Mechanoresponsive Materials and Self-Healing Systems

2013 Melville Lectureship

Professor Jeffrey S Moore, University of Illnois.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 16 May 2013, 15:30-16:30

Nucleic Acid-Modified Nanostructures as Programmable Atom Equivalents: Forging a New Periodic Table

Lewis Lectures 2013

Professor Chad Mirkin, Northwestern University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 10 May 2013, 16:00-17:00

Spherical Nucleic Acid (SNA) Nanostructures: Establishing a New Paradigm in Molecular Diagnostics and Intracellular Gene Regulation:

Lewis Lectures 2013

Professor Chad Mirkin, Northwestern University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 09 May 2013, 16:00-17:00

Supramolecular Coordination Chemistry - Nano Puzzle and More

Professor Iris Oppel, RWTH Aachen University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 25 April 2013, 16:30-17:30

BP 3rd Years PhD Talks

Talks by 3rd Yr PhD students in the Materials RIG

various.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 25 April 2013, 10:15-16:30

Biomimetic, bioinspired and biosynthetic catalysts for water-splitting

Dr Vincent Artero, CEA, Grenoble.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 21 March 2013, 16:00-17:00

For Richer Pore: Porous Molecules and Materials Through Supramolecular Chemistry

Professor Mark MacLachlan, University of British Columbia, Canada.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 28 February 2013, 16:00-17:00

Light energy harvesting and charge carrier collection in mesoscopic solar energy conversion systems

Professor Michael Graetzel, EPFL.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 18 February 2013, 16:00-17:00

Functional Nanomaterials via Crystallization-Driven "Living Self-Assembly"

Professor Ian Manners, University of Bristol.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 31 January 2013, 16:00-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Geoff Moore.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 14 January 2013, 16:00-17:00

Supramolecular Assembly on Designer Templates

Professor Mitsuhiko Shionoya, University of Tokyo.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 06 December 2012, 16:00-17:00

Controlled functionalization of surfaces: supported single-site catalysts and beyond

Professor Christophe Coperet, ETH Zurich.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 15 November 2012, 16:00-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Hybrid Inclusion Complex (HIC) and its Key Role in Constructing New Polymeric Materials

Prof Ming Jiang, Fudan University, Shanghai.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 16 July 2012, 16:00-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Stabilizing Proteins with Polymer Conjugates

Prof Heather D Maynard, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and California NanoSystems Institute, University of California.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 31 May 2012, 16:00-17:00

Title to be confirmed

Departmental Lecture

Professor Andrea Ferrari, Department of Engineering.

Scott Polar Lecture Theatre, Scott Polar Institute.

Tuesday 29 May 2012, 16:00-17:30

investigating Disorder in Solids: Multinuclear Solid-State NMR and First-Principles Calculations

RSC Marlow Award Lecture

Dr Sharon Ashbrook, University of St Andrews.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 24 May 2012, 16:00-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Tailored Polymers for Controlling Cell Signaling

Prof Laura Kiessling, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 17 May 2012, 16:30-17:30

Physical properties of metal organic frameworks

Professor Anthony K Cheetham, Materials Science, Cambridge.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 10 May 2012, 16:00-17:00

Metal Oxide Clusters Capped with Organic Ligands: Formation and Building Blocks for Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Materials

Professor Ulrich Schubert, Technical University of Vienna, Austria.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 26 April 2012, 16:00-17:00

Inauguration of Christian Doppler Laboratory for Systainable SynGas Chemistry

Speaker to be confirmed.

Todd-Hamied Room, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 25 April 2012, 12:30-15:30

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Utilizing Supramolecular Chemistry in Polymeric Systems: A Route to Dynamic, Adaptive Materials

Prof Stuart J Rowan, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 24 April 2012, 15:30-16:30

The Artificial Leaf

Lewis Lectures 2012

Professor Dan Nocera, MIT.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 14 March 2012, 16:00-17:00

'Personalized Energy for 1 (x 6 Billion): A Solution to the Global Energy Challenge

Lewis Lectures 2012

Professor Dan Nocera, MIT.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 13 March 2012, 16:00-17:00

BP 3rd Years PhD Talks

3rd Year PhD Students.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 08 March 2012, 13:00-18:30

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Development of New Synthetic Methods and Fundamental Studies of Conjugated Polymers

website: http://www.cm.utexas.edu/christopher_bielawski

Prof Christopher W Bielawski, University of Texas at Austin.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 02 March 2012, 15:00-16:30

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Designing Functional Molecular Nanostructures

Professor Stefan Hecht (Humboldt University of Berlin).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 01 March 2012, 16:00-17:00

Synthetic Molecular Systems (th)at Work

Professor Stefan Matile, University of Geneva.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 23 February 2012, 16:00-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

The early stages of biomimetic calcium phosphate formation: amorphous phases and pre-nucleation complexes

Dr Nico A.J.M.Sommerdijk, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 22 February 2012, 12:30-13:30

Chemistry Departmental Colloquia

"Exploring new chiral space in asymmetric catalysis"

Prof. Ben Feringa, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, University of Groningen.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 21 February 2012, 16:45-17:45

Chemistry Departmental Colloquia

"Self-assembly and cryo-TEM in the study of bioinspired hybrid materials"

Dr Nico A.J.M. Sommerdijk, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 21 February 2012, 15:45-16:45

Melville Laboratory Seminars

New Materials for Phosphorescent OLEDs and Polymer Photovoltaics

Please note the change in the time

Dr Youtian Tao, Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, Univeristy of Cambridge.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 16 February 2012, 15:00-16:00

Light-in, Light-out - the yin and yang of sustainable materials chemistry

RSC Lecture (Sustainable Energy Award)

Dr Ed Constable, University of Basel.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 10 February 2012, 14:00-15:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

What could materials chemistry do for anti-inflammatory therapies. Oxidation-sensitive polymers and other examples.

