Seminars & Colloquia

The Chemistry Department offers seminars and colloquia on a regular basis in each division of the department. Speakers for the current semester will be posted here as the information becomes available.

Seminars & Colloquia Schedules

Biochemistry/Biocheminformatics
Polymer Chemistry

Biochemistry/Biocheminformatics

September 22:	Ms. Rabab Toubar Biochemistry Doctoral Student of Dr. Marx	"Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Praziquantel Analogues as Potential Antischistosomal Drugs"
September 29:	Dr. Ken Marx Chemistry Department, UML	“Quartz Crystal Microbalance”
October 6:	Dr. Malcolm Finkleman Chief Technology Officer, ACCI, Falmouth , MA	“b-Glucans Ilicitors of Innate Immunity” Dr. Malcolm Finkleman (Chief
Oct. 9, 2008: (Thursday)	Prof. Daniel Schmidt Department of Plastics Engineering, UML 12:30 PM Kitson 309 (lunch 12:00) Nano-Manufacturing Seminar	“New Developments in the Preparation and Characterization of Polymer Nanocomposites”
October 16: (Thursday)	Prof. Craig Mello UMASS Worcester ; Alumni Library	Konarka-Tripathy Endowed Memorial Lecture: TBA
October 20:	Ms. Leslie R. Farris Biochemistry Doctoral Student of Dr. McDonald	“Unique Properties & Interactions of Immunoglobulin Binding Protein G”
October 27:	Dr. Lisa-Jo Ann Clarizia Nano MRI, Albuquerque NM	“Making Sense of Biosensors”
November 03:	Dr. Dean Falcone Biological Sciences Department, UML	“Purine Salvage in ARPT deficient Plants
November 10:		NO SEMINAR THIS WEEK
November 17:	Dr. V. Barsegov Chemistry Department, UML	“Optimal Bandwidth Selection and Nonparametric Density Estimation for Protein Unfolding and Unbinding Data”
November 24:	Mr. Artem Zhmurov Biochemistry Doctoral Student of Dr. Barsegov	“Molecular Simulations on a Graphics Card”
Dec. 4, 2008:  (Thursday)	Prof. Catherine J. Murphy, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina; 12:30 PM (lunch at 12pm), Kitson 309; Nano Manufacturing Seminar	“Three Short Stories about Gold Nanorods”
December 08:	Dr. Jin Xu Chemistry UML	TBA

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Polymer Chemistry 
 

September 18	Prof. Yvonne A. Akpalu Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Designing Polymer Nanocomposites with Optimal Strength and Toughness
September 25	Prof. Herbert Mayr Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen	"A Systematic Approach to Heterolysis Reactions”
October 2	Marion Muskiewicz UML	“Library Resources for Polymer Science”
October 9	Prof. Patrick Mather Syracuse University	“Biodegradable Shape Memory Polymers"
October 16	Prof. Craig Mello UMASS Amherst	Konarka-Tripathy Endowed Memorial Lecture: TBA (Alumni Library)
October 23	Svetlana Sukhishvili Stevens Institute of Technology	"Hydrogen-bonded Polyelectrolyte Multilayers: From Fundamentals to Applications"
October 30	Robert Ward The Polymer Technology Group	"Polymeric Biomaterials with Built-In Surface Modifiers: Using Surface Activity and Self Assembly to Tailor Polymer Surface Properties”
November 6	Prof. Chris Li Drexel University	"On the Structure of Ordered Hybrid Materials"
November 13	Prof. Ryan Hayward UMASS Amherst	"Instabilities of Polymers at Interfaces: New Routes to Materials with Complex and Responsive Structures"

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