Chemistry Department Colloquium, Fall 2009

To Be Announced

Date Speaker Affiliation Title Host
September 18 Professor Michael McLeish IUPUI, Indiana University-Perdue University Indianapolis Using saturation mutagenesis to explore catalysis by benzoylformate decarboxylase, a thiamin diphosphate-dependent enzyme Professor Rex Pratt
September 24 Professor Wilma Olson
Molecular Biophysics Program
9th Annual Fall Retreat		 Rutgers University DNA Mechanics and Gene Regulation Professor Ishita Mukerji
October 2 Professor Mandė Holford The City College of New York Snails, toxins, drugs...oh my!
The chemical biology of venomous marine snails		 Professor Mike Calter
October 9 Professor Dexter Criss SUNY Plattsburgh TBA Professor Erika Taylor
October 16  Professor Helen Leung Amherst College How Changes in Molecular Electronic Environments Affect
Intermolecular Interactions: A Case Study Using Halogen Substituted Ethylenes		 Professor Stewart Novick
October 23 Professor Michael Richmond University of North Texas Diphosphine Ligand Isomerization and Bond-Activation Sequences in the Triosmium Clusters Professor David Westmoreland
October 30 Professor Mark Biscoe The City College of New York Pd-Catalyzed C-N Bond-Forming Reactions Using Biarylphosphines: Insights into Mechanism and Catalyst Activation Professor Albert Fry
November 6 Professor Paramjit Arora
 		 NYU Synthetic Approaches for Targeting Protein-Protein Interactions
 		 Professor Mike Calter
November 13 Dr. Holly Soutter
 		 Pfizer Enzymatic and structural studies of Transglycosylase, an essential bacterial enzyme Professor Rex Pratt
November 20 Professor James Hofrichter National Institute of Health TBA Professor Stewart Novick
December 4 Professor Matthew Zimmt Brown University TBA Professor Brian Northrup