Seminars of Interest

Monday, October 31, 2022

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 RAL

  CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Hyeju Jeon, "Direct Construction of Vicinal Quaternary Carbon Stereocenters in Total Synthesis of Natural Products"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 1, 2022

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Delia Milliron, The University of Texas at Austin (Diao), "Switchable Optical Materials from Metal Oxide Nanocrystals"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • Chem Annex 1024

  Chem 515 Literature Seminars: Shounak Nath, UIUC "The Family of Phosphatetrahedranes" and Yusuff Moshood, UIUC, "Quadruple Bonds Involving Main Group Elements"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • RAL 116

  CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Jamie Berry, "Iridium Catalyzed C-H Borylation"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • Room 116 RAL

  Huaxun Fan (Zhang lab) - Develop optigenetic systems to control target protein activity in neurons

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • Room 116 RAL

  Sonya Kumar Bharathkar (Stadtmueller lab) - "Studying the effects of chimeric secretory antibodies on Clostridiodes difficile antigens"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 3, 2022

• • 12:00 pm
    
  • 163 Noyes Lab

  CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Riley Carter, UIUC, "Going with the Grain: Bringing N2 Fixation to Cereals"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Emily Pentzer, Texas A&M University (Rogers), "Interfacial Polymerizations in Pickering Emulsions to Architect Hybrid Materials"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • Chem Annex 1024

  Chem 585 Literature Seminar: Brittany Prempin, UIUC, "Synthetic Polymers Digital Polymers for Data Storage Applications" and Seth Croslow, UIUC, "Magnetically Controllable Microbots for Targeted Cell Delivery"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • Chem Annex 1024

  Chem 585 Literature Seminar: Brittany Prempin, UIUC, "Synthetic Polymers Digital Polymers for Data Storage Applications" and Seth Croslow, UIUC, "Magnetically Controllable Microrobots for Targeted Cell Delivery"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 RAL

  Dr. Andrew Zahrt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Reinventing Discovery and Optimization in Synthetic Organic Chemistry Using Data Science, Automated Experimentation, and Applied Quantum Chemistry"

  • Lecture

Friday, November 4, 2022

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  • 2:00 pm
    
  • Beckman Institute

  Biological Physics (iPoLS) Seminar: Martin Gruebele (UIUC) "Protein dynamics in cells "

  • Lecture
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 RAL

  Mr. Abdur-Rahman (AR) Siddiqui, UIUC Title: Recycling and Repurposing Optical Drives for Scientific Applications

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 RAL

  Ms. Yanqi Tan, UIUC Title: Nanopore long-read sequencing: A comprehensive insight into cancer genomes

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, November 5, 2022

• • All Day
    
  • Allerton Park, Monticello, IL

  Beak-Pines Organic Area Allerton Conference

  • Conference/Workshop

Tuesday, November 8, 2022

• • 10:00 am
    
  • 419 RAL

  FINAL DEFENSE: Andrew Buechler (Martinis lab) - Human Colon Cell Migration and Socialization Induced by Small Extracellular Nucleotides

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 1:00 pm
    
  • room 419 RAL

  FINAL DEFENSE: Kisurb Choe (Sweedler lab) - Modification of substrate specificity of thioesterase, reductase, and desaturase by MALDI-ToF-MS analysis of microbial colonies

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:00 pm
    
  • B124 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory

  Mingkuan Lyu, UIUC, Final Defense, "Methods and Applications of Using DNA-Cleaving DNAzymes to Cleave Double-Stranded DNA”

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • Chem Annex 1024

  Professor Nate Szymczak, University of Michigan, "Moving Beyond the Metal: Assisted Small Molecule Activation" (I)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 9, 2022

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • CLSL B102

  CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Matthew Cloyd, UIUC, "Utilizing Near-Infrared Light Quantum Effects to Measure the Fingerprint Mid-Infrared Region"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm
    
  • CLSL B102

  CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Romans Grant, UIUC, "Resolving the Structural Adaptation and Resulting Bioactivity Challenge of Cyclic Peptides by Multi-Scale Molecular Dynamics Methods"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:00 pm
    
  • 419 RAL

  FINAL DEFENSE: Santanu Ghosh (Shapiro lab) - "A Novel Mechanism of Necrotic Cell Death in ERα-positive Cancers"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  St. Elmo Brady Lecture: Professor Herman Sintim, Purdue University: "Novel Chemotypes of Kinase Inhibitors for the Potential Treatment of Recurrent Cancers"

  • Lecture

Thursday, November 10, 2022

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • Chem Annex 1024

  Brown University Chemistry’s Graduate Ambassador Award Lecture: Mr. Stephen Kocheril (BS, '16, UIUC Chemistry), Brown University: “Photoelectron Imaging of Laser Vaporized Cryogenically-Cooled Atomic Cluster Anions"

  Alumnus Stephen Kocheril (BS, Chemistry, '16) is the recipient of Brown University Chemistry's Graduate Ambassador Award, which is given annually to graduate students who have demonstrated excellence in teaching, research, and service. Reception immediately following in Chem Annex 1025.

