The challenge for science in the 21st century |
31 Mar.
4:00pm
V-110 |
Marc Lamoureux (St. Mary's University)
Environmental applications of Synchrotron XAFS: Can we speciate quantitatively trace metals in environmental, solid samples |
| April |
6 Apr.
4:00pm
E3-25 |
Cathleen Crudden (Queen's University)
Mesoporous Molecular Sieves as Metal Scavengers, Catalyst Supports and Metal Sensors |
13 Apr.
12:00pm
V-103 |
Nils Petersen & Alex Brown
Career Development Seminar: Careers in Academia |
20 Apr.
7:00pm
CAB 235 |
Piyush Kumar (Cross Cancer Institute)
An Overview of PET Programs and Tracers Development
at the Edmonton PET Centre
CSC Local Seminar Series |
21 Apr.
1:00pm
CAB 235 |
Chris Metcalfe (Trent University)
Pharmaceuticals released into the environment: Analytical challenges for exposure assessment |
28 Apr.
11:00am
E3-25 |
Peter Buist (Carleton University)
Fatty Acid Desaturases: Agents for Cold Acclimation, Courtship and Molecular Defense |
28 Apr.
4:00pm
CAB 235 |
Sanford A. Asher (University of Pittsburgh)
Crystalline Colloidal Self Assembly: A Motif for Creating Smart Materials for Chemical Sensing and Electro-optics |
| May |
2 May
11:00am
E3-25 |
Graham Bowmaker (University of Auckland)
Vibrational and magnetic resonance spectroscopy of low dimensional coordination compounds and conjugated systems |
5 May
4:00pm
V-110 |
Michael D. Morris (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Raman Microscopy as a Probe of Structure and Function of Musculoskeletal Tissue |
8 May
11:00am
NRE 2-003 |
Anthony G.M. Barrett (Imperial College, London)
Recent Advances in the Total Synthesis of Antibiotic Natural Products |
9 May
11:00am
E3-25 |
Anthony G.M. Barrett (Imperial College, London)
Designer Porphyrazines: The Importance of Peripheral Substituent Change |
10 May
11:00am
E3-25 |
Nelaine Mora-Diez (Thompson Rivers University)
Computational calculations of equilibrium constants of organic compounds |
11 May
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Phil Reid (University of Washington, Seattle)
Understanding phase-dependent reaction dynamics in environmental chemistry |
11 May
2:00pm
E3-25 |
William Ogilvie (University of Ottawa)
Enantioselective Organocatalysts based on Hydrazides |
15 May
11:00am
E1-60 |
William DeGrado (University of Pennsylvania)
2005 Sandin Lectures
De Novo Protein Design |
15 May
1:00pm
E5-36 |
Maravanji Balakrishna (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay)
Tuning phosphine ligands with functionalities: Synthesis, reactivity and transition metal chemistry |
16 May
11:00am
E1-60 |
William DeGrado (University of Pennsylvania)
2005 Sandin Lectures
Design of mimics of alpha-helices |
16 May
2:00pm
E3-25 |
Giuseppe Zerbi (Politecnico di Milano)
What can we learn on polyconjugated molecules from vibrational spectroscopy? Theory and data |
17 May
11:00am
E1-60 |
William DeGrado (University of Pennsylvania)
2005 Sandin Lectures
Analysis, Prediction, and Design of Membrane Proteins |
23 May
11:00am
E3-25 |
Binghe Wang (Georgia State University)
Designing boronic acid-based fluorescent receptor compounds for carbohydrate sensing |
| June |
29 June
11:00am
E3-25 |
Takamase Momose (UBC)
Spectroscopy and dynamics of quantum fluids and solids |
| July |
20 July
1:00pm
E3-25 |
Timor Baasov (Israel Institute of Technology)
Redesign of aminoglycoside antibiotics: from effective treatment of anthrax to potential cure of genetic diseases |
| August |
8 August
11:00am
E3-25 |
Klaus Theopold (University of Delaware)
Fun with Paramagnets - Organochromium Chemistry in Low Oxidation States |
10 August
11:00am
E3-25 |
David Norman (PhD Seminar)
Synthesis and reactivitiy of new thermally stable chromium(II)(III) η3-allyl and s-trans chromium(0) diene complexes |
17 August
11:00am
E3-25 |
Chris Ratcliffe (Steacie Institute, NRC)
High Field NMR of Quadrupolar Nuclei in Alkali Halide Solid Solutions: Back to Basics |
