Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

Approaching protein dynamics in the post-genome era

Professor Modesto Orozco, Dept. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Barcelona .

Unilever Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 11 June 2013, 14:15-15:30

Solid Liquid Crystals and Soft Motors

Professor Peter Palffy-Muhoray, Kent State University.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 05 June 2013, 14:15-15:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

"Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Influenza Virus Envelope: Complex Interplay between Membrane Proteins and Lipid Domains"

Dr Daniel Parton, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York.

Unilever Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 29 May 2013, 14:15-15:30

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

Calculations on Tunneling by Carbon Tell Experimentalists Where to Look and What to Look For

Professor Wes Borden, Unversity of Texas.

Unilever Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 28 May 2013, 14:15-15:30

Why Does Cyclobutane-1,2,3,4-tetraone Have a Triplet Ground State

Professor Wes Borden, University of North Texas.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 22 May 2013, 14:15-15:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

Why Does Cyclobutane-1,2,3,4-tetraone Have a Triplet Ground State?

A TMI RIG Presentation

Professor Wes Borden, Unversity of Texas.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 22 May 2013, 14:15-15:30

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

"Using computational methods to aid our understanding of ionotropic glutamate receptors at the molecular level"

Dr Phil Biggin, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford.

Unilever Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 21 May 2013, 14:15-15:30

Numerically exact methods for nonequilibrium quantum impurity models

Professor Eran Rabani, University of Tel Aviv.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 08 May 2013, 14:15-15:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

Enzyme dynamics, conformations and catalysis

Professor Adrian Mulholland, Centre for Computational Chemistry, Univeristy of Bristol.

Unilever Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 30 April 2013, 14:15-15:30

TB or not TB

Physical chemistry Linnett lecture series

Professor Richard Zare (Stanford University).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Thursday 14 March 2013, 16:00-17:00

Searching for intermediates in liquid reactions

Physical chemistry Linnett lecture series

Professor Richard Zare (Stanford University).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 16:00-17:00

The Linnett Lecture: If you do not fail enough times, you can not possibly succeed

Linnett Lecture

Professor Richard Zare (Stanford University).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 05 March 2013, 16:00-17:00

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

“Data Driven Molecular Design & Discovery”

Dr Scott Lusher, Netherlands eScience Centre.

Unilever Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 21 February 2013, 11:00-12:00

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

"Thinking (and looking) out of the box - new tricks for molecular simulation and visualization"

Dr Marc Baaden, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimque, Paris.

Unilever Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 19 February 2013, 14:15-15:30

Pushing the frontiers of wavefunction based ab initio quantum chemistry

Professor Frank Neese (Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Mülheim).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Monday 11 February 2013, 16:00-17:00

Modeling of electrochemical interfaces at the atomic scale

Professor Jan Rossmeisl (Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 06 February 2013, 16:00-17:00

Physical Chemistry

Unpicking the local structure of adsorbate molecules on surfaces atom by atom

Professor Phil Woodruff, University of Warwick.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 28 January 2013, 16:00-17:00

Theory, Dynamics, and Mechanisms of Cycloadditions

RSC Robert Robinson award Lecture

Professor Kendall Houk (University of California, Los Angeles).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Thursday 17 January 2013, 16:00-17:00

Physical Chemistry

Title to be confirmed

Dr Lucy Carpenter (University of York).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 03 December 2012, 16:00-17:00

Heat dissipation in nanoscale interfaces and thermodynamic efficiency of molecular machines

Dr Fernando Bresme (Imperial College).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 28 November 2012, 14:15-15:15

Influence of the Topology of Single-Stranded RNAs on their Assembly in Viruses and Virus-like Particles

Professor Paul van der Schoot (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 14:15-15:15

Physical Chemistry

Watching Single Molecules

David Klenerman (University of Cambridge).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 19 November 2012, 16:00-17:00

Selective adsorption of ions to aqueous interfaces and its effects on evaporation rates

RSC Faraday Lecture

Professor Richard Saykally (University of California, Berkeley).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 14 November 2012, 14:15-15:15

On the origin of 2D electron gases in oxide heterostructures and similar systems: the physics and the chemistry of it

Emilio Artacho (CIC nanoGUNE Consolider and Cavendish Laboratory).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 07 November 2012, 14:15-15:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

"The mechanisms of solute flux through membrane channels from multi-microsecond equilibrium simulations"

Dr Martin Ulmschneider, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London.

Unilever Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 30 October 2012, 14:15-15:30

Model potential approaches for treating excess electrons interacting with water clusters and fullerenes

Professor Ken Jordan (University of Pittsburgh).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 03 October 2012, 14:15-15:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

Successes and challenges in the prediction of P450 mediated drug metabolism

Professor Patrik Rydberg, University of Copenhagen, Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology.

Unilever Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 04 September 2012, 14:00-15:30

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

"Entropy and order parameters from ensembles generated by computer simulations"

Profressor Klaus Liedl, University of Innsbruck.

Unilever Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 27 June 2012, 15:15-16:30

Dynamics of Biomolecules: from the Glass Transition to Drug Design

Prof. Jeremy Smith, Oak Ridge National Lab.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 20 June 2012, 14:15-15:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

"Dynamics of Biomolecules: from the Glass Transition to Drug Design"

A joint Theory/UCC talk as part of the TMI Research Interest Group

Professor Jeremy C Smith, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Dept. of Chemistry.