Prof Nicola Tirelli, FRSC, School of Biomedicine and School of Materials, University of Manchester.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 02 February 2012, 16:00-17:00

Origins of life chemistry - reconciling the iron-sulfur and the RNA worlds

Materials/Synthesis Departmental Lecture

Dr John Sutherland, Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 26 January 2012, 16:00-17:00

Novel complex fast ion conductors: challenges for crystallographers and spectroscopists!

Professor Stephen Skinner, ICL.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 19 January 2012, 16:00-17:00

Modeling a single-site spring-like hypothesis for Fe-mediated N2 reduction

Professor Jonas Peters, California Institute of Technology.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 08 December 2011, 14:00-15:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Light-Responsive Polymers and Composites for Biomedical Applications

Professor Jason A Burdick, (Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania) http://www.seas.upenn.edu/directory/profile.php?ID=13.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 01 December 2011, 16:00-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

New Methods of Bioanalysis using Functionalised Nanoparticles and SERS

Professor Duncan Graham (University of Strathclyde ) http://www.chem.strath.ac.uk/people/academic/duncan_graham.

Todd Hamied Room, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 28 November 2011, 14:30-16:00

From Nuclear Fuels to CO2 Activation at Uranium Complexes - Chemistry Between Phobia & Enthusiasm

Prof. Dr Karsten Meyer, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 24 November 2011, 14:00-15:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Melville Lecturer 2011 - Development of New Routes to Benign Polymeric Materials

Prof Geoffrey Coates, Cornell University, Chemistry and Chemical Biology.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

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

Chemistry and Elecrochemistry related to the active sites of[FeFe]- and [Fe]-hydrogenases

Professor Christopher Pickett, University of East Anglia.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 10 November 2011, 14:00-15:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Studies towards engineered wood and designed cell wall polymer interactions

Ms Emma-Rose Coad (University Of Cambridge).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 03 November 2011, 16:00-16:30

Designing Artificial Light-harvesting Arrays for Solar Cells

Professor Anthony Harriman, Newcastle University.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 27 October 2011, 14:00-15:00

Water Photolysis in Biology: Photosystem II

Joint Materials/Biological Colloquia

Professor Bill Rutherford, Imperial College, London.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 21 October 2011, 14:00-15:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Dynamic heteroogenized metal nanoparticles by CB[n] assembly in water: from synthesis to application

Ms Enass Abo-Hamed (University of Cambridge).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 20 October 2011, 16:00-16:30

Coordination and activation of aminoboranes

Dr Simon Aldridge, University of Oxford.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 20 October 2011, 14:00-15:00

CPGS talks

Various.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 13 October 2011, 10:00-17:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Spin crossover complexes and macrocyclic single-molecule magnets

Professor Sally Brooker, University of Otago.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 11 July 2011, 14:00-15:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Networking the Self-assembled Cages

Professor Makoto Fujita, University of Tokyo.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 08 July 2011, 14:00-15:00

ac313's list

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

Inorganic Chemistry

Identification of Active Species and Reaction Pathways in Molecular Catalysis: Recent Case Histories

Professor Lutz Gade, University of Heidelberg.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 23 June 2011, 14:00-15:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Soft and hard nanomaterials made by self-assmebly

Professor Ullrich Steiner, Cambridge.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 09 June 2011, 14:00-15:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Responsive polymer-stabilised droplets and the 3D structuring of liquids

Dr Jonathan Weaver, Imperial College London.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 02 June 2011, 16:00-17:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Molecules and nanostructures for solar energy conversion

Professor James Durrant, Imperial College London.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 02 June 2011, 14:00-15:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Anion Supramolecular Chemistry: Sensing and Materials

Professor Jonathan Steed, Durham University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

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

Inorganic Chemistry

Molecular Nanostructures and Sensors by Self-Assembly

Extra Inorganic Seminar

Professor Kay Severin, EPFL, Switzerland.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 16 May 2011, 14:00-15:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Design of New Catalytic Reactions for Sustainable Chemistry

Lewis Lecture 2011

Professor David Milstein, Weizmann Institute, Israel.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 13 May 2011, 16:00-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Stimuli-responsive macromolecules: polymer-protein bioconjugates and sugar-responsive micelles

Prof. Brent S. Sumerlin, Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, Dallas.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 11 May 2011, 15:30-16:30

Organic Chemistry

RSC Organic Symposium at the University of Cambridge

Professor Kevin Booker-Milburn University of Bristol - Dr Matthew Clarke University of St Andrews - Professor Dieter Enders RWTH-Aachen.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 09 May 2011, 14:00-18:00

Inorganic Chemistry

A transition metal chemist's view of C-H and C-F bond activation

Professor Robin Perutz FRS, University of York.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 05 May 2011, 14:00-15:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Noncovalent Nanostructures in Aqueous Medium: Robust yet Adaptive

