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CHMY 630 - Chemistry Seminar
Seminars by Semester
Spring 2019
January 14th
Speaker: Royce Engstrom, Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Montana
Title: A Research Path into Administration
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February 4th
Speaker: Alysia Cox, Assistant Professor, Montana Tech
Title: Rock controls on life: From the seafloor to the continent
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February 11th
Speaker: Shanadeen Begay, Postdoc, Northeastern University
Title: The Thermodynamics, Structure and Dynamics: Influences on Catalysis of Biological Molecules Using Molecular Dynamics
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March 11th
Speaker: Sharon Neufeldt, Assistant Professor, Montana State University
Title: Using N-heterocyclic carbene ligands to control cross coupling selectivity
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March 18th
Speaker: Aaron Sather, Senior Scientist, Merck
Title: The Construction of Hindered N-Aryl Piperidines and the Carbodiimide Click Reaction
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April 1st
Speaker: Chris Cornelius, Professor, University of Nebraska
Title: TBA
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April 8th
Speaker: Karletta Chief, Professor, University of Arizona
Title: Community Driven University Partnerships to Assess Exposures and Risk Perceptions of Diné Communities following the Gold King Mine Spill
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April 15th
Speaker: Eric Aston, Professor, University of Idaho
Title: TBA
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April 22nd
Speaker: Ranga Narayanan, Distinguished Professor, University of Florida
Title: TBA
Autumn 2018
September 10th
Speaker: Professor Michael DeGrandpre, Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Montana
Title: Changes in the Arctic Ocean Carbon Cycle
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September 17th
Speaker: Professor John Priscu, Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University
Title: The Hidden World Beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet
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September 24th
Speaker: Chuck Emnett
Title: Safety Seminar
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October 1st
Speaker: Professor Bob Hall, Flathead Lake Biological Station, University of Montana
Title: Metabolism of Many Rivers
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October 8th
Speaker: Sci-Finder Personnel
Title: Using Sci-Finder Scholar
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October 15th
Speaker: Professor Matt Church, Flathead Lake Biological Station, University of Montana
Title: Time, Water, and Change: Plankton Biogeochemistry in Low-Nutrient Ecosystems
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October 22nd
Speaker: Dr. Andrea Fassbender, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Title: Chemical feedbacks in the climate system: A modified marine carbon cycle under business-as-usual carbon dioxide emissions
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October 29th
Speaker: Professor Brent Else, University of Calgary
Title: Year-round atmospheric and oceanic measurements to better understand air-sea CO2 exchange in the Arctic
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November 5th
CBSD Sponsored Speaker: Professor Adam Fiedler, Marquette University
Title: Characterization of Short-Lived Intermediates in the Reaction of Synthetic Dioxygenase Models with Dioxygen
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November 19th
Speaker: Professor Stephanie Ewing, Montana State University
Title: Geochemical tracers of mineral-water interaction from porewaters of the
shallow subsurface to bedrock aquifers and rivers of Alaska and Montana
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November 26th
Speaker: Professor Ben Colman, University of Montana
Title: Cycling and impacts of colloids and nanoparticles in ecosystems
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December 3rd
Speaker: Professor Todd Martz, Universit of California, San Diego
Title: Chemical sensors for ocean profiling floats
Autumn 2017
September 25th
Speaker: Chuck Emnett, Environmental Health and Risk Management
Title: Lab Safety Seminar
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October 9th
Speaker: Seven C. Bergmeier, Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Ohio University
Title: Synthetic modifications of natural products - Identification of new therapeutic agents
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Obtober 19th (Thursday)
Speaker: George Stanley, Cyril & Tuttle Vetter Alumni Professor, Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University
Title: Bimetallic Hydroformylation: Twice the Fun?!
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October 23rd
Speaker: Andrea Stierle, Research Professor, BMED, University of Montana
Title: Fungal Inhibitors of Molecular Pathways Associated with Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) and New Antibiotics from Cryptic Biosynthesis
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November 6th
Speaker: Carl Lovely, Professor & Distinguished Teaching Professor, Assoc. Dept Chair, Dept of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Texas Arlington
Title: An amphibious assault on marine alkaloids
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November 13th
Speaker: Yisong (Alex) Guo, Assitant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University
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November 20th
Speaker: Dick Field, Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemistry, University of Montana
Title: The Several Forms of Einstein’s Genius: His bold 1905 Proposal of the Quantum of Radiation Defined as E = hν, and the Fierce Resistance to It.
