Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, Chemistry 8087, Fall Semester 2008

Coordinator: Prof. Rainer Glaser ([email protected])
Mondays @ noon, Large Conference Room

Aug. 25 Meeting of Scheduled Graduate Student Speakers ONLY
Conversation with Dr. Glaser about good practices in talk preparation.
Sept. 1 LABOR DAY
Sept. 8 Meeting of Scheduled Graduate Student Speakers ONLY
Conversation with Dr. Glaser about good practices in talk preparation.
Sept. 15 Prof. Gerald Hammond, Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville
OCS @ noon: The Allene-Propargyl Interconversion Revisited: Synthetic Applications and Biological Implications
Add. Seminar @ 4pm: Funding at the NSF. (Host: Dr. Harmata)
Sept. 22 Prof. Stefan Sarafianos, Mol. Microbiol. & Immunology, MU
Molecular mechanisms of inhibition and drug resistance in HIV: Designing next generation antivirals
Sept. 29 Mr. Shatadru Chakravarty, Dr. Hawthorne Group
2nd-Year Lit. Talk: Nanotechnology and Polymer Nanocomposites (PNCs)
Oct. 6 Prof. Rainer Glaser, Department of Chemistry, MU
Nucleobase Synthesis in the Cold Interstellar Medium
Oct. 13 Prof. Matthew Bernards, Department of Chemical Engineering, MU
Surface Coatings to Control the Orientation and Conformation of Specific Proteins
Oct. 20 Attend I2NM2 Symposium
Oct. 27 Prof. Valeri Mossine, Department of Biochemistry, MU
Ketosamines: a class of food-related glycoaminoconjugates with an antitumor potential
Nov. 3 Open
Nov. 10 Open
Nov. 17 Prof. Sundeep Rayat, Department of Chemistry, KSU
Insights into the Photochemistry of Tetrazolethiones: Light Activated DNA Cleaving Agents
Nov. 24 THANKSGIVING BREAK
Dec. 1 Prof. Jessica Martin, Department of Natural Sciences, Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Marine natural products: novel iron binding compounds produced by marine fungi
Dec. 8 Prof. Michael Harmata, Department of Chemistry, MU
Benzothiazines in Organic Synthesis