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Spring 2009 Talks

1/23/2009
  12:15 pm, Yui Vinayavekhin, Saghatelian Lab: Global metabolite profiling of natural product gene clusters
  12:45 pm, Dr. Qinliang Zhao, Betley Lab: Design, synthesis and reactivities of trimetallic reactive sites: A new approach to driving multi-electron redox chemistry

1/30/2009
  12:15 pm, Ryan Quillar, Friend Lab: Transient hydroxyl formation from water on oxygen-covered Au(III)
  12:45 pm, Dr. Danaya Pakotiprapha, Verdine Lab: Structure and function of the bacterial nucleotide excision repair protein

2/06/2009
  12:15 pm, Kevin Fortner, Shair Lab: Synthesis of the western half of Cephalostatin 1
  12:45 pm, Dr. Bo Huang, Zhuang Lab: Biosynthesis of the thiocillin antibiotics

2/13/2009
  12:15 pm, Dr. Laura Wieland Brown, Clardy Lab: Biosynthesis of the thiocillin antibiotics
  12:45 pm, Dr. Giovanni Muncipinto, Schreiber Lab: Skeletal diversity arising from a densely functionalized template

2/20/2009
  12:15 pm, Dr. Allon Hochbaum, Aizenberg Lab: Directed adhesion of bacteria on nanostructured surfaces
  12:45 pm, Kevin Esvelt, Liu Lab: Towards the continuous directed evolution of biomolecules

2/27/2009
  12:15 pm, David Powers, Ritter Lab: Reductive elimination of carbon-heteroatom bonds from bimetallic Pd(III) complexes
  12:45 pm, Yiqiao Tang, Cohen Lab: Superhelical light for enhancing chiroptical effect in small molecules

3/06/2009
  12:15 pm, Dr. Catherine Grimes, O'Shea Lab: Activation of the innate immune system by bacteria cell wall
  12:45 pm, Thomas Baker, Friend/Kaxiras Lab: Nature of oxidation of the Au(III) surface: Experimental and theoretical investigation

3/10/2009 - Special Fieser Lecture
  4:00 pm, Takeru Furuya, Ritter Lab: Transition-metal-mediated C-F bond formation

3/13/2009 -- Note Time Change
  11:30 am, Huiyi Chen, Xie Lab: Single cell analyses of the E. coli proteome with single molecule sensitivity
  12:00 pm, Jakub Svenda, Myers Lab: Chemical synthesis of Trioxacarcin A Aglycon

3/20/2009 -- Note Time Change
  11:30 am, Mark Sevecka, MacBeath Lab: EGFR and beyond - analysis of signal transduction networks using lysate microarrays
  12:00 pm, Bozhi Tian, Lieber Lab: Silicon nanowire heterostructures for photovoltaic applications

3/27/2009
  12:15 pm, Dr. Jenny O'Neill, Walker Lab: Discovery of small molecules that restore methicillin sensitivity to MRSA
  12:45 pm, Christopher Uyeda, Jacobsen Lab: Enantioselective Claisen rearrangements catalyzed by hydrogen-bond donors

4/03/2009
  12:15 pm, Leslie Vogt, Aspuru-Guzik Lab: Engineering efficient energy transfer in artificial arrays
  12:45 pm, Xinyu Liu, Walsh Lab: Pyrrolidinedion in natural product biosynthesis

4/10/2009
  12:15 pm, Evan King, Betley Lab: Late transition metal dipyrrole complexes capable of multi-electron redox and C-H functionalization
  12:45 pm, Dr. Maryann Sargent, Anderson Lab: Measurements of water vapor in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere: Understanding the control of stratospheric humidity

4/17/2009
  12:15 pm, Shu Sin Chng, Kahne Lab: Reconstituting lipopolysaccharide transport across the cell envelope of Escherichia coli
  12:45 pm, Alexander Speed, Evans Lab: A synthesis of the microtubule stabilizing agent (+)-Peloruside A

4/24/2009
  12:15 pm, Peiqiu Chen, Shakhnovich Lab: Thermal adaptation in bacteria and viruses, a theoretical approach
  12:45 pm, Benjamin Stanton, Schreiber Lab: The development and mechanistic studies of Sonic Hedgehog pathway inhibitors

5/01/2009
  12:15 pm, Katherine Mirica, Whitesides Lab: Using magnetic levitation to monitor chemical reactions and to detect binding interactions on solid supports
  12:45 pm, Sindy Tang, Whitesides Lab: A multi-color microfluidic dye laser

5/08/2009
  12:15 pm, Brian Landry, Heller Lab: Correlated Thomas-Fermi: Semiclassical groundstate energies of many-electron systems
  12:45 pm, Dr. Liang Deng, Holm Lab: All-ferrous iron-sulfur clusters with carbine ligation: Modeling the [Fe4S4]0 protein

5/12/2009 - Special Fieser Lecture
  4:00 pm, Paul Bracher, Whitesides Lab: Chemistry and the origin of life: Possible roles for sodium, potassium, and thioesters

Fall 2008 Talks

10/10/2008
  12:15 pm, Andrew Wang, Kahne Lab: Intrinsic Glycan Length Distributions by Peptidoglycan Glycosyltransferases
  12:45 pm, Hong-Myung Lee, Shair Lab: Synthesis of (+)-cortistatin A

10/17/2008
  12:15 pm, Adam Hock, Gordon Lab: Synthesis and characterization of tantalum amidinates: towards the ALD of TaN
  12:45 pm, Jonathan Swoboda, Walker Lab: Targeting wall teichoic acid biosynthesis to combat methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

10/24/2008
  12:15, Stephan Zuend, Jacobsen Lab: Stabilization of iminium ions by amides and sulfinamides: Fundamental studies and practical applications in small-molecule asymmetric catalysis
  12:45, Paul Choi, Xie/Verdine Labs: A stochastic single-molecule event triggers phenotype switching in a bacterial cell

10/31/2008
  12:15 pm, Walter Kowtoniuk, Liu Lab: A chemical screen for biological small molecule-RNA conjugates reveals coenzyme A-modified RNA
  12:45 pm, Paul Bracher, Whitesides Lab: Chemistry on the prebiotic Earth

11/7/2008
  12:15 pm, Dr. Prashant Jain, Cohen Lab: Plasmonic nanostructures for enhancing optical activity
  12:45 pm, Dr. Debarati Mazumder, Saghatelian Lab: A mass spectrometry-based global profiling approach to identify physiological peptidase-substrate interactions

11/14/2008
  12:15 pm, Joseph Wzorek, Evans Lab: Toward the synthesis of (-)-Tetracycline via transannular reactions
  12:45 pm, Dr. Semion Saikin, Aspuru-Guzik Lab: Modeling of surface enhanced Raman scattering processes

11/21/2008
  12:15 pm, Jordan Krall, MacBeath Lab: High- and low-affinity receptors in epidermal growth factor signaling
  12:45 pm, Dr. Arthur Catino, Evans Lab: Studies toward the total synthesis of Phorbol

12/05/2008
  12:15 pm, Anthony O'Brien, Anderson Lab: Insights into cirrus cloud formation from in-situ water isotope measurements
  12:45 pm, Dr. Lourdes Gude, Verdine Lab: RIPtides & RNA targeting: an opportunity for telomerase inhibition

12/12/2008
  12:15 pm, Dr. Kok-Ping Chan, Myers Lab: Synthesis and biological evaluation of avrainvillamide and its analogs as antiproliferation agents
  12:45 pm, Dr. Jingshan Zhang, Shakhnovich Lab: Slowly replicating lytic viruses: persistence and within-host competition

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