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December 4th
Speaker: Monica Serban, Assistant Professor, BMED, University of Montana
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December 11th
Speaker: Courtney Aldrich, Associate Professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota
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Spring 2017
January 30
Speaker: Brad Layton, Director, Energy Technology Program Applied Computing and Engineering Technology Department—Missoula College
Title: Protein Mechanics: How Collagen and Tubulin Hold Life Together
Abstract:
When considering molecular biology, topics involving the mechanics of materials don’t typically come to mind. However, in the dawning age of nanomaterials, it has become clear that the language of material mechanics quickly becomes relevant. Associate Professor Layton will review some of the work he has done in protein evolution, collagen mechanics, tubulin mechanics, and diabetic neuropathy. Attendees will have the opportunity to discover how many of the same material mechanics principles that apply at the human scale also have relevance at the molecular scale.
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February 13
Speaker: Chris Palmer, University of Montana, Chair Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Title: Evaluation of Latex Nanoparticle-Modified Silicas as Sorbents for Solid Phase Extraction Systems
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March 13
Speaker: Orion Berryman, University of Montana
Title: TBA
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March 27
Speaker: Dick Field, University of Montana
Title: TBA
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April 3
Speaker: Brett Keiper, East Carolina UniversityTitle: TBA
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April 10
Speaker: Guest Speaker and MSU Professor(s) Szilagyi and/or Stephan Irle,
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April 17
Speaker: Jon Jacobs, Pacific Northwest National Lab
Title: TBA
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April 24
Speaker: Brian Bothner, Montana State University
Title: TBA
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May 1
Speaker: Bing Gong, University of Buffalo
Title: TBA
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May 8
Speaker: Bryce Tappan, Los Alamos National Labs
Title: TBA
Autumn 2016
September 12
Borries Dememler, Center for Analytical Ultracentrifugation ofr Macromolecular Assemblies (CAUMA), University of Texas San Antonio
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September 19
Chuck Emnett, University of Montana Saftey Program & Assoc. Emergency Manager
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Ranalda Tsosie, University of Montana PhD student and GSA member
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September 26
Tim Jackson, Kansas University
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October 3
Evangelos Sisamakis, PicoQuant
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October 10
Speaker: TBA
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October 17
Speaker: Armando McDonald, University of Idaho
Title: Lignin Copolymers and Grafting Cellulose onto Bioplastics
Abstract:
This seminar will cover two of projects on biobased materials.
- A series of lignin-copolymers were prepared using industrial lignins and hyperbranched prepolymers (HBP) via melt condensation. To obtain different HBP structures (A2B3, B3-A2-CB31) the prepolymers were synthesized using various difunctional diacids (A2, e.g. adipic acid), trifunctional alcohols (B3, e.g. glycerol and triethanolamine), tertrafunctional alcohol/amine (CB31, tris(hydroxymethyl)-aminomethane) building blocks. These lignin copolymers were elastomeric and shown to have thermally stimulated shape memory effects (SME). Different branching and core structures of the HBP (soft segment) were shown to influence the properties of the lignin-copolymers. The results demonstrated that properties of lignin-copolymers could be tuned through lignin type, lignin content, prepolymer structure, and monomer variations. This study demonstrated that lignin, a renewable byproduct, can be promisingly valorized to apply as a netpoint segment in biobased polymer systems with SME behavior.
- Green biocomposites from the bacterial bioplastic, poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB), and cellulose fibers was prepared. Grafting of PHB onto cellulose was carried out by reactive extrusion using dicumyl peroxide free radical initiation. The chemical, mechanical and thermal properties were evaluated. The mechanical properties of the biocomposites were improved by cross-linking due to better stress transfer between the two interphases as compared to the blend control composite without adding peroxide. This inline process offers an effective approach to improve biocomposite materials by reactive extrusion.