Dr Boris Rybtchinski, Weizman Institute of Science, Israel.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 28 April 2011, 14:00-15:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Diels Alder Polymers with Unusual Properties: Re‐Mending and Shape Memory

Prof Fred Wudl, UCSB Chemistry and Biochemistry.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 04 April 2011, 16:00-17:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Tooling Up for Nanoworld: The Magic of Molecular Machines

Alex Hopkins Lecture 2011

Professor David Leigh, University of Edinburgh.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 25 March 2011, 16:00-17:00

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

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Development and characterization of protecting groups that enhance the solubility of synthetic peptides

Dr Karolina Wahlström, Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

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

Inorganic Chemistry

Hydrogen Storage and Carbon Dioxide Capture in Metal-Organic Frameworks

Professor Jeffrey R Long, Berkeley, USA.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 10 March 2011, 14:00-15:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Supramolecular Polymers with Hydrogen Bonding: From Morphology to Structural Control and Use

Professor Wolfgang Binder (Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 03 March 2011, 16:00-17:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Influencing Folding and Structure of Large RNAs by Metal Ions: Moving from Bulk to the Single Molecule Level

Professor Roland Sigel, University of Zurich.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 03 March 2011, 14:00-15:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Engineering microenvironments to control cell fate and behaviour

Dr Chunming Wang, Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 24 February 2011, 16:00-17:00

Inorganic Chemistry

BP Day

3rd Year PhD students.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 24 February 2011, 13:30-17:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Form Matters: Catalysis with "Butterflies"

Professor Hansjorg Grutzmacher, ETH Zurich.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 17 February 2011, 14:00-15:30

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Probing nanostructures and optoelectronic properties of plastic solar cells by scanning probe microscopy

Thuc-Quyen Nguyen, Center for Polymers and Organic Solids and Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 15 February 2011, 15:30-16:30

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Stimuli-responsive biodegradable poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate]-based copolymers for drug delivery and tissue engineering

Dr Xian Jun Loh, Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

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

Inorganic Chemistry

Stable Silicon Clusters with Partial Substitution – Exploring the SI6R6 Potential Energy Surface Experimentally

Dr David Scheschkewitz, Imperial College London.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 03 February 2011, 14:00-15:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Studies of Ion Mobility in Materials for Alternative Energy Applications Using Solid-State NMR

Professor Gillian Goward, McMaster University, Canada.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 27 January 2011, 14:00-15:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Catalytic Capsids: reactions in confinement

Prof. Dr. Jeroen J.L.M. Cornelissen, Laboratory for Biomolecular Nanotechnology, University of Twente.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 02 December 2010, 16:00-17:00

Organic Chemistry

CANCELLED

Professor Mike Krische, University of Texas.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 01 December 2010, 17:00-18:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Metallopolyynes and Metallophosphors: Multifunctional Materials with Emerging Applications in Optical Devices

RSC Chemistry of the Transition Metals Award Lecture 2010

Professor Raymond Wong, Hong Kong Baptist University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 29 November 2010, 14:00-15:00

Organic Chemistry

Metallopolyynes and Metallophosphors: Multifunctional Materials with Emerging Applications in Optical Devices RSC Chemistry of the Transition Metals Award Lecture 2010

RSC award lecture - joint with Inorganic Chemistry

Professor Raymond Wong, RSC award lecture.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 29 November 2010, 14:00-15:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

POSTPONED TO LENT TERM

Dr Karolina Wahlstrom, University of Cambridge, Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 25 November 2010, 16:30-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

POSTPONED TO LENT TERM

Dr Xian Jun Loh, University of Cambridge, Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 25 November 2010, 16:00-16:30

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Exploring Ras Super-family Proteins : A Chemical Biology Approach

Dr Debapratim Das, University of Cambridge, Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis.

Todd-Hamied meeting room, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 18 November 2010, 15:00-16:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Inorganic 2nd Yr PhD Student Talks

University of Cambridge.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 18 November 2010, 10:00-16:00

Organic Chemistry

The Discovery of Orally Bioavailable CGRP Receptor Antagonists: From Concept to Clinical Efficacy

Dr Ian Bell, Merck, USA.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 15 November 2010, 17:00-18:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Systems chemistry – Teaching simple molecules to do complex things

Prof Douglas Philp, School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 11 November 2010, 16:00-17:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Novel Types of Organic Electronic Materials: Polyselenophenes and Oligofurans

Professor Michael Bendikov, Weizman Institute, Israel.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 11 November 2010, 14:00-15:00

Organic Chemistry

No Strain, No Gain?: Lessons in Catalysis

Professor Mark Lautens, University of Toronto.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 08 November 2010, 14:00-15:00

Organic Chemistry

Pfizer Graduate Symposium and talk

Graduate speakers: Mr Pawel Sledz (Abell Group), Mr Mike Housden (Paterson Group), Mr Michael Cooke (Gaunt group)

Dr Daffydd Owen, Pfizer Global Research & Development,.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 01 November 2010, 13:00-18:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

The Use of Cucurbit[8]uril for Gold Nanoparticle Self-Assembly in Water

Mr Sam Jones, University of Cambridge, Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 28 October 2010, 16:30-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Towards the syntheses of chiral bidentate ligands in the form of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers

Miss Anna Andreou, University of Cambridge, Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 28 October 2010, 16:00-16:30

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Engineering microenvironments to control cell fate and behaviour

Dr Chunming Wang, University of Cambridge, Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 21 October 2010, 16:30-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Deformation of droplet/double emulsion in microfludics

Mr Shaohua Ma, University of Cambridge, Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 21 October 2010, 16:00-16:30

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Monolithic Polymers: Innovations in Stationary Phase Technology for Separation Science

Dr Zarah Walsh, University of Cambridge, Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 14 October 2010, 16:00-17:00

Inorganic Chemistry

New Supramolecular Strategies in Transition Metal Catalysis

Professor Joost Reek, Van t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, Amsterdam.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 07 October 2010, 14:00-15:00

Organic Chemistry

New Supramolecular Strategies in Transition Metal Catalysis

Joint with Inorganic Chemistry

Professor Joost Reek, Van t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, Amsterdam..

