Thesis Defense – Dean Jarois

Dean Jarois
Room 9341
@ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) is responsible for the formation of membraneless organelles in cells and is often regarded as a plausible mechanism for prebiotic compartmentalization. While LLPS has been widely studied with homochiral peptides and …

Crystal Formation and Orientation in Aragonite Biominerals

Connor Schmidt
Room 2401, North Tower, Chemistry Building
@ 9:00 am - 10:00 am

Connor Schmidt’s dissertation defense, titled “Crystal Formation and Orientation in Aragonite Biominerals”. Public session will be held in-person in 2401 Chemistry and virtually on Zoom.

Theoretical Institute Special Seminar: Prof. Ming Chen (Purdue University)

9341 Daniels (Chemistry)
@ 3:30 pm

Title:  Artificial Intelligence Meets Physics Abstract: In recent years, artificial-intelligence (AI) methodologies have been developed for a broad range of scientific applications, including molecular and materials property prediction, protein structure determination, drug discovery, and materials …

Chemical Biology Seminar: Yang Hai (University of California, Santa Barbara)

Natural product biosynthesis and biocatalysis
1315 Seminar Hall
@ 3:30 pm

Prof. Yang Hai Title: Natural product biosynthesis and biocatalysis Bio: Education: University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Postdoctoral Fellow 07/2016-08/2020 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Ph.D. in Chemistry 06/2011-06/2016 Peking University Beijing, China …