Wednesday 20 June 2012, 14:15-15:30

Quantum Chemical Topology: constructing a novel force field with malleable atoms

Prof. Paul Popelier, University of Manchester.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 06 June 2012, 14:15-15:15

Regenerating organs and other small challenges

[extra seminar]

Prof. Molly Stevens, Imperial College.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Monday 21 May 2012, 15:30-16:30

Mechanistic Characterization of Homogeneous Catalytic Processes for Water Splitting and CO2 Reduction

Prof. Christopher Cramer, University of Minnesota (TBC).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 16 May 2012, 14:15-15:15

Topological Ring-Currents in Conjugated Systems

Dr Roger Mallion, School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 02 May 2012, 14:15-15:15

Structures and Transformations of DNA-mediated Nanoparticle Assemblies: from Principles to Materials

Dr Oleg Gang, Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 25 April 2012, 14:15-15:15

Theory and Simulation of Biomolecular Systems: Surmounting the Challenge of Bridging the Scales

Note unusual day

Prof. Greg Voth, University of Chicago (CCP5 Lecturer).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Monday 19 March 2012, 14:15-15:15

Understanding the Action of Proteins

Note unusual day

Prof. Peter Bolhuis, University of Amsterdam (CCP5 Lecturer).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Thursday 15 March 2012, 14:15-15:15

How entropic forces can drive chromosome organisation

Prof. Bela Mulder, FOM Institute AMOLF.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 07 March 2012, 14:15-15:15

Physical Chemistry

Mechanical Atom Manipulation: Towards a Matter Compiler

Professor Philip Moriarty, University of Nottingham.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 21 February 2012, 16:15-17:15

The Free Energy Landscape Analysis of Complex Dynamics: From Protein Folding to Chess and Biomarkers.

Dr Sergei Krivov, University of Leeds.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 15 February 2012, 14:15-15:15

Crystal energetics through quantum embedding

Prof. Fred Manby, University of Bristol.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 01 February 2012, 14:15-15:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

Lessons from Yeast: Drug Uptake and Systems Biology

Dr Paul D Dobson, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of Sheffield.

Unilever Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 31 January 2012, 14:00-15:30

Electrostatics and soft matter: from star-branched polyelectrolytes to patchy colloids

Prof. Christos Likos, University of Vienna.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 25 January 2012, 14:15-15:15

Mechanostability of proteins and virus capsids

Prof. Marek Cieplak, Polish Academy of Sciencies.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 18 January 2012, 14:15-15:15

DNA-DNA electrostatic helix specific interactions and their possible role in supercoiling

Dr Dominic Lee, Imperial College London.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 30 November 2011, 14:15-15:15

How fast folding proteins fold

Prof. Kresten Lindorff-Larsen, University of Copenhagen.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 23 November 2011, 14:15-15:15

Linnett Lecture: "Beyond Landscapes--the Far-from Equilibrium Cell"

Prof. Peter Wolynes, Rice University.

Dept. of Chemistry, Pfizer Lecture Theatre.

Friday 11 November 2011, 16:00-17:00

Simulation and modeling of materials with atomic detail at IBM: From biophysics to high-tech application

Prof. Glenn Martyna, IBM T.J. Watson Laboratory.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 10 November 2011, 16:00-17:00

Linnett Lecture: "The Theory of the Structural Glass Transition"

Joint Theory/Biological Seminar

Prof. Peter Wolynes, Rice University.

Dept. of Chemistry, Pfizer Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 09 November 2011, 14:15-15:15

Linnett Lecture: "Recent Successes of the Energy Landscape Theory of Protein Folding"

Joint Theory/Physical Seminar

Prof. Peter Wolynes, Rice University.

Dept. of Chemistry, Pfizer Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 08 November 2011, 16:00-17:00

Linnett Lecture: "Landscapes of Matter, Energy and Life"

Prof. Peter Wolynes, Rice University.

Dept. of Chemistry, Pfizer Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 03 November 2011, 15:30-16:30

Understanding interactions in complex systems: from quantum interpretative techniques to polarizable force fields.

Prof. Jean-Philip Piquemal, UPMC, Sorbonne Universités.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 26 October 2011, 14:15-15:15

Physical Chemistry

Timescales of chemical reactions

Prof. Mike J Pilling CBE, School of Chemistry, University of Leeds.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 25 October 2011, 16:15-17:15

Conformational dynamics of single protein molecules under load

Joint Theory/Biological Seminar

Prof. Matthias Rief, Technische Universität München.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 12 October 2011, 14:15-15:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

"New Developments in Semiempirical MO Theory for Drug and Materials Design"

This Lecture is part of Professor Clark's MGMS Lecture tour

Professor Tim Clark, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Dept. of Chemistry.

Thursday 22 September 2011, 14:00-15:30

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Molecular Simulations in Structure-Based Drug Design

Dr Julien Michel, Royal Society University Research Fellow, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh.

Todd-Hamied Room, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 07 July 2011, 15:30-16:30

Theoretical Chemistry

Predicting the Folding Behavior of Proteins with a Simple Statistical Model: from qualitative to quantitative descriptions

Dr Pierpaolo Bruscolini, University of Zaragoza.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 15 June 2011, 14:15-15:15

Theoretical Chemistry

What's wrong with density-functional theory?

