Graduate programs in Chemistry and Biochemistry Seminars 2007-2008
Department Seminars
Seminars are usually held on Thursday afternoons in 152 Dunbar Hall unless otherwise noted. Seminars begin promptly at 3:45 pm with refereshments served 15 minutes before the seminar time.
Date |
Speaker |
Host |
Title |
| Fall 2007 | |||
| Aug 23 3:30 pm |
Dr. Wei Chen Department of Physics, University of Texas - Arlington |
Wenfang Sun | Nanoparticle Fluorescence Based Technology for Biological Applications |
| Sep 4 8:30 am Ladd 107 |
Armido Studer Organic Chemistry Institute, Muenster University |
Mukund Sibi | Cyclohexadienes as Building Blocks and Reagents in Synthesis |
| Sep 4 3:45 pm |
Angel Ugrinov Pennsylvania State University |
Sivaguru | Germanium and Arsenic Zintl Anions: Functionalization and Application in Multidimensional Cluster Based Materials |
| Sep 7 |
Steffen Jockusch Department of Chemistry, Columbia University |
Jayaraman Sivaguru | Fluorescent Hybridization Probes for Sensitive and Selective DNA and RNA Detection |
| Sep 19 4:00 pm |
Alexey Koposov Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Minnesota-Duluth |
Jayaraman Sivaguru | Chemistry of Hypervalent Iodine: Heterocycles and Pseudoheterocycles |
| Sep 20 | Timothy K. Minton Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University |
Uwe Burghaus | Reaction Dynamics Relevant to Spacecraft in Low-Earth Orbit: Atomic-Oxygen Reactions with Gases and Surfaces |
| Oct 4 | Darin Ulness Department of Chemistry, Concordia College |
Uwe Burghaus | Effects of hydrogen bonding on the ring breathing modes of pyridine and pyridinium |
| Oct 5 1:00 pm Van Es 101 |
Jodie Haring, Ph.D. Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa |
Sheri Dorsam | The Role of Interferon-g and Interleukin-18 in Regulating Antigen-Specific T Cell Homeostasis after Infection |
| Oct 11 | Konstantin Pokhodnya Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering, North Dakota State University |
Seth Rasmussen | Molecule-based Magnets: synthesis, properties and applications |
| Oct 25 | Peter Budzelaar Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba |
Pinjing Zhao | Electron Donating and Accepting Properties of the Diiminepyridine Ligand and Some Variations |
| Nov 8 | V. Ramamurthy Department of Chemistry, University of Miami |
Sivaguru Jayaraman | Controlling Photochemistry with Weak Non-Covalent Forces and Confined Spaces |
| Dec 3 1:00 pm Ladd 107 |
Warwick Belcher School of Environmental & Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Australia |
Seth Rasmussen | FETs and Photovoltaics: Recent musings on conducting polymer devices at the University of Newcastle |
| Dec 13 4:00 pm FLC 122 |
Dr. Tamara Hendrickson Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University |
Mukund Sibi | New Approaches to Study GPI Membrane Anchoring of Proteins |
| Dec 18 11:00 am |
Ana Gupta Department of Haematology and Oncology, Case Western Reserve University |
Sheri Dorsam | Positive feedback regulation of MYCN by CRABP-II In Neuroblastoma |
| Dec 18 4:00 pm |
Zhuo Zhang epartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Alabama at Birmingham |
Derek Killilea | Tumorigenicity of the MDM2 Oncogene: Beyond p53 |
| Dec 20 4:00 pm |
Mary Lynn Johnson Department of Animal Range and Sciences, Cell Biology Center, North Dakota State University |
Sheri Dorsam | Expression of cellular prion protein (PrPC) in sheep uteroplacental tissues: Implications for scrapie transmission |
| Spring 2008 | |||
| Jan 8 4:00 pm |
Stuart Haring Department of Biochemistry, University of Iowa |
Derek Killilea | A complex essential for DNA metabolism and cell cycle regulation: Replication Protein A |
| Jan 10 4:00 pm |
Michael Morgan Cell and Cancer Biology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute |
Derek Killilea | TNF-induced activation of a novel Nox1 NADPH Oxidase complex and its role in the induction of necrotic cell death |
| Jan 15 4:00 pm |
Sukesh Bhaumik Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Southern Illinois University, School of Medicine |
Derek Killilea | Dissecting the regulatory mechanisms of eukaryotic transcriptional activation in vivo |
| Jan 17 | Mary Kay Pflum Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University |
Greg Cook Center for Protease Research |
Chemical Approaches to Monitoring Protein Phosphorylation |
| Jan 22 4:00 pm |
Cezary Marcinkiewicz Department of Neuroscience, Temple University |
Mukund Sibi | Regulation of Tumor Progression by the Ligands of alpha9beta1 Integrin |
| Jan 25 3:00 pm |
Danny R. Welch Leonard H. Robinson Professor of Pathology, Professor of Cell Biology and Pharmacology/Toxicology, University of Alabama at Birmingham |
Mukund Sibi Center for Protease Research |
Metastasis suppressors provide new options for anti-metastatic therapies |
| Jan 28 4:00 pm |
Ericka G. Offerdahl Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, University of Arizona |
John Hershberger | Growth in Science Faculty Teaching: The Relationship Between Thoughts and Action |
| Feb 11 4:00 pm |
Carl Schiesser Director - ARC Centre of Excellence for Free Radical and Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, University of Melbourne |
Mukund Sibi | Radicals, Selenium, Drugs and Vampires |
| Feb 28 |
Jennifer Wilcox Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University |
Uwe Burghaus | Minimizing Environmental Impacts of Coal-based Energy Generation |
| March 4 | Dana Reed Department of Chemistry University of Minnesota |
Introduction to Mass Spectrometry: Ionization Methods and Mass Analyzers | |
| March 27 | Barry Milavetz Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences |
Glenn Dorsam Center for Protease Research | Role of HATs and HDACs in the control of SV40 Gene Expression |
| Apr 3 | Donald Branch Division of Cellular & Molecular Biology, Toronto General Research Institute |
Glenn Dorsam Center for Protease Research | The Role of VPAC1 and VPAC2 Neuroendocrine Receptors in HIV-1 Infection |
| Apr 15 | Allan L. Bieber Instrinsic Bioprobes Inc, Adjunct Professor/Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University |
Tools for Population Proteomic Studies: Mass Spectrometry, Affinty Capture and Bioreactive Probes |
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| Apr 17 | Susan Winandy Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University |
Glenn Dorsam Center for Protease Research | Regulation of T Cell Development and Leukemogenesis by Ikaros: Mechanism of Action through Notch |
| Apr 22 | Linda Shimizu Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina |
Sivaguru Jayaraman | Macrocyclic ureas: A simple building block for supramolecular structures |
| May 1 | Alexander Greer The City University of New York, Brooklyn College |
Sivaguru Jayaraman | Singlet Oxygen Chemistry and Biology in Brooklyn, New York |
| Summer 2008 | |||
| May 15 4:00 pm |
Joseph (Kuo-Hsiang) Tang Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University | Derek Killilea | Structure-Function Studies of DNA Polymerases Responsible for Base Excision Repair |
| May 22 4:00 pm |
Sinisa Dovat Department of Pediatrics, Hematology/Oncology, University of Wisconsin, Madison |
Glenn Dorsam | The Role of Zinc Finger Genes in Leukemogenesis |
| Jun 13 3:00 pm |
Richard Niles Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Marshall School of Medicine |
Mukund Sibi Center for Protease Research |
TBA |
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