March 13 to 20, 2009
March 16 (Monday) |
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11:00 am |
Special Seminar (LSE 804) - Dr. Peng Chen, Cornell University, "Single-Molecule Dynamics of Nanocatalysis and Bioinorganic Chemistry" |
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4:00 pm |
Colloquium (LSEB B01) - Prof. Sarah O'Connor, MIT -- "Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Madagascar Periwinkle" Refreshments at 3:45 pm: Seminar is open to the whole Department and undergraduates are encouraged to attend. |
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March 17 (Tuesday) |
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Noon |
BUYCC Officers' Meeting (LSE 1004) |
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11:00 am |
Special P-Chem Seminar (BRB 122) - Prof. Kai Johnsson, Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne, "Chemical Approaches to Observe and Manipulate Protein Function in Living Cells. |
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March 18 (Wednesday) |
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4:00 pm |
P-Chem Seminar (GBA @ MIT Building 24, Room 121) - Prof. James Hynes, "Jump Tunes: Water Reorientation Dynamics in Hydration Shells of Water, Ions and Hydrophobes" |
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5:00 pm |
ChemBio Seminar (LSE 103) - Josh McNally (Caradonna Group), ""Spectroscopic Characterization of Reactive Species of a Diiron Monooxygenase Model System" |
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March 19 (Thursday) |
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11:00 am |
Research Faculty Meeting (LSE 103) - American Recovery Act Funding Opportunities discussion |
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12:15 pm (lunch) 12:45pm (talk) |
Systems Biology Free Lunch Seminar (LSE 103) - Prof. Franco Cerrina, Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, "Patterning at the Nanoscale: From Silicon to DNA" |
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2:30 pm - 3:30 pm |
BUWIC Coffee Seminar - Hilary Domush, Chemical Heritage Foundation |
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4:00 pm |
Educational Seminar (LSE 103) - Frank DeSensi, Founder Education Directions - "How to Teach Under-Prepared Students" |
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March 20 (Friday) |
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Friday/Saturday |
2009 BU Chemistry Open House for Prospective Graduate Students |
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Noon |
Faculty Teaching Lunch (LSE 103) - Frank DeSensi, Founder Education Directions, will discuss:
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1:00 pm |
Agilent Technologies Presentation (SCI 512) - Ms. Sanika Kulkarni and Mr. Jim Lynch will describe Agilent devices of interest to scientific investigations. Light refreshments will be provided |
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Congratulations! |
- Dr. Mike Pollastri on his NIH R01
- Tullius Group on their highly recognized paper in Science (BU News Release and in Nature News, "There's more to life than sequences: The shape of DNA can play a crucial role in genetics, says Philip Ball." Published online 12 March 2009 | doi:10.1038/news.2009.160)
- Citation of Prof. John Porco on his Cope Award in March 9 issue of C&E News (p. 47)
- Stacy Rodgen (Schaus Group) on her new position at Abbot Laboratories
- Melissa Dominguez (Schaus Group) on her new research position with the CMLD-BU
- Dr. Bing Xia (Jones Group) on his position as Principal Scientist with GlaxoSmithKline
- Yu Chen (Panek Group) on his forthcoming postdoctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Professor Yoshito Kishi, Harvard University
- BUWIC on their outreach efforts with English High School
Save the Date |
- Merck BS/MS recruiting visit (send resumes to Katinka) - March 27
- BUYCC-Wyeth student invited speaker, Christopher T. Walsh, April 21
- Chemistry Undergraduate Research Symposium - May 1
- Merck-BUWIC Career Panel - May 4
- Ph.D. Hooding Ceremony, Friday, May 15 at 5 pm
- Departmental Commencement Ceremony, Sunday, May 17 at 9 am
Of Note |
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In March alone (to date), faculty submitted 6 NIH R01 proposals, 1 NIH R21, 1 NSF for a face value of $12,158,312 ($8,023,148 Direct Cost; $4,135,164 IDC). Their effort is greatly appreciated.
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Student workers at the front desk this week are: Bryan, Hannah, Heather (Monday); Diana, Ian, Hannah, Diana (Tuesday); Bryan, Kayla, Crystal, (Wednesday); Diana, Ian, Hannah, Diana (Thursday); Bryan, Kayla, Crystal (Friday)
Picture of the Week |
A Hawk's Eye View (Photo courtesy of Scott Schaus) |
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Last "TWIC" |
Due to Spring Break there was no TWIC last week