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Seminars

2024-2025

DateLocationTimePresenter and DatesTitle
Friday, August 23NWC13132:00 p.m.Safety Training 
Friday, September 13NWC1313:11:30 a.m.Dr. Morris Bullock
PNNL, AAS Fellow
Design and Development of Molecular Electrocatalysts for Oxidation of Hydrogen and Production of Hydrogen: Shoving Prorons Around with Proton Relays
Friday, September 20SLSRC 10011:30 p.m.Prof. Ruibin Liang
Texas Tech University
Development of Multiscale Simulation Approaches for the Characterization of Photochemical Reactivities in Biomolecules
Friday, September 27NWC131311:30 a.m.Dr. Lynn Kamerlin
Georgia Tech
Conformational Dynamics and the Emergency of New Enzymes
Friday, October 4NWC131311:30 a.m..Dr. Peter Shen
University of Utah
Visualizing Chaperone-Mediated Protein Folding
Friday, October 18NWC131311:30 a.m.Dr. Todd Krauss
University of Rochester
Photochemistry and Photophysics of Colloidal Nanocrystals in the Strong Light-Matter Coupling Limit
Friday, October 25  Dr. Young-Jin Lee
Iowa State University
In Vivo Isotope Labeling of plant Metabolites for Mass Spectrometry Imaging
Friday, November 8NWC131311:30 a.m.Dr. Peter Stang
University of Utah
Abiological Self-Assembly:  Predesigned Metallacyles and Maallacages via Coordination.
Friday, November 15NWC131311:30 a.m.Dr. Mary Rodgers
Wayne State University
 
Friday, November 15SLSRC 3410/3430 Astellas Room3:30 p.m.Dr. Kevin Gardner, CUNY
Sponsored by COBRE
 
Friday, December 6NWC131311:30 a.m.Dr. Jing Li
Rutgers University
Hybrid Copper Halides:  Designer Materials for Solid-State Lighting Technology
Friday, January 31, 2025NWC131311:30 a.m.Dr. Lynn Kamerlin
Georgia Tech
Conformational Dynamics and the Emergency of New Enzymes
Friday, February 7, 2025NWC131311:30 a.m.Dr. Helen Zgurskaya
University of Oklahoma
Drug Efflux in the Multiverse of Antibiotic Resistance
Friday, February 14, 2025  Dr. Minyoung Yoon
Kyungpook National University
Inorganic Nanomaterials for the H2 Generation, Storage and Utilization
Friday, February 21, 2025SLSRC 3410/343011:30 a.m.Dietician Seminar 
Friday, February 21, 2025SLSRC 3410/34303:45 p.m.

Dr. Joshua Telser

Roosevelt University

Spectroscopic Studies of Heme Proteins/Enzymes Involved in Small Molecule Sensing/Activation
Friday, February 28, 2025NWC131311:00 a.m.

Dr. Luca Fornelli

University of Oklahoma

Advancing by Stepping Back:  How Simplifying Mass Spectra Enhances Proteoform Analysis
Friday, March 7, 2025SLSRC 3410/34301:30 p.m.Damian Winston Young
Baylor University
Application of DNA-Encoded Libraries for Academic Drug Discovery
Friday, March 7, 2025SLSRC 3410/34303:00 p.m.

Dr. Deven Estes

University of Stuttgart

Organometallic Catalysts on Solid Surfaces:  Effect of the Surface on Catalyst Properties.
Friday, March 14, 2025NWC131311:00 a.m.

Dr. James Berger

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Still Unscrambling the Puzzle of Biological Machines: The Replisome Continues to Surprise
Friday, March 28, 2025SLSRC 3410/34303:00 p.m. 

Dr. Kirill Kovnir

Iowa State University

Intercalation, Oxidation, and Bond Formation in Metal Chalcogenides
Friday, April 11, 2025NWC131311:00 a.m.Dr. Mary Rodgers
Wayne State University
Structures, Energetics, and Mechanism for Dissociation of Protonated Nucleosides and Protonated Base Pairs
Friday, April 18, 2025    
Friday, April 25, 2025NWC131311:00 a.m.Dr. Jon Thorson
University of Kentucky
 
