CHEMISTRY SEMINAR SERIES
Fall 2008
Seminars
are on Fridays from 11:00 AM to 11:50 AM
in Lovejoy 215 except when noted otherwise.
Link to tips for a successful
presentations
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| September 5
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Organizational Meeting
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| September
12 |
Eric Roy '04
University
of
Maine
"Cutting edge analytical methods to make ultratrace metal measurements in seawater: An interdisciplinary problem solving approach"
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| September 19 |
Professor Roger Rowlett
Colgate University Presidential Scholar
"The Two Faces of E: Revealing the Dual Personality of a Bacterial beta-Carbonic Anhydrase."
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| September 26 |
Professor Christopher Cummins
Massachussetts Institute of Technology
"Early-Metal Mediated Chemistry of the Elements N, P, and As"
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| October 3 |
Professor Clara Kielkopf
University of Rochester
"Structural and thermodynamic splice site signals in human pre-mRNAs"
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| October 10 |
Professor Larry T. Scott
Louise and Jim Vanderslice and Family Chair in Chemistry, Boston College
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October 16
October 17 |
IBM Lecture I at 7:00 pm in Olin 1
"The Problems in Living with Technology"
IBM Lecture II at 3:00 pm in Keyes 105
"A Brief History of Elemental Carbon"
Nobel Laureate Robert F. Curl
Kenneth S. Pitzer-Schlumberger Professor of Natural Sciences Emeritus
Rice University |
October 24 |
Student Presentations
Chris Lapointe, Whitney Miller, John Hall, Chris Buros and Tom Sisto
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| October 31 |
Student Presentations
Delia Massey, Zac Helm, Joe Meyer, Andrew Young and Jordanne Dunn
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| November 7 |
Professor Elsa Yan
"Photoactivation Mechanism of G Protein-Coupled Receptor Rhoodpsin"
Yale University
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November 14 |
Professor Laurie Butler
"From Quantum Mechanics to Atmospheric Chemistry: Probing
Radical Intermediates of Bimolecular Reactions"
University of Chicago
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| November 21 | Student Presentations (Double Header)
11 AM (Lovejoy 215)
Emily Berghoff, Jon Guerrette, Shehan Don Talagala, Zheng Cao and Tatenda Mahlokozera
3 PM (Keyes 105)
Kristen Hitchcox, Steve Carlin, Thora Maltais, Brett Guenther and Abbie Frederick |
| November 28 |
Thanksgiving Break
NO SEMINAR THIS
WEEK
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| December 5 |
Student Presentations
Becky Thorburn, Brian Wadugu, Kristina Langenborg, Rebecca Kamins and Nichole Schmidt
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