Seminar Schedule - Spring 2008

Seminars are held Wednesdays at 4:00 p.m. in A203 of the Chemistry Building with refreshments served at 3:45 p.m. in the second floor atrium.

Coordinator: Gabriel Fenteany(860) 486-6645

1/23/08 4:00 PM Steven L. Suib, Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut
Meeting with Graduate Students

2/13/08 4:00 PM Christopher Ziegler, Dpeartment of Chemistry, University of Akron Host: C. Bruckner
The Metal Chemistry of the Carbaporphyrins: Organometallics at the Equator

2/20/08 4:00 PM Tamim Braish, Pfizer-Groton Host: W. Bailey
Defining Moments in Drug Development

2/27/08 4:00 PM David Uehling, Oncology Chemistry RTP, GlaxoSmithKline Host: M. Smith
Substituted Alkynylthienopyrimidines: Tunable Covalent Modifiers of ErbB Family Tyrosine Kinases as Possible Anti-Cancer Therapeautics

3/5/08 4:00 PM William F. Kiesman, Department of Chemistry, Biogen Host: A. Howell
Discovery of BG9928: An Adenosine A1 Antagonist for the Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure

3/12/08 4:00 PM Timothy F. Jamison, Department of Chemistry, MIT
Epoxide-Opening Cascades

3/19/08 4:00 PM Edward Bartick, Suffolk University Host: James Stuart
Trends in Forensic and Homeland Security Applications of Vibrational Spectroscopy

3/26/08 4:00 PM Yun-Ming Lin, University of Toledo Host: M. Smith
Chiral Lewis Base-Dependent Asymmetric Bifunctional Catalysis (ABC): Rational Design, Predictability and Synthetic Applications

3/27/08 (Thursday) 4:00 PM Kevin Moeller, Washington University Host: J. Rusling
Organic Electrochemistry: Building Addressable Molecular Libraries

4/2/08 4:00 PM Dula Amarasiriwardena, Hamphsire College Host: R. Michel
Unraveling of Past Pollution Episodes through Biological Hard Tissues: Applications of Laser Ablation (LA)-ICP-MS

4/4/08 (Friday) 4:00 PM Matthias Bickelhaupt, Vrije Universiteit, Netherlands Host: M. Smith
Activation Strain Model: Understanding Trends in Chemical Reactivity

4/9/08 4:00 PM James L. Balkovec, Merck Host: M. Smith
11-Beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Inhibitors: Medication For A Fast Food Nation

4/17/08 (Thursday) 4:00 PM Yoshihisa Kobayashi, University of California, San Diego Host: A. Howell
Heterocycles in Natural Product Synthesis

4/30/08 4:00 PM Robert Blake, Texas Tech University Host: T. Miller
The Chemistry Scholars Program: Improved Recruitment and Retention for Chemistry Majors

Graduate Student Seminar Schedule - Fall 2007

Seminars are held on Thursdays at Noon, Chemistry A304

February 14, 2008 12:00 PM Jason Schmink

Real-Time Monitoring of Organic Reactions Using Raman Spectroscopy

February 28, 2008 12:00 PM Danielle Watt

Mutagenicity of N-(Deoxyguanosin-8-yl)-1-aminopyrene, the Major DNA Adduct Formed by the Carcinogen 1-Nitropyrene in Mammalian Cells

March 20, 2008 12:00 PM Tabitha Amora

April 3, 2008 12:00 PM Nathan Hnatiuk

April 17, 2008 12:00 PM Amber Onorato

May 1, 2008 12:00 PM Christopher Hill