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 07 October 2010, 14:00-15:00

Organic Chemistry

Small Molecules and Light as Tools for the Regulation of Biological Processes

Professor Alex Dieter North Carolina State University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 01 October 2010, 16:15-17:15

Inorganic Chemistry

Structure-property relationships of molecular crystals

Professor Len Barbour, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 22 September 2010, 14:00-15:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Developing Catalytic Reactions One Step at a Time

Professor Jennifer Love, University of British Columbia, Canada.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 10 September 2010, 14:00-15:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Organic Host Materials for Highly Efficient Phosphorescent Organic Light-Emitting Diodes

Prof Chuluo Yang, Wuhan University, China.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 07 September 2010, 12:00-13:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Macromolecular Self-Assembly through Cucurbit[8]uril Ternary Complexes

Mr Urs Rauwald, Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, University of Cambridge.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 01 July 2010, 16:00-16:30

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Lewis acid-base pairs and host-guest interactions: towards dynamic functional materials

Mr Nicolas Nouvel, Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, University of Cambridge.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 10 June 2010, 15:00-15:30

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Chiral Azopolymers and Azobenzene-Containing Linear-Dendritic Block Copolymers: Synthesis, Characterization and Optical Properties

Dr Jesus del Barrio, Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, University of Cambridge.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 26 May 2010, 17:00-17:30

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Tuning hierarchical structures with multiple hydrogen bonding interactions

Mr Adam Celiz, Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, University of Cambridge.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 26 May 2010, 16:30-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

The synthetic aspects of polyelectrolyte brushes

Miss Nan Cheng, Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, University of Cambridge.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 26 May 2010, 16:00-16:30

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Smart and Flexible: Stimulus-responsive polymer brushes on elastic substrates

Mr Tim Kelby, Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, University of Cambridge.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 26 May 2010, 15:30-16:00

Organic Chemistry

Exploring the evolutionary relationships and the reaction chemistry in a family of crucial biosynthetic aldolases

Professor Emily J Parker, University of Canterbury - Christchurch, New Zealand.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 24 May 2010, 17:00-18:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

CANCELLED - Synthesis of Polymeric Probes to Control Cell Recognition and Signaling

Melville Lectureship Speaker

Prof Laura L Kiessling, Dept of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 20 May 2010, 16:00-17:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Designing metal containing anticancer drugs in the absence of a well defined target

THIS IS A CHANGE FROM THE ORIGINAL TIME

Professor Paul Dyson, EPFL.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 19 May 2010, 15:00-16:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Materials Chemistry and Climate Change

Professor Peter Bruce, University of St Andrews.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 13 May 2010, 16:00-17:00

Inorganic Chemistry

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

Inaugural Lecture

Professor Clare Grey.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

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

Organic Chemistry

Multicomponent approaches to organic synthesis and chemical biology

Jared Shaw.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 10 May 2010, 17:00-18:00

Organic Chemistry

CANCELLED

Juan Granja.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 10 May 2010, 17:00-18:00

Organic Chemistry

Shedding Light on the Biosynthesis of Cyanobacterial Sunscreens

Dr Emily Balskus, Harvard Medical School.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 30 April 2010, 17:00-18:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Nanosized Clusters with Main Group elements as Ligands

Lewis Lecture

Professor Dieter Fenske.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 30 April 2010, 16:00-17:00

Organic Chemistry

Joe Spencer Memorial Lectures

11.00 Prof Peter Leadley (Cambridge), 11.45 Dr Joseph Wright (UEA), 12.15 Dr Dieter Spiteller (MPI Jena), 1.45 Prof Timor Baasov (Technion, Isreal), 2.30 Dr Andrew Truman (Cambridge), 3.00 Prof David O'Hagan (St Andrews), 4.15 Prof Jin-Quan Yu (Scripps).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 23 April 2010, 11:00-18:00

Inorganic Chemistry

EPR spectroscopy of transition metal clusters and clusters-of-clusters

Professor Eric McInnes, University of Manchester.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 22 April 2010, 14:00-15:30

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Tailoring multivalent interactions in the design of biomaterials

Professor Kristi Kiick (Materials Science & Engineering, University of Delaware).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 21 April 2010, 11:00-12:00

Organic Chemistry

CANCELLED DUE TO AIR TRAVEL PROBLEMS

Emily Parker.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 19 April 2010, 17:00-18:00

Organic Chemistry

Structural biology of small RNA-mediated gene regulation and methylation-mark mediated epigenetic regulation

Dr, Dinshaw J. Patel, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 25 March 2010, 17:00-18:00

Inorganic Chemistry

What will a nanobot look like?

