Loyola University Chicago

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

2020 Chemistry Seminars

November 19, 2020
Chris Dockendorff
Marquette University
Title: "Modulation of Protease-Activated Receptors (PARs) and their putative complexes with allosteric and bivalent ligands"

November 12, 2020
Ginevra Clark
University of Illinois at Chicago
Title: "Relating Chemistry to Healthcare, Social Justice, and MORE"

October 22, 2020
Rachael Farber
The University of Chicago
Title: "Understanding the Surface Chemistry of Next-Generation Particle Accelerator Material:
Oxidized Nb(100) as a Model System"

October 15, 2020
Alejandro P. Heuck
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Title: "The P. aeruginosa Type 3 Secretion System Translocon as a target for antimicrobials"

October 8, 2020
Nils Walter
University of Michigan
Title: "Single Molecules Come Into Focus: The RNA World We Live In"

September 24, 2020
Swetlana Schauermann
Kiel University (Germany)
Title: "Controlling Selectivity in Heterogeneous Catalysis: An Atomistic View"

September 17, 2020
Oscar Juarez
Illinois Institute of Technology
Title: "Sodium-based metabolism in pathogenic bacteria, a novel target for drug discovery"

September 10, 2020
Prakasha Kempaiah
Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine
Title: "Target based drug discovery for emerging and drug-resistant pathogens"

April 23, 2020
Patrick Daubenmire
Loyola University Chicago
Title: "Alignment of students' problem solving strategies with expert practices and instructional approaches in general chemistry classrooms"

April 16, 2020
Daniel Killelea
Loyola University Chicago
Title: "Surface Structure and Reactivity of Catalytically Active Metals"

March 26, 2020
Daniel Becker
Loyola University Chicago
Title: "Employing Medicinal Chemistry to Face the Challenge of Antibiotic Resistance"

March 19, 2020
Graham Moran
Loyola University Chicago
Title: "Renalase: A Cautionary Tale of Enzyme Function Determination"

February 27, 2020
Julia A. Kalow
Northwestern University
Title: "Reactivity-property relationships in photocontrolled polymer networks"

February 20, 2020
Andrew Murkin
University of Maryland
Title: "Inhibition of the Tuberculosis Target Isocitrate Lyase Using Masked Electrophiles"

February 13, 2020
Chia-Wei Hsu
Argonne National Lab
Title: "Inorganic to Organic Chemistry: Nitrous Oxide Reduction, Imine Self-Sorting, and Battery Electrolyte Synthesis"