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DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
SEMINARS

Seminar Schedule* - SPRING 2012
*All Seminars are scheduled for 1 PM, Patricia A. Sullivan Science Building, 301 McIver Street, Rm 201, unless otherwise stated.


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January 13th:

Dr. Alexander Horswill

University of Iowa
"Quorum-sensing control of Staphylococcus aureus biofilm dispersal"

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January 20th:

Dr. Travis Williams
University of Southern California
"A Dual Site Catalyst for Hydride Manipulation"

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January 27th:

Dr. James Fuchs
Ohio State University
"Natural Products as Leads for Drug Design and Synthesis"

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February 3rd:

Dr. Thomas R. Hoye
University of Minnesota
"Using Organic Chemistry to Evaluate Hypotheses of Spontaneous Biosynthetic Events"

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"Looking Back at My Woodward Years: Linkage Through Structure, Symmetry, Synthesis, Spectroscopy, and Mechanism" (This Seminar will be at 4:30pm, RM SUL 435)

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February 10th:

Dr. Gary Douberly
University of Georgia
"Spectroscopy of Molecular Clusters in 0.4 K Helium Nanodroplets"

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February 17th:

Dr. John E. Straub
Boston University
"When Protein Folding Goes Wrong: Probing the Molecular Origins of Amyloid Disease"

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February 24th:

Dr. Robert B. Cody
JEOL USA, Inc.
"What's the Opposite of Pandora's Box? Ambient Ionization Techniques and DART Mass Spectrometry"

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March 2nd:

Dr. Michael W. Schmiederer

DNA Identification Testing Division

Laboratory Corporation of America

"Human DNA Identification Testing.  Applications for Relationship Analysis, Clinical Diagnosis, and Popular Culture"

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March 9th:

Holiday Break

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March 16th:

Dr. Reza A. Ghiladi

North Carolina State University

"Unraveling the Dehaloperoxidase Paradox: Structural, Spectroscopic and Mechanistic Investigations of Dehaloperoxidase B from Amphitrite ornate"

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March 23rd:

Careers after UNCG Discussion Panel: Different Academic Opportunities
Moderator: Dr. Mitch Croatt, UNCG
Panelists: Dr. Jeffrey Johnson, UNC Chapel Hill
Dr. Paul Jones, Wake Forest University
Dr. Erland Stevens, Davidson College
Dr. Peggy Geiger, Gaston College

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March 30th:

Dr. Tawnya McKee
National Institutes of Health
"Targeting the HIF Pathway Searching for Modulators of HIF-2 and p300"

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Seminar Schedule* - FALL 2011
*All Seminars are scheduled for 1 PM, Patricia A. Sullivan Science Building, 301 McIver Street, Rm 201, unless otherwise stated.


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August 26th: Chemical Safety Seminar
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September 2nd:

Biological Safety Seminar

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September 9th:

Dr. Rajesh Agarwal

University of Colorado at Denver

"Prostate Cancer Efficacy of Silybin and Its Structurally Related Flavonolignans "

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September 16th:

Dr. David Pasco

National Center for Natural Products Research

University of Mississippi

"The Role of Endophytic Bacterial Components in the Therapeutic Action of Echinacea"

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September 23rd:

Symposium to Honor Professor Terry Nile

Dr. Rachel Austin

Bates College

"Oil Spills, Dead Zones, and Environmental Alkane Oxidation"

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Dr. Brooks Avery

University of North Carolina Wilmington

"Rainwater Fertilization of the Oceans: Implications for Uptake of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide "

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Dr. Melissa Turman

Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School

"Putting the Pieces Together: Chemistry & Biology of Macromolecular Complexes in Inflammation"

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September 30th:

Dr. Edward Kennelly

City University of New York, Lehman College

"Black Cohsh: An American Herbal Remedy or Snake Oil?"

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October 7th:

Dr. Roberto Gil

Carnegie Mellon University, PA

"NMR Spectroscopy in Anisotropic Media. A Powerful Tool for the Configurational, Conformational and Constitutional Analysis of Small Organic Molecules"

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October 14th:

Dr. Gary Douberly

University of Georgia

"Spectroscopy of Molecular Clusters in 0.4 Kelvin Helium Nanodroplets"

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October 21st:

Hiyas Junio

UNCG Graduate Student

"Synergy Directed Fractionation: A Modified Approach to Bioassay-Guided Isolation With Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis, L.)"

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October 28th:

Dr. Imogene Grimes

Otsuka Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.

"The Role of a Statistician in Getting Drugs on the Market"

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November 4th:

Dr. Kay Brummond

University of Pittsburgh

"Exploiting Allenes in the Synthesis of Molecularly Complex and Biologically Relevant Targets"

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November 11th:

Dr. D. Craig Hopp

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health

"Natural Products, Nutraceuticals and NCCAM: A First Hand Account of an Evolving Industry"

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November 18th:

Careers after UNCG Discussion Panel-Non-Academic Opportunities

Moderator:

Dr. Mitch Croatt, UNCG

Panelists:

Dr. Nicole Deschamps, Glaxo-Smith-Kline

Dr. Ivan Piletic, Environmental Protection Agency

Dr. Sameer Tyagi, Syngenta

Dr. Keith Levine, Research Triangle Institute

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November 25: Thanksgiving Break
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December 2nd:

Dr. Tao Pan

University of Chicago

"Functional Genomics of tRNA and RNA Modifications"

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Seminar Schedule* - Spring 2011
*All Seminars are scheduled for 1 PM, Patricia A. Sullivan Science Building, 301 McIver Street, Rm 201, unless otherwise stated.