Professor Nicola Marzari, University of Oxford.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 08 June 2011, 14:15-15:15

Theoretical Chemistry

Simulations of ionic liquids for energy applications

Professor Mathieu Salanne, Université Pierre et Marie Curie.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 01 June 2011, 14:15-15:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

Exploring free-energy landscapes

Professor Daan Frenkel FRS, Cambridge University Centre for Computational Chemistry, Department of Chemistry.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Dept. of Chemistry.

Thursday 19 May 2011, 15:30-16:30

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

The power of coarse-graining in biomolecular simulations

Professor Siewert-Jan Marrink, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Dept. of Chemistry.

Thursday 19 May 2011, 14:00-15:30

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

"Manipulating dynamics: Galilean-invariant friction and stochastic thermostats"

Professor Herman Berendsen, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Dept. of Chemistry.

Wednesday 18 May 2011, 14:00-15:30

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

"Molecular dynamics beyond molecules: principles for coarse-graining"

Professor Herman Berendsen, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Dept. of Chemistry.

Tuesday 17 May 2011, 14:00-15:30

Theoretical Chemistry

Soft matter physics and bacteria

Professor Gerard Wong, UCLA and the University of Illinois.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 11 May 2011, 14:15-15:15

Physical Chemistry

Very narrow lasers to measure wide lines: Frequency comb-referenced determination of pressure broadening, narrowing and shifts for remote sensing

Professor Trevor Sears, Brookhaven National Laboratory & Stony Brook University NY.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 03 May 2011, 16:15-17:15

Theoretical Chemistry

An Ising-like Model for Protein Folding

Dr William Eaton, Laboratory of Chemical Physics, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, USA.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 20 April 2011, 14:15-15:15

Theoretical Chemistry

The theory of single molecule force and fluorescence spectroscopy

Dr Attila Szabo, Laboratory of Chemical Physics, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, USA.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 13 April 2011, 14:15-15:15

Physical Chemistry

RSC Faraday Lecture

The Molecular Dance in Surface Reactions Followed a-Molecule-at-a-Time by STM

Professor John Polanyi, University of Toronto.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 07 April 2011, 16:15-17:15

Theoretical Chemistry

Generalized-ensemble algorithms: efficient conformational sampling techniques for biomolecular simulations

Professor Yuko Okamoto, Nagoya University, Japan.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 06 April 2011, 16:00-17:00

Theoretical Chemistry

Quantum nuclear effects on the dynamics and spectroscopy of large molecules in the gas phase. Are they really important?

Dr Florent Calvo, University of Lyon.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 16 March 2011, 14:15-15:15

Inorganic Chemistry

Modelling synthesis and catalytic applications of doped AlPOs

Inorganic/Theoretical Joint Seminar

Dr Furio Cora, University College London.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 14 March 2011, 15:30-16:30

Theoretical Chemistry

Modelling synthesis and catalytic applications of doped AIPOs

Dr Furio Cora.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 14 March 2011, 15:30-16:30

Physical Chemistry

Physical Chemistry Graduate Seminar

David Madden, Matthew Ashford, Isabella Stocker.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 11 March 2011, 16:00-17:00

Theoretical Chemistry

Accurate and efficient calculation of electronic energies through explicitly-correlated wave functions

Dr David Tew, University of Bristol.

Todd-Hamied Room, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 09 March 2011, 14:15-15:15

Physical Chemistry

Vehicle exhaust nanoparticles: sources and control.

Dr Martyn Twigg - previously Chief Scientist of Johnson Matthey.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 08 March 2011, 16:15-17:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

"Bioactivity Mapping of Chemical Space"

Dr Jordi Mestres, IMIM, Barcelona Biomedical Reseach Park.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Dept. of Chemistry.

Tuesday 08 March 2011, 14:15-15:30

Physical Chemistry

What surfactants do at interfaces

Professor Robert Thomas, University of Oxford.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 01 March 2011, 16:15-17:15

Theoretical Chemistry

Dominant reaction pathways of macromolecules: from classical to quantum mechanical calculations

Dr Pietro Faccioli, University of Trento.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 23 February 2011, 14:15-15:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

Neurotransmitter transporters: from ligand-based to systems chemical biology approaches

Professor Olivier Taboureau, Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, Technical University of Denmark.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Dept. of Chemistry.

Tuesday 22 February 2011, 14:15-15:30

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Isotopic constraints on atmospheric methane sources

Dr Rebecca Fisher, Royal Holloway University of London.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 21 February 2011, 14:15-15:15

Theoretical Chemistry

The PhaseChip: manipulating phase diagrams with microfluidics

Professor Seth Fraden, Brandeis University.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 16 February 2011, 14:15-15:15

Theoretical Chemistry

Under pressure: quasi-high pressure effects in nano-pores

Professor Keith Gubbins, North Carolina State University.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 09 February 2011, 14:15-15:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

Toxicity from Predicting Chemistry - Categories, Read-Across and Integrated Testing Strategies

Professor Mark Cronin, Liverpool John Moores University.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Dept. of Chemistry.

Tuesday 08 February 2011, 14:15-15:30

Theoretical Chemistry

New correlations in Material Arrest and Failure: Insight from Colloidal Glasses

Dr Peter Schall, University of Amsterdam.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 02 February 2011, 14:15-15:15

Theoretical Chemistry

Geometrical aspects of hydrophobic hydration

Dr Joachim Dzubiella, Technische Universität München.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 26 January 2011, 14:15-15:15

Theoretical Chemistry

Title to be confirmed

Dr Giovanni Bussi, Statistical and Biological Physics Sector, SISSA, Trieste.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 01 December 2010, 14:15-15:15

Theoretical Chemistry

Quantum dynamics of chemical reactions

Royal Society of Chemistry Liversidge Lecture

Professor David Clary FRS, University of Oxford.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 24 November 2010, 14:15-15:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

"Visualising and Predicting Organic Reactivity"

Dr Scott L Cockroft, Lecturer in Organic Chemistry, University of Edinburgh.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Dept. of Chemistry.

