Sep 10-11

Janet Osteryoung
Division of Chemistry
National Science Foundation

Broberg Lecture

Sep 17

Kenton Rodgers
North Dakota State University

"Biological heme-based O₂ sensing and metalloporphyrin assemblies"

Sep 24

Nicholas Geacintov
New York University

Stereochemistry in Action: Structure-Biochemical Function Relationships in Environmental Aromatic Carcinogen-DNA Adducts.

Oct 1

Frank Rusnak
Mayo Clinic

"Redox regulation of signal transduction: Mechanistic and spectroscopic studies on the protein serine/threonine phosphatase calcineurin and the role of the active site dinuclear metal center."

Oct 22

Alaa Abd-El-Aziz
University of Winnipeg

"Organoiron Chemistry in the Production of Engineering Thermoplastics"

Oct 27
(tues)

Jeffery Wood
SmithKline Beechem

"Syntheses of Topotecan and SB 217242: Two Facets of Process Research and Development."

Nov 3
(tues)

MariJean Eggen
Dept. of Medicinal Chem.
University of Kansas

"Synthetic Approaches to the Cryptophycins and Their Analogues"

Nov 4
(wed)

Shinzo Seko
Sumitomo Chemical Co.

"Novel Aminations with Methoxyamine"

Nov 12

Peter Wuts
Pharmacia & Upjohn

"Semisynthesis of Taxol. Sulfonamides as Protecting Groups"

Dec 3

Andrew Mokhir
North Dakota State University

"Nature of pi-pi interactions in tetrapyrrolic aggregates."

Dec 8
(tues)

Jeff Schultz
University of Nebraska

"Studies towards the synthesis of hydroperoxyeicosatetaenoic acids (HPETES)"

Dec 10

Anthony Borgerding
University of North Dakota

"Practical Considerations for Applying High Speed GC to Environmental Studies"

Jan 7

Seth Rasmussen
University of Oregon

"New Approaches to Functionalized Polythiophenes and Their Use in Ordered Solid-State Materials"

Jan 11
(Mon)

Kelley Donaghy
American University

"Metal Interactions with Boranes, Carboranes and Thiaboranes"

Jan 14

Will Rees
Georgia Institute of Technology

"Main Group Elements in Electronic Materials Chemistry: Some Recent Examples"

Feb 1
(Mon)

Ulrich Bierbach
University of Minnesota

"Chemistry and target binding properties of nonclassical platinum antitumor compounds"

Feb 4

John Montgomery
Wayne State University

"New Cyclizations and Multicomponent Couplings"

Feb 8
(Mon)

John Belot
Northwestern University

"Chemistry for Advanced Materials. From Organic Synthesis to Inorganic Thin Films"

Feb 12
(Friday)

Kay Brummond
West Virginia University

"Allenes, Alkynes and [2+2+1] Cycloadditions"

Feb 25

Paul Kiprof
University of Minnesota Duluth

"High Oxidation State Transition Metal Arene Complexes"

Mar 4

Donald Boerth
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

"Structure - Activity Studies of Mutagenicity and DNA Adduct Formation"

Mar 29
(Mon)

Marek Majewski
University of Saskatchewan, Canada

"Enantioselective Deprotonation: A New Tool for Synthesis of Natural Products" 

Apr 8

Mark Hoffmann
University of North Dakota

"Theoretical Studies of Molecules with Unusual Chemical Bonds" 

Apr 15

Robert Malecza
Michigan State University

"Invention and Application of New Organostannane and Organosilane Mediated Reactions"

Apr 29

Michael Patane
Merck & Co., Inc.

"Drug Discovery...Where to Begin?"

Apr 30

Herbert Pöllmann
Institute for Minerology and Geochemistry
University of Halle, Germany

"Metal-Metal Hydroxy-Salts: Natural Occurence, Synthesis and Applications"

May 13

Randy Halcomb
University of Colorado at Boulder

"Developments in the Synthesis of Natural Products and Oligosaccharides"