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June 26, 2017
, Waseda University
淒ecarbonylative Coupling and Multiple Arylation of Aromatic Molecules�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
June 30, 2017
, University of Regensburg, Germany
淧hotoredox catalysis - Organic synthesis with visible light�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
July 31, 2017
, National University of Singapore
淐atalytic Enantioselective Redox-Neutral Processes for Efficient Chemical Synthesis�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
August 11 & 12, 2017
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Lectures in Organic Chemistry
Friday, August 11, 2017
3:30 PM Refreshments in Merkert Foyer
, Kyoto University
淗elical-Polymer-Based Chiral Catalysts for Switch, Amplification, and Transfer of Chirality潩
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
Saturday, August 12, 2017
9:30 AM Refreshments in Merkert Foyer
Dr. Daniel R. Fandrick, Senior Principal Scientist, Chemical Development, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
淐hallenges and Opportunities in Process Chemistry: Case Studies in Innovation�
10:00 AM, Merkert 127
11:00 AM Break- Refreshments in Merkert Foyer
Professor Michinori Suginome, Kyoto University
淐atalytic Borylations and C-H Functionalization: Chances and Opportunities�
11:15 AM, Merkert 127
January 31, 2017
, Wayne State University
淐hemical Approaches for Characterizing Protein Glutathionylation澛�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
February 21, 2017
, Brandeis University
淪elf-Assembly of Small Molecules in the Cellular Milieu�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 21-23, 2017
, University of California, San Francisco
March 21聽
淐hemical Tricks for Drugging the Undruggable�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
March 22聽
淐hemical Approaches for Deciphering Kinase Signaling Networks�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127聽
March 23聽
淒rugs Targeting K-Ras in Cancer�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
March 28, 2017
, University of Washington
淔unctional Polymeric Materials at Multiple Length Scales�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 11, 2017
, University of California, Berkeley
淗igh-Valent Metal Species in Water Splitting and Solar Fuels Generation�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 12, 2017
, University of Oxford
淢etal catalysis: new reactions and new opportunities for聽organic synthesis�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 25, 2017
, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Joseph and Partricia Vanderslice Lecturer in Organic Chemistry淣ew Bonding and Reactivity: Chemistry of N-Cations and N-Radicals�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
April 27, 2017
, Rutgers University
淯nderstanding and modulating enzyme stability, specificity and quinary structure using computational protein design�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 28, 2017
, Princeton University
淪olar聽Fuels: Designing an Electrocatalytic Interface for the Conversion of CO2聽and H2O to Fuels�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
May 3, 2017
, Merck
淒rug Discovery at Nanomole Scale�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
May 9, 2017
Dr. Jason Thomas, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research
淎 chemical biology approach to drug discovery enabled by chemical proteomics�
Refreshments at 2:45 PM
3:00 PM, Merkert 130
, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Novartis Lecturer
淢icrobial Carbohydrates for Health and Disease�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
May 15, 2017
, University of Strasbourg
淧erspectives in Chemistry:聽From Supramolecular Chemistry towards Adaptive Chemistry�
2:00 PM, Merkert 130
May 16, 2017
, National Cancer Institute-Frederick
淧rofiling acetyltransferases to understand cancer metabolic cues�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
May 17, 2017
, University of California, Riverside
淎 hybrid molecular-nanocrystal platform for photon upconversion�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
May 30, 2017
, Brandeis University
淎ctivation of Nucleophiles for Asymmetric Reactions with Organic Molecules�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 8, 2016
Strem Lectureship
, University of California - Berkeley
淐atalytic Organic Reaction Inspired by the Organometallic Chemistry of Gold�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 9, 2016
Merck Symposium
Dr. David Thaisrivongs, Merck
淭he development of a commercial manufacturing route for verubecestat, a BACE1 inhibitor for the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease澛�
3:15 - 4:15 PM, Merkert 127
, Macrobial Chemistry Research Foundation
淩ecent Progress in Cooperative Asymmetric Catalysis�
4:25 - 5:40 PM, Merkert 127
September 13, 2016
, Boston College - Biology Department
淐hanges in Molecular Recognition Over Time: Evolution and Reinvention of RNA-Protein Interfaces�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 15, 2016
, Michigan State University
淢olecular and Material Approaches for Solar Energy Conversion and Storage�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 20, 2016
