Fall 2000 Seminar Program
Carl Lovely, Coordinator
Room 114
Chemistry Research Building (CRB) See map
All seminars will be at 2:30 p.m. on Fridays except those noted.
Refreshments will be served before the Seminar at 2:15 p.m. in Room 112 CRB.
Monday, August 28, 2000
Dr. Dmritry M. Rudkevich
Scripps Research Institute
Supramolecular Chemistry of Deep Cavitands
(Host: Pomerantz)
Wednesday,
August 30, 2000
Dr. Vadim A. Soloshonok
University of Arizona
Practical Asymmetric Synthesis of Sterically-Constrained Amino Acids
(Host: Elsenbaumer)
Tuesday,
September 5, 2000
Dr. Min Li
Merck & Co.
Structure-based Design & Synthesis of Novel Thrombin Inhibitors Based on Phosphinic
Peptide Mimetics
(Host: )
Thursday,
September 7, 2000
Dr. Kenneth C. Caster
Lord Corporation
Surface Applications of Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization
(Host: Lovely)
CANCELED
September 8, 2000 CANCELED
Dr. David Birney
Texas Tech University
Stereoselective, Chemoselective and Theoretical Studies of Pseudopericyclic Reactions.
When is a [4+2] Cycloaddition not a Diels-Alder Reaction?
(Host: Pomerantz)
September 15, 2000
Dr. John Jones
UT-Southwestern Medical Center
Measurement of Human Hepatic Glucose Metabolism Using Stable Isotopes and NMR
(Host: Bellion)
September 22, 2000
Dr. Vijay T. John
Tulane University
Directed Self-Assembly of Amphiphiles - Opportunities for Templated Materials
Synthesis
(Host: Schelly)
September 29, 2000
Dr. Gary Sulikowski
Texas A&M University
Progress on the Synthesis of Complex Natural Products
(Host: Lovely)
October 6, 2000
Dr. Patrick Harran
UT-Southwestern Medical Center
Peptide Metabolites and Transformational Synthesis
(Host: Lovely)
October 13, 2000
Dr. Marvin Hackert
University of Texas at Austin
Enzymatic Amino Acid Decarboxylation
(Host: Elsenbaumer)
October 20, 2000
Dr. Fred MacDonnell
University of Texas at Arlington
Stereochemistry, Chirality and Topoisomerism in Ruthenium Polypyridyl Based
Supramolecules
(Host: Elsenbaumer)
October 27, 2000
Dr. Jean Luc Bredas
University of Arizona
Electronic Structure and Optical Response of pi-Conjugated Polymers: Towards Plastic
Electronics
(Host: Pomerantz)
November 3, 2000
Dr. Mike Kapin
Alcon Laboratories
Targeting Neurodegenerative Disorders of the Eye. Recent Advances in the
Development of Neuroprotectants, Angiostatics and Anti-Edema Drugs
(Host: Bellion)
November 10, 2000
Dr. David Giedroc
Texas A&M University
Structure and Stability of Translational Regulatory mRNA Pseudoknots
(Host: Gluick)
November 17, 2000
Dr. Matt McIntosh
University of Arkansas
New Applications of the Ireland Claisen Rearrangement in Natural Product Synthesis
(Host: Lovely)
November 24, 2000
No Seminar-Thanksgiving Holiday
December 1, 2000
Dr. Murray Johnston
University of Delaware
Characterizing Individual Particles in Air by Mass Spectrometry
(Host: Kinsel)
December 8, 2000
Hema Seshadri
University of Texas at Arlington
Transition Metal Mediated Organic Synthesis - An Unique Approach
(Host: Lovely) |
