Colloquium and Seminar Schedule
Monday Graduate Colloquium Schedule
Fall 2005
Unless otherwise indicated, all seminars will be held at 16:00 in Faraday West 201. For more information, contact the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at (815) 753-1133.
Tentative Schedule
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| September 16 (Friday): 12:00 noon |
Distinguished Professor
Mark Gordon Department of Chemistry Iowa State University |
Computational Studies of Very Large Molecules1,2 |
| September 26 | Higgins Professor Richard
Holm Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University |
Coordination Chemistry of Transition Metals1 |
| October 3 | Professor John A. Maguire Department of Chemistry Southern Methodist University |
Title TBA |
| October 10 | Professor
Scott McLuckey Department of Chemistry Purdue University |
Title TBA1 |
| October 17 | Thomas G. Gray Department of Chemistry Case Western Reserve University |
Excited-State Attributes of Metal-Metal Bonded Clusters |
| October 24 | Assistant Professor
Paul Jelliss Department of Chemistry Saint Louis University |
Luminescence from Unexpected Organometallic Sources: Metallacarboranes |
| October 31 | Steve Figard Core R&D Prion Group Abbott Laboratories |
Prions: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Cow |
| November 7 | George Lynn Cross Research
Professor Kenneth Nicholas Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Oklahoma |
Title TBA1 |
| November 21 | Donald W. Jacobsen, F.A.H.A. Laboratory for Homocysteine and B-12 Research Cleveland Clinic Foundation |
Molecular Targeting by Homocysteine: From Risk Factor to Mediator of Cardiovascular Disease |
| November 28 | Jacob Petrich Department of Chemistry Iowa State University |
Fundamental and Applied Uses of Light: From Antiviral Agents to Solvation Dynamics to Food Safety1 |
1Funded in part by the NIU Graduate Colloquium Committee.
2Seminar will be held in Faraday West 300.
Additional seminars may be added later.
Center for Biochemical and Biophysical Studies Seminars
Conducted Fridays at noon in Faraday West 201 during the academic year. A schedule of this semester's seminars will be posted at the CBBS home page.