, Texas A+M University
淭ranslation of fundamental chemistry to functional nanoscopic macromolecules designed for advanced applications�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 22, 2016
, Boston College
淐ontrolled Encapsulation of Catalysts in Nanoporous Materials�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 27, 2016
, UCSF
淪tructure and Pharmacological Inhibition of the Proton Channel from Influenza A Virus�
3:30 PM, Merkert 130
September 29, 2016
, MIT
淕raphite-Conjugated Catalysis�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 4, 2016
, University of Texas - San Antonio
淎symmetric Cycloaddition Reactions with Metal Carbenes�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 6, 2016
, Boston College
淒ynamic and Switchable Iron-Based Polymerization Catalysts�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 18, 2016
, MIT
淒ynamic Droplets�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 27, 2016
, Ohio State University
淒rugging Undruggable Targets with Cyclic Peptides�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 1, 2016
, Northeastern University
淢eet the Challenge of Discovering Unknowns: Functional Proteomics, Protein Crosslinking and Modifications of Biotherapeutics�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 3, 2016
, Penn State University
淒evelopment of electrocatalytic materials guided by computational chemistry:聽 fuel cells and CO2听别濒别肠迟谤辞谤别诲耻肠迟颈辞苍�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 9, 2016
, Florida Atlantic University
淐hasing Forgotten Reactions: Novel Synthetic Strategies towards Unnatural Peptide and Terpene-based Natural Products�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 10, 2016
, University of California, Berkeley
淟i-air batteries: O2聽electrochemistry in Li ion-bearing nonaqueous electrolytes�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 15, 2016
, University of Copenhagen
淭argeting Protein-Protein Interaction�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 17, 2016
, Emory University
淐ollaborative Approach for C-H Functionalization�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
December 1, 2016
, University of Connecticut
淪ynthesis and optical interaction of metal and semiconductor nanoparticles�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
December 2 & 3, 2016
Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecturer in Organic Synthesis
December 2, 2016
, Camille Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry, MIT
淧alladium-Catalyzed Carbon-Heteroatom Bond Formation: From Small Molecules to Bioconjugation�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
December 3, 2016
Dr. Martin Eastgate, Director, Head, Chemical Research, Bristol-Myers Squibb
淪ynthetic Evolution and Chemical Innovation in the Synthesis of Complex Pharmaceutical Compounds�
10:00 AM, Merkert 127
Professor Stephen L. Buchwald, Camille Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry, MIT
淐opper-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydroamination and Related Process�
11:15 AM, Merkert 127
February 2, 2016
, University of California, Berkeley
淭eaching Polymers the Meaning of Life & Nanographene Quantum Confinement�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
February 8, 2016
, University of Geneva
淪tereoselective synthesis & catalysis with metal carbenes�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
February 23, 2016
, UPenn
淪ingle Electron Transformations to Enable Cross-Couplings�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 1, 2016
, MIT
淓xploring the Chemistry and Biology of Human Defensin Peptides�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 7, 2016
, Brigham Young University
淧rotein and Polymers: How PEG Influences Protein Folding澛�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 17, 2016
AbbVie Symposium
Dr. Michael Z. Hoemann, AbbVie Bioresearch Center
淒iscovery and Optimization of Spleen Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Immunological Diseases�
3:30 PM, Merkert 130
, The University of Utah
淓nantioselective formation of remote chiral centers澛�
4:45 PM, Merkert 130
March 22, 2016
, Tufts University
淐omputational modeling of cyclic peptides�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 28, 2016
, Nagasaki University
淧d-Catalyzed Amphiphilic Allylation Promoted by Organoborane and Efficient Synthesis of Functional Heterocyclic Compounds�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 29, 2016
, University of California at San Francisco
淭argeting Protein-Protein Interactions in the Chaperone Network to Tune Protein Folding�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 5, 2016
, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
淚nsights of Catalytic and Electrochemical Reactions from the In-Situ/Operando Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 6-8, 2016
2016 University Lectures in Chemistry
, California Institute of Technology
April 6聽聽淎rtificial Photosynthetic Systems Based on Membrane-Embedded Microwire Arrays�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
April 7聽聽淢ethods to Achieve Chemical Control over the Reactivity, Morphology, Electrical Behavior, and Orientation of Semiconductors�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127聽
