Seminars of Interest

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• • 12:00 pm
    10/1/2020

  CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Ms. Mandira Banik, UIUC, "Liquid-Liquid Phase Separations in Neurodegenerative Diseases"

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• • 3:30 pm
    10/1/2020

  Junfeng Chen, UIUC, Klemperer Award Seminar, "Single-Chain Nanoparticle Based Catalysts"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    10/1/2020

  CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Mr. Joseph Forzano, UIUC, "Synthesis of Carbon Nanobelts: Potential Precursors for the Controlled Preparation of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes"

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  • 12:00 pm
    10/2/2020

  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Kevin Gardner (Structural Biology Initiative, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, City College of New York), “Ligand-regulated protein/protein interaction domains: Using biochemistry to turn Nature’s switches into scientists’ tools"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 - 3:30 pm
    10/2/2020

  Alumni Career Panel: Chemistry and Beyond

  Join us at 2pm CDT on Friday, October 2, to hear UIUC chemistry alumni discuss their experience and careers in fragrance, project management, energy, and academia. Registration is required for this virtual event. Panelists: Tripta Holtz (BS, '10) Yantao Hughes (PhD, '03, van der Donk) Mark Pytosh (BS, '86) Olaseni Sode (PhD, '12, Hirata)

  • Lecture
• • 4:00 pm
    10/5/2020
  • TBD

  Postponed, date TBD, Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Craig M. Crews, Yale University, "Title: TBA"

  Reception immediately following in the 'A' Atrium of CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    10/5/2020
  • TBD

  *Postponed to 2021, date TBD*Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Craig M. Crews, Yale University, "Title: TBA"

  Reception immediately following in the 'A' Atrium of CLSL

  • Lecture
• • 4:00 pm
    10/5/2020

  Ing Ongpipattanakul (Nair lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    10/6/2020

  CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Ms. Joenisse Rosado-Rosa, UIUC, "The Use of ω-Transaminase for Chiral Amine Synthesis"

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• • 2:00 pm
    10/7/2020

  Prof. Shimon Weiss, UCLA, "Progress in developing ‘pointy' voltage nanosensors"

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• • 2:00 pm
    10/8/2020

  CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Veronica Augustyn, North Carolina State University, "Electrochemical Charge Storage and Reactivity under Confinement in Layered Materials"

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• • 4:00 pm
    10/8/2020

  Prof. Ian Seiple, University of California, San Francisco, "Can we beat nature? Modern chemical synthesis to revive old classes of natural products"

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• • 12:00 pm
    10/9/2020

  Prof. Tom Poulos, University of California, Irvine, "Structural Biology of Redox Complexes, Allostery, and Dynamics in P450 Catalysis"

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  • 12:00 pm
    10/9/2020

  Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program and the Department of Biochemistry Seminar: Prof. Tom Poulos, University of California, Irvine, "Structural Biology of Redox Complexes, Allostery, and Dynamics in P450 Catalysis"

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• • 4:00 pm
    10/9/2020

  Analytical Literature Seminar for Mr. Rodrigo Tapia Hernadez, UIUC, Cryo-Electron Microscopy for Structure Determination of Small Molecules

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• • 4:00 pm
    10/9/2020

  Analytical Literature Seminar for Mr. Maxwell Tetrick, UIUC, Paper Microbial Fuel Cell Biosensors for Water Quality Analysis

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• • 4:00 pm
    10/12/2020

  Prof. Pieter Dorrestein, University of California, San Diego, "Connecting the World’s Mass Spectrometry Data to Understand the Chemistry of Life – a Big Data Strategy"

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• • 10:00 am
    10/13/2020

  Michael Counihan, UIUC, "Dynamic Measurement and Control of Electrochemical Interfaces for Energy Storage and Conversion" *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*

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• • 2:00 pm
    10/13/2020

  CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Stephanie Lee, Stevens Institute of Technology, "Nanoconfining Optoelectronic Crystals"

  Host: Prof. Charles Sing

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• • 4:00 pm
    10/13/2020

  CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Mr. Wesley Wang, UIUC, "Advancements in the Synthesis of 2' and 4' Modified Nucleoside Analogs"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 11:00 am
    10/14/2020

  Prof. Jeremy Richardson, ETH Zurich, "Quantum processes described by classical simulations"

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• • 12:00 pm
    10/15/2020

  CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Ms. Prakriti Das, UIUC, "Chemical Tools Targeting Sialic Acids"

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• • 3:30 pm
    10/15/2020

  CHEM 585 Literature Seminar: Qi Hua, UIUC, "Domain-engineered Lead-Free Relaxor Ferroelectric Ceramics for Enhanced Energy-Storage Performance"

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• • 3:30 pm
    10/15/2020

  CHEM 585 Literature Seminar: Nafisa Ibrahim, UIUC, "Deposition of Gradient Materials Using Bipolar Electrochemistry"

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• • 3:30 pm
    10/15/2020

  CHEM 585 Literature Seminar: Zhuang Xu, UIUC, "Recent Advances and Opportunities for Organic Mixed Ionic-electronic Conductors"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    10/15/2020
  • Zoom link: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/92706692360?pwd=Sk9qRkNnbjRjNXc1TDRaak1SVVZMZz09

  CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Mr. David Ryffel, UIUC, "Brønsted and Lewis Acid Mediated Carbonyl Metathesis Reactions"

