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 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting

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

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 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

Spring 2010

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

January

January 15,2010 (Blocked)
Speaker: To be announced
Title: To be announced
Host: To be announced

January 22, 2010(Blocked)
Speaker: To be announced
Title: To be announced
Host: To be announced

January 29, 2010(Blocked)
Speaker: To be announced
Title: To be announced
Host: To be announced

February

February 5, 2010
Speaker: Dr. Hao Xu-Harvard University
Title: Next-Generation Chemical Synthesis: An Enabling Tool for Biomedical Research and Drug Discovery
Host: Department of Chemistry

February 12, 2010

This Seminar is re-scheduled - 11:00 AM. to 12:00 PM,
TODAY -NSC 218
(Due to Severe Weather in afternoon)
Speaker: Dr. Eileen Kennedy-Harvard University
Title: "Chemical stabilization of alpha-helices, beta turns and semi-synthetic proteins."
Host: Department Of Chemistry

Thursday Feb. 18th 2010
Seminar Speaker: Dr. Maged Henary
Seminar title:"Novel Near-Infrared Cyanine Dyes:Synthesis and Medical Applications
Host:Department of Chemistry/GSU
Room:441 NSC
Time:2:30 - 3:30 pm

February 19, 2010
Speaker: Dr. Edwin A. Lewis-http://www.chemistry.msstate.edu/people/faculty/detail.php?faculty=lewis
Title:"Deconvoluting the Structural Diversity in G-Quadruplex and i-Motif DNA's formed in Oncogene Promoter Regions".
Host: Chemistry Graduate Students Association (CGSA)

February 26, 2010
Speaker:Dr.Nouri Neamati -http://www.usc.edu/schools/pharmacy/faculty_directory/detail.php?id=21
Title : " Design and discovery of HIV-1 integrase inhibitors"
Host:Dr.Binghe Wang.

March

March 5, 2010
Speaker: Dr. De-en Jiang -Oak Ridge National Laboratory (http://www.ornl.gov/sci/csd/Staff%20CV/NC_Jiang.htm)
Title: “Understanding and Predicting Thiolated Gold Nanoclusters from First Principles”.
Host: Dr.Gangli Wang

March12,2010
Speaker: Dr. Marmorstein - The Wistar Institute (http://www.wistar.org/research_facilities/marmorstein/research.htm)
Title: "Structure, Chemistry and Evolution of Histone Acetyltransferases".
Host: Dr.Yujun George Zheng   
                                                                                                                                                                      
March 19, 2010
Speaker: Dr.Andreas Bommarius-Georgia Institute of Technology (http://www.chbe.gatech.edu/fac_staff/faculty/bommarius.php)
Title: "Data-driven protein engineering on biocatalysts for redox reactions and condensations"
Host: Dr.Giovanni Gadda

March 26, 2010
Speaker:Dr.Peng Chen http://www.chem.cornell.edu/pc252/
Title:"Single-molecule dynamics of nanocatalysis and bioinorganic chemistry."
Host:Dr.Aimin Liu

April

April 2,2010
Speaker: Dr.Anthony  Berdis - Case Western Reserve University (http://filer.case.edu/ajb15/pages/research1.htm)
Title: "Non-Natural Nucleotides as Chemotherapeutic Agents Targeting Aberrant DNA Synthesis".
Host:Dr.Yujun  George Zheng             

April 9, 2010
Speaker: Dr.Syun-Ru Yeh (http://www.einstein.yu.edu/home/faculty/profile.asp?id=6813)
Title: "Comparative Studies of Human Indoleamine    2,3-dioxygenase and Tryptophan Dioxygenase".
Host: Dr Aimin Liu

April 16, 2010
Speaker: Dr. Lane A. Baker - Indiana University (http://baker.chem.indiana.edu/)
Title:"Applications of Nanopores: Imaging and Gating"
Host: Dr.Gangli Wang

April 23, 2010                                                                           
Speaker: Dr. Gary Schuster-Georgia Institute of Technology  (http://www.chemistry.gatech.edu/faculty/Schuster/).
Title: "Oxidative Damage to DNA".
Host: Dr.Zhen Huang,                                                                                                                                                                                        
April 30, 2010                                                                           
Speaker: Dr. Chuan He- University of Chicago (http://chemistry.uchicago.edu/fac/he.shtml)
Title: "Direct DNA demethylation repair and the study of virulence and antibiotic resistance regulation in human pathogens".
Host: Dr.Zhen Huang.

May                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
May 7, 2010
Speaker: Dr.Mark Schoenfisch (http://www.chem.unc.edu/people/faculty/schoenfisch/index.html)
Title:"Bacteria, Biofilms and Infections: Just say NO! (Nitric Oxide)"
Host:Dr.Gangli Wang.

Special Seminar
Date: May 21, 2010 (Friday)
Location : NSC 218 at 3:15 PM

Speaker: Dr. Richard Veenstra -Upstate Medical University (http://www.upstate.edu/research/faculty/?ID=veenstrr)
Title: "Structural Implications of Gap Junction Channel Pore Block by Polyamines and Modulation of Cardiac Intercellular Communication by Rotigaptide and HDAC Inhibitors".
Host:Dr.Jenny Yang.

Special Seminar
Date: June 3, 2010 (Thursday)
Location : NSC 218 at 9:30 AM

Speaker: Dr. Yuping Bao -University of Alabama (http://che.eng.ua.edu/people/faculty_details.asp?ID=37)
Title: "Biomedical Applications of Dual Component Nanoparticles".
Host:Dr.Jenny Yang.

Special Seminar
Date: June 24, 2010 (Thursday)
Location : NSC 218 at 4:00 PM

Speaker: Dr. Gunda I. Georg-University of Minnesota (http://www.pharmacy.umn.edu/faculty/georg_gunda/home.html)
Title : "Opportunities and Challenges Using Natural Products in Oncology Drug Discover: Triptolide and Phenanthropiperidines".
Host : Dr.Binghe Wang.