Alex Hopkins Lecture

Professor Tony Ryan.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 18 March 2010, 16:00-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Complex architecures of conjugated polymers via Suzuki and Kumada chain-growth polycondensations

Please note the venue is the Wolfson Lecture Theatre

Dr Anton Kiriy (Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V.).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 11 March 2010, 16:00-17:00

Inorganic Chemistry

BP Day

3rd Year PhD students.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 11 March 2010, 12:00-18:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Extended ß-Triketone Derivatives: Versatile Building Blocks for Metallosupramolecular Chemistry and Crystal Engineering

RSC Centenary Lecturer, 2009-2010

Professor Leonard Lindoy.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 08 March 2010, 17:00-18:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Colloidal forces – Tackling mechanics and interactions of complex particles using AFM/optics combination

Prof Andreas Fery, University of Bayreuth Department of Physical Chemistry.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 04 March 2010, 16:00-17:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Framework Materials: Fascinating Properties

Professor John Evans, University of Durham.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 04 March 2010, 14:00-15:30

Organic Chemistry

Chiral Carbenoids for Asymmetric Synthesis

Professor Varinder Aggarwal, University of Bristol.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 01 March 2010, 17:00-18:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Strong CH Hydrogen Bonds: The Newest Player in the field of Anion Receptors

Professor Amar Flood, University of Indiana.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 25 February 2010, 14:00-15:30

Organic Chemistry

Sequencing genomes and sequences in the genome: from chemistry to medicine

Inaugural Professorial Lecture: in the presence of Marcus and Jennifer Smith

Professor Shankar Balasubramanian, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 22 February 2010, 17:00-18:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Dynamics and Structure of Short Biopolymers Probed by Fluorescence

Leverhulme Visiting Professor Seminar

Professor Werner Nau (Jacobs University, Bremen).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 18 February 2010, 16:00-17:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Self-Assembly and Self-Sorting: How to Construct and Characterize Complex Architectures

Professor Christoph Schalley, Institut fur Chemie & Biochemie der Freien Universitat Berlin.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 18 February 2010, 14:00-15:30

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Semiconductor Block Copolymers for Organic Electronic Devices

Dr Michael Sommer (Melville Laboratory, University of Cambridge).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 04 February 2010, 16:00-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Cyclodextrin Nanomachines at Work

Dr Roger Coulston (Melville Laboratory, University of Cambridge).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 28 January 2010, 16:00-17:00

Organic Chemistry

Development of New Methods for Catalytic C–H Functionalization: Critical Interplay between Catalyst Design and Mechanistic Analysis

Eli Lilley Lecture

Professor Melanie Sanford, University of Mighigan, USA.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 25 January 2010, 17:00-18:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Colourful chemistry with zwitterionic-type pi-ligands and their metal complexes

Professor Pierre Braunstein, University of Strasbourg.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 21 January 2010, 17:00-18:00

Organic Chemistry

New Catalysis Concepts

Professor David W. C. MacMillan, Princeton University, USA.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 13 January 2010, 17:00-18:00

Inorganic Chemistry

BP Day

3rd Year PhD students.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 07 January 2010, 13:00-17:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Designer Crystals: Bio-Inspired Approaches to Controlling Crystallisation

Professor Fiona Meldrum, University of Leeds.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 10 December 2009, 14:00-15:30

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Chemistry of Acenes - toward a Possible Poly(acene)

Dr Douglas Neckers.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 03 December 2009, 16:00-17:00

Organic Chemistry

New Strategies for the Synthesis of Glycopeptides and Glycoproteins

Dr Richard Payne, University of Sydney.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 30 November 2009, 17:00-18:00

Organic Chemistry

New Genetic Codes

Dr Jason Chin, University of Cambridge, MRC-LMB.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 23 November 2009, 17:00-18:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Binding Studies on CB[6] with a Series of 1-Alkyl-3-methylimidazolium Ionic Liquids

Miss Nan Zhao, University of Cambridge, Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 19 November 2009, 16:30-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Polymeric building blocks for supramolecular complexation with cucurbit[8]uril

Mr Eric Appel, University of Cambridge, Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 19 November 2009, 16:00-16:30

Inorganic Chemistry

The physical and chemical state of nanoparticulate catalysts during carbon nanotube and silicon nanowire CVD

Dr Stephan Hoffman, University of Cambridge, Dept. of Engineering.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 19 November 2009, 14:00-15:30

Organic Chemistry

Metallonitrene/Alkyne Metathesis and Beyond: Transition Metal Catalyzed Oxidative Amination for Organic Synthesis

Professor Simon Blakey, Emory University, USA.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 16 November 2009, 17:00-18:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Microdroplets in Microfluidics: Towards Emulsion Crystals

Mr Wolfgang-Andreas Bauer, University of Cambridge, Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 12 November 2009, 16:30-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Heterojunction Control of Organic & Hybrid Photovoltaic Semiconductor Devices

Miss Einat Elmalem, University of Cambridge, Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 12 November 2009, 16:00-16:30

Inorganic Chemistry

Metal-organic frameworks for chemistry and medicine - Can we design them?

