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Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry

18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, California 91330-8241

Phone: (818) 677-3382
Fax: (818) 677-4068
E-mail: chemistry@csun.edu

Hours:
Mon-Fri: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

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Seminar Program - Fall 2009

Sept 4
Friday
Tamara Vartanian (Crowhurst lab)
Thesis defense
Development of a protocol to express and purify isotopically labelled human Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor for NMR analysis
Sept 16
Wednesday
Dr. Shaowei Chen, UC Santa Cruz
Invited speaker
Functional nanoparticles by interfacial engineering
Sept 18
Friday
Jagnandan Kaur (Hajdu lab)
Literature presentation
Asymmetric synthesis of (+) and (-)-Versicolamide B and its successful completion as an indirect evidence for the presence of Diels-Alderase enzyme
Sept 25
Friday
Chikako Omura (Minehan lab)
Literature presentation
Isotopic fractionation and its application to spherule
Sept 30
Wednesday
Dr. Zhou Feimeng, CSU Los Angeles
Invited speaker
Topic:analytical chemistry
Oct 2
Friday
Leonel Jimenez (Schrodi lab)
Literature presentation
Fuel cells: The energy of the future
Oct 7
Wednesday
Dr. Anna Krylov, USC
Invited speaker
Electronic structure of DNA building blocks: The effects of pi-stacking and hydrogen bonding on ionization energies, charge localization, and ionization-induced hydrogen transfer in nucleobases
Oct 14
Wednesday
Dr. Alex Benderskii, USC
Invited speaker
Topic: laser spectroscopy of surfaces and interfaces
Oct 23
Friday
Jesse Brister (Hajdu lab)
Literature presentation
The chemistry of stem cells
Oct 28
Wednesday
Dr. Mikael Bergdahl, SDSU
Invited speaker
Topic: synthetic organic chemistry (biologically active compounds)
Oct 30
Friday
Justin Karlin (Fischhaber lab)
Literature presentation
Transition metals in cancer chemotherapy
Nov 4
Wednesday
Dr. Blake Gillespie, CSU Channel Islands
Invited speaker
Unfolded states and ligand-dependent rates: what new model systems can teach us about protein folding
Nov 6
Friday
Abdur Rasheed (Curtis lab)
Literature presentation
Innovations in solar cell technology
Nov 13
Friday
William Kim (Crowhurst lab)
Literature presentation
Characterization of prions in transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs)
Nov 18
Wednesday
Dr. Eric Marinez, CSU Long Beach
Invited speaker
Topic: organic chemistry
Dec 2
Wednesday
Dr. Micahel Schramm, CSU Long Beach
Invited speaker
Topic: synthetic inorganic and organic molecules for molecular recognition in biological systems
Dec 4
Friday
Winna Siti (Oh lab)
Thesis defense
Synthesis of 1,3-bis-(aryl) imidazolium compounds
Dec 9
Wednesday
Dr. Peter Taborek, UC Irvine
Invited speaker
Topic: experimental condensed matter


All Monday, Wednesday and Friday seminars are held
at 3:30 pm in EH2225