Fall 2007 Seminar Schedule

     All seminars are scheduled for 1:30 pm on Friday afternoons in Blackman Auditorium.  When outside speakers are invited, the seminar will be preceded by lunch at McClurg, usually leaving Woods Labs at 11:40 am to beat the rush.  Students are strongly encouraged to come to lunch—it’s fun!

August

31    No seminar—Chem department organizational meeting

September

7    Course overview and requirements

14    Dr. Craig Barnes, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
"Nanostructured Catalysts:  Where Materials Science Meets Catalysis"

21    Dr. Bernhard Vogler, University of Alabama-Huntsville
"Structure Elucidation of Natural Products Using NMR Methods: Challenges and Solutions"

28    John Sears, ’03, Georgia Institute of Technology
"Non-dynamical Electron Correlation: From Bond Breaking to Transition-metal Catalysts"

October

5    Dr. Sylvia McLain, Oak Ridge National Laboratories
"Hydration of Dipeptides in Solution - Molecular Scale Insights Into Protein Folding"

12    No seminar—Database and Library Resources

19    No seminar—FALL BREAK

26    No seminar--SERMACS

November

2    Martha Bowmar, ’02, Duke University
    "Probing the Structural Properties and Regulatory Mechanisms of the Ubiquitin-Binding Domains of Human DNA Y-Polymerases η and ι"

9    Dr. David Smithrud, University of Cincinnati
    "Cellular Transport Agents"

16    Dr. Pam Twigg, University of Alabama-Huntsville
    "The Role of Structural Biology in Huntington’s Disease Research"

23    No seminar—THANKSGIVING

30    Student Seminars

December

7    Student Seminars