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Chemistry Department
Brandeis University
MS 015
415 South Street
Waltham, MA 02454

tel: 781-736-2500
fax: 781-736-2516

Brandeis University: Academics: Chemistry Department:Seminars & Colloquia

Currently Scheduled: Fall 2005 / Spring 2006

Colloquia take place on Mondays at 3:45 pm in Gerstenzang 122 except as noted.

Date

Speaker

Institute

Title

Host

Sep 12

Seth Fraden

Brandeis University

BrMiff: Brandeis Microfludics Fabrication Facility - and what it can do for you.

Jordan

Sep 19

Xiaowei Zhuang

Harvard University

Single-molecule & single-particle imaging in vitro & in live cells

Gershenson

Sep 21 (Wed)

Thomas J. J. Mueller

Universität Heidelberg

Palladium-Catalyzed Processes as Entries to Domino- and Multicomponent Reactions

Foxman

Sep 26

Venkat Thalladi

Worcester Polytechnic 

TBA

Foxman

Oct 4 (Tue)

Michael  P Doyle

University of Maryland

New Advances in Catalysis with Dirhodium(II) Compounds

Yu

Oct 10

Ross A. Widenhoefer

Duke University

Transition metal-catalyzed addition of nucleophiles to unactivated olefins

Deng

Oct 17

Olafs Daugulis

University of Houston

Regioselective Functionalization of Unreactive C-H Bonds

Ozerov

Oct 21 (Fri)

Kazunori Koide

University of Pittsburgh

Organic synthesis as a tool to address biological problems: From reaction discoveries to zebrafish embryogenesis

Deng

Oct 24

Ged Parkin

University of Columbia

Kinetic and Equilibrium Isotope Effects Pertaining to the Interaction of C-H and H-H Bonds with Transition Metal Centers. When is a Bond not a Bond?

Ozerov

Nov 7

Mihaly Mezei

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Open-ensemble concepts in biomolecular simulations

Jordan

Nov 14

Mary Roberts

Boston College

Phosphatidylinositol-Specific Phospholipase C Enzymes: Connecting Interfacial Binding to Catalysis

Herzfeld

Nov 18 (Fri)

Richard  G Finke

Colorado State University

Synthetic and Mechanistic Insights Into Transition-metal Nanoparticle Self-Assembly and Catalysis

Epstein

Dec 5

Jonathan Sweedler

2:15 pm Gerstenzang 121

University of Illinois

Measuring neurochemistry a cell at a time

Epstein

Dec 12

Joanne Stubbe

MIT

Ribonucleotide reductases: something for everyone

Pochapsky

Jan 23

Peter Beak

University of Illinois

Lessons Learned from Physical Organic Carbanion Chemistry

Deng

Jan 30

Jonathan A. Ellman

Berkeley

TBA

Yu

Feb 10 (Fri)

Ron Weiss

University of Princeton

Engineering Collaborative Behavior for Synthetic Multicellular Systems

Epstein

Feb 13

Stephen L. Buchwald

MIT

Progress in Metal-Catalyzed C-C and C-Heteroatom Bond-Forming Reactions

Yu

Mar 6

Oliver Steinbock

Florida State University

Self-organization in Nonequilibrium Systems

Epstein

Mar 13

Soumya Ray

Harvard Medical School

TBA

Agar

Mar 20

Arthur Johnson

Texas A & M

Protein Trafficking at the ER Membrane

Gershenson

Mar 27

Kenneth Showalter

West Virginia University

Collective Behavior in Addressable Excitable Media

Epstein

Apr 3

Maurice Brookhart

Univesity of North Carolina

Catalytic Transformations Based On C-H Bond Activation Reactions

Ozerov

Apr 10

Scott Schaus

Boston University

Exploring Asymmetric Synthesis Using Lewis Base Catalysis

Yu

Apr 18

James M. Cook

UW-Milwaukee

General Approach to the Synthesis of Ring-A Alkoxy Substituted Indole Alkaloids via the Asymmetric Pictet-Spengler Reaction

Deng

CANCELLED

Apr 24

Will be rescheduled for Fall 06

Gerhard Hummer

NIH

Water, proton, and ion transport: from nanotubes to biomolecular machines

Jordan

May 15

Oleg Ozerov

Brandeis University

Diverse Approaches to Breaking Strong Bonds and Their Importance in Catalysis

Yu

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