Submitted by Andrew Yang on Fri, 03/26/2010 - 09:05
This week's presentation was on "Research in the Forensic and Investigative Sciences", and was presented by Jay A. Siegel. Jay Siegel the professor & department chair,
Director of Forensic and Investigative Science, and Analytical and Forensic Chemistry at Indiana University- Purdue University Indianapolis. He is a world renown forensic scientist, and has had numerous publications.
Submitted by Andrew Yang on Sun, 03/14/2010 - 11:21
This week's presentation (3-11-2010) was titled "The Preparation of Highly Conjugated Compounds for Device Applications and the Preparation of Functional Sol-Gels for Control of Cell Growth" and was presented by Elizabeth M. Sanford from Hope College in Holland, Michigan. As you can see from the title, her presentation was a two part presentation that dealt with Highly Conjugated Compounds, and Sol-Gels for Cell Growth.
Submitted by Andrew Yang on Sun, 03/07/2010 - 02:32
The presentation this week (03-04-2010) was titled "Synthesis, Applications and Commercial Development of Dendrimers". It was given by Joseph Heinzelmann, who is the product manager for DNT/Starpharma. Joseph graduated high school in 200, then went to Albion College.
Submitted by Andrew Yang on Sat, 02/20/2010 - 06:16
The presentation this week (2-18-10) was titled "Visualizing Lipids in Plasma Membranes." The presentation as given by Dr. Mary L. Kraft, who is an assistant professor in the Chemical and Bio molecular engineering department, at the University of Illinois. Her research is directed to establishing the driving forces that result in the stable cell membrane organization, and finding the correlation between membrane organization and disease.
Submitted by Andrew Yang on Sat, 02/13/2010 - 02:39
The presentation this week (2-11-10) was given by Mu-Hyun Baik PhD. Dr. Baik is an Associate Professor in the Chemistry Department as well as the School of Informatics at Indiana University. His presentation was on solving the energy crises by mechanistic studies on catalytically splitting water.
Submitted by Andrew Yang on Sat, 02/06/2010 - 02:34
The presentation this week (February 5, 2010) was given by Amanda B. Hummon. Amanda Hummon is a new faculty member at the University of Notre dame, and is beginning her research there specifically on colorectal cancer.
Submitted by Andrew Yang on Sat, 01/30/2010 - 07:15
This week's chemistry seminar was presented by Dr. Basar Bilgicer. Dr. Bilgicer is an assistant professor of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at University of Notre Dame. The topic Dr. Bilgicer presented was on multivalent antibodies. Dr. Bilgicer spoke with a clear tone that was easy to understand. However he did have an accent that sometimes made it harder to understand him.
Submitted by Andrew Yang on Fri, 01/22/2010 - 14:08
This week's lecture (January 21, 2010) was about Lipid Natural Products- Diversity Through Small Changes. The presenter was Dr. Robert E Minto, a Caucasian male with long hair that was tied in a pony tail. He is an Associate Professor of Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry at Indiana University.
Submitted by Andrew Yang on Mon, 01/18/2010 - 02:12
This week's presentation (January 14, 2010) was given by Ryan K. Roeder, who is an associate professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. His presentation was about implants for interbody spinal fusion, focusing especially on Polyaryletherketone and Hydroxyapatite. The main point of his presentation was to show us how to synthetically create a replacement for bone, and how to manipulate the materials/environment to create an implant that is very similar to the actual bones in our body.
