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Past Seminars

All seminars will be held from 3:15 - 4:20 PM in Science Building 1 Room 107 unless otherwise noted.

Fall 2009

Date Seminar
Oct. 2nd

Raghuveer Parthasarathy

University of Oregon
Probing molecular orientation and mechanical rigidity in reconstituted bio-membranes

Oct. 9th

Hieronim Jakobuwski

UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
The Mechanism and Consequences of Homocysteine Incorporation Into Protein in Humans

Oct. 16th

Bakthan Singaram

UCSC
Sweetness and Light: Continuous Glucose Sensing with Fluorescent Thin-Film Hydrogel

Oct. 23rd

David Germack

National Institute of Standards and Technology
The impact of interfacial composition on the performance and lifetime of organic photovoltaic cells

Oct 30th

Paul Whitmore

Carnegie Mellon University
The State Of The Art: Diagnosing Instability & Degradation In Cultural Artifacts

Nov. 6th

Michael Wagner

George Washington University
Applications of Nanomaterials in Energy Storage, Generation and Efficiency

Nov. 13th

Nate Szymczak

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Intermolecular Interactions and Electrochemical Transformations of Energy-Relevant Small Molecules

Nov. 20th

Taifo Mamud

Oregon State University
Natural Product Biosynthesis and Engineering: Diverse Metabolic Pathways to Aminocyclitol Compounds

Dec. 4th

Erik Johannson

California Institute of Technology
Molecular Level Control over Chemical and Electrical Properties of Crystalline Si Surfaces

Winter 2010

Date Seminar
Jan. 8th

John Perrona

University of California, Santa Barbara
Origins of specificity in the synthesis of aminoacyl-tRNA

Jan. 15th

Ed Valente

University of Portland
Structural Chemistry of Cyclic Oxocarboxylic Acids

Jan. 22nd

Graduate Students: Nilesh Vaiyda & Anna Brown

Portland State University
TBA

Jan. 29th

Sanford Sillman

University of Michigan
State of the atmosphere: long- and short-range transport of ozone, aerosols and mercury

Feb. 19th

Brian Korgel

University Affiliation
To Be Announced

Feb. 26th

Ben Webber/Brian Larson

PSU Graduate Students
To Be Announced

Mar. 5th

Fred Brewer

Albert Einstein College of Medicine
To Be Announced

Mar. 12th

Rod Ruoff

University of Affiliation
To Be Announced

Spring 2010

Date Seminar
Apr. 2nd

Wilbes/Beth

PSU Graduate Students
To Be Announced

Apr. 16th

Steven Van Lanen

College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky
To Be Announced

Apr. 23rd

Jennifer Mass

University Affiliation
To be announced

May 14th

Renu/Hoang

PSU Graduate Students
To Be Announced

May 21st Cancelled
May 28th

Alex/Chris

PSU Graduate Students
To Be Announced

Fall 2010

Date Seminar
Oct. 1st David Farrens Oregon Health & Science University
Mechanisms of G-Protein Coupled Receptor (GPCR) Activation and Attenuation: Insights from Biochemical and Fluorescence Studies
Oct. 8th Katie Springman Portland State University
SPMDS Link Site-Specific Contaminants to Effects: New Tools for Old Oil
Oct. 15th Adenike Otoikhian OGI
Spectroscopic studies of human copper proteins: Probing the coordination chemistry of their copper binding sites
Oct. 22nd Graduate Students: Ali Boris & Joe Harworth Portland State University
TBA
Oct 29th Marcetta Darensbourg Texas A and M University
Biomimetics of Hydrogenase Active Sites:  Challenges and Explorations
Nov. 5th Ryan E. Looper University of Utah
Development of propargylguanidine hydroaminations for natural product synthesis
Nov. 12th Louise Charkoudian Stanford University
Cracking the Polyketide Code:  How Nature Controls Polyketide Biosynthesis
Nov. 19th Jay Schneekloth Yale University
Biologically Active Small Molecules: Sources of Inspiration for Chemical and Biological Discovery
Dec. 3rd Haifeng GaoUniversity of California, Berkeley
Synthesis and Application of Functional Polymers with Controlled Nanostructures

Winter 2011

Date Seminar
Jan. 7th Christopher Doona US Army Natick Soldier RD&E Center
The PCS, D-FENS, and D-FEND ALL: Novel Chlorine Dioxide Technologies for the Military
Jan. 14th David Dawson OHSU
To Be Announced
Jan. 21st Graduate students: Natasja Swartz & Troy Wahl Portland State University
To Be Announced
Jan. 28th Shannon Boettcher University of Oregon
Structured Semiconductors for Solar Energy Conversion and Storage
Feb. 4th Wendy Kelly Georgia Institute of Technology
Naturally Occurring Molecular Scaffolds: Indanomycin and Thiostrepton
Feb. 11th Kenneth Showalter West Virginia University
Synchronization and Spatiotemporal Dynamics in Chemical Systems
Feb. 18th Graduate Students: Karen Sakala & Chenyi Wang Portland State University
To Be Announced
Feb. 25th Thomas Rauchfus University of Illinois
New Perspectives on the Processing of H2
Mar. 4th Graduate Students: Aabha Bharve & Qi Tong Portland State University
To Be Announced
Mar. 11th Irving R. Epstein Brandeis University
Spatiotemporal Pattern Formation in Structured Media