Materials Seminar: Brooks Abel (University of California, Berkeley)

Organocatalysts for Controlled Cationic Ring-Opening Polymerizations
1315 Seminar Hall
@ 12:05 pm

Title: Organocatalysts for Controlled Cationic Ring-Opening Polymerizations Abstract: Extensive efforts have been made to synthesize polymers derived from heterocyclic monomers including lactones, lactams, and epoxides among other monomers, and numerous synthetic routes have been developed …

Organic/Hirschmann Seminar: Cynthia Burrows (University of Utah)

The Fenton Reaction in Cells: From DNA ‘Damage’ to Gene Induction
1315 Seminar Hall
@ 3:30 pm

Title: The Fenton Reaction in Cells: From DNA ‘Damage’ to Gene Induction Abstract: Oxidative and nitrosative stress in cells result in DNA damage due to formation of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (ROS and RNS). …

Organic/Hirschmann Seminar: Cynthia Burrows (University of Utah)

Nanopore Tools to Investigate RNA Modifications
1315 Seminar Hall
@ 3:30 pm

Title: Nanopore Tools to Investigate RNA Modifications Abstract: Long-read nanopore sequencing has enabled new science to be discovered in DNA and RNA biochemistry. In particular, the ability to detect RNA modifications such as pseudouridine, 5-methylcytidine, …

Analytical/Schrag Seminar: Minah Seo (Sogang University)

1315 Seminar Hall
@ 12:05 pm

Title: Terahertz Nanoplasmonics for Ultrasensitive Molecular Sensing Abstract:  Terahertz (THz) waves probe low-energy molecular vibrations and intermolecular interactions, offering label-free, non-destructive spectroscopic fingerprints of chemical and biological species. However, the enormous mismatch between THz wavelengths …