Tuesday 23 November 2010, 14:15-15:30

Theoretical Chemistry

Title: From coarse-grained models of fibril formation to atomistic details of potential inhibitors

Joint Theoretical/Biophysical Colloquium *** NOTE: UNUSUAL TIME: 10:30 AM ***

Amedeo Caflish, University of Zurich.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 17 November 2010, 10:30-11:30

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

“Accurate in-silico predictions can halve costs for experimental ADME Tox studies”

Dr Igor Tetko, Institute for Bioinformatics & Systems Biology, Neuherberg.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Dept. of Chemistry.

Tuesday 16 November 2010, 14:15-15:15

Physical Chemistry

Polymeric Multilayer Capsules in Materials- and Biosciences

BP Visiting Lecturer Prof. Helmuth Möhwald, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces.

BP Institute, Madingley Rise, Madingley Road, Cambridge.

Thursday 11 November 2010, 11:30-12:30

Physical Chemistry

Multifunctional Polymer Films and Coatings

BP Visiting Lecturer Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c., Helmuth Möhwald, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 10 November 2010, 14:30-15:30

Theoretical Chemistry

Metal-mediated molecular traps and junctions: a computational design

Dr Fedor Naumkin, University of Ontario Institute of Technology.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 10 November 2010, 14:15-15:15

Physical Chemistry

Amphiphide Monolayers to study interfacial interactions

There will be a reception following this lecture in the Todd Hamied.

BP Visiting Lecturer Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c., Helmuth Möhwald, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 09 November 2010, 14:30-15:30

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

'“Multi-Scale Methods for the Investigation of Biological Structures and Processes”

Professor Marcus Elstner, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Dept. of Chemistry.

Tuesday 09 November 2010, 14:15-15:30

Theoretical Chemistry

Gaussian Approximation Potentials: quantum mechanical accuracy without electrons

Dr Gabor G. Csányi, Engineering Laboratory, University of Cambridge.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 03 November 2010, 14:15-15:15

Theoretical Chemistry

Computational analysis of protein-protein interactions: from specific effects to protein ecology

Dr Bojan Zagrovic, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 27 October 2010, 14:15-15:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

Exploring chemico-biological interactions using connectivity mapping

Dr Timothy Gant, MRC Toxicology Unit, University of Leicester.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Dept. of Chemistry.

Tuesday 26 October 2010, 14:15-15:30

Theoretical Chemistry

Continents, islands, and archipelagos: simulations of human microbial biodiversity and biogeography

Dr Patrick Warren, Unilever R & D Port Sunlight.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 20 October 2010, 14:15-15:15

Physical Chemistry

"From clays to the cytosol - approaches for characterising soft matter"

Professor Athene Donald ( Director, Physics of Medicine, Cavendish Laboratory).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 19 October 2010, 16:15-17:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

The bacterial outer membrane: capturing the details with molecular dynamics simulations

Dr Syma Khalid, School of Chemistry, University of Southampton.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Dept. of Chemistry.

Tuesday 19 October 2010, 14:15-15:30

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

Application of Informatics within Unilever

Dr Ian Stott, Informatics & Maths Leader, Unilever R & D, Port Sunlight.

Todd Hamied Room, Dept. of Chemistry.

Wednesday 13 October 2010, 14:15-15:30

Theoretical Chemistry

Far-from-equilibrium magnetic suspensions: nontrivial dynamic patterns and self-assembled swimmers

Dr Alexey Snezhko, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 13 October 2010, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Atmospheric Reactions of Peroxy Radicals – Key Intermediates in Ozone Formation and Loss

NOTE unusual DAY and LOCATION Joint with Physical Chemistry

Dr Geoff Tyndall, NCAR Colorado USA.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 12 October 2010, 14:15-15:15

Theoretical Chemistry

LeuRS Synthetase: An example of water-mediated editing reaction in a hybrid RNA/protein system

Dr Mauro Boero, University of Strasbourg, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Materiaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 06 October 2010, 14:15-15:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

Past, present, and future of semiempirical methods

Dr James J P Stewart, Stewart Computational Chemistry, Colorado Springs, USA.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Dept. of Chemistry.

Thursday 16 September 2010, 14:15-15:30

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

Challenges in rational computer aided enzyme design

Professor Arieh Warshe, University of Southern California.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Dept. of Chemistry.

Thursday 02 September 2010, 14:15-15:30

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

In Silico Drug discovery and molecular library focusing

Professor Amiram Goldblum, The Institute of Drug Research, Faculty of Medicine The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Dept. of Chemistry.

Wednesday 30 June 2010, 16:00-17:30

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GRADUATE STUDENT SEMINARS - Kristine Liao, ,Juzheng Frank Huang, Chenguang Sun & Mark Eddleston

3:30 pm Refreshments in Foyer prior to Talks for Attendees ONLY

University of Cambridge.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 15 June 2010, 16:00-18:00

Theoretical Chemistry

Simulation studies of the phase behaviour of colloidal dispersions

Professor Nigel Wilding, University of Bath.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 09 June 2010, 14:15-15:15

aw534's list

JOINT PHYSICAL / INORGANIC LECTURE - “Can materials make a difference to our sustainable energy future?"

