Seminar Schedule
Archive of past chemistry seminar speakers.
Fall 2011 Seminar Schedule
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Date |
Speaker |
Title |
| September 8 | Dr. Carolyn Anderson and Dr. Doug Vander Griend Calvin College Faculty |
Introduction to Chem 295 Seminar and The "Chemistry Problem of the Week" challenge. |
| September 15 | Dr. Simon Blakey Emory University |
"Towards a Total Synthesis of Malagashanine – A Structurally Unique Strychnos Alkaloid with the Potential to Impact both Malaria and Cancer Chemotherapy." |
| September 22 | Dr. Mark Hannink University of Missouri |
"Maintaining a Balance: Regulation of anti-oxidant gene expression by ubiquitin-dependent degradation of Nrf2" |
| September 29 | Dr. Mark Muyskens Calvin College Faculty |
"Photochemistry, cavity ring-down spectroscopy and anti-stokes fluorescence." |
| October 6 | Dr. Robert Szilagyi Montana State University |
"In vivo, in vitro, and in silico Investigations into Uranium Toxicity" |
| October 13 | Buckyball Video | "Race to Catch a Buckyball" The discovery process of a novel carbon architecture. |
| October 20 | Dr. Michael Crowder Miami of Ohio University |
"Probing the Reaction Mechanism of Metallo-β-lactamases in Search of a Universal Inhibitor." |
| October 27 | Dr. Paul Jones Wake Forest University |
"Sometimes a Quinone is just a Quinone - Subtle Substituent Effects in Poly-Alkoxy Anthraquinone Photochemistry." |
| November 3 | Dr. John Wolfe University of Michigan |
"New Tools for Building Molecules." |
| November 10 |
Dr. Robert Froese Dow Chemical Company |
"Mechanistic Aspects of Rhodium Catalyzed Hydroformylation." |
| November 17 | Dr. Gavin Reid Michigan State University |
"Mass Spectrometry as an Enabling Tool for Biological Discovery." |
| November 24 | Thanksgiving Break | No Seminar - Thanksgiving Holiday |
| December 1 | Mr. Nate Lapham and Ms. Ashlee Lust and Mr. Ryan VanPutten Perrigo Company |
Chemistry in Industry |
| December 8 | Nate Romero Calvin College Senior Research Student |
"Synthesis of a New Class of Ketone-Containing N-Alkyl Pyridones and Heterocycles via Au(III) Catalysis." |
