Solid State Seminar Series

Solid State Seminar June 2018

Dr Lucy Clark (University of Liverpool).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 28 June 2018, 16:00-17:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Perylene-Based Poly(N-Heterocycles): Organic Semiconductors, Biological Fluorescence Probes and Building Blocks for Molecular Surface Networks

Professor Lutz Gade, Heidelberg University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 01 March 2018, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Identification of Active Species and Mechanistic Pathways in the Enantioselective Catalysis with 3d Transition Metal Pincer Complexes

Professor Lutz H. Gade, Heidelburg University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 27 February 2018, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

From binary anionic P4 analogs to ternary intermetalloid clusters

Stefanie Dehnen, Philipps University Marburg.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 18 January 2018, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Coordination Self-Assembly: From the Origins to the Latest Advances

Prof. Makoto Fujita, University of Tokyo.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 18 May 2017, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

2017 Lord Lewis Lecture (II) Plasmonics for sustainability: harvesting light energy for new solar applications

Professor Naomi Halas, RICE University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 28 April 2017, 16:00-17:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

2017 Lord Lewis Lecture (I) Sustainable plasmonics: abundant materials for modular photocatalysis

Professor Naomi Halas, RICE University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 26 April 2017, 16:00-17:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Cellulose-based helical micro/nano filaments and films

Prof. Maria Helena Figueiredo Godinho, Universidad Nova de Lisboa.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 11 April 2017, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

RSC Prizewinner's seminar: Self-assembed coordination cages: host-guest chemistry and functional behaviour

Prof. Michael Ward, University of Sheffield.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 16 March 2017, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Biomimicry with Synthetic Receptors: Self-Assembly and Molecular Recognition

Richard Hooley, University of California.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 16 February 2017, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Melville Lecture 2: Rational Strategy for Chain-Growth Supramolecular Polymerization

Professor Takuzo Aida, University of Tokyo .

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 09 February 2017, 16:00-17:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Melville Lecture 1: Stimuli-Responsive Smart Soft Materials abricated under Nonequilibrated Conditions

Professor Takuzo Aida, University of Tokyo .

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 07 February 2017, 16:00-17:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Molecular Organisation: Working with Molecules on the Nanoscale

Prof. Neil Champness, University of Nottingham.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 19 January 2017, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Label-free detection mechanism for carbon nanoparticles using non-linear optical excitation

Dr. Christian Steuwe, Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, University of Leuven.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 13 January 2017, 12:30-13:30

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Interfacial Coordination Programming of 1D and 2D Materials

Prof. Hiroshi Nishihara, University of Tokyo.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 08 December 2016, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

RSC Prizewinner's seminar - From the Digitisation of Matter to Chemical Cybernetics

Prof. Lee Cronin, University of Glasgow.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 01 December 2016, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Self-assembly of jammed heterogeneous colloidal shells by combining electrohydrodynamics and dielectrophoresis

Prof. Jon Otto Fossum, Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 10 November 2016, 14:00-15:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

“TRANSLATION OF FUNDAMENTAL CHEMISTRY TO FUNCTIONAL NANOSCOPIC MACROMOLECULES DESIGNED FOR ADVANCED APPLICATIONS”

Karen L. Wooley, W. T. Doherty-Welch Chair in Chemistry and Distinguished Professor at Texas A&M University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 05 May 2016, 16:00-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

“NATURAL PRODUCT-BASED ENGINEERING POLYMERS: A SPECIAL EMPHASIS TOWARD (DEGRADABLE) MATERIALS FOR ORTHOPEDIC, DRUG DELIVERY AND OTHER APPLICATIONS”

Karen L. Wooley, W. T. Doherty-Welch Chair in Chemistry and Distinguished Professor at Texas A&M University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 03 May 2016, 16:00-17:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Molecular Electronics for Chemical Sensors

Prof. Timothy M. Swager, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 29 April 2016, 16:00-17:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

2016 Lord Lewis Lecture: Dynamic Particles for Biological and Chemical Sensing

Prof. Timothy M. Swager, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 27 April 2016, 16:00-17:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Nature Inspired Manufacturing Workshop

Roberto Cingolani, Erwin Reisner, Pierre Emannuel Fayemi, Danilo De Rossi, Carlos Rego.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 15 December 2015, 09:00-13:30

