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Organic Seminar

Directed evolution of enzymes to overcome classical challenges in organic synthesis
Andrew Buller
UW Madison
11-29-23 4:00 pm
RH 104

Organic Seminar

Short stories in molecular recognition (of protein surfaces) and catalysis (of amide bonds)
Paramjit (Bobby) Arora
NYU
12-06-23 4:00 pm
RH 104

Inorganic Seminar

Unconventional Approaches for Mediating Redox Reactions
Shabnam Hematian
UNC Greensboro
12-07-23 3:30 pm
RH 104

Physical Seminar

Chemistry in nanometer beakers: Towards a theory of reactions in atmospheric aerosol
David Limmer
UC Berkeley
12-12-23 3:30 pm
RH 104

Physical Seminar

TBD
Rick Remsing
Rutgers University
01-09-24 3:30 pm
RH 104

Organic Seminar

TBD
Heather Maynard
UCLA
01-10-24 4:00 pm
RH 104

Organic Seminar

TBD
Christina Woo
Harvard University
01-17-24 4:00 pm
RH 104

Physical Seminar

TBD
Maria (Masha) Kamenetska
Boston University
01-23-24 3:30 pm
RH 104

Organic Seminar

TBD
Steve Townsend
Vanderbilt
01-24-24 4:00 pm
RH 104

Physical Seminar

TBD
Francesci Paesani
UC San Diego
01-30-24 3:30 pm
RH 104

TBD
Laura Kiessling
MIT
01-31-24 4:00 pm
TBD

Inorganic Seminar

TBD
Victor Mougel
ETH Zurich
02-01-24 3:30 pm
RH 104

Organic Seminar

TBD
Richmond Sarpong
UC Berkeley
02-07-24 4:00 pm
RH 104

Inorganic Seminar

TBD
Wenliang Huang
Peking University
02-08-24 3:30 pm
RH 104

Organic Seminar

TBD
Frank Glorius
Universität in Münster
02-21-24 4:00 pm
RH 104

Physical Seminar

TBD
Nicolae-Viorel (Vio) Buchete

03-12-24 3:30 pm
RH 104

Organic Seminar

TBD
A. Sloan Devlin
Harvard University
04-03-24 4:00 pm
RH 104

Inorganic Seminar

TBD
Kirill Kovnir
Iowa State University
04-04-24 3:30 pm
RH 104

Physical Seminar

TBD
Alexej Jerschow
NYU
04-16-24 3:30 pm
RH 104

Organic Seminar

TBD
Amanda Cook
University of Oregon
05-01-24 4:00 pm
RH 104

Inorganic Seminar

TBD
Allyson Fry-Petit
CSU Fullerton
05-02-24 3:30 pm
RH 104

Lee Event 2024

05-09-24 4:00 am

Organic Seminar

TBD
Craig Hawker
UC Santa Barbara
06-05-24 4:00 pm
RH 104

TBD
Chenjie Zeng

06-06-24 3:30 pm
RH 104

Inorganic Seminar

TBD
Ryan Hadt
California Institute of Technology
06-13-24 3:30 pm
RH 104

Research Highlights

Design of an Anti-HMGB1 Synthetic Antibody for In Vivo Ischemic/Reperfusion Injury Therapy

Professor Finkeldei and Serva Energy team up to produce cancer-fighting Ac-225

Mechanism of Native American ataxia plant extract medicines revealed by a joint experimental and computational study

A year in the life of the SARS-CoV-2 main protease

Going Big on Protein Aggregation with Networks

Shiraiwa group Science publication on indoor air chemistry highlighted in C&E News

Martin Group publishes Deamidation of the human eye lens protein γS-crystallin accelerates oxidative aging

Shea group's research in HNP for sepsis therapy featured in Nature Communications

Journal of Chemical Physics features work of Prof. Mukamel and postdoc Shahaf Asban

Martin Lab produces Sequence Characterization and Molecular Modeling of Clinically Relevant Variants of the SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease

UCI-led research on health effects of indoor air quality takes on new urgency

Tobias Group Publishes in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA

Structural evidence for a dynamic metallocofactor during N2 reduction by Mo-nitrogenase

Shea group publishes paper on "An Abiotic Mimic of Endogenous Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinases" in JACS

Martin Lab Publishes Paper on Divalent Cations and the Divergence of βγ-Crystallin Function

Connecting the Dots: Law Group shows how quantum dots fuse to form 3D single-crystalline superlattices.

Law Group breaks it down with ozone, repeats.