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Philippe Sautet, UCLA (Mironenko), "Evolution of Catalytic Active Sites During Reaction"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • Chem Annex 1024

  Chem 585 Literature Seminar: Kaitlyn Weigand, UIUC, "Recent Advances in Combining the Fields of Polymer Continuous Flow and Microwave-Assisted Chemistry" and Heryn Wang, UIUC, "Bio-inorganic Hybrid Material for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Professor Zachary K. Wickens, University of Wisconsin, Madison, "Selective Synthesis Using Light and Electricity"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 11, 2022

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  • 12:00 pm
    
  • Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory

  CANCELLED - Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Leifu Chang (Purdue University), "Structure and mechanism of type V CRISPR-Cas12 effectors"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  • 2:00 pm
    
  • Beckman Institute 2269

  Biological Physics (iPoLS) Seminar: Ido Golding (UIUC) "Viral Decision Making: Fall Update"

  • Lecture
• • 3:00 pm
    
  • Beckman 4269 4th Floor Tower Room

  FINAL DEFENSE, Katherine Stawiasz, UIUC, "Thermoset Materials Fabricated via Frontal Polymerization: Material Properties and Photoinitiation Approaches", Advisor: Jeffrey Moore

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 RAL

  Mr. Amos Shiau, UIUC Title: Microanalytical Techniques: Applications In Nuclear Forensics

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 RAL

  Ms. Alexis Miller, UIUC Title: Energy-efficient Advancements in Smart Windows

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, November 12, 2022

• • 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
    
  • Illini Union Ballroom

  East Central Illinois Undergraduate Research Conference

  The East Central Illinois section of the American Chemical Society is hosting the 6th Annual ECI ACS Undergraduate Research Conference, featuring undergraduate research posters, oral presentations, networking sessions, a keynote speaker, and more.

  • Conference/Workshop

Monday, November 14, 2022

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  3M Lecture, 3M rep: Dr. Mike Wendland, "Porous Materials Research in the Modern Business World: Application Driven Materials Development"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 5:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  3M Lecture, Professor Oren Scherman, University of Cambridge, "Dynamic Supramolecular Materials: Imparting Function through Molecular Level Understanding"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

• • 3:30 pm
    
  • Chem Annex 1024

  Chem 515 Literature Seminar: Alyssa Mohr "CO2 Fixation Using Aluminum Catalysts". and Tarek El Sayed "Pnictogens: Alternatives to Metal-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling", UIUC

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 RAL

  CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Dylan Brandt, "Radically Rethinking Biocompatibility: Radical Polymerizations in Living Systems"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • CLSL B102

  CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Brandon Rasmussen, UIUC, "Supercharged!: Advances in Superabsorbance for the Development of Quantum Batteries"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm
    
  • CLSL B102

  CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Laura Smith, UIUC, "X-Ray Vision: Seeing Art in a New Light"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm
    
  • CLSL B102

  CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Sreelekshmi Venu UIUC, "Super Resolution Microscopy for the Study of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • Room 116 RAL

  Govindjee Fellow: Adrika Raybarman (Huang lab) - Elucidating the Biological Functions of RtcB Proteins Beyond tRNA Splicing

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • Room 116 RAL

  Mashiat Chowdhury (Jin lab) - rRNA modifications at the functional sites of the ribosome change ribosome dynamics in translation

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 17, 2022

• • 12:00 pm
    
  • 163 Noyes Lab

  CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Daniel Greenan, UIUC, "Probing the Mechanism of Age-Related Muscle Atrophy with Small Molecules"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • Chem Annex 1024

  Chem 585 Literature Seminar: Autumn Cook, UIUC, "Incorporating Nanomaterials into Masks to Better Protect Against Covid-19": Brittany Prempin, UIUC, "Synthetic Polymers Digital Polymers for Data Storage Applications": Seth Putnam, UIUC, "Tuning Interfacial Chemistry of 2D Materials through Twist Angle: The Quest for the Magic Angles"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 18, 2022

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  • 12:00 pm
    
  • Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory

  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Timothy A. Ryan (Weill Cornell Medicine), "The synaptic energy crisis & ways to confer synaptic resilience"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  • 2:00 pm
    
  • Beckman Institute 2269

  Biological Physics (iPoLS) Seminar: Sangjin Kim (UIUC) "Bacterial Cell Biology of mRNA Degradation"

  • Lecture
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 RAL

  Ms. Kerui (Kerry) Xu, UIUC Title: Applications of Expansion Microscopy in Brain Tissue Imaging

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

• • 9:00 am
    
  • 171 Roger Adams Laboratory

  Ms. Yuanya Zhao, UIUC Final Defense: Optimizing selectivity and activity in heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis for chemical production

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • Chem Annex 1024

  Professor Leslie Murray, University of Florida, "Weak-Field Ligated Polynuclear Metal Assemblies as Sites for Small Molecule Activation" (I)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Kyle Abo, "A Tale of Two Stereoisomers: Thianthrene-Mediated Allylic Amination"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • Room 116 RAL

  Chris Hawk (Jin lab) - "Roles of conserved DRG factors in maintaining efficient translation in eukaryotes”.

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, December 1, 2022

• • 3:30 pm
    
  • Chem Annex 1024

  Chem 585 Literature Seminar: Akilah Miller, UIUC, "TBD", Lindsay Scott, UIUC, "TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Craig M. Crews: Yale University, "PROTACs and Targeted Protein Degradation: A New Therapeutic Modality"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Craig M. Crews: Yale University, "PROTACs and Targeted Protein Degradation: A New Therapeutic Modality"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, December 2, 2022

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  • 12:00 pm
    
  • Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory

  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Nicholas Wu (University of Illinois), "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  • 2:00 pm
    
  • Beckman Institute 2269

  Biological Physics (iPoLS) Seminar: Paul Selvin (UIUC) ""

  • Lecture