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

Coordinator: Prof. Rainer Glaser ([email protected])
Mondays @ noon, 103 Schlundt Hall

January 21 MARTIN LUTHER KING
January 28 No Meeting
February 4 Meeting #1 of Scheduled Graduate Student Speakers ONLY
Conversation with Dr. Glaser about good practices in talk preparation.
February 11 Meeting #2 of Scheduled Graduate Student Speakers ONLY
Conversation with Dr. Glaser about good practices in talk preparation.
February 18 Meeting #3 of Scheduled Graduate Student Speakers ONLY
Conversation with Dr. Glaser about good practices in talk preparation.
February 25 Prof. Michael Lewis, Department of Chemistry, St. Louis University
Arene-Arene Binding Energies: Correlation with Hammett Substituent Constants. Abstract.
March 3
Host: Prof. Harmata
Prof. Craig M. Williams, Molecular & Microbial Sciences, Univ. of Queensland, Australia
"So Close But Yet So Far Away". Towards the Total Synthesis of Various Vibsane Diterpenes. Abstract.
March 10 Prof. Stefan H. Bossmann, Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University
"The Mycobacterial Porin MspA, a Versatile Tool for the Design of Functional Nanostructures
March 17 Mr. Yuksel Alan, Dr. Glass Group
2nd-Year Lit. Talk: Light-Driven Molecular Machines - View PPS
March 24 SPRING BREAK
March 31 Prof. Mitch Anthamatten, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Univ. of Rochester
Physical Properties of Network Polymers Bearing Reversibly Associating Side-Groups
Saturday April 5 MU ORGANIC CHEMISTRY DAY, Organizer & Host: Prof. Harmata
April 7
ACS Natl. Meeting
Mr. Chun Ren, Dr. Glass Group
2nd-Year Lit. Talk: Two-Photon Fluorescence Probes - View PPS
April 14
Life Science Week
Ms. Marjorie Hoffman, Dr. Gates Group
2nd-Year Lit. Talk: Chemical Synthesis of Proteins - View PPS
April 21 Ms. Haiying Zhou, Dr. Gates Group
2nd-Year Lit. Talk: Design of Inhibitors of Histone Deacetylase - View PPS
April 28 Mr. Anuruddha Rajapaksa, Dr. Gates Group
2nd-Year Lit. Talk: Bleomycin - View PPS
May 5 Mr. Kenneth S. Hettie, Dr. Glass Group
2nd-Year Lit. Talk: Developments in Saccharide Sensors - View PPS
May 12
Large Conference Room
Ms. Jian Yin, Dr. Glaser Group
2nd-Year Lit. Talk: Hydrogen Tunneling in Enzymes - View PPS