| September |
11 Sept.
11:00am
MEC 2-1 |
Alethea Tabor (University College London)
Synthetic Approaches to the Lantibiotics and other Side-Chain Bridged Peptides |
14 Sept.
10:00am
CAB 235 |
John-Bruce Green (University of Alberta)
Developments for High-Throughput and Combinatorial Force Measurements |
18 Sept.
11:00am
MEC 2-1 |
Hiromichi Ohta (Keio University)
Biotransformations via an Enolate Intermediate |
18 Sept.
5:00pm
E1-60 |
Klaus Müllen (Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research)
New Molecular and Supramolecular Motifs for the Construction of Organic Semiconductors |
20 Sept.
10:30am
NINT (Taylor Theatre) |
Coleen Pugh (University of Akron)
Investigating π-π Interactions Between Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Aromatic Fluorocarbons via Free Radical Copolymerizations |
21 Sept.
2:00pm
E3-25 |
Ronald Woodard (University of Michigan)
Redefining the Requisite Lipopolysaccharide Structure in Escherichia coli |
22 Sept.
1:00pm
E3-25 |
Eric Fillion (University of Waterloo)
Catalytic Carbon-Carbon Bond Forming Methods |
25 Sept.
11:00am
MEC 2-1 |
Keiji Maruoka (Kyoto University)
Design of Truly Efficient Chiral Organocatalysts for Practical Asymmetric Synthesis: A Case Study |
26 Sept.
1:00pm
E3-25 |
Keiji Maruoka (Kyoto University)
Bidentate Lewis Acids in Organic Synthesis |
26 Sept.
4:00pm
Dent/Pharm 2104 |
Fred E. Regnier (Purdue University)
2006 Boomer Lectures
Parkinson's Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, and Aging: New Analytical Strategies to Study Old Problems |
27 Sept.
4:00pm
Dent/Pharm 2104 |
Fred E. Regnier (Purdue University)
2006 Boomer Lectures
Glycoproteins, Glycoproteomics, and Glycopathologies: A Search for Biomarkers in Inflammatory Diseases |
28 Sept.
4:00pm
Dent/Pharm 2104 |
Fred E. Regnier (Purdue University)
2006 Boomer Lectures
Chemical Barcoding of Samples: A Global Quantification Strategy For Comparative Biology and Medicine |
29 Sept.
4:00pm
Dent/Pharm 2104 |
Fred E. Regnier (Purdue University)
2006 Boomer Lectures
High Throughput Immunological Assays Based on Spinning Disc Interferometry: A New Approach to Translational Medicine |
| October |
2 Oct.
11:00am
MEC 2-1 |
Jerrold Meinwald (Cornell University)
2006 Sandin Lectures
Exploring the Chemistry of Biotic Interactions - Part I |
3 Oct.
5:00pm
ETLE 1-003 |
Jerrold Meinwald (Cornell University)
2006 Sandin Lectures
Exploring the Chemistry of Biotic Interactions - Part II |
5 Oct.
11:00 am
E3-25 |
Frank Stienkemeier (University of Freiburg, Germany)
Isolation of molecules in helium nanodroplets: spectroscopy and dynamics at ultra-cold temperatures |
11 Oct.
11:00am
DP 2022 |
James Heath (California Institute of Technology)
NanoSystems Biology and New Technologies for in vitro and in vivo Diagnostics of Cancer |
