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Spring 2009

GSU Department of Chemistry Seminars
All seminars are in 218 NSC at 3:15 pm unless otherwise indicated.

January

January 9, 2009
Time: 10:00am Location NSC 218
Speaker: Dr. Manfred Schlosser - Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
Title: To be announced
Host: Dr. Binghe Wang

January 16, 2009
No Seminar

January 23, 2009
Speaker: Dr. Ivaylo Ivanov - University of California, San Diego
Title: "The Interplay of AAA+ Molecular Machines and Sliding Clamps at the DNA Replication Fork."
Host: Dr. David Wison 

January 30, 2009
Speaker: Dr. Vinod Krishna - University of Utah
Title: "Relating Capsid shape and stability to capsid protein-protein interactions: A multiscale study of the HIV-1 Capsid."
Host: Dr. David Wison 

February

February 6, 2009
Speaker: Dr. H. Lee Woodcock - National Institutes of Health
Title: "Exploring QM/MM Paths for Mapping Reaction Mechanisms"
Host: Dr. David Wison 

February 13, 2009
Speaker: Dr. Zoe Cournia - Yale University
Title: "Computer-aided drug discovery of MIF inhibitors as novel anti-cancer agents"
Host: Dr. David Wison 

February 20, 2009
No Seminar

February 27, 2009
No Seminar

March

March 6, 2009
Speaker: Dr. Nicolas Hud - Georgia Institute of Tecnology
Title: To be announced
Host: Dr. Zhen Huang

March 13, 2009
Speaker: Dr. William C. Wimley - Tulane Health Sciences Center
Title: “High-throughput methods for discovering membrane-active peptides”
Host: Dr. Gangli Wang

March 20, 2009
Speaker: Dr. Doug Goodwin - Auburn University
Title: Structural requirements for the hemoprotein-dependent decomposition of hydroperoxides:  Lessons from the catalase-peroxidases
Host: Dr. Aimin Liu

March 27, 2009
No Seminar

April

April 3, 2009
Speaker:  Dr. Dennis Hall - University of Alberta
Title: New Applications of Boronic Acids in Chemical Biology and Organocatalysis
Host: Dr. Binghe Wang

April 10, 2009
Speaker:  Dr. James Stivers - Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Title: Enzymatic Detection of Uracil in DNA
Host: Dr. Yujun George Zheng

April 17, 2009
Speaker: Dr. Hung-Wen Liu - University of Texas at Austin
Title: To be announced
Host: Dr. Zhen Huang

April 24, 2009
Speaker: Dr. Vincent Huynh - Emory University
Title: Reaction Intermediates in the Hydroxylase Component of Toluene/o-Xylene Monooxygenase
Host: Dr. Aimin Liu

April 30, 2009 (Thursday)
Speaker: Dr. Florence Lederer - Université Paris XI
Title: Lactate dehydrogenation by a flavoenzyme: hydride transfer or carbanion mechanism?
Host: Dr. Giovanni Gadda

May

May 1, 2009
Speaker:   Dr. Victor L. Davidson - University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title:  Biosynthesis of Protein-Derived Cofactors. How Nature Catalyzes Seemingly Impossible Reactions
Host: Dr. Giovanni Gadda

May 8, 2009
Speaker:   Dr. Barbara Gerratana - University of Maryland
Title:  Biosynthesis of Pyrrolobenzodiazepines, naturally produced antitumor compounds
Host: Dr. Giovanni Gadda