Nano-Confinement Affects Molecules’ Acidity - Ardo Group

Jarvo lab publishes paper on mechanism of stereospecific nickel-catalyzed reactions

Martin Group publishes paper on Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS)

The Prescher research group recently published a paper in Organic Letters on a new bioorthogonal reaction

The Blake group conducts an air sampling project in Shreveport, Louisiana

Shea Lab reports polymer nanoparticle for protein capture

Guan Lab discovers how to reshape and recycle thermosets

Dima Fishman and friends see exciton transition in atoms

Collaboration (Burke lab) puts right spin on Fe(II) complexes

Tsai and Vanderwal labs insight into polyketide synthase

Gorodesky Group creates material invisible to infared

Lauren Fleming (Blake/Nizkorodov) shows Indian stoves emit N-organics

DOE highlights Guan lab's bioinspired materials design

Martin lab makes discoveries about the Heliconius Butterfly

Two papers from Murray Group are PCCP HOT Articles

Martin lab designed and constructed first quadruple-resonance probe

Ardo lab closer to understanding and mimicking natural photosynthesis

Grad Collin Rathbun (Prescher lab) identifies bioluminescent tools

Grad William White (Ardo Group) converts light into ionic power

Halogen bond windmill from Ho lab

Burke alumni get excited

Ardo group drive proton pump with vis light

Bent bonds of cubane from Doedens and Fleischer

Efficient energy transfer in molecular-nanocrystal hybrid

Organic particles more often beads than liquids in air (Shiraiwa grp)

Shea group engineers polymer nanoparticle with affinity for VEGF 165

Martin and Butts labs investigate Cape sundew

Reducing CO2 with Sc(II) in Evans - Furche collaboration

Martin lab characterizes Ca2+ binding protein from Ciona intestinalis.

Mechanically controlled radical polymerization initiated by ultrasound

Yang group's studies of stable molecular catalyst on cover of JACS

Mukamel lab extends nonlinear spectroscopy to ultrafast X-rays

Shiraiwa group quantifies chemistry of air pollutants on oxidative lung stress

Murray Group finds new sink for Criegee intermediates in polluted air

Martin & Butts labs sequence Drosera capensis genome!

Amtawong (Janda lab) measures clathrate hydrate formation

Smith group find new pathways for atmospheric aerosol growth

Mukamel group propose photochemistry in optical cavity

Gel electrolyte from Penner lab confers immortality for nanowires

Resistance of eye lens proteins explained by Martin's lab in JACS

Criegee intermediate between Murray's measurements and Gerber's theory

New velocity-map ion imaging study from Murray group

Evan's group see largest ever mag moments in monometallic complex

Nizkorodov and friends study effects of viscosity on organic aerosols

Solar hydrogen production research requires standard protocols

Ardo Group review solar-driven water splitting (x3)

Don Blake and friends study CH4 from Aliso Canyon

Martens' quantum hops generalize classical probability

Synthesis of (+)-fastigiatine by Rychnovsky group

Mukamel grp has new method to detect nuclear/electronic motion

Does Strong Guest-Host H-bonding Exist in Clathrate Hydrates?

New dendritic bolaamphiphiles from...

Surface enzyme chemistries for ...

New method from Jarvo lab...

A good month for the Prescher lab...

Chiral Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity: Selective Membrane Permeation of Enantiomers.

Prescher group builds caged Luciferin

New bioorthogonal reagents

Self-healing helped by Neighboring Groups

Water mobility and protein dynamics

Grad student solves 50-year old problem

Brown Carbon 101

Visualizing Cell Proximity

Carbon bond scrambler

Cataracts in Antarctic fish?

Photodegradation of environmental toxins

Direct Correlation of Single Molecules and Bulk Properties

Electrodeposited Nanophotonics

Efficient Chiral Amine Synthesis

Seeing single molecule vibrations with Raman spectroscopy

Nanocone Arrays

Density corrected DFT

Medicinal Chemistry Book

Hanessian Organic Synthesis Book

Orthogonal DNA Replication

New Mass Spec Book

Binding of Human αB-Crystallin to a Cataract-Related Variant of γS-Crystallin

How Ca regulates water conduction in membranes

Isomeric Cyclopropenes with Unique Reactivity

Lanthanide Oxidation States

Green Strategy for Construction of Tertiary Stereocenters

Detecting cancer in urine

Clathrate Prediction

Parasites beware

Using Kidney Bean Leaves to Learn How to Trap Bed Bugs

Dendronized polypeptide carrier for safe and effective siRNA delivery

Cover for Craig Martens

Cover article for Sergey Nizkorodov

New Total Synthesis

On-Chip Biosynthesis of Protein Microarrays

Cyclopropenes As Chemical Reporters

Quantitation without calibration

DFT tutorial on cover of IJQC

Quantitative measurements in environmental mixtures with Nano-DESI

Protein Folding and Granular Jamming

Human Aptamers

JOC celebrates Prof Hanessian's receipt of ACS Guenther Award with special cover and perspective article.

