January 27
Faculty Candidate
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Dr. John J. Tanner,
University of Houston,
Host: Prof. Tipton
Structural Determinants of Enzyme Thermostability
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| February 3 |
Open |
February 10
Faculty Candidate
|
Dr. Lesa J. Beamer,
Mol. Biol. Inst.,
UCLA, Host: Prof. Tipton
Crystal Structure of BPI, the Human
Bactericidal / Permeability-Increasing Protein
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| February 17 |
Prof. Boris V. Spitsyn, Russian Academy of
Sciences, Inst. Phys. Chem.
Chemical Inroads to Synthesis and Doping of Diamond. |
| February 24 |
Prof. David Berkowitz,
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Exploring the Organic/Enzymatic Interface:
Synthesis and Properties of Unnatural Amino Acids and Lignans.
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| March 3 |
Prof. Peter Toogood,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
(Host: Prof. Gates)
Chemistry and Biology of Cyclic Peptide Natural Products.
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| March 10 |
No Seminar, Spring Break |
March 19
Wednesday! |
Prof. Mark
Distephano,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
(Host: Prof. Gates)
Proteins: From Catalysis to Cancer and Beyond |
| March 24 |
Open |
| March 31 |
Wenge Cui, Graduate Student, MU, 2nd-Year
Literature Seminar
Total Synthesis of Dynemicin A and Development of a Bioreductively
Activated Enediyne Pro-Drug. |
| April 7 |
Wanhong Wu, Graduate Student, MU, 2nd-Year
Literature Seminar
Oxygenophilic Organoaluminium as Lewis Acid in Selective Organic
Synthesis |
April 14
Schedule |
Prof. Lee Brammer,
University of Missouri, St. Louis
Hydrogen Bonds in Organometallic Chemistry: Direct and Indirect
Involvement of Transition Metal Centers. |
| April 21 |
Wen Jiang, Graduate Student, MU,
2nd-Year Literature Seminar
Cyclic Tandem Reactions Involving
Carbopalladation
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| April 28 |
Hong Zang, Graduate Student, MU, 2nd Year
Literature Seminar
CC-1065 and the Duocarmycins: Understanding Their Biological
Function Through Mechanistic Studies. |
May 5
Schedule |
Prof. Kathleen Kilway,
University of Missouri,
Kansas City
Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of the
Stabilization of the Ferrocenyl Moiety towards alpha-Carbanions and
Carbocations.
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May 14
Schedule, Wednesday! |
Dr. habil. Jens Wolff,
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Push-Pull Arenes - What Symmetry Does To Their Structures and
Non-Linear Optical Properties |