April 8聽聽淎 Conducting Polymer-Based Electronic Nose�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
April 14, 2016
, Rice University
淔rom structure to function: the convergence of structure based models and co-evolutionary information�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
May 3, 2016
, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
淐hemical Approaches for Interrogating Cellular Processes�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
May 4, 2016
, University of Illinois, Chicago
淐atalytic聽Transformations That Utilize Bimetallic Cooperativity�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
May 6, 2016
, University of Oregon
淥xygen Electrocatalysis and Solar Water Splitting Interfaces澛�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
May 10, 2016
, UCSF
淪tructure-based discovery of novel GPCR ligands with novel pharmacology澛�
4:00 PM, Merkert 129
May 11, 2016
, University of Chicago
淐揅 and C揌 Functionalization of Ketones澛�
2:00 PM, Merkert 130
May 25, 2016
, University of Oxford
淐atalytic Approaches to Simplifying Synthesis澛�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
June 7, 2016, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2016 Joseph and Patricia Vanderslice Lecturer in Chemical Synthesis
淭he Functionalization of C-H Bonds�
3:30 PM Refreshments in Merkert Foyer
4:00 PM Lecture in Merkert 130
June 23, 2016
, City University of Hong Kong
淪ulfur empowers porous frameworks: sensors, catalysts and a story of bridging the gaps澛�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
July 15, 2016
, University of New Mexico
淓nabling Copper for Cross-Coupling and Tandem Cyclization-Coupling Reactions, and Mechanistic Studies澛�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
July 21, 2016
, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
淒ifunctionalization of Alkenes: Concepts and New Strategy澛�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
July 22, 2016
, Tohoku University
淧ot Economy in Total Synthesis澛�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
August 19 & 20, 2016
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Lectures in Organic Chemistry
August 19, 2016, The University of Tokyo
淐oordination Self-assembly: from a Molecular Square to Giant MnL2n聽Polyhedra�
3:30 PM Refreshments in Merkert Foyer
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
August 20, 2016
Dr. Jean-Nicolas Desrosiers, Principal Scientist, Chemical Development, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
淒evelopment of New Methodologies for the Synthesis of Biologically Active Heterocyclic Compounds�
9:30 AM Refreshments in Merkert Foyer
10:00 AM, Merkert 127
11:00 AM Break- Refreshments in Merkert Foyer
October 9, 2015
Dr. Adrian Ortiz, Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecturer in Organic Chemistry
淒evelopment of an Innovative and Stereoselective Synthesis of BMS-986001澛�
3:30 PM, Merkert 130
, The Scripps Research Institute
淪tudies in Natural Product Synthesis澛�
4:45 PM, Merkert 130
October 13, 2015
, UC Berkeley
淪elective Catalytic Functionalization of Alkyl and Aryl C-H Bonds�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 20, 2015
, University of Rochester
淪ynthesis and Application of Macrocyclic Organo-Peptide Hybrids for Targeting Protein-Protein Interactions�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 3, 2015
, MIT
淪ynthesis Design through the Lens of Flow Chemistry�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 6, 2015
, Scripps Research Institute
淐hemical Synthesis of Secondary Metabolites�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 10, 2015
, University of California, Riverside
淢olecular聽Probes聽for聽redox signaling and聽oxidative聽stress�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 18, 2015
, University of Wisconsin at Madison
淪olar Energy Conversion and Electrocatalysis Using Earth-Abundant Nanomaterials澛�
4:00 PM, Higgins 310
November 19, 2015
, Brown University
淭uning Nanoparticle Catalysis for Nanomedicine and Energy Applications�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
December 1, 2015
, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
淏reaking Strong Bonds: Adventures in Sustainable Chemistry�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
December 3, 2015
, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
淪ite-Specific Colloidal Synthesis澛�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
June 26, 2015
Professor Kenso Soai, Tokyo University of Science
淎symmetric Autocatalysis and the Origin of Homochirality�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
August 7 and 8, 2015
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Lectures in Organic Chemistry
Friday, August 7
Frank and Bertha Hupp Professor of Chemistry
The Scripps Research Institute
淟igand-Accelerated C-H Activation Reactions: Near and Far. Redox Chemistry for Catalysis�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
Saturday, August 8
Dr. Joshua Sieber, Boeheringer Ingelheim
淓xpedient Scalable Synthesis of Novel P-Chiral Phosphines and Applications to Asymmetric Synthesis�
10:00 AM, Merkert 130
, The Scripps Research Institute
淟igand-Accelerated C-H Activation Reactions: Near and Far. Ligand Acceleration�
11:00 AM, Merkert 130
August 20, 2015