Professor Peter Edwards - University of Oxford.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 08 June 2010, 16:15-17:15

Theoretical Chemistry

In search of biaxial fluid phase in mixtures of rod and plate like molecules

Professor George Jackson, Imperial College London.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 02 June 2010, 14:15-15:15

aw534's list

"Superfluid helium nanodroplets: applications and opportunities in chemistry"

Professor Andrew Ellis - University of Leicester.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 01 June 2010, 16:15-17:15

Theoretical Chemistry

Quantum Dynamics of Photosynthetic Light Harvesting: Excitation Energy Transfer in Nano Bio Structures

Professor David Coker, University College Dublin.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 26 May 2010, 14:15-15:15

Theoretical Chemistry

Symmetry, equivalence and molecular self-organisation

Dr Jack Douglas, National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 19 May 2010, 14:15-15:15

aw534's list

"Electrochemistry in Small Spaces- X-ray Synchrotron Radiation Studies of Pitting Corrosion"

Professor Trevor Rayment - Diamond Synchrotron.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 18 May 2010, 16:15-17:15

Theoretical Chemistry

Surface properties of amorphous silica from a reactive force field model

Professor Pietro Ballone, Queen's University Belfast.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 12 May 2010, 14:15-15:15

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INAUGURAL LECTURE - "Recharging the Planet: New Approaches for Optimizing the Performance of Lithium-Ion Batteries and Fuel Cells"

Geoffrey Moorhouse Gibson Professor of Inorganic Chemistry

Professor Clare P Grey - University of Cambridge.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 11 May 2010, 16:15-17:15

aw534's list

Symposium on 25th Anniversary of the Discovery of the Ozone Hole

UKAS - The Antartic Ozone Hole: Then and Now

Paul Crutzen-Nobel Prize winner, David Fahey-NOAA, Archie McCulloch-formerly ICI, Michael McIntyre-University of Cambridge, Jean-Pierre Pommere.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 07 May 2010, 10:30-18:00

Theoretical Chemistry

Free Energy methods to study complex biological phenomena

Dr Francesco Gervasio, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre, Madrid.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 05 May 2010, 14:15-15:15

Theoretical Chemistry

Anomalous Liquids

Professor Giancarlo Franzese, University of Barcelona.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 28 April 2010, 14:15-15:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

"Modelling (skin) lipid bilayers"

Dr Massimo Noro, Unilever Discover, Port Sunlight.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Dept. of Chemistry.

Tuesday 20 April 2010, 14:15-15:15

Theoretical Chemistry

Electrostatic interactions between macromolecules in the weak and strong coupling limit

Professor Rudolf Podgornik, Josef Stefan Institute, Slovenija.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 10 March 2010, 14:15-15:15

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"Gas Phase Inorganic Chemistry"

Professor Tony Stace, FRS - University of Nottingham.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 09 March 2010, 16:15-17:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

"New approaches to virtual screening of molecules and reactions"

Professeur Alexandre Varnek, Faculté de Chimie, Université de Strasbourg,.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Dept. of Chemistry.

Monday 08 March 2010, 12:00-13:30

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

"Precise Distance Measurements in Complex Biological Systems"

Professor Garland Marshall, Centre for Computational Biology, Washington University.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Dept. of Chemistry.

Friday 05 March 2010, 14:00-15:00

Theoretical Chemistry

The interfacial tension of nanoscopic oil droplets in water is hardly influenced by SDS surfactant

Dr Sylvie Roke, Max-Planck Institute for Metals Research.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 03 March 2010, 14:15-15:15

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TILDEN LECTURE - "Chemical reaction dynamics - from the gas phase to solution"

Professor Andrew Orr-Ewing – University of Bristol.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 02 March 2010, 16:15-17:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

"Chemical Biology and Chemogenomics in Drug Discovery"

Professor Hugo Kubinyi, Weisenheim am Sand.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Dept. of Chemistry.

Tuesday 02 March 2010, 14:15-15:15

Theoretical Chemistry

Excursions on permutationally invariant high dimensional potential energy surfaces

Professor Joel Bowman, Emory University.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 24 February 2010, 14:15-15:15

Theoretical Chemistry

Fluctuation induced forces: The critical Casimir effect

Professor Clemens Bechinger, Universität Stuttgart.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 17 February 2010, 14:15-15:15

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RSC AWARDS SYMPOSIUM - "Designing New Materials: Processes and Applications"

Dr Oren Scherman, Dr Terry McGrail, Professor Andrew Cooper, & Professor Stephen Yeates.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 10 February 2010, 14:15-18:00

Theoretical Chemistry

No Lecture as Royal Society of Chemistry Meeting

Speaker to be confirmed.

Venue to be confirmed.