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October 24
Speaker: Julie Mcgettrick
Title: "Characterizing Cationic Latex Nanoparticles in South Australia"
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October 31
Speaker: TBA
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November 7
Speaker: Jim Robert, NOAA-Boulder
Title: TBA
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November 14
Speaker: Dick Field, University of Montana
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November 21
Speaker: Andrew Ranck, University of Montana
Title: Stumbling Thourgh Social Research
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November 28
Speaker: TBA
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December 5
Speaker: TBA
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December 12
Speaker: TBA
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Spring 2016
January 25
Andrea Stierle, BMED, University of Montana
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February 1
Christer Aakeröy, Kansas State University
Title: From molecular dating to functional materials
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February 8
Kim Hageman, University of Otago
Title: Atmospheric Transport of Semi-volatile Organic Contaminants
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February 22
Gerrit Groenenboom, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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February 29
Phillip Britz-McKibbin, McMaster University
Title: Metabolomic Studies of Firefighter Exposure to Wood Smoke: Novel Markers for Improved Risk Assessment and Mitigation
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March 7
Tyler Smith, Rivertop Renewables
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March 14
Alex Grishaev, University
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March 21
Luca Salassa, CIC biomaGUNE (San Sebastián, Spain)
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March 28
Jiantao Guo, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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April 11
Person, University
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April 18
Eric Brauns, University of Idaho
Title: Mid-infrared Diffuse Reflection on Ultrafast Time Scales
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April 25
Scott Prosser, University of Toronto-Mississauga
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Autumn 2015
August 20
Antoniotti Sylvain, CNRS France Host: BMED/CHEM
Title: Development of Synthetic Methods in Organic Chemistry Based on Metal-Catalysed Reactions: From Mononuclear Metal Complexes to Metal Nanoparticles
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August 31
Kevin Schug, University of Texas, Arlington
Title: Analytical Strategies for Investigating Potential Effects of Unconventional Oil and Gas Extraction on Groundwater Quality
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September 14
Markus Müller, University of Innsbruck
Title: First Airborne PTR-ToF-MS Measurements of VOCs in a Biomass Burning Plume: Primary Emissions and Aging
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October 19
Lallan Giri, Biologics Resources LLC
Title: Medical Counter-measures Against Bio-terrorism (12:10 pm)
Kendal Ryter, GlaxoSmithKline
Title: Synthetic Adjuvant Development Program: Aminoalkyl Glucosaminide Phosphates (AGPs) (4:10 pm)
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October 26
Valeriy Smirnov, University of Montana, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
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November 2
Valerie Copie, Montana State University
Title: Probing the metabolism of microbes by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
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November 9
Stefan Stoll,
Title: Mapping Protein Conformational Changes Using EPR Spectroscopy
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November 16
Phillippe Buhlmann, University of Minnesota
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December 7
Monica Serban, University of Montana, Material Sciences
Title: Shape-shifting thixotropic hydrogels as a tool for in vitro 3D cell culture
Spring 2015
February 2
John Dawson, University of South Carolina (CBSD Sponsored)
Title: "Generation and Reactivity of Transient Cytochrome P450 Oxygen-Containing Intermediates"
February 9
Rob Smith, University of Montana Department of Computer Science
Title: "The Significance of Data Processing in Mass Spectrometry: Challenges and Opportunities"
February 23
Jennifer Dubois, Montana State University
Title: "TBA"
February 26
Larry Que, University of Minnesota
Title: "Peroxodiiron Intermediates of Oxygenases Involved in Cell Proliferation and Chloramphenicol Biosynthesis (and Related Synthetic Models)"
March 2
Ed Rosenberg & Trina Valencich, University of Montana
Title: "What we did on our one semester sabbatical! By Ed Rosenberg and Trina Valencich"
March 5
Candidate II Bioinorganic Search
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March 9
Candidate III Bioinorganic Search
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March 12
Candidate IV Bioinorganic Search
Title: "TBA"
March 16
Ed Rosenberg, University of Montana
Title: "TBA"
March 23
Mark Grimes, University of Montana (Division of Biological Sciences)
Title: "TBA"
April 6
Hlanganani Tutu, Univeristy of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Title: "Understanding and Responding to Contaminants in Gold Mining Environments in South Africa"
April 13
Richard H. Fish, Berkeley Lab, University of California Berkeley
Title: "Chemoselective Synthesis of [(h6-Cp*Rh-Tyr1)-Leu-enkephalin](OTf)2 , and Quantum Chemical and Molecular Docking Studies with G-Protein-Coupled µ-, ∂-, and k-Opioid Receptors"
April 20
Andy Borovik, University of California-Irvine (CBSD Sponsored)
Title: "Synthetic Chemistry as a Window into Biology: Probing Active Site Metal–Oxo and Metal–Hydroxo Complexes"
April 27
Garon Smith, Univeristy of Montana
Title: "TThe Wizard of UM in New Zealand"
May 4
William Pennington, Clemson University
Title: "Halogen Bonding: Fundamentals and Applications"
