Spring 2008 Seminar Schedule

On Thursdays at 4 PM in Moody Engineering Building 105.

Meeting with speaker at 3:30 PM in MEB 206 with refreshments at 3:45.

Jan 24

Summer Research Opportunities in Chemistry

Jan 31

Carlos Garcia (UTSA)

"What Can We Do To Improve the Analysis of Phenolic Compounds by Capillary Electrophoresis?"

Feb 6
Wednesday
7:30pm
Chapman Auditorium

Laura Kiessling (University of Wisconsin)
McGavock Lecture

“The Chemistry and Biology of Carbohydrates”

Feb 7

Laura Kiessling (University of Wisconsin)
McGavock Seminar

"Illuminating and Inhibiting Carbohydrate Biosynthetic Pathways"

Feb 21

Robert Powers (University of Nebraska)

"Protein Functional Annotation Using NMR Ligand Affinity Screens"

Feb 28

Jeanne Pemberton (University of Arizona)

“Just Stick To It: The Fascinating Properties of Rhamnolipid Biosurfactants from Nature’s Micro-Synthetic Factories”

Mar 6

Marcetta Darensbourg (TAMU)

"The Organometallic Active Sites of Hydrogenase Enzymes"

Mar 13

Marcey Waters (UNC Chapel Hill)

"Nature vs. Nurture in Designed Peptides"

Mar 27

Eric Anslyn (UT Austin)

"Supramolecular Analytical Chemistry"

Apr 4
Friday

McGavock Symposium

Apr 10

Ghezai Musie (UTSA)

"Modeling the Active Sites of Glucose/Xylose Isomerases"

Apr 15
Tuesday

Derek Swingle (Trinity University)

Thensis Defense

Apr 16
Wednesday

Suzi Kilgore (Trinity University)

Thesis Defense

Apr 17

Gretchen Vincil (Trinity University)

Thensis Defense

Apr 18
Friday

Brittni Scruggs (Trinity University)

Thesis Defense

Apr 22
Monday

Emily Carter (Princeton University)

"Chemical Attack of Steel: How It Happens and Strategies to Prevent It"

Trinity Univeristy's contributions to the Southwest Regional Speakers Exchange Program