Wednesday 10 February 2010, 00:00-00:00

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"Diamond Chemical Vapour Deposition"

Professor Mike Ashfold, FRS - University of Bristol.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 09 February 2010, 16:15-17:15

Theoretical Chemistry

New Approaches to Conformation Dynamics of Biomolecules

Dr Frank Noé, Freie Universität Berlin.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 03 February 2010, 14:15-15:15

Theoretical Chemistry

Dynamically-coupled Enzyme Catalysis: Insight from Simulation

Professor Mike Sutcliffe, University of Manchester.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 27 January 2010, 14:15-15:15

Theoretical Chemistry

Water and Hydrogen-Bond Dynamics in Aqueous Solutions

Dr Damien Laage, Ecole Normale Supérior Paris.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 20 January 2010, 14:15-15:15

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"Real-time imaging of catalytic action with nanoscale resolution"

Professor Norbert Kruse - Université Libre de Bruxelles.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 19 January 2010, 16:15-17:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

Machine like functions at the molecular level

Prof. Dr. Rainer Herges, Otto-Diels-Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität zu Kiel.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Dept. of Chemistry.

Tuesday 19 January 2010, 14:15-15:15

Theoretical Chemistry

Ions at Aqueous Interfaces: From Water Surface to Hydrated Proteins

Professor Pavel Jungwirth, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 13 January 2010, 14:15-15:15

Theoretical Chemistry

Beyond the local approximation: wave-function based correlated methods for solids

Professor Georg Kresse, Universität Wien.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 02 December 2009, 14:15-15:15

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BOURKE LECTURE - "Vibrational Spectroscopy of Gas-Phase Biomolecular Ions: From Amino Acids to Helical Peptides and Beyond"

Home Page: ttp://isic2.epfl.ch/page61420.html

Professor Thomas Rizzo - Ècole Polytechnique Fédéral de Lausanne.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 01 December 2009, 16:15-17:15

Theoretical Chemistry

Long Range Magnetic Interactions in Pure Carbon Materials

Professor Nicholas M Harrison, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 25 November 2009, 14:15-15:15

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GRADUATE SEMINARS AFTERNOON

Refreshments served in the Todd Hamied Room at 5.35pm for all attendees AFTER the Graduate Seminars

14:30 Introduction and Easter Term Lowry Prize, 14:35: Tej Bhinde, 15:05: Seung Yeon Lee, 15:35: Alex Ievins, 16:05 Tea & Coffee in Foyer, 16:35: Ailsa K Benton,17:05 Luke Knowles.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 24 November 2009, 14:30-17:35

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

"Cheminformatics and Metabolism research and services at the European Bioinformatics Institute"

Dr Christoph Steinbeck Head,Chemoinformatics & Metabolism, EBI.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Dept. of Chemistry.

Tuesday 24 November 2009, 14:15-15:15

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BP LECTURE 3 - "High-throughput Applications for Heterogeneous Catalysis"

Professor Avelino Corma Canos - Universidad Politécnica de Valencia ().

Seminar at BP Institute, Madingley Rise, Madingley Road, Cambridge.

Thursday 19 November 2009, 11:00-12:00

Theoretical Chemistry

Modeling Protein Aggregation

Professor Srikanth Sastry, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 18 November 2009, 14:15-15:15

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BP LECTURE 2 - "Towards a Rational Design of Inorganic Molecular Sieves"

Professor Avelino Corma Canos - Universidad Politécnica de Valencia ().

Todd Hamied Room, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 18 November 2009, 12:00-13:00

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BP LECTURE 1 - "Materials Design for Single and Multiple Site Catalysis"

A Wine Reception will be held in the Todd Hamied Room to conclude the first lecture

Professor Avelino Corma Canos - Universidad Politécnica de Valencia.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 17 November 2009, 16:15-17:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

Crawling Across the Web of Chemistry Using ChemSpider

Dr Antony Williams, VP Strategic Development, ChemSpider, RSC, Wake Forest USA.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Dept. of Chemistry.

Tuesday 17 November 2009, 14:15-15:15

Theoretical Chemistry

Explicit and implicit microion representations of dispersions of oppositely charged nanoparticles: expectations and surprises

Professor Jean-Pierre Hansen FRS, Emeritus 1968 Professor of Chemistry, Cambridge and Emeritus Professor of Physics, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 11 November 2009, 14:15-15:15

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LEVERHULME VISITING PROFESSOR - “The Flexibility Window in Materials”

Home Page: http://biophysics.asu.edu/CBP/person.php?ID=2

Professor Michael F Thorpe – Arizona State University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 10 November 2009, 16:15-17:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

"Adventures with Field Points: virtual screening, scaffold-hopping and beyond"

Dr Caroline Low, Drug Discovery Centre, ICL.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Dept. of Chemistry.

Tuesday 10 November 2009, 14:15-15:15

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JOINT COLLOQUIUM WITH THEORY SECTOR "Hydrogen bonding structure and ultrafast dynamics of bulk, interfacial, and confined water"

Tea and biscuits will be served in the entrance foyer at 3.30pm AFTER seminar (Home Page: http://www.chem.wisc.edu/~skinner/)

Professor James L Skinner - University of Wisconsin.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 04 November 2009, 14:15-15:15

Theoretical Chemistry

Hydrogen bonding structure and ultrafast dynamics of bulk, interfacial, and confined water

(Joint Theory/Physical Seminar)

Professor James L Skinner, University of Wisconsin.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 04 November 2009, 14:15-15:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

We regret that this talk has been cancelled "Structure and function of membrane transporters"

Professor So Iwata, David Blow Chair of Biophysics, Imperial College London.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Dept. of Chemistry.

