Seminars of Interest

Monday, April 29, 2019

• • 1:00 pm
    
  • 164 Noyes Lab

  Michael Drummond, UIUC, "Bio-inspired Iron and Cobalt Complexes Featuring a Secondary Coordination Sphere: Ligand Design, Complexation, and Modeling of Enzymatic Processes"

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

  Genentech Lecture, Dr. James Crawford, Genentech representative: "Resetting the Antibacterial Arms Race: Enabling a Novel Gram Negative Target"

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

  Genentech Lecture: Professor Tomohisa Kuzuyama, University of Tokyo, "Understanding Biochemical Mechanism in Natural Product Biosynthesis"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  Professor Luis Echegoyen, University of Texas, El Paso, "Fullerene Nanocontainers that Stabilize Unusual Atoms and Clusters Inside"

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

  Professor Michael Nippe, Texas A&M University, "Taking Inspiration From Bulk: Molecular Electrocatalysis and Magnetization Dynamics of Heterometallic Lanthanide – Transition Metal Complexes"

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

  Mr. Chiyoung Ahn, UIUC, "Transition-Metal Catalyzed CO2 Fixation For Synthesis of Carboxylic Acids"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 RAL

  Arpita Chakravarti (Huang Lab): "Investigation of novel Nucleotidyltransferases that generate secondary messengers"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  • 4:00 pm
    
  • B102 CLSL

  Flygare Memorial Lecture, Professor Geraldine Richmond, University of Oregon, "Mulling over Nanoemulsions: Interfacial Molecular Structure, Stabilization and Assembly"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  • 4:00 pm
    
  • B102 CLSL

  Flygare Memorial Lecture, Professor Geraldine Richmond, University of Oregon, "Mulling over Nanoemulsions: Interfacial Molecular Structure, Stabilization and Assembly"

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

  Vinh Vu (Leckband Lab) - Mutations Impairing E-cadherin Lateral Dimerization Affects Its Ability to Form Clusters

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 2, 2019

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Jennifer West, Duke University, "Biomimetic Patterning to Control Cell Behaviors"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:00 pm
    
  • 171 Roger Adams Laboratory

  Mrs. Corryn E. Neumann Chini, Final Defense, UIUC, Title: "Mass Spectrometry Methods for Imaging Cellular Lipids, Organelles, and Proteins"

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

  Professor John Anderson, University of Chicago, "Isolation and Reactivity of Late Transition Metal Oxo Complexes"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 3, 2019

• • 10:50 am
    
  • 144 Loomis

  CPLC Seminar: Yijun Ruan (Jackson Laboratory)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  • 12:00 pm
    
  • Charles G. Miller Auditorium (B102 CLSL)

  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Tracy Johnson (University of California, Los Angeles), "RNA splicing, histone modification, and the coordinated control of gene expression"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:00 pm
    
  • 1025 Chem Annex

  Kimberly Bassett, UIUC, "Operando Investigations of Mechanical Changes in Lithium-Ion Batteries"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, May 6, 2019

• • 1:00 pm
    
  • 2269 Beckman Institute

  Kali Miller, UIUC, "Synthesis and Kinetic Processes in Designed Polymers"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 7, 2019

• • 10:00 am
    
  • B126 CLSL

  Ms. Manali Ghosh, UIUC, "State-of-the-art REDOR and TEDOR Methods for Elucidation of Protein Structure and Interactions"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 9, 2019

• • 1:00 pm
    
  • A133 Chemical and Life Sciences Lab

  Tyler Lytle, UIUC, "The Effect of Physical Molecular Features on Complex Coacervation Phase Separation"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:00 - 5:00 pm
    
  • 102 CLSL-B: Charles G. Miller Auditorium

  Chemistry Alumni Panel Discussion on Entrepreneurship

  Join us to hear Illinois Chemistry and Chemical Engineering alumni share about their experiences as entrepreneurs.

  • Conference/Workshop

Sunday, May 12, 2019

• • 10:00 am
    
  • Tryon Festival Theatre, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

  Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Convocation

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, May 13, 2019

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • 217 NL

  JST Sponsored Seminar, Jeremy Leevey (Urbana Fire Department) & Brian Meschewski (Division of Research Safety), "Laboratory Emergencies: Working Together for a Safe Outcome"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • 433 Roger Adams Lab

  Mr. Christopher Pattillo, Final Defense, UIUC, "SYNTHETIC AND MECHANISTIC STUDIES TO EXPAND THE SCOPE OF ALKYNE METATHESIS DYNAMIC COVALENT CHEMISTRY"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 217 NL

  JST Sponsored Seminar, Dr. Kevin Howard (UIUC Chemistry Alumni), "Conducting Research and Development Safely EVERY DAY of Your Professional Career"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 16, 2019

• • 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
    
  • 116 RAL

  Prof. Rebecca Senkowicz, Community College of Allegheny, "Chemical Biology Interface Biostatistics Workshop"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm
    
  • B124 CLSL

  FINAL DEFENSE, Mr. Payman Tohidifar, "Non-canonical sensing mechanisms in bacteria"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 116 RAL

  Mr. Kaili Zhang, UIUC, Klemperer Award Seminar, "Striking while the iron is hot: The femtosecond M-edge approach to the photodynamics of iron(II) complexes"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 17, 2019

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • 161 Noyes Laboratory

  FINAL DEFENSE, Ms. Katelyn Dahlke, "Interactions between nucleoid associated proteins and DNA in the presence of mechanical and chemical forces"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

• • 3:00 pm
    
  • 165 Noyes Lab

  Mrs. Andrea M. E. Palazzolo Ray, Final Defense, UIUC, "Towards the Automation of Small Molecule Synthesis: The Development of an Impact-Prioritized List of Couplings and Blocks for Building Block Assembly of Most Linear Natural Products"

  Advisor: Prof. Martin Burke

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 23, 2019

• 

  • 6:30 pm
    
  • Naperville, IL

  Alumni & Friends Reception with Nalco Water, An Ecolab Company

  Catch up with former classmates. Meet our current students. Learn what our faculty have been up to. Experience Nalco Water’s innovative, interactive “Water University” with Illinois Chemistry alumni hosts Steve Govoni (BS, ’88), Nalco vice president for research, development, and engineering, and Daniel Hay (BS, '97), Nalco senior research chemist.

  • Reception/Open House

Friday, May 24, 2019

• • 1:00 pm
    
  • 353 Noyes Lab

  Ryan Rooney, UIUC, "Investigating Surface Behavior of Copper Electrodeposition Electrolytes and Additives"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 30, 2019

• • 10:00 am
    
  • 419 RAL

  FINAL DEFENSE - John Khamo (Zhang lab) - USING LIGHT TO CONTROL AND INVESTIGATE CELL BIOLOGY

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 1:00 pm
    
  • 171 Roger Adams Lab

  Mr. Jinpeng Zhao, Final Defense, “NEW HORIZONS OF ALIPHATIC C—H AMINATION AND HYDROXYLATION REACTIONS WITH MANGANESE CATALYSIS”

  • Seminar/Symposium