Seminar Program

Fall 2025 

Date Day Details  
Sept 26 Friday Joseph Aceves (Abrol lab)
Literature seminar
"PROTACs and beyond: Heterobifunctional molecules for targeted protein degradation"
 
Oct 10 Friday Bethanie Curiel (Andersen lab)
Literature seminar
"Dimethyl sulfide oxidation pathways in marine atmosphere"
 
Oct 15 Wednesday Dr. Erik Romero (UC San Diego)
Visiting speaker seminar
"Mechanism-guided reaction design: Building and transforming molecular frameworks from simple inputs"
 
Oct 17 Friday Kelsey Ramos (Vey lab)
Literature seminar
"Engineering PETase for efficient biocatalytic degradation of polyethylene terephthalate"
 
Oct 29 Wednesday Dr. Sarah Shuck (City of Hope)
Visiting speaker seminar
"Reactive metabolites and mutagenesis in the diabetes–cancer connection"
 
Oct 31 Friday Brandon Harris (Oh lab)
Literature seminar
"Chemoenzymatic total synthesis of Alchivemycin A"
 
Nov 5 Wednesday Dr. Craig Murray (UC Irvine)
Visiting speaker seminar
"Multiphase reaction kinetics: from the gas phase to microdroplets"
 
Nov 7 Friday Beth Allen (Abrol lab)
Literature seminar
"Hemoglobin rewritten: Current and emerging gene therapies for sickle cell disease"
 
Nov 12 Wednesday Dr. Megan Fieser (USC)
Visiting speaker seminar
"Catalysis for the repurposing of poly(vinyl chloride)"
 
Nov 17 Monday Sean Mendoza (Oh lab)
Thesis seminar
"Experimental & computational analysis of atropisomerism in phenanthrene-fused imidazoles and their derivatives"
 
Nov 21 Friday Scarlett Shi (Crowhurst lab)
Thesis seminar
"Probing key residues involving HdeA structure and chaperone function by conservative mutations"
 

All Monday, Wednesday and Friday seminars are held at 4:00 pm (unless otherwise indicated) in EH 2227.