Effective polymer healing by olefin metathesis

Ultrafast Time-Resolved X-ray Diffraction Work

Core-Shell Gold-MnO2 Nanowires

Most accurate density functional ever created

RNA Aptamer Microarrays

Stiff & autonomous self-healing polymers

Understanding time-dependent quantum mechanics

Single Hydrophobic Nanopores

Nanocircuits for Single Molecule Enzymology

Terbium Based Single Molecule Magnet

Up-Armored Nanocrystals

Found in Translation

Clouds as Photochemical Reactors

Palladium-catalyzed method for heterocycle synthesis

Lights... Camera... Chemistry!

New method for calculating electronic structure

Total Synthesis of Pactamycin

Improved electron affinities from DFT

High Resolution Mass Spectrometry for Chemical Analysis

A synthesis of strychnine by a longest linear sequence of six steps

Gymnastics in DNA

Pyrite Nanocrystal Inks for Solar Cells

Stereospecific Alkyl-Alkyl Cross-Coupling Reactions

Chemistry Caught on Camera

Expanding the useful temperature range of NMR alignment media

Cascade Chain Walking to Synthesize Large Molecular Nanoparticles

Plastic Antibodies

Atmospheric toaster: reactions between organics and ammonia create climate-changing brown aerosol

Fungal Claisen Cyclase Visualized

Poly(Protein) with Exceptional Mechanical Stability

Membrane Protein Structure, Including the Membrane

Two Metals Are Better Than One

Ribozymes everywhere

Molecular Origami of a Moldy Toxin

New Oxidation State of Dinitrogen

Umpolung Amination

Sheding Light on Organometallic Reactions

2D IR Spectroscopy and MD Simulation Sensitively Reveals Subtle Differences between Helical Structures

How Short is Too Short?

Characterization of Electrodeposited Gold and Palladium Nanowire Gratings with Optical Diffraction Measurements

A Biomimetic Modular Polymer with Tough and Adaptive Properties

Spatial Distribution of Nitrate and Nitrite Anions at the Liquid/Vapor Interface of Aqueous Solutions

Proteins and proteomics: life on the surface

Two Metals Are Better Than One

A New Strategy for Probing Single Helical Turn Formation

Cheating the Diffraction Limit: Electrodeposited Nanowires Patterned by Photolithography

Pulling ions to the edge: Enhanced surface chemistry in chloride-nitrate ion mixtures

Microarray methods for protein biomarker detection

Critical Size for Intra-Cluster Proton-Transfer from Water to an Anion

Dynamics of proton recombination with NO3- anion in water clusters

The onset of 310-helical secondary structure

The Active Ingredient: Oxidative Formation of Aryl Diazenes

The Promise of Phage Display: Customized Affinity and Specificity

Seeing is Believing: Single Palladium Complexes

Polyketide ring mystery solved

Coupled protein and water dynamics: what a coincidence!

Chemistry professors discuss ion effects in Science paper

Phosphatase Activation by an Inhibitor Analog

Nanoprecipitation-induced current oscillations in a single nanopore

Tubular self-embracing tripeptide superstructures with the same sense of chirality as the folded arms of Foyatier's Spartacus

Chemistry and Biology of the Aeruginosin Family of Serine Protease Inhibitors

Polymorphism in Br2 Clathrate Hydrates

Bimetallic Catalysis in the Synthesis of Highly Substituted Olefins

Spherical, Monodisperse, Functional Bridged Polysilsesquioxane Nanoparticles

Umpolung Allylation Reactions

Novel Cyclophane Catalyst for Valuable Materials

Interfacial Velocity-Dependent Plasmon Damping in Colloidal Metallic Nanoparticles

A New Class of Macrocyclic Receptors

Vibrational Spectroscopy of the Photoactive Yellow Protein (PYP): Theory and Experiment of Intermediates of the Photocycle

Single Molecule Circuits for Chemical Biology

Structure-Based Organic Synthesis of Drug Prototypes

Structure and Chemistry of Aqueous Interfaces

Organic Aerosol Particles Chewed up by Sunlight

Surface Enzyme Chemistry and SPR Imaging

Virus Electrodes for Universal Biodection

Proteins, Pronto

Protein Recognition

Shotgun Scanning

New Annulation Reaction

ACS 40th Western Regional Meeting

Saccharide-peptide hybrid copolymers as highly functional biomaterials

Theoretical and spectroscopic studies of the structure of the surfaces of aqueous electrolyte solutions

Surfaces of Ionic Solutions Differ from the Bulk