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2007-2008 Colloquia


 

The Department of Chemistry at Boston University has invited top scientists to share and present their current research.

 

Colloquia seminars are held on Mondays (unless otherwise noted) in the Life Science and Engineering Building Auditorium (B01), beginning at 4:00 p.m. A reception (with light refreshments) precedes each talk, beginning at 3:30 p.m., in the lounge area outside B01.

Colloquium Chair: Professor James S. Panek

Colloquium Administrator: Janine Claysmith

 


 

Spring 2008 Schedule

 

Jan 7

 

Professor David Gin

 

Molecular Pharmacology & Chemistry
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
(Host: Professor John Porco)

Synthesis of Carbohydrate Immunostimulants and Bioactive Alkaloids (Read Abstract)

 

Feb 11

 

Novartis Lecture

Professor Mohammad Movassaghi

Department of Chemistry

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

(Host: Professor Scott Schaus)

Cascade Reactions in
Complex Alkaloid Synthesis

 

Feb 25

Professor Jeffrey Johnson

 

Department of Chemistry

UNC Chapel Hill

(Host: Professor Corey Stephenson)

 

Strategies in Carbonyl Polarity Reversal: Recent Case Studies (Read Abstract)

 

Mar 3

Professor David Cane

 

Department of Chemistry
Brown University
(Host: Professor Pinghua Liu)

Polyketide Antibiotic Biosynthesis:  Mechanistic and Structural Basis of the Programming of Multistep Biosynthetic Pathways
(Read Abstract)

 

Mar 17

Professor Ann Valentine

Department of Chemistry
Yale University

(Host: Professor Sean Elliott)

 

Bioinorganic Chemistry of Titanium in Medicine and the Environment (Read Abstract)

 

Mar 24

BUWIC Colloquium

Dr. Jennifer Hollingsworth

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Nanocrystal Quantum Dot Flourophores: Fine-Tuning Optical Properties Through Chemistry (Read Abstract)

 

Mar 31

Professor Jeffrey A. Cina

 

Department of Chemistry

University of Oregon

(Host: Professor Lawrence Ziegler)

Wave-Packet Interference in Vibrational Dynamics, State Reconstruction, and the Control of Excitation Transfer (Read Abstract)

 

Apr 7

Professor James M. Mayer

 

Department of Chemistry

University of Washington

(Host: Professor Sean Elliott)

Oxidations of C–H and O–H bonds: From hydrogen atom transfer to proton-coupled electron transfer (Read Abstract)

 

Apr 28

Professor Anne-Frances Miller

 

Department of Chemistry

University of Kentucky

(Host: Professor Linda Doerrer)

"How proteins control electrons: Protons !"

 

May 1

BUYCC Colloquium

Professor David Evans

Department of Chemistry

Harvard University

Studies in Natural Product Synthesis

 

 

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