Seminars of Interest

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Biochemistry Seminar of Special Interest: Dr. Yang Yang (University of California - Santa Barbara), "New Strategies for Stereoselective Radical Biocatalysis"

12:00 pm 11/1/2024

Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory

Seminar/Symposium

Shravan Dommaraju, Final Defense, UIUC, "Algorithmic Discovery and Characterization of New Biosynthetic Reactions"

3:00 pm 11/1/2024

B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory

Seminar/Symposium

36th Annual Beak-Pines Organic Area Allerton Conference

8:00 am 11/2/2024

Allerton Park, Monticello, IL

Conference/Workshop

FINAL DEFENSE, Jiachun Shi, "A time-resolved framework for structure-property-processing relations of polymeric systems using recovery rheology"

1:00 pm 11/4/2024

1092 Lincoln Hall

Ceremony/Service

Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Chuan He, University of Chicago, "Nucleic Acid Chemical Labeling"

4:00 pm 11/4/2024

116 Roger Adams Lab

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Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Chuan He, University of Chicago, "Nucleic Acid Chemical Labeling"

4:00 pm 11/4/2024

116 Roger Adams Lab

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Susanna Barrett, Final Defense, UIUC, "Insights Into Rotaxane Formation Enable Cyclase Engineering For Lasso Peptide Diversification."

2:00 pm 11/5/2024

612 Institute for Genomic Biology

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Chem 515 Literature Seminar: Arsha Choudhary, UIUC "Design Strategies for Earth-Abundant Metal Based Photo-redox Catalysts" (TBD) (I)

3:30 pm 11/5/2024

1024 Chem Annex

Seminar/Symposium

CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Sevi Agiakloglou, UIUC, "PROTACs as Next Generation Degraders: The Development of ARV - 471 in ER+ Breast Cancer"

4:00 pm 11/5/2024

116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Rapti Pal, UIUC, "Spinterface Theory for Chirality-Induced Spin-Selectivity"

2:00 pm 11/6/2024

2021 Chemistry Annex, 601 S. Mathews Ave, Room 1024

Seminar/Symposium

CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Huihang Qiu, UIUC, "Advancing Polymer Network Characterization: Bridging Kinetics and Network Structure through Computational Methods"

2:00 pm 11/6/2024

2021 Chemistry Annex, 601 S. Mathews Ave, Room 1024

Seminar/Symposium

CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Jason Wu, UIUC, "Bayesian Optimization for Chemical Synthesis"

2:00 pm 11/6/2024

2021 Chemistry Annex, 601 S. Mathews Ave, Room 1024

Seminar/Symposium

CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Ahmet Arda Turk, UIUC, "Elucidating the Ultrafast Nature of Molecular Fragmentation in Electron-Ionization Mass Spectrometry"

2:00 pm 11/6/2024

2021 Chemistry Annex, 601 S. Mathews Ave, Room 1024

Ceremony/Service

Chem 545 Literature Seminar: Rapti Pal, "Spinterface Theory for Chirality-Induced Spin-Selectivity"

2:00 - 3:00 pm 11/6/2024

Chem Annex 1024

Seminar/Symposium

Chem 545 Literature Seminar: Huihang Qiu, "Advancing Polymer Network Characterization: Bridging Kinetics and Network Structure through Computational Methods"

2:00 - 3:00 pm 11/6/2024

Chem Annex 1024

Seminar/Symposium

Jorge Calderin (Fratti lab) - "The Effects of Phosphoinositides on Vacuole Fusion and Ion Homeostasis"

4:00 pm 11/6/2024

116 RAL

Seminar/Symposium

Recognizing Contributions to STEM: Celebrating Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month

4:00 - 5:00 pm 11/6/2024

Noyes Laboratory 217

Lecture

CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Suja Thakali, UIUC, "Development of Oral Therapeutics Targeting the GLP-1 Receptor"

12:00 pm 11/7/2024

163 Noyes Laboratory

Seminar/Symposium

Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Xiaofang Jiang, NIH, "Uncovering Microbial and Phage Enzymes through Genomic Analysis"