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January 14th:  
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January 21st:

Nicolle Babocsi

UNCG Graduate Student

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January 28th:

Dr. Narasinga Rao

UNCG Adjunct Professor

"Biomolecular Structure-Activity Studies by NMR and Computational Methods"

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February 4th:

Dr. David Muddiman

North Carolina State University

"Innovative Approaches to Proteomics and Glycomics Research "

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February 11th:

Dr. Jim McAlpine

Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy and Institute of Tuberculosis Research, UIC

"The Genomics of Secondary Metabolite Bioynthesis"

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February 18th:

Dr. Charles Beam

College of Charleston

"The Use of Polylithiated Intermediates for the Unequivocal Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Azoles, Pyranone-Related, and Pyridine-Related Heterocyclic Compounds"

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February 25th:

Dr. Herbert Seltzman

Discovery Sciences

RTI International

Research Triangle Park, NC

"Moderating Cannabinoid CB1 Receptors with a Neutral Antagonist"

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March 18th:

Dr. K.V. Lakshmi

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

"The Mechanism of Solar Water Oxidation: Pulsed Multi-Frequency Multi-Dimensional EPR Spectroscopy Studies of Photosystem II"

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March 25th:

Dr. Harold Kohn

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

"Vimpat®: A First-In-Class Antiepileptic Agent"

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April 1st:

Thomas Lane

UNCG Graduate Student

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April 8th:

Dr. Maurice Brookhart

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

"Alkane Metathesis: A Route to Tomorrow's Fuels?"

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April 15th:

Dr. Mary Abood

Temple University

"Characterization of GPR35 and GPR55 - Putative Cannabinoid Receptors?"

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April 26th:

"Celebration of Excellence in Undergraduate Research"

Seminar presented by undergraduate students pursuing research in the

Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Time: 1:00pm to 3:00pm

Room:  201 Sullivan Science Building

Reception following on the 4th floor, Mountain Dew Lobby

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Seminar Schedule* - Fall 2010
*All Seminars are scheduled for 1 PM, Patricia A. Sullivan Science Building, 301 McIver Street, Rm 201, unless otherwise stated.


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August 27th:

Chemical Safety Seminar

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September 3rd:

Biological Safety Seminar

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September 10th:

Woods Coating Symposium

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September 17th:

Dr. Allen Bush (Seminar Location SC201)

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

University of Maryland Baltimore County

"Comparison of pneumococcal type 10 capsules with Streptococcus oralis
receptor polysaccharides--The structures and genes for biosynthesis."

Abstract    jbc285_24217.pdf   bioppreprt.pdf    jbact191_1891.pdf

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September 24th:

Dr. Glenn Kaatz

School of Medicine

Wayne State University

"Biocide and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Conferred by Efflux Transporters"

Abstract   AAC 2003.pdf   IJAA 2003.pdf   Phytochemistry 2007.pdf   BOMC 2007.pdf   Totarol.pdf

BOMC 2008.pdf   Phytochemistry 2004.pdf

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October 1st:

Dr. David Nichols

Robert C. and Charlotte P. Anderson Distinguished Chair in Pharmacology

Purdue University

"Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Study of G Protein Coupled Receptors"

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October 15th:

Dr. George O'Doherty

Department of Chemistry

West Virginia University

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October 22nd:  
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October 29th:

Dr. Mark O'Neil-Johnson

Sequoia Sciences

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November 5th:

Dr. Kazuko Nishikura

Wistar Institute

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November 12th:

Dr. Robert Powers

University of Nebraska Lincoln

"NMR and Drug Discovery: A Systems Biology Perspective"

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November 19th:

Jonathan Stewart

UNCG Graduate Student

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December 3rd:

Chue Yang

UNCG Graduate Student

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December 10th:

Rohini Patil

UNCG Graduate Student

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Seminar Schedule* - Spring 2010
*All Seminars are scheduled for 1 PM, Patricia A. Sullivan Science Building, 301 McIver Street, Rm 200, unless otherwise stated.


January 29th:

Dr. Virinder Parmar

Bioorganic Laboratory, Department of Chemistry

University of Delhi,

Delhi, India

"Development of natural products based antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and antiplatelet agents"

Abstract   bba.pdf   biochemistry.pdf  bmc-bracke.pdf   bmc-glsharma.pdf  Cancer article.pdf  

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February 5th:

Dr. Nicholas Oberlies

Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Greensboro, NC

CANCELLED

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February 12th :

Dr. Nicholas Oberlies

Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Greensboro, NC

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February 19th :

Dr. Okezie I Aruoma

Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences

Touro College of Pharmacy

New York, NY

"Assessment of bioefficacy of dietary factors"

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February 26th :

Dr. Tim Peck

MRM, a Division of Protasis Corporation

Savoy, IL

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March 5th :

Karla Madrigal

UNCG Graduate Student

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March 12th:

Spring Break

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March 19th:

Dr. John Papanikolas

Department of Chemistry

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, NC

"Ultrafast Dynamics in Complex Systems"

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March 26th:

Dr. Keith Levine

RTI International

Research Triangle Park, NC

"Frontiers in Trace Element Analysis"

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April 2nd: Spring Holiday
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April 9th:

Dr. Jordan Poler

Department of Chemistry

UNC Charlotte

Charlotte, NC

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April 16th:

Dr. David Crouch

Department of Chemistry

Dickinson College

Carlisle, PA

"Precipitons in Aqueous Systems"

Abstract    ACIEE2001pg1875.pdf    ja0561340.pdf   ma020155m.pdf

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April 23rd:

OPEN

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April 30th:

Taylor Mabe

UNCG Graduate Student

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May 7th: OPEN
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