Seminar Schedule
Archive of past chemistry seminar speakers.
Spring 2010 Seminar Schedule
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Date |
Speaker |
Title |
| February 4 | Dr. Jordan Schmidt University of Wisconsin-Madison |
"Modeling Heterogeneously-Catalyzed Reactions Using Modern Computational Tools" |
| February 11 | Forgotten Genius | Documentary on Chemist Percy Julian - Part I |
| February 18 | Forgotten Genius | Documentary on Chemist Percy Julian - Part 2 and discussion |
| February 23 (Tuesday at 7 p.m.) | Forgotten Genius (Full Showing) |
Presented jointly with the African and African Diaspora Studies Program as part of Black Histroy Month Events (Location: Bytwerk Theater) |
| February 25 | Dr. Marcey Waters University of North Carolina |
"A Molecular View of Biomolecular Recognition" |
| March 4 | Dr. Carlos Crespo Case Western Reserve University |
"Shining Light on the Molecule of Life" |
| March 11 | Dr. Gerald Hammond University of Louisville |
"Peering Through Alice's Looking Glass: Seeking Alternatives to the Conventional Roles of Substrates, Catalysts and Solvents in Organic Chemistry" |
| March 18 | Laura Hunter Calvin College Student |
Chem 395 Research Presentation: "Oxidation and Reduction of L-Dopa in Short-Chain Peptides" |
| March 25 |
Spring Break | No Seminar |
| April 1 | George Akom Western Michigan University |
"Giving Your Students a Chance to Think and Finding out What They're Thinking" |
| April 8 | Kurt Van Allsburg Christina Plaisier Calvin College Student |
"Molecular Tinker Toys: Synthesis and Equilibrium Characterization of Supramolecular Cubes" (Kurt) "Sugar and Spice: Effects of Cinnamaldehyde on the GLUT1 transport activity in L929 fibroblast cells" (Christina) |
| April 15 | No Seminar |
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| April 16 (Friday at 1:30 p.m.) | Dr. Jamie Cate University of California, Berkeley and Merck, Guest Lecturer |
Joint Biology/Chemistry Seminar (Location SB 010) "Structures of the Universal Translator, the Ribosome" |
| April 22 | Greg Snapper Elizabeth Feenstra Calvin College Students |
"Novel Amino Acids via an O- to N-alkynyl Migration" (Greg) "wnt3a Signals Regulate Lipolysis in Adipocytes" (Elizabeth) |
| April 29 | Stacey DeHaan Ben Brandsen Calvin College Students |
"Knocking Down Formins in Trypanosoma brucei" (Stacey) "Theoretical Study of Hydrogen Bond Strength in a Pyridone" |
| May 6 | Dr. Larry Louters Calvin College |
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Awards Presentation |