Tuesday 03 November 2009, 14:15-15:15

Theoretical Chemistry

Single-molecule force spectroscopy: theory, analysis, interpretation

Professor Olga K Dudko, University of California at San Diego.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 28 October 2009, 14:15-15:15

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“Switchable and Sensory Interfaces: molecular scale analysis and near field chemistry”

Home Page: http://davisgroup.uk.net/

Dr Jason Davis - University of Oxford.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 27 October 2009, 16:15-17:15

Theoretical Chemistry

Incorporation of electronic quantum effects in molecular simulations: Applications of QM/MM Models in Solution Chemistry

Dr Thomas Hofer, University of Innsbruck.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 21 October 2009, 14:15-15:15

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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY SYMPOSIUM

Refreshments served in the Todd Hamied Room at 5.30pm for all attendees

Professor John Pyle, Professor Stephen Elliott, Professor David Klenerman, Dr Stephen Jenkins, Dr Graeme Day, Professor Rod Jones.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 20 October 2009, 15:00-17:30

Theoretical Chemistry

Coarse-grained simulations of DNA nanodevices, the self-assembly of virus-like objects and the evolution of protein complexes

Dr Jonathan Doye, University of Oxford.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 14 October 2009, 14:15-15:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

"Calculating selectivities in homogeneous catalysis"

Professor Per-Ola Norrby, Department of Chemistry, University of Gothenburg,.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Dept. of Chemistry.

Tuesday 13 October 2009, 14:15-15:15

Theoretical Chemistry

Computational Studies of Structures and Dynamics of Aqueous Interfaces using Polarizable Potential Models

Dr Liem Dang, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 07 October 2009, 14:15-15:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

Theoretical and Experimental Studies on Reactions of Organoboranes

Dr Silvina Pellegrinet (Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina).

Room U2 02, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Department of Chemist.

Friday 24 July 2009, 09:00-10:00

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“Non Linear Microscopy: from morpho-functional imaging and manipulation to structural dynamics"

Professor Francesco Pavone, Università di Firenze, Italy.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 13 July 2009, 17:00-18:00

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

Towards realistic computer modeling of large condensed molecular systems

Dr Maxim Fedorov (Max Planck Institute, Leipzig).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Dept. of Chemistry.

Wednesday 01 July 2009, 14:15-15:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

Nanofluidics

Professor Nick Quirke, Nano-bio Physics, University College Dublin.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Department of Chemist.

Tuesday 26 May 2009, 14:15-15:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

Probing the Nature of Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Ketones Catalyzed by Transitional Metal Bifunctional Catalysts

Professor Ming Lei, Beijing University of Chemical Technology.

Todd-Hamied Room, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 19 May 2009, 09:30-10:30

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

“SORD and open access for academics to chemical reaction data”

Dr Dick Wife, SORD.

Room U2 02, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Department of Chemist.

Wednesday 13 May 2009, 14:15-15:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

“Capturing process: In silico, in laboratorio, and all the messy in-between”

Dr Cameron Neylon, University of Southampton.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Department of Chemist.

Tuesday 12 May 2009, 14:15-15:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

“Noise and the accurate determination of microbial diversity from pyrosequencing data”

Dr Christopher Quince, University of Glasgow.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Department of Chemist.

Wednesday 06 May 2009, 12:00-13:00

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

"Sense and Non-Sense in Drug Discovery"

Professor Tudor Oprea, University of New Mexico School of Medicine.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Department of Chemist.

Wednesday 22 April 2009, 14:00-15:00

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

The Baeyer Villiger Reaction: Ionic or Neutral

Professor Nelaine Mora-Diez, Thompson Rivers University.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Department of Chemist.

Thursday 02 April 2009, 11:00-12:00

Physical Chemistry

Redox chemistry of diamond

http://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/events/colloquia/phys.html

Dr Katherine Holt (University College London).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 10 March 2009, 14:15-15:15

Physical Chemistry

Graduate Student Seminars

http://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/events/colloquia/phys.html

Rachel Pike, Amy Stevens.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 03 March 2009, 14:15-15:15

Physical Chemistry

Graduate Student Seminars

http://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/events/colloquia/phys.html

Neil Dickson, Tamsin Phillips.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 24 February 2009, 14:15-15:15

Physical Chemistry

Graduate Student Seminars

http://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/events/colloquia/phys.html

Andrew Cassidy, Paul Dunne.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 17 February 2009, 14:15-15:15

Physical Chemistry

It's not (all) --rocket-- atmospheric science

http://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/events/colloquia/phys.html

Professor John Pyle (University of Cambridge).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 10 February 2009, 14:15-15:15

Physical Chemistry

Density functional simulation of a fast-ion conducting glass

http://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/events/colloquia/phys.html

Professor David Drabold (Ohio University).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 03 February 2009, 14:15-15:15

Physical Chemistry

Bionanoscience

Professor Gil Lee – University College Dublin.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 27 January 2009, 14:15-15:15

Theoretical Chemistry

Understanding glass transition on the basis of elastic interactions in a liquid

http://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/events/colloquia/theo.html

Professor Kostya Trachenko (Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 21 January 2009, 14:15-15:15

Physical Chemistry

How physics can be applied to biological problems

http://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/events/colloquia/phys.html

Dr Pietro Cicuta (University of Cambridge).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 20 January 2009, 16:15-17:15

Theoretical Chemistry

Exchange and Dynamic Correlation

Professor Nicholas Handy FRS (Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 03 December 2008, 14:15-15:15

Physical Chemistry

Preparation and Properties of Pharmaceutical Cocrystals

GRADUATE SEMINARS

Shyam Karki.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 02 December 2008, 16:15-17:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

Non-covalent interactions: insight into solvation, bio-molecular structure and drug action

Dr James Platts, Dept. of Chemistry, Cardiff University.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Department of Chemist.