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Nature Inspired Manufacturing Workshop

Thomas Speck, Ryad Benosman, Carlos Saez, Theresa Millard, Iain Valentine.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 14 December 2015, 14:00-18:30

Physical Chemistry Research Interest Group

Urban Air Quality: An Increasing Challenge for Public Health

Professor Frank Kelly, King's College London.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 17 November 2015, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Dynamics of Airborne Droplets

Joint RIG seminar - note unusual time and place

Professor Jonathan Reid, Bristol University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 27 October 2015, 16:00-17:15

sc867's list

Luminescent materials by controlling and managing self-assembly

Professor Luisa De Cola - University of Strasbourg, Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (ISIS).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 14 May 2015, 14:30-15:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

G-quadruplex: the DNA quadruple helix

Professor Shankar Balasubramanian FMedSci FRS (CRUK and Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 12 March 2014, 19:00-20:30

Organic Chemistry

"Porous Organic Cages - A Serious Alternative to Extended Framework Materials"

Professor Michael Mastalerz, Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 12 August 2013, 14:00-15:30

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Mechanistic and structural studies on thiamin biosynthetic enzymes

Professor Tadgh P. Begley, D. H. R. Barton and Robert A. Welch Chair in Chemistry, Texas A&M University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 30 April 2012, 17:00-18:00

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

'Chemistry of Oxygen Sensing in Animals'

Prof. Christopher Schofield, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 12 March 2012, 17:00-18:00

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

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Title to be confirmed

RSC Prize Lecture

Dr G Marius Clore, National Institutes of Health, USA.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 23 February 2012, 17:00-18:00

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

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Small Molecule Control of Intracellular Protein Levels

Joint Synthesis/Biological RIG Colloquium

Prof. Craig M. Crews, Dept. of Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology, Dept. of Pharmacology & Dept. of Chemistry, Yale University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 18 January 2012, 17:00-18:00

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

'The Chemistry of Genome Maintenance'

Prof. Dr Thomas Carell - Chemical Science Lecturer.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 22 November 2011, 16:50-17:35

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

'The Chemistry of Genome Maintenance'

Professor Thomas Carell -Chemical Science Lecturer.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 22 November 2011, 16:50-17:35

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

[2+2]-Photocycloaddition reactions: New selectivity patterns and synthetic applications

Professor Thorsten Bach, Technical University of Munich, Germany.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 03 November 2011, 17:00-18:00

Department of Chemistry

Title to be confirmed

Professor Erick Carreira, ETH- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Switzerland.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 17 October 2011, 17:00-18:00

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Title to be confirmed

Professor Erick Carreira, ETH- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Switzerland.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 17 October 2011, 17:00-18:00

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

Organic Chemistry

CANCELLED

Professor Mike Krische, University of Texas.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Joe Spencer Memorial Symposium

C-H Activation Reactions (tbc)

Prof. Jin-Quan Yu (Scripps).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 23 April 2010, 16:15-17:00

Joe Spencer Memorial Symposium

The fluorinase from Streptomyces cattleya: Where we are now

Prof. David O'Hagan (St Andrew's).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 23 April 2010, 15:00-15:45

Joe Spencer Memorial Symposium

Engineering Glycosyl Transferases (tbc)

Dr Andrew Truman (Cambridge).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 23 April 2010, 14:30-15:00

Joe Spencer Memorial Symposium

Designer Aminoglycosides: The Race to Develop Improved Antibiotics and Compounds for the Treatment of Human Genetic Diseases

Prof. Timor Baasov (Technion, Israel).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 23 April 2010, 13:45-14:30

Joe Spencer Memorial Symposium

How do microbial symbionts help higher organisms to fight infections?

Dr Dieter Spiteller (M.P.I. Jena).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 23 April 2010, 12:15-12:45

Joe Spencer Memorial Symposium

Model hydrogenase subsites: seeing hydride formation as it happens

Dr Joseph Wright (Univ. of East Anglia).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 23 April 2010, 11:45-12:15

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

Joe Spencer Memorial Symposium

Biosynthesis of Polyketides (tbc)

Prof. Peter Leadlay (Cambridge).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 23 April 2010, 11:00-11:45

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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