Events and Colloquia
Chemistry & Biochemistry Colloquia
Spring 2024
Jan. 17, Nigel Priestley | Antibiotic / Anticancer Drug Discovery
Jan. 31, Milind Deshpande, Chemistry Colloquia
Feb. 14, Paul Benedict, Chemistry Colloquium
Fall 2023
Sept. 13, Wenyang Gao, Sustainable and Distinctive Access to Metal-Organic Frameworks Applications
Oct. 4, Korie Sell, Technology Commercialization
Oct. 11, David Powers, Making, Seeing, and Using Subvalent Nitrogen Species
Oct. 25, Sumit Sharma, Understanding Protein – Protein and Protein – Ligand Interactions Using Molecular Simulations
Nov. 8, Olga Zabotina, Xyloglucan-synthesizing glycosyltransferases: some updates on their function and organization in Golgi
Nov. 15, Sherri McFarland, Tackling Cancer and Infection with Light-Responsive Molecules
Nov. 29, Erin Murphy, A big role for a small RNA: Protection from a self-lethal protein by a small RNA in the pathogenic bacterium Shigella flexneri
Dec. 6, Casey Wade, Bioinspired Reactivity in Metal-Organic Frameworks
2023 Spring
Jan. 30, Ognjen Miljanic, Greenhouse Capture in Porous Molecular Crystals
Feb. 20, Jixin Chen, A Few Research and Teaching Examples of Chemical Kinetics
March 20, Richard Hooley, Biomimicry with Synthetic Receptors: Molecular Recognition, Catalysis and Sensing
March 27, Breeanna Urbanowicz, Plant cell wall biosynthesis—from genes to function
April 3, Pavel Anzenbacher, Two stories: Chemical Reactions in Atto-Liter Reactors and Self-Organizing Receptors and Sensors for Phosphate Anions
April 17, Justin Holub, Monitoring ligand-mediated helix 12 transitions within the human estrogen receptor α using bipartite tetracysteine display
Fall 2022
Oct. 10, Michael Jensen, Chemistry and dynamics of 3-center-3-electron M-H-B bonds
Oct. 24, Dave Drabold, Atomistic simulation of disordered materials
Nov. 7, Sanjaya Abeysirigunawardena, Ribosomal RNA modification enzymes influence ribosome assembly
Nov. 14, Ronan Carroll, RNA-based regulation in the human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus
Nov. 21, Eric Masson, Self-assembling molecular Lego: showcasing the Cucurbituril and Lanthanide kits
Spring 2022
March 28, John Wetzel, Tips for OHIO Chemistry Students Seeking Jobs in the Pharmaceutical Industry
April 4, Irina Nesterova, Quantitative Analysis of Biomolecules: from Stoichiometry to Artificial Enzymes
April 11, Lydia Kisley, Single molecule imaging of complex materials: chromatography and corrosion
April 18, Paul Cremer, Exploring the Binding of Ions to Polymers in Aqueous Salt Solutions