University of Richmond

Chemistry seminar series for spring 2008 announced

The chemistry seminar series features lectures from outside speakers as well as student presentations on a range of subjects. The series runs in conjunction with the Powell lecture series.

All presentations are in Gottwald Auditorium and begin at 1:30 p.m. Exceptions are noted below.

Date Presenter Topic
Jan 18 Adrian Roitberg, Univ of Florida "Protein Folding: Molecular Origami in a Computer" (HHMI lecture)
Hosted by Carol Parish
Jan 25
Amy Coan (Parish)
Room: C114   Groups: A,D*
"Specificity and Mechanism of RNA Cap Guanine-N2 Methyltransferase (Tgs1)"
  Nokwazi Ndzabandzaba (Gentile)
Room:  C112   Groups: B,D*
"Effect of Pathogenic Cysteine Mutations on FGFR3 Transmembrane Domain Dimerization in Detergents and Lipid Bilayers"
  Sarah Nicolson (Hamm)
Room: C114   Groups: C,D*
Starts at 2:20pm
"Small-molecule activation of procaspase-3 to caspase-3 as a personalized anticancer strategy"
Feb 1
Matt Luchansky (Dattelbaum)
Room: C114   Groups: A,D*
"Assessment of Specific Binding Proteins Suitable for the Detection of Paralytic Shellfish Poisons Using Optical Biosensor Technology"
  Aimee Janesky (Gentile)
Room: C112   Groups: B,D*
"Unique Thermodynamic Response of Tipranavir to Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Protease Drug Resistance Mutations"
  Emily Hejazi (Hamm)
Room: C114   Groups: C,D*
Starts at 2:20 p.m.
"Structural Basis for the Potent Antisickling Effect of a Novel Class of Five-Membered Heterocyclic Aldehydic Compounds"
Feb 8
Roald Hoffmann, Cornell
"All the Ways to Have a Bond" (Powell Lecture)
Hosted by Carol Parish
Feb 15
Melissa Mullaney (Leopold)
Room: C114   Groups: A,D*
"Water-Soluble Nitric Oxide-Releasing Gold Nanoparticles"
  Gerard Gomes (Gentile)
Room: C112
Groups: B,D*
"Structure-Activity Relationship Study of Prion Inhibition by 2-Aminopyridine-3,5-dicarbonitrile-Based Compounds: Parallel Synthesis, Bioactivity, and in Vitro Pharmacokinetics"
  Lindsay Vang (Dattelbaum)
Room: C114   Groups: C,D*
Starts at 2:20 p.m.
"Cleavage targets and the D-arginine-based inhibitors of the West Nile virus NS3 processing proteinase"
Feb 22
Linda McGown, Rensselaer
 Hosted by Will Case
Feb 29
Katie Tracy (Gupton)
Room: C114   Groups: A
"Heterocyclic Analogues of N-(4-(4-(2,3-Dichlorophenyl)piperazin-1-yl)butyl)arylcarboxamides with Functionalized Linking Chains as Novel Dopamine D3 Receptor Ligands: Potential Substance Abuse Therapeutic Agents"
  Amanda Burke (Stevenson)
Room: C112
Groups: B
"Narrow-Bore HPLC in Combination with Fluorescence and Electrospray Mass Spectrometric Detection for the Analysis of Cocaine and Metabolites in Human Hair"
  Beccy Josowitz (Hamm)
Room: C114
Groups: C
Starts at 2:20 p.m.
"The Triple Threat to Nascent Apolipoprotein B: Evidence for Multiple, Distinct Degradative Pathways"
  Katey Reighard  (Leopold)
Room: C112   Groups: D
Starts at 2:20 p.m.
"Ultrathin Gold Island Films on Silanized Glass. Morphology and Optical Properties"
Mar 7
Brian Southall (Downey)
Room: C114   Groups: A
"Enantioselective formation of quaternary stereocenters using the catalytic intramolecular Stetter reaction"
  Rob Aldina  (Gentile)
Room: C112   Groups: B
"Green Tea Catechins Inhibit Bacterial DNA Gyrase by Interaction with Its ATP Binding Site"
   Jeff Emrich  (Gentile)
Room: C114   Groups: C
Starts at 2:20 p.m.
"Atom-by-atom analysis of global downhill protein folding"
   Drew Vincent  (Goldman)
Room: A001
Groups: D
Starts at 2:20 p.m.
"Synthesis of a Stable Compound with Fivefold Bonding Between Two Chromium(I) Centers"
Mar 21
 TBA Hosted by Michael Leopold
Mar 28
Steve Weinreb and Matt Meketa, Penn State
"Development of Methodology for Organic Synthesis"
Hosted by John Gupton
Apr 11
Karl Scheidt, Northwestern
Starts at 2:45 p.m.
 Hosted by Wade Downey

*Students may choose which seminar to attend (group D, on indicated dates only)

Posted January 22, 2008