Friday, May 2, 2025  Dr. Tatyana Karabencheva-Christova/
Michigan Tech
 

2023-2024

DateLocationTimePresenter and Dates
January 16  Classes Begin
Friday, January 19NWC 13134:00 p.m.Karissa Sanbonmatsu, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Friday, February 2NWC 13134:00 p.m.Alberto Striolo, OU Chemical, Biological & Materials Engineering
Friday, February 9NWC 13134:.00 p.m.Laszlo Kurti, Rice University
Friday, February 16NWC 13134:00 p.m.Jeffrey Long, University of California, Berkeley
Friday, March 1 NWC 13134:00 p.m.Jennifer M. Schomaker, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Friday, March 8SLSRC #24102:00 p.m.Daniel Tabor, Texas A&M
March 18-22  Spring Break
Friday, March 29NWC 13134:oo p.m.Joe Zhou, Texas A & M University
Friday, April 5SLSRC #3410/343011:30 a.m.Mukund Sibi, North Dakota State University
Friday, April 12NWC 13134:00 p.m.Lingjun Li, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Friday, April 19SLSRC Patrick Woodward, Ohio State University
Friday, May 3NWC 13134:00 p.m.Guilia Palermo, University of California at Riverside
Date   SpeakerLocation
August 24, 2023
4:15 pm
Annual Departmental Laboratory Safety Seminar
Zoom
August 25, 2023
4:15 pm
Fire Safety Meeting & Hands-on Fire Extinguisher TrainingNWC 1313
September 1, 2023
4:00 pm
Yuanning Feng and Hyunho Noh, University of Oklahoma
Department Seminar
NWC 1313
September 8, 2023
4:00 pm
Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Yale University
Karcher Seminar
Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Catalysis and Energy Conversion (pdf)

NWC 1313
September 15, 2023
4:00 pm
Victor Klimov, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Karcher Seminar
Colloidal Quantum Dot Laser Diodes: Three Decades in the Making
NWC 1313
September 22, 2023
4:00 pm

Vernita Gordon, Univeristy of Texas at Austin

Compromising polymer components of biofilm infections to make them easier to clear

NWC 1313
September 29, 2023
4:00 pm
Kurt Brorsen, University of Missouri
Department Seminar
SLSRC 5591

October 13, 2023

4:00PM

Chenjia Mi, University of Oklahoma

Quantum Dots: The Connection in Between

NWC 1313

October 20, 2023

4:00 pm

Martin-Paul Agbaga, OU Health Sciences Center

Novel roles of very long chain fatty acids in neuronal health and disease: The very long and winding road to therapy.

NWC 1313

October 27, 2023

1:00 pm

Greg Beran, Univeristy of California, RiversideSLSRC 5591

November 3, 2023

4:00 pm

Jonathan L. Sessler, Univeristy of Texas at Austin

Texas-Inspired Drug Discovery Efforts

NWC 1313

November 10, 2023

9:00 am

Clarissa Durie, Univeristy of Missouri

Structure & Function of the Legionella pneumophila Dot/Icm Type IV Secretion System

SLSRC 3410/3430

November 28, 2023

3:00 pm

Joanna Slusky, Univeristy of KansasSLSRC 3410/3430

2022-2023

DateSpeakerLocation
August 26, 2022
4:15 pm
Emergency Preparedness & Lab Safety Meeting
Emergency Prepardness Speaker Information (pdf)
Zoom
September 9, 2022
4:15 pm
Sergey Varganov, University of Nebraska
Physical Chemistry Seminar
Spin-Dependent Processes in Chemistry (pdf)
SLSRC 3410/3430
September 16, 2022
4:15 pm
Shanteri Singh, University of Oklahoma
Department Seminar
Synthesis of Isoprenoids: A Chemoenzymatic Approach (pdf)
NWC 1313
September 23, 2022
4:15 pm
Laura-Isobel McCall, University of Oklahoma
Department Seminar
Chemical Cartography of Host-Parasite-Microbiome Interactions: Fundamental and Translational Insights (pdf)
NWC 1313
October 14, 2022
4:15 pm
Thirumalai Venkatesan, University of Oklahoma
Department Seminar
Robust Memristors for AI/ML Applications (pdf)
NWC 1313
October 21, 2022
4:15 pm
Marcy Balunas, University of Michigan
Karcher Seminar
Regulation of Specialized Metabolite Production in Host-Microbe Symbioses (pdf)
NWC 1313
October 28, 2022
4:15 pm
David Mitzi, Duke University
Karcher Seminar
Hybrid Hallide Perovskites: Highly Diverse and Tunable Semiconductors (pdf)
NWC 1313
November 4, 2022
CANCELED
Victor Klimov, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Karcher Seminar
Realization of Collodal Quantum Dot Laser Diodes: A New Beginning After a 20-Year-Long Journey (pdf)
 
