Structure & Bonding
An interdisciplinary and interdepartmental seminar series.
A community-building forum for informal and formal discussions and
presentation by students and faculty interested in theoretical and
computational approaches to structure and bonding.
Meeting Frequency:
Every 2 weeks starting Thursday, February 1, 2001.
Meeting Time & Place:
Chemistry Conference Room, 1-2 pm.
For more information, contact Rainer Glaser
Telephone: (573) 882-0331. Email: GlaserR@missouri.edu
| DATE | TOPIC OF DISCUSSION / PRESENTATION |
| January 25 | no meeting this week |
| February 1 | Dr. Peter Tipton, Department of Biochemistry, "The Chemical Mechanism of the Urate Oxidase Reaction" |
| February 8 | no meeting this week |
| February 15 | Charles W. Caldwell, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, Director of Laboratories, Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, "Biomedical Computing Research at MU" |
| February 22 | no meeting this week |
| March 1 | Dr. Lesa Beamer, Department of Biochemistry, "Structural Studies of Enzymes in Alginate Biosynthesis." |
| March 8 | no meeting this week |
| March 15 | Dr. Steven van Doren, Department of Biochemistry, "Structure, Motion, and Induced Fit of a Co-Chaperone from a Tumor Virus." |
| March 22 | no meeting this week |
| March 29 | SPRING BREAK |
| April 5 | ACS Meeting, San Diego |
| April 12 | Dr. C. S. Raman, Assistant Professor, Structural Biology Center, Dept. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Univ. Texas - Medical School, Houston, Texas. "Nitric Oxide Synthases" |
| April 19 | no meeting this week |
| April 26 | Sundeep Rayat, M.S., Dr. Glaser Group, "Cytosine Deamination - Theory and Experimentation." |
| May 3 | no meeting this week |
| May 10 | Dr. John Adams, Department of Chemistry, "Dynamics as a Probe of Structure in a Supercritical Fluid" |
| May 17 | no meeting this week |
| DATE | TOPIC OF DISCUSSION / PRESENTATION |
| August 31 | no meeting this week |
| September 7 | Michael Lewis, Dr. Glaser Group, "Effects of Microsolvation on the Hydrolysis of Heterocumulenes: Catalysis and Rehybridization." |
| September 14 | no meeting this week; Monday 9/18: MU Internet2 Day |
| September 21 | Dr. Robert E. Harris, "Sulfur: Rings and Other Things" |
| September 28 | no meeting this week |
| October 5 | Raelene Lawrence, Dr. Plummer Group, "Highlights of my PhD Thesis." |
| October 12 | no meeting this week |
| October 19 | Xinfeng Gao, Dr. Wong Group, "Molecular Dynamics Simulation of an Adrenocortropin Hormone Peptide in a Solvated Dodecylphosphocholine Micelle" |
| October 26 | Midwest Regional Meeting, St. Louis |
| November 2 | Dr. Steven Keller, "Strange Coordination Environments in Extended Cu(I)-Bipyridine Networks". |
| November 9 | no meeting this week |
| November 16 | Leonid Breydo. Dr. Gates Group, "Mechanism of Activation of Leinamycin: A DFT Study". |
| November 23 | Thanksgiving Break |
| November 30 | Nancy Vosnidou, Dr. Worcester Group, "Computational Modeling of Large Biological Systems" |
| December 7 | no meeting this week |
| DATE | TOPIC OF DISCUSSION / PRESENTATION |
| January 13 | Introductions, Organizational Matters, Scheduling |
| January 20 | no meeting this week |
| January 27 | Dale Musser, Advanced Computing Environments |
| February 3 | no meeting this week |
| February 10 | Dr. Rainer Glaser, Chemistry, "Anisotropic Organic Materials" |
| February 17 | no meeting this week |
| February 24 | Dr. John Tanner, Chemistry, "Form, Function, and Flexibility of Biological Molecules." |
| March 2 | no meeting this week |
| March 9 | Dr. David Worcester, Biology, "Computation for Problems in Structural Biology" & Poster Session Molecular Biology Week |
| March 16 | no meeting this week |
| March 23 | Dr. Tuck Wong, Chemistry, "Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Peptide-Membrane Systems" |
| March 30 | SPRING BREAK |
| April 6 | Dr. Patricia Plummer, Chemistry & Physics |
| April 13 | no meeting this week |
| April 20 | Dr. Tom Quinn, Biochemistry |
| April 27 | no meeting this week |
| May 4 | Final's week. |