Professor Russell Morris, University of St Andrews.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 12 November 2009, 14:00-15:30

Organic Chemistry

Adventures in conjugate addition chemistry: from alkene hydroacylation to protein bioconjugation

Professor Steve Caddick, UCL.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 09 November 2009, 17:00-18:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Functional Nanostructures and Sensors by Self-Assembly

Prof Kay Severin (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 05 November 2009, 16:00-17:00

Organic Chemistry

Design of chiral ligands for asymmetric copper-catalyzed reactions

Professor Alex Alexakis, University of Geneva.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 02 November 2009, 17:00-18:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Colloids, surfaces and reversible supramolecular interactions: Towards light-driven motion

Mr Feng Tian, University of Cambridge, Mellville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 29 October 2009, 16:30-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Determination of binding constants for cucurbit[8]uril complexes: differences in aqueous versus gas-phase binding

Mr Frank Biedermann, University of Cambridge, Meville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 29 October 2009, 16:00-16:30

Inorganic Chemistry

Probing the structure of organic-inorganic biocomposites

Dr Melinda Duer, University of Cambridge.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 29 October 2009, 14:00-15:30

Organic Chemistry

Graduate Symposium plus Successful Drug Discovery and Development at Pfizer: Thanks to Organic Synthesis

Dr Dafydd Owen from Pfizer.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 26 October 2009, 13:00-18:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Synthesis of Chiral Bidentate Phosphorous Ligands in the Form of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIP)

Miss Mei-Hsuan Tsai, University of Cambridge, Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 22 October 2009, 16:30-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Synthesis and Isolation of cucurbit[n]uril: a supramolecular host

Mr Dezhi Jiao, University of Cambridge, Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 22 October 2009, 16:00-16:30

Organic Chemistry

Sorting the Wheat from the Chaff - Route Selection using Kepner-Tregoe Decision Analysis

Dr Jeremy Parker from Astra Zeneca.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 19 October 2009, 17:00-18:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Turning Cavitands into Materials

Professor Enrico Dalcanale, University of Parma.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 15 October 2009, 16:00-17:00

Inorganic Chemistry

The Many Faces of Heme in Biology

Professor Emma Raven, University of Leicester.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 15 October 2009, 14:00-15:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

New Motifs Blocks for Molecular Recognition: From DNA Bases and Protein-Surfaces to a-Helices and b-Sheets

Dr Andrew J Wilson (University of Leeds).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 08 October 2009, 16:00-17:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Halogen Bonding and Metal Ion Coordination in Supramolecular Complexes

Professor Kari Rissanen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 01 October 2009, 14:00-15:30

Organic Chemistry

Atom Economic Transformations Catalysed by Low-Valent Cobalt Complexes

All Welcome

Professor Gerhard Hilt (Marburg University).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 24 September 2009, 17:00-18:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Chirality in supramolecular polymers

Maarten Smulders, University of Technology, Eindhoven.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 10 September 2009, 16:00-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Molecular Understanding, Design and Development of Zwitterionic-based Biomaterials

Prof Shaoyi Jiang, Boeing-Roundhill Professor of Chemical Engineering & Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 26 August 2009, 14:00-15:00

Organic Chemistry

Opportunities and Lessons in Chemistry and Biology Stemming from an Investment in Total Synthesis

Professor Andrew Phillips, University of Colorado.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 13 August 2009, 17:00-18:30

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Characterisation of Adhesion Phenomena & contact of surfaces by Soft Colloidal Probe – AFM

Johann Erath, University of Bayreuth, Germany.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 04 August 2009, 15:00-16:00

Organic Chemistry

Recent advances in the area of asymmetric hydrogenation

Professor Xumu Zhang, Rutgers University, USA.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 03 August 2009, 17:00-18:00

Organic Chemistry

Synthetic Peptides for DNA and Protein recognition

Professor Jose-Luis Mascarenas, University of Santiago de Compostela.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 22 July 2009, 11:00-12:00

Organic Chemistry

Chiral Proton Catalysis: The Development of New Reactions and Reagents for Alkaloid Synthesis

Professor Jeff Johnston, Vanderbilt University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 03 July 2009, 17:00-18:00

Organic Chemistry

"Mechanisms, Structures and Chemical Informatics"

Dr Jonathan Goodman, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 22 June 2009, 17:00-18:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Self-Assembled Soft Materials and the In Situ Synthesis of Nanoparticles

Dr George John, The City College of New York, CUNY.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 05 June 2009, 14:00-15:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Electrochemical formation of responsive hydrogel films for bioanalytics

Dr. Johanna Bünsow, Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, University of Cambridge.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 04 June 2009, 16:00-17:00

Organic Chemistry

Synthesis of Bridged Natural Products

Speaker to be confirmed.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 01 June 2009, 17:00-18:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Molecular tectonics: from building blocks to crystals

Professor M.W. Hosseini, Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), Universite de Strasbourg.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 28 May 2009, 16:00-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Matrix elasticity directs stem cell lineage – Better (polymeric) materials for Better biology

Melville Lecture

Professor Dennis Discher, Biophysical Eng. & Nanobiopolymers Lab, University of Pennsylvania.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 21 May 2009, 16:00-17:00

Organic Chemistry

Merck Lectureship Talk 3 - Probing Intracellular Signalling Processes with Phosphatidyl Inositol Polyphosphates .