December 2, 2022
4:15 pm
Matthew J. Hart, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Department Seminar
Drug and Target Discovery at the Oklahoma Center for Therapeutic Sciences (pdf)
NWC 1313
December 5, 2022
4:00 pm
Susruta Majumdar, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis
Biochemistry Seminar
Synthesis of Novel Opiod Modulators Targeting Novel Allosteric Sites (pdf)
SLSRC 3410/3430
January 20, 2023
4:15 pm 
Xiaosong Li, University of Washington
Karcher Seminar
Manifestation of Spin-Couplings in Computational Molecular Spectroscopy (pdf)
NWC 1313
February 3, 2023
CANCELED
Clarissa Durie, University of Missouri 
COBRE Seminar
Structure & Function of the Legionella pneumophila Dot/Icm Type IV Secretion System (pdf)
SLSRC 3410/3430
February 10, 2023
4:15 pm
Stefan Wilhelm, University of Oklahoma
Department Seminar
Quantifying Nano-Bio Interactions in Nanomedicine (pdf)
NWC 1313
February 17, 2023
4:15 pm 
John Montgomery, University of Michigan
Karcher Seminar
New Catalytic Strategies for Aldehyde and Acetal Functionalization (pdf)
NWC 1313
February 24, 2023
1:00 pm
Hanno zur Loye, University of South Carolina
Inorganic Seminar
From Mild Hydrothermal to High Temperature Solutions: Crystal Growth of New Uranium and Transuranium Phases (pdf)
SLSRC 2410
March 3, 2023
4:15 pm 
Steven Crossley, University of Oklahoma
Department Seminar
Deconvoluting the many roles of water and confinement in zeolite catalysis (pdf)
NWC 1313
March 10, 2023
4:15 pm 
Lacey McNally, University of Oklahoma
Department Seminar
Development of small molecule-based and nano-based contrast agents for Optoacoustic Imaging (pdf)
NWC 1313
March 24, 2023
4:15 pm 
Neil Kelleher, Northwestern University
Barton Seminar
Measuring proteoform signatures in human disease: Leveling up proteomics to bridge the gap from genotype to phenotype (pdf)
NWC 1313
March 24, 2023
11:00 am
Klaas-Martinus Pos, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
Department Seminar
Antimicrobial Resistance: How a single efflux pump recognizes multiple drugs and inhibitors (pdf)
SLSRC 3410/3430
March 31, 2023
1:00 pm
Liming Zhang, University of California, Santa Barbara
Organic Seminar
Basic Group in Stereoselective Gold Chemistry: From Ligand-Enabled Cooperative to SN2-type Glycosylation (pdf)
SLSRC 2430
April 7, 2023
3:00 pm 
Tendal Gadzikwa, Kansas State University
Inorg/Pchem/Bio Seminar
Metal-organic framework (MOF) materials as scaffolds for enzyme-inspired catalysts (pdf)
SLSRC 3410/3430
April 14, 2023
4:15 pm 
Yan Jessie Zhang, University of Texas at Austin
Barton Seminar
1+1 > 2: Combination of experimental structural biology and AI-predicted protein fold to understand biological functions (pdf)
NWC 1313
April 21, 2023
4:15 pm
Erica Ollmann Saphire, La Jolla Institute of Immunology
COBRE Seminar
Antibody defense against emerging infectious disease (pdf)
NWC 1313
April 28, 2023
1:00 pm
Oliver Reiser, Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Regensburg
Organic Seminar
Copper makes the difference: Developing Sustainable Photoredox Catalyzed Transformations (pdf)
SLSRC 3410/3430
April 28, 2023
4:15 pm 
Brian Schoichet, University of California, San Francisco
Barton Seminar
Following the Rabbit into Chemical Space (pdf)
NWC 1313
May 1, 2023
CANCELED
Giulia Palermo, University of California, Riverside
Biochem/Pchem Seminar
Dynamics and mechanisms of CRISPR-Cas9 through the lens of computational methods (pdf)
SLSRC
May 5, 2023
4:15 pm
CANCELED
Ying Ge, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Karcher Seminar
NWC 1313