Chemistry Department
Seminar Program
Spring 2005
All seminars will be held in the Physical Science Building, Room 208
Refreshments will be served before the seminar
Open to the Public / January
13 Gabriel A. Montaño, Los Alamos.
Molecularly Engineered Bio & Bio-inspired Nanoassemblies.
21 Albert Cotton, Texas A&M.
Studies of Molecular Architecture and Electronic Communication with Dimetal Building Blocks.
24 Edward R.T. Tiekink, Singapore Natl.
University.
Bismuth Thiolates as Anti-Tumour Agents and Precursors for Nonparticle-Sized Bi2S3.
28 Robert G. Bergman, Univ. of California at
Berkeley.
Highly Selective Organic and Organometallic Reactions in Water-Soluble Host-Guest Media.
February
03 Mahesh Narayan, Cornell University.
Structural Determinants Guiding Protein Folding.
10 Stefan W. Vetter, Scripps Research Institute.
Molecular Evolution of Protein Based Oxidative Catalysts.
18 James Salvador, UTEP.
Use of the Cybiko wireless toy for teaching organic chemistry interactively.
25 Michael A. Grusak, Baylor College, USDA-ARS.
Understanding Plant Metal Homeostasis to Improve the Nutritional Quality of Plant Foods. / March
04 William J. Leigh, McMaster University.
Photochemical Methods for the Study of Silicon and Germanium Analogues of Carbenes and Alkenes.
09 Xioabing Zuo, Argonne National Lab.
Potential Energy Surfaces of Aryl Olefins DNA Conformation by Solution X-ray Diffraction.
11 J.W. Whalen Memorial Lecture
Keelung Hong, TLC
Biopharmaceuticals Inc.
From bench to market in targeted cancer therapy.
17 Irach B. Taraporewala. Advanced
Viral Research Corp. Yonkers, NY.
Adventures in medicinal chemistry:
A tale of safe steroids, sea creatures and groovy
DNA.
25 SPRING BREAK
April
01 Kevin D. John, Los Alamos.
A Journey Across the Periodic Table from Be to Yb.
15 Helena Malinakova, Kansas University.
New palladium-mediated reactions for asymmetric organic synthesis.
22 Pradip K. Mascharak, University of
California, Santa Cruz.
Structural and Functional Models of Nitrile Hydratase: A Smart Way to Hydrolyze Nitriles.
For Further information contact Dr. Keith H. Pannell, Seminar Chairman, (915) 747-5796/5701 <>