Tuesday 02 December 2008, 14:15-15:15

Physical Chemistry

Finding new radicals and new electronic states in complex environments

Dr Timothy Schmidt (University of Sydney).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 26 November 2008, 16:15-17:15

Theoretical Chemistry

A simple model of molecular conduction and a new use for characteristic polynomials

Professor Patrick Fowler (University of Sheffield).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 26 November 2008, 14:15-15:15

Physical Chemistry

Insights in heterogeneous catalysis mechanisms from DFT calculations

Dr Philippe Sautet (ENS, Lyon).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 25 November 2008, 16:15-17:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

Infinitesimal Rigidity and Graph Clustering across Time-scales: Coarse-graining biomolecular assemblies from the bottom-up

Dr. Sophia Yaliraki, Dept. of Chemistry, Imperial College London.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Department of Chemist.

Tuesday 25 November 2008, 14:15-15:15

Theoretical Chemistry

Multiscale modelling of catalytic nanoparticles for CNT synthesis

Dr James Elliot (Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 19 November 2008, 14:15-15:15

Physical Chemistry

Chemical Activity on Graphene Under Stress

Dr Pedro de Andres (CSIC, Madrid).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 18 November 2008, 16:15-17:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

Molecular flexibility and recognition in proteins and nucleic acids

Dr. Charles Laughton, School of Pharmacy, The University of Nottingham.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Department of Chemist.

Tuesday 18 November 2008, 14:15-15:15

Theoretical Chemistry

Intermolecular Coulombic Decay and Ultrafast Energy Transfer

Professor Lorenz Cederbaum (University of Heidelberg).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 12 November 2008, 14:15-15:15

Physical Chemistry

Accelerating Chemistry & Biology: Intelligent Microfluidics

Professor Andrew de Mello (Imperial College).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 11 November 2008, 16:15-17:15

Theoretical Chemistry

Non-equilibrium phase transitions in complex systems

Dr Sergei Taraskin (Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 05 November 2008, 14:15-15:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

Predicting Molecular Properties: the Role of Data Visualisation and Feature Selection

Prof. Ian Nabney, Neural Computing Research Group, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Department of Chemist.

Tuesday 04 November 2008, 14:15-15:15

Physical Chemistry

Atmospheric Aerosols: Their Effect on Climate and on Human Health

Dr Markus Kalberer (University of Cambridge).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 04 November 2008, 14:15-15:15

Theoretical Chemistry

Cold Molecules: Production and Control

Professor Jeremy Hutson (University of Durham).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 29 October 2008, 14:15-15:15

Physical Chemistry

Particle Engineering: Role of Surface Chemistry

Dr Jerry Heng (Imperial College).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 28 October 2008, 14:15-15:15

Theoretical Chemistry

Entropy as an ordering force

Inaugural Lecture

Professor Daan Frenkel FMRS (Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 22 October 2008, 14:15-15:15

Theoretical Chemistry

Dynamics on the way to forming glass: past, present and future

Professor David Chandler (University of California at Berkeley).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 15 October 2008, 14:15-15:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

Protein Structure Bioinformatics as One Tool to Improve Human Health

Prof. Gert Vriend, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Department of Chemist.

Tuesday 14 October 2008, 14:15-15:15

Theoretical Chemistry

Quantum transitions in Lennard-Jones clusters

Professor Vladimir Mandelshtam (University of Southern California).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 08 October 2008, 14:15-15:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

Representation and predictive modeling of complex biomolecular datasets

Prof. Alexander Tropsha, School of Pharmacy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Department of Chemist.

Friday 26 September 2008, 14:00-15:00

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

Molecular Informatics for Drug Discovery

Prof. Jacob de Vlieg, Organon.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Department of Chemist.

Tuesday 10 June 2008, 14:15-15:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

Protein structure bioinformatics as one tool to improve human health

Prof. Gert Vriend, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Department of Chemist.

Tuesday 03 June 2008, 14:15-15:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

Quantum and classical partition functions of water from computer simulation

Dr. Richard Henchman, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Department of Chemist.

Friday 16 May 2008, 15:00-16:00

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

Developing Quantum Topological Molecular Similarity (QTMS)

Dr. Paul Popelier, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 29 April 2008, 14:15-15:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

Using Ontology to Classify Members of a Protein Family

Dr. Robert Stevens, School of Computer Science, University of Manchester.

Todd-Hamied Room, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 14 April 2008, 14:15-15:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

Translating Chemogenomics into Medicinal Benefit

Prof. Andrew Hopkins, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Department of Chemist.

Tuesday 11 March 2008, 14:15-15:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

Protein folding - going in the right direction

Dr. Charlotte Deane, Dept. of Statistics, University of Oxford.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Department of Chemist.

Tuesday 04 March 2008, 14:15-15:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

Analysis of Antibody Sequence and Structure

Dr. Andrew Martin, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University College London.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Department of Chemist.

Tuesday 19 February 2008, 14:15-15:15

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

QM to QSAR

Prof. Jonathan Hirst, School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Department of Chemist.

Tuesday 12 February 2008, 14:15-15:15