Seminar Series
Spring 2016
Tuesday, January 26th
“Exploration, Generation, and Exploitation of Fungal Genetic Diversity”
2:00 pm; PSC 101; Seminar by Dr. William Alexander, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Wednesday, January 27th
“Molecular Recognition of mRNA Processing and IncRNA Suppression Signals by RRM Domain Proteins”
10:30 am; PSC 101; Seminar by Dr. Thomas Leeper, University of Akron
Monday, February 1st
"Multifunctional HIV-1 Integrase”
2:00 pm; PSC 101; Seminar by Dr. Jacques Kessl, The Ohio State University
Friday, February 5th
"Hydroponic Routes to Nutritionally Enhanced Produce, Nutraceuticals, and Functional Textiles”
2:00 pm; TEC 106: Seminar by Dr. Daniel Herr, Professor of Nanoscience and Department Chair, The Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, Greensboro, NC
Friday, February 12th
“Alternative Energy Harvesting and Conversion: Nanostructured Plasmonic Antenna Systems for Enhancing Solar Water Splitting Toward Alternative Energy”
2:00 pm; TEC 106: Seminar by Dr. Shanlin Pan, Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama
Friday, February 26th
“Synthesis and Evaluation of Colletoic Acid”
2:00 pm; TEC 106: Seminar by Dr. Fatima Rivas, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Friday, March 4th
"Molecular Probes to Target Toxic Analytes”
2:00 pm; TEC 106: Seminar by Dr. Karl Wallace, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry; University of Southern Mississippi: Faculty Highlight Series
Friday, March 11th
"Why Nature Chose Selenium"
2:00 pm; TEC 106: Seminar by Dr. Robert Hondal, Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry, University of Vermont
Friday, April 1st
"Efficient Triplet Formation in Conjugated Polymer J-aggregates Mediated by Charge Transfer States"
2:00 pm; TEC 106: Seminar by Dr. John Grey, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico
Friday, April 8th
"Chain Dynamics in Polymer Melts and Nanocomposites and its Relationship to Applications"
2:00 pm; TEC 106: Seminar by Dr. Gerald Schneider, Louisiana State University
Friday, April 15th
"TBA: Organic Chemistry”
2:00 pm; TEC 106: Seminar by Dr. Colleen Scott, Department of Chemistry, Mississippi State University
Friday, April 29th
Undergraduate Research Symposium
Friday, May 6th
“Photosynthesis to Lipids: Using Isotopes and Metabolic Flux Analysis to Assess Primary Metabolism”
2:00 pm; TEC 106: Seminar by Dr. Doug Allen, US Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, St. Louis, MO