About the Department
Seminars Fall 2007
All the seminars are at 4:45 pm in the Mellon Institute Conference Room, unless otherwise noted. Refreshments are served 15 minutes before the seminar begins.
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Angela Winstead, Morgan State University
Microwave Synthesis of Heptamethine Cyanine Dyes
Host: Newell Washburn
Thursday, September 20, 2007
R. Lee Penn, University of Minnesota
Chemical, Physical, and Structural Properties of Iron-Oxide Nanoparticles
Host: Catalina Achim
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Geoffrey Cordell, University of Illinois, Chicago
Natural Products in a World Out-of-Balance: Implications for Global Health Care
Host: Roberto Gil
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Boris Akhremitchev, Duke University
Hydrophobic interactions at a single molecule level studied by force spectroscopy
Host: Maria Kurnikova
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Mario Leclerc, Université Laval
Conjugated Polymers: From Micro-Electronics to Genomics
Host: Rick McCullough
Thursday, October 11, 2007
David Weliky, University of Michigan
NMR and Biophysical Studies of Viral Fusion Peptides and Proteins
Host: Stephanie Tristram-Nagle
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Valeria Kleiman, University of Florida
Vectorial Energy Transfer in Conjugated Systems
Host: Bruce Armitage
Cancelled
Kathryn Uhrich, Rutgers University
Designing Polymers for Biomedical Applications
Host: Newell Washburn
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Normand Mousseau, University of Montreal
Numerical Characterization of the Early Steps of Aggregation
Host: Maria Kurnikova
Thursday, November 8, 2007
R.H. Holm, Harvard University
Biomimetic Chemistry of Molybdenum and Tungsten: What Can Be Learned
Host: Catalina Achim