About the Department
Seminars Spring 2010
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, January 28, 2010
Jim Schnieder, Carnegie Mellon University
Self-Assembled Materials for Rapid Electrophoretic DNA Sequencing and Genomic Analysis
Host: Bruce Armitage
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Ben Van Houten, University of Pittsburgh
Structure-Function Studies of Bacterial Nucleotide Excision Repair Proteins: How Do Protein Machines Detect and Remove Damaged DNA?
Host: Marcel Bruchez
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Jay Siegel, Universität Zürich
Aromatic Architectures: Bowls, Gears and Knots
Host: Stefan Bernhard
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Sanford Leuba, University of Pittsburgh
DNA, Nucleosomes, and Molecular Motors: One-at-a-Time
Host: Subha Das
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Sergei Sheiko, University of North Carolina
Macromolecular Tensile Machines: Breaking Bonds, Activating Reactions, and Changing Color
Host: Kris Matyjaszewski
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Esteban Bornancini, GlaxoSmithKline
Development Challenges of Lipid-based Delivery Systems
Host: Gloria Silva
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Andrew Bocarsly, Princeton University
The Visible Light Driven Conversion of CO2 and H2O to Alcohols Using an Aromatic Amine Catalyst
Host: Stefan Bernhard
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Javid Rzayev, University of Buffalo
Nanostructured Materials From Multicomponent Bottlebrush Copolymers
Host: Kris Matyjaszewski / Alper Nese
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Yoshifumi Kimura, University of Tokyo
Photo-Dissociation and Bimolecular Reaction in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids
Host: Hyung Kim
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
4:30 p.m.
Brian Frezza and D. J. Kleinbaum, Emerald Therapeutics
Liquid Information Processors as Next Generation Nucleic Acid Therapeutics
Host: Bruce Armitage
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Robert B. (Barney) Grubbs, SUNY Stony Brook
Shaping Nanostructures from the Bottom Up with Block Copolymers
Host: Newell Washburn
Thursday, April 8, 2010
David Rueda, Wayne State University
Single Molecule Studies of Spliceosomal RNAs and DNA Polymerase
Host: Linda Peteanu
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Newell Washburn, Carnegie Mellon University
Biomaterials Chemistry: Anti-Inflammatories, Complex Fluids, and Adhesive
Host: Subha Das
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Rinaldo Poli, Université de Toulouse
Interplay of Various One-Electron Processes Involving Transition Metals in Controlled Radical Polymerization
Host: Kris Matyjaszewski
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Kadir Aslan, Morgan State University
Metal Nanostructures and Their Applications in Biotechnology
Host: Bruce Armitage
Friday, May 7, 2010
Dmitri Talapin, University of Chicago
Nanocrystal Solids: A Modular Approach to Materials Design
Host: Rongchao Jin