Dr. Jun Liu, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
淔rom Fundamental Materials Chemistry to Energy Systems - Cases for Large Scale Energy Storage�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 1, 2015
, Georgia Tech
淭ailored Virus-Like Particles for Biomedicine and Catalysis�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 8, 2015
Novartis Chemical Sciences Symposium
2:30 PM聽- Refreshments
3:00 PM聽-聽Dr. Christopher Brain, Cambridge, MA
淭he discovery of Ribociclib (LEE011) a selective CDK4/6 inhibitor for the treatment of cancer�
Merkert 127
4:00 PM聽-聽, University of Illinois
淏iosynthesis of Cyclic Peptide Antibiotics�
Merkert 127
September 17, 2015
, Boston College
淐hemical-proteomic strategies to investigate reactive cysteines�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 19, 2016
Dr.聽Koh Takeuchi, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo
淯tilization and extension of聽 solution NMR techniques for biologically and clinically important systems�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
January 13, 2015
Professor Doug Stephan, University of Toronto
淔rustrated Lewis Pairs in Small Molecule Activation and Catalysis�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
January 20, 2015
Professor Brian McNaughton, Colorado State University
淓xpanding the Functional Utility of Proteins as Research Tools and Therapeutic Leads�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
February 17, 2015
Professor Alexander Statsuk, Northwestern University
淏iochemistry and Pharmacology of The Ubiquitin System�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 12, 2015
Merck Lectureship in Organic Chemistry
2:30 Reception
Dr. Jared Silverman, Merck
淎 History of the Development of Daptomycin: From Bedside to Bench and Back Again�
3:00 PM, Merkert 130
Professor Sarah Reisman, Caltech
淔rom Alkaloids to Terpenoids: New Strategies and Tactics for the Synthesis of Polycyclic Natural Products�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 17, 2015
Professor Xiang Wang, University Colorado-Boulder
淏io-Inspired Synthesis of Functional Molecules�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 18, 2015
O'Malley Lecturer Professor Tom Muir, Princeton University
淗oudini Proteins: Discovery and Applications of Ultrafast Inteins�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 19, 2015
Professor Pratap Rao, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
淓fficient and Scalable Solar Materials through Nanoscale Engineering and Flame Synthesis�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 26, 2015
Professor Donghai Wang, Penn. State University
淯nderstanding Chemical Interaction in Functional Carbon-Sulfur Composites as Cathode for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 31, 2015
Professor Paul Chirik, Princeton University
淏ase Metal Catalysis: The Interplay of Applications and Electronic Structure�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 1, 2015
Professor Amnon Kohen, University of Iowa
淓nzyme catalysis: From physical to organic chemistry�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 2, 2015
Professor Ron Grimm, WPI Worcestor Polytech Institute
淢ethyl-terminated silicon microwire arrays for solar fuels applications: Surface structure, stability, and performance�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 4, 2015 Symposium
Professor Vahe Bandarian, University of Arizona
淧rospecting for new enzymes in RNA modification and secondary metabolism�
3:00 - 4:00 PM, Merkert 130
Professor Ben Shen, The Scripps Research Institute
淢icrobial Genomics: New Opportunities for Natural Product Biosynthesis, Engineering, and Drug Discovery�
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 7, 2015
Professor Floyd Romesberg, The Scripps Research Institute
淎 semi-synthetic organism with an expanded genetic alphabet�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 16, 2015
Professor W. David Wei, University of Florida
淧lasmon-Mediated Surface Chemistry for Solar Photocatalysis�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 21, 2015
Vanderslice Lecturer
Professor Ilan Marek, Technion Israel Institute of Technology
淩emote Functionalization of Hydrocarbons�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 22, 23, 24, 2015
Boston College University Lecture Series in Chemistry
Professor John Bercaw, California Institute of Technology
April 22
淎pproaches to Selective ;Catalytic Upgrading of Light Hydrocarbons Using Oxidative Routes�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
April 23
淟ight Olefin Trimerization with Chromium and Titanium Catalysts�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
April 24
淎lpha Olefin Polymerization Catalysis: Stereochemisry, Kinetics, and Kinetic Resolutions�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
May 4, 2015
Professor Seth Herzon, Yale University
淣ew Metal-Catalyzed Reactions for Organic Synthesis and the Development of a Synthetic Route to Complex Guanidinium Alkaloids�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
May 15, 2015
Professor Paramjit Arora, NYU
淧rotein Domain Mimetics as Modulators of Protein-Protein Interactions�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
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