Past Organic and Chemical Biology Seminars
Held in the FALL and SPRING semesters
shortcut to Fall 2007
Fall Semester 2008
There were no Organic or Chemical Biology Seminars during the Fall 2008 semester.
Spring Semester 2008
WEDNESDAYS 4:00 PM in NSC 220
(Download PDF of the Spring 2008 Organic and Chemical Biology Seminar Series)
January 30, 2008
Professor John Richard
Department of Chemistry University at Buffalo
Flexible Protein Loops and Enzymatic Catalysis of Proton Transfer, Hydride Transfer and
Decarboxylation Reactions
February 13, 2008
Professor Daniel Gewirth
Structural Biology
Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute
Structure and Function of Hsp90 Chaperones
February 20, 2008
Professor Yoshihisa Kobayashi
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California, San Diego
Heterocycles in Natural Product Synthesis
February 27, 2008
Professor Kiong Ho
Department of Biological Sciences University at Buffalo
Mechanism of Action of RNA Ligase
March 5, 2008
Dr. Craig Williams
School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences
University of Queensland, Australia
"So Close But Yet So Far Away". Towards the Total Synthesis of Various Vibsane Diterpenes
March 19, 2008 -- CANCELED
Professor Debashis Ghosh
Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute
Aromatase and Estrogen Biosynthesis: A View from the Real Structure!
March 26, 2008
Dr. Akin Davulcu
Bristol-Myers Squibb
From the Bench to the Plant: Case Studies in the Development and Scale Up of Chemical Processes
April 2, 2008
Professor Michael Yu
Department of Biological Sciences University at Buffalo
Regulation of Gene Expression by Protein Arginine Methylation
April 23, 2008
Professor Bing Gong
Department of Chemistry University at Buffalo
Directed Molecular Association, Folding, and Macrocyclization: Bioinspired Systems
Fall Semester 2007
WEDNESDAYS 4:00 PM in NSC 220
(Download PDF of the Fall 2007 Organic and Chemical Biology Seminar Series)
September 5, 2007
Professor Ohyun Kwon
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry University of California, Los Angeles
Phosphine Catalysis of Allenes in Target-Oriented Synthesis (TOS) and Diversity-Oriented Synthesis (DOS)
September 12, 2007
Professor Andrew Phillips
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry University of Colorado at Boulder
From Targets to Strategies and Back Again: Some Examples from Complex Molecule Synthesis
September 19, 2007
Professor Stephen L. Buchwald
Department of Chemistry Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Transition Metal-Catalyzed Carbon-Carbon and Carbon-Heteroatom Bond-Forming Processes: Progress, Applications and Mechanistic Studies
November 7, 2007
Professor Glenn Micalizio
Department of Chemistry Yale University
Group IV Metal-Mediated Reactions for Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation: Cross-Coupling via Directed Carbometalation
