News & Events

February 2012

"Organometallic Ir Precatalysts for Heteroarene Hydrogenation, Water Oxidation & CH Activation"
Tuesday, 2/14/2012 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center, GP1002 Seminar Room
Professor Robert Crabtree
Department of Chemistry
Yale University

Host: Dr. Marion H. Emmert
For more information, e-mail chem-biochem@wpi.edu.

TBD
Wednesday, 2/22/2012 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center, GP1002 Seminar Room
Dr. Eranthie Weerapana
Department of Chemistry
Boston College

Host: Dr. Robert E. Dempski
For more information, e-mail chem-biochem@wpi.edu.

"Visualizing the Dynamic Life of Cellular Metals, and the Proteins that Bind Them"
Friday, 2/24/2012 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center, GP1002 Seminar Room
Dr. Lydia Finney
Assistant Physicist and Biochemist
X-ray Science and Biosciences Divisions
Advanced Photon Source
Argonne National Laboratory

Host: Dr. Jose M. Arguello
For more information, e-mail chem-biochem@wpi.edu.

March 2012

TBD
Wednesday, 3/21/2012 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center, GP1002 Seminar Room
Dr. Jorge Gardea-Torresdey
Department of Chemistry
University of Texas at El Paso

Host: Dr. James P. Dittami


For more information, e-mail chem-biochem@wpi.edu.

TBD
Wednesday, 3/28/2012 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center, GP1002 Seminar Room
Michael Baldwin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of Cincinnati

Host: Dr. Shawn C. Burdette
For more information, e-mail chem-biochem@wpi.edu.

April 2012

TBD
Wednesday, 4/4/2012 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center, GP1002 Seminar Room
Ivan Aprahamian, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
Dartmouth College

Host: Dr. Shawn C. Burdette
For more information, e-mail chem-biochem@wpi.edu.

TBD
Wednesday, 4/11/2012 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center, GP1002 Seminar Room
Maurice Brookhart, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Host: Dr. Marion H. Emmert
For more information, e-mail chem-biochem@wpi.edu.

Particle Engineering of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients for Enhanced Drug Products: An Overview, Brief Case Studies, and an In-Depth Look at Sonocrystallization Wednesday, 2/8/2012, 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Kevin Girard, Ph.D. Associate Research Fellow, Chemical Research and Development Pharmaceutical Sciences, Worldwide Research and Development Pfizer, Inc. Host: Dr. Robert Dempski

"The kinetics of human ZIP4 mediated cation transport." Monday, 1/30/2012, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Second Year Seminar Sagar Antala Host: Dr. Robert E. Dempski

"Developing and Testing Fuzzy-Border (FB) Continuum Solvation Model using POSSIM software and OPLS-Force Field: Focus on hydration energy of small molecules and absolute pKa of substituted phenols" Wednesday, 1/25/2012, 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Second Year Seminar Ity Sharma Host: Professor George A. Kaminski

"Coexisting Liquid Phases in Bilayers: Size and Morphology Transition from Nano to Macro Domains is Controlled by the Low-Melting Lipid" Wednesday, 12/7/2011, 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Gerald Feigenson, Ph.D. Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics Cornell University Host: Dr. Arne Gericke

"Design, Synthesis and Applications of Metal-Organic Frameworks" Tuesday, 12/6/2011, 2:00 PM-3:00 PM
M.S. Thesis Presentation Moqing Hu Advisor: Dr. John C. MacDonald

"Regulation of Unconventional Myosin: Tail Inhibition and Cargo Activation Mechanism" Wednesday, 11/30/2011, 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Dr. Mitsuo Ikebe Professor Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems University of Massachusetts Medical School Hosted by: Dr. Luis Vidali, Biology and Biotechnology and Dr. Jose Arguello, Chemistry and Biochemistry

"Molecular Details of the Yeast Frataxin-Isu1 Interaction during Mitochondrial Fe-S Cluster Assembly" Wednesday, 10/26/2011, 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Dr. Timothy L. Stemmler Associate Professor Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Wayne State University, School of Medicine Host: Dr. Jose M. Arguello

"Protein engineering of metalloenzymes" Wednesday, 10/12/2011, 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Dr. Brenda Valderrama Associate Professor Department of Molecular Medicine and Bioprocesses Instituto de Biotecnologia Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Cuernavaca-Mexico Host: Dr. Jose M. Arguello

"Ion coupling and dynamics of amino acid transporters" Wednesday, 10/5/2011, 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Christof Grewer, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Chemistry State University of New York at Binghamton Host: Dr. Robert E. Dempski

"PI(3,5)P2 is critical for formin-mediated polarized growth" Wednesday, 9/28/2011, 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Magdalena Bezanilla, Ph.D. Associate Professor Biology Department University of Massachusetts Amherst Host: Dr. Arne Gericke

"Molecular mechanism of sodium-coupled glutamate uptake" Wednesday, 9/14/2011, 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
H. Peter Larsson, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Physiology and Biophysics University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine Host: Dr. Robert E. Dempski

"High-resolution Structures of Disordered Systems? Progress Toward Characterization of the PTEN Tumor Suppressor in Association with Membranes" Wednesday, 8/31/2011, 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Professor Mathias Loesche Department of Physics and Department of Biomedical Engineering and the NIST Center for Neutron Research Carnegie-Mellon University Host: Professor Arne Gericke

"Developing the Polarizable Force Field: Focus on Amino Acid Residues." Thursday, 7/14/2011, 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
M.S. Thesis Presentation Qina Sa Advisor: Dr. George A. Kaminski

"Biological Applications of Chemical and Physical Surface Modification" Thursday, 4/28/2011, 1:00 PM-2:00 PM
Morgan Stanton Second Year Seminar Advisor: Professor W. Grant McGimpsey

"Polarizable Simulations with Second Order Interaction Model Parameters for Methanethiol, Acetamide and Acetic Acid Molecules" Tuesday, 3/29/2011, 1:45 PM-2:45 PM
Xinbi Li Second Year Seminar Advisor: Professor George A. Kaminski

"Proteins as Architects of the Cell Membrane: Investigation of the Structure, Topology, and Oligomerization of Caveolin-1" Wednesday, 3/23/2011, 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
K. Jebrell Glover, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry Lehigh University Host: Dr. Robert E. Dempski

"Navigating a crowded landscape - spatiotemporal control of phosphoinositide mediated signaling" Thursday, 2/24/2011, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Arne Gericke, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Kent State University

"Integrating Physical Chemistry and Chemical Genomics Approaches in Translational Cancer Research: From Understanding Genetic and Molecular Signatures of Human Disease to Personalized Medicine" Thursday, 2/17/2011, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Gennady M. Verkhivker, Ph.D. Professor, Center for Bioinformatics and Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy University of Kansas Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine University of California San Diego

"Role of Chemistry in Building Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Programs" Monday, 2/7/2011, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Challa Kumar, Ph.D. Director, Nanofabrication & Nanomaterials Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices Louisiana State University

"Metals in medicine - Applying geochemical solutions to medical questions" Monday, 1/24/2011, 11:15 AM-12:15 PM
Robyn Hannigan, Ph.D. Professor of Geochemistry and Chair Department of Environmental, Earth, and Ocean Sciences University of Massachusetts at Boston

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