Biophysical Seminars

Biologically inspired de novo protein structure prediction

Professor Charlotte Deane, Professor of Structural Bioinformatics & Head of Department, Department of Statistics University of Oxford.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 17 January 2018, 10:30-11:30

Biophysical Seminars

New insights into protein misfolding in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases using in vivo systems

Professor Dennis Selkoe, Harvard Medical School, Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham & Women’s Hospital.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 13 December 2017, 11:00-12:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

On-The-Fly AB Initio Semiclassical Dynamics for Computing Vibrationally Resolved Electronic Spectra

Professor Jiří Vaníček (EPFL, Lausanne).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 01 November 2017, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Predicting and Designing the Self-Assembly of Colloidal Particles: A Computer Game

Formal Materials - Theory Seminar

Professor Marjolein Dijkstra, Utrecht University.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Friday 20 October 2017, 13:00-14:00

Biophysical Seminars

Pathogenic vs. Reversible Amyloid & Inhibition of Aggregation

Prof David Eisenberg, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, UCLA-DOE Institute, Departments of Biological Chemistry and Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 01 March 2017, 11:00-12:00

Biophysical Seminars

New insights into protein misfolding in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases using in vivo systems

Prof Dennis Selkoe, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Friday 17 February 2017, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Designing “Materials that Compute”: Exploiting the Properties of Self-oscillating Polymer Gels

Prof. Anna C. Balazs, University of Pittsburgh.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Friday 29 April 2016, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Disordered Hyperuniform Many-Particle Systems: New States of Amorphous Matter

Salvatore Torquato Dept. of Chemistry, Dept. of Physics, Materials Institute and Applied & Computational Mathematics, Princeton University.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Monday 07 December 2015, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Enhancing classical and quantum molecular simulations with colored noise

Michele Ceriotti, EPFL.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 10 June 2015, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

DE NOVO PROTEINS: MYTH OR MYSTERY?

Erich Bornberg-Bauer, The Westfalian Wilhelms University of Münster.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 20 May 2015, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Towards Artificial Living Materials

Michael Brenner, Harvard University.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 13 May 2015, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Multiscale modelling of polymers at the soft-bio interface

Paola Carbone, University of Manchester.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 06 May 2015, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

In Silico Therapeutic Antibody Design

Charlotte Deane, University of Oxford.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 29 April 2015, 15:30-16:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Thermostabilisation of G protein-coupled receptors to facilitate structure determination

Chris Tate, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 22 April 2015, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Slow dynamics in self-assembly and protein folding

Rob Jack, University of Bath.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 04 March 2015, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

How cells get to be the right size and put things at the right place inside them

Martin Howard, John Innes Centre.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 25 February 2015, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Nested Sampling for bulk materials

Gabor Csanyi, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 18 February 2015, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Modelling by Natural Moves

Peter Minary, University of Oxford.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 11 February 2015, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Sampled Energy Landscapes: Analysis and Comparison

Frederic Cazals, Inria Sophia-Antipolis, Algorithms-Biology-Structure.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 04 February 2015, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

MOLECULAR STRUCTURES AND MACHINERY FROM DNA: SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY FROM THE BOTTOM UP

Andrew Turberfield, University of Oxford.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 28 January 2015, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Catalysis on Steroids: A Journey into an Enzyme’s Active Site

Stephen Fried, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 21 January 2015, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Harvesting "blue" energy from mixing river- and sea water with supercapacitors

Professor Rene van Roij (Utrecht University).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 19 November 2014, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Density functional theory for molecules in magnetic fields

Dr Andy Teale (University of Nottingham).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 12 November 2014, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

How does bacterial growth state affect the efficacy of antibiotic treatment?

Dr Rosalind Allen (University of Edinburgh).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 05 November 2014, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Molecular random tilings

Professor Juan Garrahan (University of Nottingham).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 29 October 2014, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Generalizing Euclidean distance to understand polymer uncrossing and knotting: A physicist’s foray into protein folding

Professor Steven Plotkin (The University of British Columbia).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Thursday 08 May 2014, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

(Photo)electrocatalysis: Theory and Mechanisms of Charge Transfer at Metal Surfaces

Professor Emily Carter (Princeton University).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Monday 17 February 2014, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Quantum Mechanics without Wavefunctions

Professor Emily Carter (Princeton University).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 12 February 2014, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Running Combustion Backwards: Fuels from Sunlight, From First Principles

The Linnett Lecture

Professor Emily Carter (Princeton University).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Tuesday 11 February 2014, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Multiscale modelling and mutation approaches to thermal functional dynamics in proteins

Professor Tom McLeish (Durham University).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 29 January 2014, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

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

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

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

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

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

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

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

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

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

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

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

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

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

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

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

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

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

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

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

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

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

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

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

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

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

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

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

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

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

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

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

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

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

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

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 - Chemistry Research Interest Group

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

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

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

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

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

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

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

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

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

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

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

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

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

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

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

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

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

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

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