MU Department of Chemistry
Organic Seminar Schedule
Winter Semester 2008
Mondays at 12 noon in Room 125I Chemistry (large conference room) unless otherwise indicated
(Updated on July 2, 2008)

Date

Speaker

Title

Host

February 4 Meeting #1 of Scheduled Graduate Student Speakers ONLY Conversation with Dr. Glaser about good practices in talk preparation.
February 11 Meeting #2 of Scheduled Graduate Student Speakers ONLY Conversation with Dr. Glaser about good practices in talk preparation.
February 18 Meeting #3 of Scheduled Graduate Student Speakers ONLY Conversation with Dr. Glaser about good practices in talk preparation.
February 25 Prof. Michael Lewis, Department of Chemistry, St. Louis University Arene-Arene Binding Energies: Correlation with Hammett Substituent Constants.
March 3 Prof. Craig M. Williams, Molecular & Microbial Sciences, Univ. of Queensland, Australia "So Close But Yet So Far Away". Towards the Total Synthesis of Various Vibsane Diterpenes. Dr. Harmata
March 10 Prof. Stefan H. Bossmann, Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University The Mycobacterial Porin MspA, a Versatile Tool for the Design of Functional Nanostructures
March 17 Mr. Yuksel Alan, University of Missouri Light-Driven Molecular Machines Dr. Glass
March 31 Prof. Mitch Anthamatten, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Univ. of Rochester Physical Properties of Network Polymers Bearing Reversibly Associating Side-Groups
April 5 MU ORGANIC CHEMISTRY DAY Dr. Harmata
April 7 Mr. Chun Ren, This week in New Orleans: ACS NATL. MEETING Two-Photon Fluorescent Probe Dr. Glass
April 14 Ms. Marjorie Hoffman, University of Missouri 2nd-Year Lit. Talk: Chemical Synthesis of Proteins Dr. Gates
April 21 Ms. Haiying Zhou, University of Missouri 2nd-Year Lit. Talk: Design of Inhibitors of Histone Deacetylase Dr. Gates
April 28 Mr. Anuruddha Rajapaksa, University of Missouri 2nd-Year Lit. Talk: Bleomycin Dr. Gates
May 5 Mr. Kenneth S. Hettie, University of Missouri 2nd-Year Lit. Talk: Developments in Saccharide Sensors Dr. Glass
May 12 Ms. Jian Yin, University of Missouri 2nd-Year Lit. Talk: Hydrogen Tunneling in Enzymes Dr. Glaser