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Spring 2013 Seminar Schedule
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Seminar Date
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Seminar Speaker
University (Host)/Type of Seminar
Title
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Monday, January 14th - SPRING CLASSES BEGIN
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Tuesday, January 15
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Dr. Ekin Atilla-Gokcumen
Harvard Medical School-Harvard University (Cropp)
“Global Lipid Profiling of Dividing Cells Reveals the Significance of Sphingolipids During Cytokinesis”
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Thursday, January 17
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A seminar is not currently scheduled for this date
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Monday, January 21st - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, UNIVERSITY CLOSED
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Tuesday, January 22
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Dr. Heather Lucas
National Institute of Health (Cropp)
“Amyloidogenic Proteins and Copper: Consequences of Metal Dyshomeostasis in Neurodegenerative Diseases”
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Thursday, January 24
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Ali Sekizkardes
VCU Graduate Student (El-Kaderi)/Literature Seminar
“Synthesis and Catalytic Properties of Iron Carbides Nanoparticles in Fischer Tropsch Synthesis”
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Tuesday, January 29
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A seminar is not currently scheduled for this date
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Thursday, January 31
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Dr. Joseph Tracy
North Carolina State University (Carpenter)
“Synthesis, Self-Assembly, and Transformations of Metal and Magnetic Nanoparticles”
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Monday, February 4
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Dr. Jun Yin
University of Chicago (Cropp)
“New Frontiers in Chemical Biology-Manipulating Signal Transduction Pathways and Natural Product Biosynthesis by Protein Engineering”
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Tuesday, February 5
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Marissa Abreu
VCU Graduate Student (Khanna)/Literature Seminar
“Imaging Chemical Bonds Using Non-Contact Atomic Force Microscopy”
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Thursday, February 7
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A seminar is not currently scheduled for this date
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Tuesday, February 12
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A seminar is not currently scheduled for this date
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Thursday, February 14
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A seminar is not currently scheduled for this date
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Tuesday, February 19
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Dr. Brigitte Simons*
AB Sciex (Chemistry Dept.)
“High Resolution Quantitation in Proteomics and Metabolomics for Global Systems Biology Measurements”
(Note: This is a special seminar open to anyone who is interested)
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Thursday, February 21
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Dr. Joe Zhou
Texas A&M University (El-Kaderi)
“Tune the Structure and Function of Metal-Organic Frameworks through Ligand Design”
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Tuesday, February 26
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Mark Dailo
VCU Graduate Student (El-Shall)/Literature Seminar
“The Synthesis and Design of Polymer Nanogels as Drug Delivery Carriers”
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Thursday, February 28
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Dr. Michael Shi
West Virginia University (Gronert)
“1,2,3-Triazole: Chemistry beyond "Click"”
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March 3rd – March 10th - Spring Break, ALL CLASSES ARE CANCELLED
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Tuesday, March 12
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Turki Almugaiteeb
VCU Graduate Student (Carpenter)/Literature Seminar
“Synthesizing Graphene with CVD Process for Detecting Different Gasses in Sensor Application and Ways of Improving Sensitivity”
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Thursday, March 14
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Professor Alejandro C. Olivieri
Universidad Nacional de Rosario (Rutan)
“Multi-way Calibration and its Analytical Advantages”
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Tuesday, March 19
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Babak Ashourirard
VCU Graduate Student (El-Kaderi)/Literature Seminar
“Synthesis, Characterization and Optical Properties of Zinc-Blende CdSe/CdS Core/Shell Semiconductors”
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Thursday, March 21
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Christine Ring
VCU Graduate Student (Cropp)/Literature Seminar
“MicroRNA as a Target for Small Molecule Regulation of Protein Expression”
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Tuesday, March 26
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Sean Platt
VCU Graduate Student (El-Shall)/Literature Seminar
“Solid Electrolytes as Safer Alternatives in Li-Ion Batteries”
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Thursday, March 28
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Dr. Eugene Pinkhassik
Saint Louis University (Sidorov)
“Nanobots: Directed Assembly and Applications of Functional Nanocapsules”
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Tuesday, April 2
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William Knight
VCU Graduate Student (Cropp)/Literature Seminar
“Optimization of Polyynol Synthesis as a precursor for Natural Product Development”
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Thursday, April 4
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Balamurali Kannan
VCU Graduate Student (Collinson)/Research Seminar
“Fabrication of surface amine gradients by controlled-rate infusion for chromatographic applications”
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Tuesday, April 9
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Dr. Mohammad A. Omary
University of North Texas (El-Kaderi)
“Advanced Functional Materials Made Smart for a "Spectrum" of Energy, Environmental, and Biomedical Applications”
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Thursday, April 11
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Dr. Adam Hawkridge
Virginia Commonwealth University-Dept. of Pharmacotherapy & Outcomes Science (Rutan)
“Mass Spectrometry-Based Strategies for Biomarker Discovery”
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Tuesday, April 16
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Railey White
VCU Graduate Student (Hartman)/Research Seminar
“Selection of a Non-Phosphorylated Peptide Inhibitor of BRCA1’s (BRCT)2 Domain”
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Thursday, April 18
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Badharinadh Uppalapati
VCU Graduate Student (Collinson)/Literature Seminar
“Supercapacitors Made from Graphene Based Materials as Electrodes”
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Friday, April 19
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Natalie Herring
VCU Graduate Student (El-Shall)/Research Seminar
“Formation Mechanisms and Photocatalytic Properties of ZnO-Based Nanomaterials”
Time & location: 10:00 am, University Student Commons, Richmond Salon I
Abdallah Zedan
VCU Graduate Student (El-Shall)/Research Seminar
“Graphene-Based Semiconductor and Metallic Nanostructured Materials”
Time & location: 11:00 am, University Student Commons, Richmond Salon I
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Tuesday, April 23
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Isaac Attah
VCU Graduate Student (El-Shall)/Research Seminar
“Title to Be Announced”
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Thursday, April 25
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Scott Miller
Yale University (Hartman)
36th Annual Mary Kapp Lecture
“Natural Products, Synthetic Catalysts, Natural Products”
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Tuesday, April 30
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CHEM 498- Undergrad Honors Thesis Presentations (Gronert)
“Titles to Be Announced”
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Thursday, May 2
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CHEM 498- Undergrad Honors Thesis Presentations (Gronert)
“Titles to Be Announced”
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Saturday, May 11th - MAY COMMENCEMENT
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All seminars are held in Oliver Hall-Physical Science Wing, Room 1024 at 3:30PM, unless otherwise noted.
(Host faculty are indicated in parenthesis).
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