2:00 pm 11/7/2024

116 RAL

Seminar/Symposium

Professor Chong Liu, University of Chicago, "Controlling Ions for Separation and Manufacturing" (M)

3:30 pm 11/7/2024

1024 Chem Annex

Seminar/Symposium

CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: William Krueger, UIUC, "Homogenizing Heterogenous Catalysis: Synthetic Applications of Single Atom Catalysis"

4:00 pm 11/7/2024

116 Roger Adams Laboratory

Seminar/Symposium

Andrew Rice, Final Defense, UIUC, "Post-Translational Modifications Catalyzed by RiPP and RiPP-Adjacent Enzymes."

1:00 pm 11/12/2024

B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory

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Chem 515 Literature Seminars: Siddhartha Banerjee UIUC, "Boron-doped Acenes and Their Emissive Properties" Joshua Leung, UIUC, "Ligand Design in Au-carbene Systems for Catalytic Hydroamination" (I)

3:30 pm 11/12/2024

1024 Chem Annex

Seminar/Symposium

CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Enguang Fu, UIUC, "Parametrization of Metabolic Kinetic Model Using Machine Learning Approach"

2:00 pm 11/13/2024

2021 Chemistry Annex, 601 S Mathews Ave, Room 1024

Seminar/Symposium

CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Maren Johnsen, UIUC, "Investigating Elemental Abundances in Interstellar Dust Using X-Ray Binaries"

2:00 pm 11/13/2024

2021 Chemistry Annex, 601 S. Mathews Ave, Room 1024

Seminar/Symposium

CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Aksshay Regeni, UIUC, "Lifetime and Transport of Excitons in 2D transition Metal Dichalcogenides”"

2:00 pm 11/13/2024

2021 Chemistry Annex, 601 S. Mathews Ave, Room 1024

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CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Anna Debernardo, UIUC, "CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Anna Debernardo, UIUC, "Advances in Markov State Models in the Wake of Machine Learning"

2:00 pm 11/13/2024

2021 Chemistry Annex, 601 S. Mathews Ave, Room 1024

Seminar/Symposium

CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Enguang Fu, "Parametrization of Metabolic Kinetic Model Using Machine Learning Approach"

2:00 - 3:00 pm 11/13/2024

Chem Annex 1024

Seminar/Symposium

CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Maren Johnson, "Investigating Elemental Abundances in Interstellar Dust Using X-Ray Binaries"

2:00 - 3:00 pm 11/13/2024

Chem Annex 1024

Ceremony/Service

Kaylee Kuzelka (Nair Lab) : "The 'Root' of Onion Center Rot"

4:00 pm 11/13/2024

116 RAL

Seminar/Symposium

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Steven Cramer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, (host: Prof. Xiao Su) "Molecular Bioprocessing: Biophysics, Simulations and Expedited Process Development"

2:00 pm 11/14/2024

116 Roger Adams Lab

Seminar/Symposium

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Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Jason McLellan - University of Texas - Austin: "Structure-based Vaccine Antigen Design"

12:00 pm 11/15/2024

Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory

Seminar/Symposium

C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor F. Dean Toste, University of California, Berkeley, "Supramolecular Assemblies as Artificial Enzymes"

4:00 pm 11/18/2024

116 Roger Adams Lab

Seminar/Symposium

C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Dean Toste, University of California, Berkeley, "Supramolecular Assemblies as Artificial Enzymes"

4:00 pm 11/18/2024

116 Roger Adams Lab

Seminar/Symposium

GennisFest Symposium

4:00 pm 11/18/2024

Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S. Lincoln Ave, Urbana

Seminar/Symposium

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Cynthia Reinhart-King, Vanderbilt University, "The Mechanometabolism of Metastatic Cell Migration: The Role of Energetics and Cellular Force in Driving Motion" (host: Leckband)