17 Oct.
10:00am
ETLE 2002 |
Patrick H. Vaccaro (Yale University)
2006 Gunning Lectures
Chirality and Optical Activity: Historical Topics with New Twists |
18 Oct.
10:00am
DP 6069 |
Patrick H. Vaccaro (Yale University)
2006 Gunning Lectures
Chirality and Optical Activity: Lifting the Veil of Solvation |
19 Oct.
10:00am
ETLE 2002 |
Patrick H. Vaccaro (Yale University)
2006 Gunning Lectures
Chirality and Optical Activity: Emerging Paradigms and Future Directions |
19 Oct.
1:00pm
E3-25 |
Michel Gagné (University of North Carolina)
New Catalysts for the Cation-Olefin Reaction: Mimicking the outcome of the terpene biosynthesis |
19 Oct.
4:00pm
M-145 |
Jonathan Page (Plant Biotech. Inst., NRC)
Tricks of the Trichome: Dissecting Terpenophenolic Biosynthesis in Hop and Hemp |
20 Oct.
1:00pm
E3-25 |
Gary Molander (Univ. of Pennsylvania)
Organotrifluoroborates: Protected Boronic Acids that Expand the Versatility of the Suzuki Coupling Reaction |
27 Oct.
4:00pm
CEB-331 |
Bonner Denton (Univ. of Arizona)
New Detector Technologies Revolutionize Spectroscopic Analysis |
| November |
2 Nov.
11:00am
E3-25 |
John Corbett (Iowa State)
Zintl Phases Among the Post-Transition Elements and the Remarkable Chemistry that Evolves for Earlier p-Elements |
20 Nov.
11:00am
MEC 2-1 |
Bruce Lipshutz (Univ. California, Santa Barbara)
Catalysis with Base Metals. CoQ10, Evolution and the Negishi Carboalumination |
22 Nov.
11:00am
M-141 BioSci |
Dae-Kyun Ro (University of Calgary)
Training microbes to produce plant-derived pharmaceuticals - the biomass production of anti-malarial drug precursor in yeast |
23 Nov.
11:00am
E3-25 |
Tom Woo (University of Ottawa)
Modelling Complex Reaction Systems at the Atomic and Electronic Scale with ab initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations |
28 Nov.
1:00pm
E3-25 |
Robert Corn (University of California, Irvine)
Utilizing Surface Enzyme Chemistry and Nanoparticles for Ultrasensitive Biosensing with SPR Imaging |
30 Nov.
11:00am
E3-25 |
Guy Bertrand (University of California, Riverside)
Stable carbenes and diradicals: From curiosities to powerful tools |
| December |
1 Dec.
11:00am
E3-25 |
John Ripmeester (NRC, Steacie Institute)
Nature's Guest-Host Materials: the Clathrate Hydrates |
4 Dec.
2:00pm
E3-25 |
Yasuhiro Ohki (Nagoya University)
Synthetic studies on modeling the nitrogenase active sites |
11 Dec.
11:00am
E3-25 |
Pierre Beaulieu (Boehringer Ingelheim)
Discovery and large scale synthesis of BILN 2061: first HCV NS3 protease inhibitor with efficacy on man |
11 Dec.
2:00pm
CEB 321 |
Timothy Jackson (University of Minnesota)
Modeling Iron-Oxygen Intermediates using Nonheme Iron Enzymes and Inorganic Complexes |
12 Dec.
10:00am
CEB 321 |
Randy Purves
Enhancing Biological Mass Spectrometry with High-Field Asymmetric Waveform Ion Mobility Spectrometry (FAIMS) |
14 Dec.
2:00pm
CEB 251 |
Adrien Côté (UCLA)
Pore Construction using Strong Bonds and Molecular Building Blocks |
18 Dec.
2:00pm
CEB 321 |
Jan Weigand (Dalhousie University)
High Energy Density Materials Based on Molecules with High Nitrogen Content and catena-Phosphorus Cations |