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  • 12:00 pm
    10/16/2020

  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Angad P. Mehta (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), "Synthetic approaches to study evolution and develop biologics"

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  • 2:00 pm
    10/16/2020

  Biological Physics (CPLC/iPoLS) Seminar: "Quantum Bounds for Single-Molecule Localization Microscopy"

  • Lecture
• • 2:00 pm
    10/19/2020

  FINAL DEFENSE, Ms. Pranjali Priyadarshini, "Understanding the effects of promoters on the direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide over supported Pd catalyst"

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• • 4:00 pm
    10/19/2020

  Professor Hans Renata, Scripps Research Institute, "Biocatalytic Strategies for Streamlining Access to Complex Molecules"

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• • 2:00 pm
    10/20/2020

  CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Pushkar Lele, Texas A&M University, "The Bacterial Sense of Touch"

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• • 3:30 pm
    10/20/2020

  Professor Aimin Liu, University of Texas at San Antonio, "Charge Resonance for Enzyme-Mediated C-C Bond Formation"

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• • 4:00 pm
    10/20/2020

  CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Mr. Casey Olen, UIUC, "Oriented Electric Fields in Non-Redox Organic Reactivity"

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• • 2:00 pm
    10/21/2020

  Prof. Jean-Luc Bredas, University of Arizona, "Organic Photovoltaics: The Impact of Non-fullerene Acceptors”

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• • 12:00 pm
    10/22/2020

  CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Mr. Yue Yu, UIUC, "Genetic Methods for Incorporating Multiple Distinct Unnatural Amino Acids into Proteins"

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• • 3:30 pm
    10/22/2020

  CHEM 585 Literature Seminar: Falon Kalutantirige, UIUC, "Viruses for plasmonics: virus-based fabrication of plasmonic metamaterials"

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• • 3:30 pm
    10/22/2020

  CHEM 585 Literature Seminar: Reed Mingione, UIUC, "Phase change memory alloys: an alternative for data storage."

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• • 4:00 pm
    10/22/2020

  CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Ms. Sydney McKee, UIUC, "The Enolonium Ion: Umpolung Strategies for the α–Functionalization of Carbonyls"

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  • 12:00 pm
    10/23/2020

  Biochemistry Seminar of Special Interest: Dr. Lici Schurig-Briccio (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), "From Metabolism to Virulence: Understanding the Role of Respiratory NADH oxidation in Staphylococcus aureus"

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• • 12:00 pm
    10/23/2020

  Biological Physics (CPLC/iPoLS) Seminar - “Saliva-based testing for SARS-CoV-2 at the University of Illinois”

  • Lecture
• • 4:00 pm
    10/26/2020

  Prof. Yolanda Vasquez, Oklahoma State University, "A Soft Lithography Method to Generate Arrays of Microstructures on Hydrogel Surfaces"

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• • 2:00 pm
    10/27/2020

  CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Arthi Jayaraman, University of Delaware, "Predicting Structure and Thermodynamics in Macromolecular Materials with Specific and Directional Intermolecular Interactions"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    10/27/2020
  • Zoom link: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/92706692360?pwd=Sk9qRkNnbjRjNXc1TDRaak1SVVZMZz09

  CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Mr. Jonnathan Marin, UIUC, "Efficiency and Structural Developments in Organic Solar Cells"

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• • 4:00 pm
    10/27/2020

  FINAL DEFENSE, Mr. Jiho Choi, "Towards a deeper understanding of thixotropy via transient nonlinear rheology and scattering"

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• • 2:00 pm
    10/28/2020

  Prof. Eric Neuscamman, University of California - Berkeley, "Electronic Structure Theory for Excited States"

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• • 12:00 pm
    10/29/2020

  CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Mr. Alex Battiste, UIUC, "Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Entry Into and Exit From a Persister State"

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  • 2:00 - 3:00 pm
    10/29/2020

  Alumni Lecture: Dr. Hye Kyung Timken (PhD, ’87, Oldfield), Chevron, “Catalysis Used in Oil Industry and Next-Gen Alkylate Gasoline Manufacturing Technology Development”

  Dr. Hye Kyung Timken is a Principal Scientist and Chevron Fellow. She has been the R&D manager for ISOALKY™ Alkylation Technology development and commercialization and advises on exploratory process R&D.

  • Lecture
• • 3:30 pm
    10/29/2020

  CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Saman Fatima, UIUC, "Extraction of f-block elements using biomolecules"

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• • 3:30 pm
    10/29/2020

  CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Kim Kelly, UIUC, "19F-Based NMR Sensors for the Enhancement, Selectivity, and Quantification of Biologically Relevant Metal Ion Signals"

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• • 4:00 pm
    10/29/2020

  CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Ms. Maegen Kinkanon, UIUC, "Alkoxide-Directed Metallacycle-Mediated Intermolecular [2+2+2] Annulation"

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  • 9:00 am
    10/30/2020

  Physics (CPLC/iPoLS) Seminar: "The Hidden Mechanisms of Bacterial Transcription Termination Revealed by Single-Molecule Fluorescence Measurements

  • Lecture
• • 2:00 pm
    10/30/2020

  The Hidden Mechanisms of Bacterial Transcription Termination Revealed by Single-Molecule Fluorescence Measurements

  • Lecture
• • 4:00 pm
    10/30/2020

  Professor Feng Lin, Virginia Tech, Investigating Solid-Liquid Interfaces and Defect Chemistry in Electrochemical Energy Materials

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