Part of the Merck Lectureship series of talks

Professor Andrew Holmes, Bio21 Institute & CSIRO Mol & Health Tech, University of Melbourne, Australia.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 15 May 2009, 17:00-18:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Assembling and breaking: competitive interactions between polymer, drug and cyclodextrin

Dr Cecile Dreiss, Pharmaceutical Science Division, King's College London.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 14 May 2009, 16:00-17:00

Organic Chemistry

Merck Lectureship Talk 2 - Pericyclic Reactions in the Synthesis of Medium Ring Ether and Piperidine Alkaloids of Biological Importance

Part of the Merck Lectureship series of talks

Professor Andrew Holmes, Bio21 Institute & CSIRO Mol & Health Tech, University of Melbourne, Australia.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 13 May 2009, 17:00-18:00

Organic Chemistry

Merck Lectureship Talk 1 - Seeing the Light With Polymers

Part of the Merck Lectureship series of talks

Professor Andrew Holmes, Bio21 Institute & CSIRO Mol & Health Tech, University of Melbourne, Australia.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 11 May 2009, 17:00-18:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Organometallic f-Element Chemistry and the Importance of Questioning Scientific Assumptions

RSC Sir Edward Frankland Prize Lectureship

Professor William J Evans, University of California Irvine, USA.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 11 May 2009, 11:00-12:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Boronic acid based materials for carbohydrate detection

Dr Tony James, University of Bath.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 07 May 2009, 16:00-17:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Model Chemistry, theoretical calculations and recent advances in understanding the chemistry of nitrogenase

Professor Dimitri Coucouvanis, University of Michigan.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 07 May 2009, 14:00-15:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Investigation of multivalent glycan interactions on functional surfaces

Dr Carlo Fasting, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 30 April 2009, 16:00-17:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Rapid and efficient production and oxidation of hydrogen by air-sensitive metalloenzymes: electrochemistry, mechanisms and implications for life and energy

Lewis Lecture

Professor Fraser Armstrong, University of Oxford.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 30 April 2009, 14:00-15:30

Organic Chemistry

Sustainability Through the Confluence of Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Catalysis

Talk of interest to all branches of chemistry

Sir John Meurig Thomas, University of Cambridge.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 28 April 2009, 16:15-17:15

Organic Chemistry

Sugars and Enzymes

Professor Ben Davis, University of Oxford.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 27 April 2009, 17:00-18:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Construction Principles in the Development of New Molecular Catalysts

Dr Lutz Gade, University of Heidelberg.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 23 April 2009, 15:00-16:00

Inorganic Chemistry

New Anion Receptors and Transporters

Professor Phil Gale, University of Southampton.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 21 April 2009, 14:00-15:00

Organic Chemistry

SCI Graduate Symposium

More details to be confirmed nearer the time

SCI Graduate Symposium speakers to be confirmed.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 20 April 2009, 13:00-18:00

Organic Chemistry

Asymmetric Synthesis of Nitrogen Heterocycles using Sulfinimines

Professor Franklin Davis, Temple University, Philadelphia USA.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 15 April 2009, 17:00-18:00

Organic Chemistry

Amino Acid Promoted Ullman Reactions and their Applications in Organic Synthesis

Professor Dawei Ma, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 03 April 2009, 16:00-17:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Uranium Sandwiches: Activating Small Molecules with Uranium Petalene and Cyclooctatetraene Complexes

Dr Geoff Cloke, University of Sussex.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 02 April 2009, 14:00-15:00

Inorganic Chemistry

From Polyoxometalate-based building blocks to Functional Nanoclusters, Frameworks and Self-Fabricating Materials

Professor Lee Cronin, University of Glasgow.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 26 March 2009, 14:00-15:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Single-Molecule Magnets and Magnetic Refrigerants

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

Professor Euan Brechin (University of Edinburgh).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 22 January 2009, 14:00-15:00

Organic Chemistry

Finding the Needle in a Haystack and From Bathtubs to Pipes

Dr David Ager (DSM, Raleigh-Durham, USA).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 15 December 2008, 17:00-18:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Technomimetic Nanomachines: A wheelbarrow and a molecular motor

Gwenael Rapenne (University of Toulouse).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 11 December 2008, 14:00-15:00

Organic Chemistry

Designing screens and screening designs: from catalytic antibodies to peptide dendrimer enzyme models

Jean-Louis Reymond (University of Berne).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 08 December 2008, 17:00-18:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Nano-sized architectures: folding, metal coordination and assembly

Dr Ivan Huc (Bordeaux University).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 04 December 2008, 16:00-17:00

Organic Chemistry

Biomimetic Organocatalysis: From Concepts to Applications

Professor Magnus Rueping (University of Frankfurt, Germany).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 24 November 2008, 17:00-18:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Controlled redox and activation reactions in organometallic f-block complexes

Dr Polly Arnold (University of Edinburgh).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 20 November 2008, 14:00-15:00

Organic Chemistry

Epoxide-Opening Cascades

ELI LILLY LECTURE

Professor Tim Jamison (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 17 November 2008, 17:00-18:00

Organic Chemistry

Progress Toward a Synthesis of Phomactin A

Professor Richard Hsung (University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 10 November 2008, 17:00-18:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Making semiconducting polymers - the long and the short of it

Professor Michael Turner (University of Manchester).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 06 November 2008, 16:00-17:00

Inorganic Chemistry

CPGS Talks

CPGS Talks.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 06 November 2008, 14:00-15:00

Organic Chemistry

Search for New Antibacterials Using Diversity-Oriented Synthesis

Dr David Spring (University of Cambridge).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 03 November 2008, 17:00-18:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Effects of surface chemistry on epidermal stem cell differentiation

