Events Archive
Seminar
Tuesday, February 9, 2021 - 10:45am
"The application of machine learning to metalloprotein engineering"
Metal cofactors perform a wide variety of essential functions within proteins. Consequently, researchers have been exploring a range of methods to rationally design structures...
Seminar
Wednesday, January 20, 2021 - 1:00pm
"Leveraging Nature’s Bacterial Surface Homing Molecules to Combat Pathogens"
Recent emergence of resistance to existing antimicrobials has eroded gains made against communicable diseases in the last century. Today, lower respiratory tract...
Seminar
Thursday, November 19, 2020 - 10:45am
"Development of Gas-Diffusion Electrodes for Iron oxide Nanoparticles Synthesis"
Gas-diffusion electrocrystallization (GDEx)1 provides a new green route for metal recovery to synthesize commercial nanoparticles. This new technology...
Seminar
Tuesday, November 17, 2020 - 10:45am
"Ultrafast photochemical dynamics in dyes used for solar hydrogen production"
The McCamant lab studies the ultrafast excited-state dynamics that occur following light absorption in solar fuel production systems. Their molecular and nanoparticle...
Seminar
Thursday, November 12, 2020 - 10:45am
"Increased Catalytic Performance Using Porphyrin Linked Metal-Organic Frameworks for the Electrochemical Reduction of CO2"
It is practically universally agreed upon among scientists that the climate is warming and needs immediate and pronounced...
Seminar
Tuesday, November 10, 2020 - 10:45am
"Mechanistic Insights into Organocatalysis, a Theoretical Perspective"
Organocatalysis remains one of the most challenging topics in contemporary organic chemistry. While the symmetric and asymmetric organocatalysis field currently is growing...
Seminar
Thursday, November 5, 2020 - 10:45am
"Beyond Linear Response Theory: Modelling Ion Beam Induced Defects by Real Time TD-DFT"
The interaction of projectile ions with target materials has long attracted the attention of researchers with beam techniques now becoming a critical means...
Seminar
Tuesday, November 3, 2020 - 10:45am
"Structure, Dynamics, Receptor Binding, and Antibody Binding of Fully-glycosylated Full-length SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein in a Viral Membrane"
The spike (S) protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) mediates host cell...
Seminar
Tuesday, October 20, 2020 - 10:45am
"Mechanistic Investigations of Photoredox Reactions"
Photoredox catalysis is transforming modern synthetic chemistry. Expensive, hard to handle stoichiometric reagents can be replaced by short-lived excited states using a visible light absorbing...
Seminar
Tuesday, September 22, 2020 - 10:45am
"How Oxidation Changes Cell Membrane Function: Distortion of Mechanics, Permeability, and Protein Activity"
Many biological processes produce reactive oxygen species (ROS); ROS production is intrinsic to metabolism and there are many routes by...