Events Archive
Seminar
Tuesday, October 18, 2022 - 10:45am
"Resolving the receptor tyrosine kinase interactions in live cells and the effect of oncogenic mutations"
The plasma membrane is a complex boundary between the cell and its surroundings. Cells have an array of protein receptors on the plasma...
Seminar
Thursday, October 13, 2022 - 10:45am
"Conjugated Polymer/Metal Cocatalysts for Photocatalytic Water Splitting"
It is widely accepted that CO2 produced from human energy consumption is the leading cause of global warming, which threatens to upset the environmental balance of the...
Event
Tuesday, October 11, 2022 - 4:30pm
Join the Department of Chemistry to discover chemical reactions related to forensic investigation and fluorescent proteins with live demonstrations. Attendees will learn about the chemistry program and research opportunities. The event will conclude with...
Seminar
Thursday, October 6, 2022 - 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, October 4, 2022 - 10:45am
"Ultrafast Dynamics in Ru Sulfoxide Complexes and Fe Polypyridine Complexes"
Ruthenium polypyridine Sulfoxide Complexes undergo dramatic changes in electronic and molecular structure when irradiated. These changes are due to an excited state...
Seminar
Thursday, September 29, 2022 - 10:45am
"Heavy Metals in Soil: Hazards, Quantification, and Evaluation of Sources"
Trace amounts of some heavy metals are crucial to the functioning of different biological processes, but at high concentrations they can be detrimental to both the...
Seminar
Thursday, September 22, 2022 - 10:45am
"Superhydrophobic surfaces: Preparation, properties assessment and application"
One of the main goals in science has always been finding ways to understand nature. Inspired by the surface properties of Lotus leaf, scientists started to develop...
Seminar
Tuesday, September 20, 2022 - 10:45am
"Gold Nanocrystals: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Ecology"
"Gold nanocrystals of controlled size and shape have tunable optical properties that enable new science. Upon illumination with resonant light, these gold nanocrystals generate...
Seminar
Thursday, September 15, 2022 - 10:45am
"The Role of Various Salts Impacting the Reactivity of Organozinc Reagents"
The effect of salt additives on the general reactivity of organozinc reagents is only recently appreciated.[1] The organozinc reagent is a key coupling partner with an...
Seminar
Tuesday, September 13, 2022 - 10:45am
In my seminar, I will describe how my group uses model membrane systems, such as liposomes, supported lipid bilayers (SLBs), giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs), and synthetic lipid droplets to study a variety of biological phenomena. Recently, we used SLBs...