Miss Britta Trappmann (University of Cambridge, Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 30 October 2008, 16:00-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Stimuli-Responsive Materials - Aqueous Phase Cucurbituril Assemblies

Mr Jameel Zayed (University of Cambridge, Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 30 October 2008, 16:00-17:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Selective Molecular Transformations Using Organic Superbases

Professor Yoshinori Kondo (Tohoku University).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 30 October 2008, 14:00-15:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Hierarchical self-assembly in aqueous media

Mr John Lee (University of Cambridge, Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 23 October 2008, 16:00-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Droplet-interface Bilayers Formation in Microfluidic Devices

Mr Yunpeng Bai (University of Cambridge, Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 23 October 2008, 16:00-17:00

Inorganic Chemistry

New Bond Activations at Transition Metal Centers: Fundamental Studies and Applications to Catalysis

T. Don Tilley (University of California at Berkeley).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 20 October 2008, 14:00-15:00

Organic Chemistry

Modern Medicinal Chemistry in the Hit to Lead Arena

PFIZER GRADUATE SYMPOSIUM

Dr Dafydd Owen (Pfizer Global Research & Development, Sandwich, UK).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 17 October 2008, 17:00-18:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Nanoimprinting Functional Polymers

Miss Jo Slota (University of Cambridge, Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 16 October 2008, 16:00-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Catalytic Interfaces for Organic Synthesis in Microdroplets

Miss Ashleigh Theberge (University of Cambridge, Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 16 October 2008, 16:00-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Mr Luis Fidalgo (University of Cambridge – Melville Laboratory).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 12 June 2008, 16:00-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Probing the internal structure of polymer brushes

Mr Ron Oren (University of Cambridge – Melville Laboratory).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 05 June 2008, 16:00-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: New Applications in Materials Chemistry

Dr Chris Bielawski (University of Texas, Austin, Texas).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 29 May 2008, 16:00-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Dynamic Self-Assembly of Macromolecules and Small Molecules

Professor Sam Stupp, The Stupp Laboratory at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 16 May 2008, 16:00-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

The Chemistry, Structure and Function of the DNA Quadruple Helix

Prof Shankar Balasubramanian (University of Cambridge – Department of Chemistry).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 08 May 2008, 16:00-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Surface modification of Poly(dimethylsiloxane) via self-organization of vinyl-terminated small molecules

Ms Maaike van Poll (University of Cambridge – Melville Laboratory).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 01 May 2008, 16:00-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Simultaneous determination of protein structure and dynamics

Dr Michele Vendruscolo (University of Cambridge – Department of Chemistry).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 24 April 2008, 16:00-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Biomimetic self-assembly of block copolymers: polypeptide-based vesicle as synthetic model of viral capsid

Prof Sebastien Lecommandoux.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 06 March 2008, 16:00-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Oligomerization-deoligomerization synthetic strategy and cucurbituril

Dr Li Liu, University of Cambridge - Melville Laboratory.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 28 February 2008, 16:00-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Casting Nanostructures for NanoPhotonics

Prof Jeremy Baumberg, University of Cambridge - NanoPhotonics Centre.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 21 February 2008, 16:00-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Functional Amphiphilic Block Copolymers prepared via Ring Opening metathesis Polymerization

Dr Kurt Stubenrauch, University of Cambridge - Melville Laboratory.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 14 February 2008, 16:00-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Design of New Generations of "Smart" Materials using Controlled Radical Polymerizations Techniques

Dr Jean-Francois Lutz, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 07 February 2008, 16:00-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Moving microdroplets: Techniques for manipulating picolitre droplets in microchannels

Dr Graeme Whyte, University of Cambridge - Melville Laboratory.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 31 January 2008, 16:00-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

DNA Block Copolymers: Programmable Macromolecular Amphiphiles

Prof Dr Andreas Herrmann, University of Groningen - Polymer Chemistry and Bioengineering.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 24 January 2008, 16:00-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Supramolecular Polymers Bearing Self-Complementary Hydrogen Bonding End-Groups

Adam Celiz, University of Cambridge, Melville Laboratory.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 06 December 2007, 16:30-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Nanoimprint lithography for application in polymer electronics

Ximin He, University of Cambridge, Melville Laboratory.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 06 December 2007, 16:00-16:30

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Coordination polymers, metallo-gels and discrete metallo-supramolecular assemblies with cyclotriveratrylene-based or flat tripodal ligands

Dr Michaele J Hardie, University of Leeds.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 29 November 2007, 16:00-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Functionalized cucurbiturils and their applications

Professor Kimoon Kim, Center for Smart Supramolecules, Pohang University of Science & Technology.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 26 November 2007, 14:15-15:15

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Bio-inspired nanomaterials for sensing and regenerative medicine

Dr Molly M Stevens, Imperial College, London.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 22 November 2007, 16:00-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Design and synthesis of new biocatalysts

Professor Ehud Keinan, Scripps Research Institute, California and The Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion-Israel Instiitute of Technology.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 15 November 2007, 16:00-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Cucurbituril meets polymer: Be my guest!

Urs Rauwald, University of Cambridge, Melville Laboratory.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 01 November 2007, 16:30-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Synthesis and potential chiral catalytic application of nanoparticles from RAFT polymerised, optically active, amphiphilic diblock copolymers

Jared Skey, University of Cambridge, Melville Laboratory.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 01 November 2007, 16:00-16:30