2:00 pm 11/19/2024

116 Roger Adams Lab

Seminar/Symposium

Chem 515 Literature Seminars: Rachel Thomas, UIUC, "Recent Advances in De Novo Metalloenzyme Design and Reactivity" Garrett Trimble, UIUC, "Aluminum Ligands in Heterolytic Bond Cleavage" (I)

3:30 pm 11/19/2024

1024 Chem Annex

Ceremony/Service

C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor F. Dean Toste, University of California, Berkeley, "Leveraging the Reactivity of Small Heterocycles with Amino Acids and Proteins"

4:00 pm 11/19/2024

116 Roger Adams Lab

Seminar/Symposium

C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Dean Toste, University of California, Berkeley, "Leveraging the Reactivity of Small Heterocycles with Amino Acids and Proteins"

4:00 pm 11/19/2024

116 Roger Adams Lab

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CANCELED: TO BE RESCHEDULED Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Alexandre Bisson, Brandeis University, ”Life by a Thousand Cuts: Archaea as a Model for Developmental Mechanobiology”

4:00 pm 11/19/2024

B102 CLSL

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CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Ellie Vandel, UIUC, "Impacts of Quantum Effects on Bird Migration: Circumventing electron-electron dipolar interactions in magnetoreception"

2:00 pm 11/20/2024

2021 Chemistry Annex, 601 S. Mathews Ave, Room 1024

Seminar/Symposium

CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Daniel McIntosh, UIUC, "Exploring Reaction Pathways Through the Artificial Force Induced Reaction Method"

2:00 pm 11/20/2024

2021 Chemistry Annex, 601 S. Mathews Ave, Room 1024

Seminar/Symposium

CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Zhengyi Bian, UIUC, "Single-Particle Spectroscopy of Lead-halide perovskite Nanocrystals: Probing Blinking Mechanism in Single Particle Level"

2:00 pm 11/20/2024

2021 Chemistry Annex, 601 S. Mathews Ave, Room 1024

Seminar/Symposium

CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Adrija Dutta, UIUC, "Modeling Interatomic Potentials using an Equivariant Graph Neural Network"

2:00 pm 11/20/2024

2021 Chemistry Annex, 601 S. Mathews Ave, Room 1024

Seminar/Symposium

CHEM 545 Lit Seminar: Zhengyi Bian, "Single-Particle Spectroscopy of Lead-halide perovskite Nanocrystals: Probing Blinking Mechanism in Single Particle Level"

2:00 - 3:00 pm 11/20/2024

Chem Annex 1024

Seminar/Symposium

CHEM 545 Lit Seminar: Adrija Dutta, "Modeling Interatomic Potentials using an Equivariant Graph Neural Network"

2:00 - 3:00 pm 11/20/2024

Chem Annex 1024

Seminar/Symposium

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Rui Wang, University of California Berkeley, "Theory for Inhomogeneous Polyelectrolytes and Its Applications to Biomacromolecules" (hosts: Sing, Diao)

2:00 pm 11/21/2024

116 Roger Adams Lab

Seminar/Symposium

Chem 585 Literature Seminars: Yichen Li, UIUC “ New Air Filter Materials to Capture Particulate Matter”, Riyo Das, UIUC "Application of Shear Thickening Fluid (STF) to Modify UHMWPE for Improved Ballistic Protection in Soft Body Armors" (M)

3:30 pm 11/21/2024

Chem Annex 1024

Seminar/Symposium

CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Emma Mize, UIUC, "Recent Advances in Cobalt Catalyzed Reductions of Carbonyls Using H2 Gas"

4:00 pm 11/21/2024

116 Roger Adams Laboratory

Seminar/Symposium

Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Yongsheng Shi (University of California-Irvine) - "The nuclear RNA degradation code"

12:00 pm 11/22/2024

Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

Seminar/Symposium

Professor J. P. Gerdt, Indiana University, "Chemical Inhibition of Anti-Bacteriophage Immune Systems in Bacteria"

4:00 pm 11/25/2024

116 Roger Adams Lab

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