Events Archive
Seminar
Tuesday, April 11, 2023 - 10:45am
"Building Better Biomaterials: Using DNA to explore new material properties"
Materials found in nature have a variety of properties and functions that have yet to be recapitulated in modern synthetic materials. Using semisynthetic and...
Seminar
Thursday, April 6, 2023 - 10:45am
"Mechanistic Modelling of Electrochemical Processes on Gold using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy"
Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy is one of the most powerful techniques in electrochemistry. It is a nondestructive method that can...
Seminar
Thursday, March 30, 2023 - 10:45am
"Anti-Cancer Effects of Targeting Telomeric DNA and the Telomerase Enzyme"
One of the defining hallmarks of cancer is replicative immortality as a result of telomerase activity.1 As cells in healthy tissue replicate, they experience gradual...
Seminar
Thursday, March 23, 2023 - 10:45am
"Azo-based Photo-switchable Compounds: Controlled Storage and Triggered Heat Release"
Solar energy is one of the most important renewable energy sources to date. Specifically, it is crucial for solar energy to be captured, stored, and released...
Seminar
Tuesday, March 21, 2023 - 10:45am
"Photo-induced, Spin-polarized Electron Transfer in Chiral Molecules"
Electron transfer (ET) reactions are ubiquitous in chemistry and biochemistry, and in living systems they play a pivotal role in enzymatic catalysis, photosynthesis and...
Seminar
Tuesday, March 7, 2023 - 10:45am
"Highly selective catalytic platforms for reduction and interhalogenation chemistry: Early explorations in ZrH and Lewis base catalysis"
Research in the Romero group is focused on the development and mechanistic study of novel catalytic...
Seminar
Thursday, March 2, 2023 - 10:45am
"Observing Disease Mechanisms at the Nanoscale Using Stimulated Emission Depletion Microscopy"
Light microscopy is highly influential in biomedical research due to minimal invasiveness, high biomarker specificity via fluorescent labelling, and...
Seminar
Tuesday, February 28, 2023 - 10:45am
"Deciphering the molecular mechanisms of lipid trafficking in bacteria"
Lipids, including sterols, are important for mammalian cell physiology. These molecules form part of membranes and modulate their fluidity, thereby maintaining membrane...
Seminar
Thursday, February 23, 2023 - 10:45am
"Combining Experiment and Computation to Solve Complex Problems in Photochemistry"
Light-driven reactions are an attractive method of accessing novel chemistry. Their broad applicability to industrial process and renewable energy research makes...
Seminar
Tuesday, February 21, 2023 - 10:45am
"Ionophore-Based Optical Ion Sensing in Paper Microfluidics and Droplet Microfluidics"
The Wang group at VCU chemistry is interested in designing portable, wearable, implantable, and microfluidic chemical sensors for the diagnosis and management...