Professor Hans Renata

Remsen Hall 233

Professor Hans Renata, Rice University Abstract: By virtue of their unrivaled selectivity profiles, enzymes possess remarkable potential to address unsolved challenges in chemical synthesis. The realization of this potential, however, has only recently gained traction. Recent advances in enzyme engineering and genome mining have provided a powerful platform for identifying and optimizing enzymatic transformations for […]

Professor Ted Sargent

Remsen Hall 233

Professor Ted Sargent, Northwestern University Materials chemistry for optoelectronics and for decarbonization Abstract: Emerging materials – such as quantum dots, perovskites, and metal and metal oxide nanoparticles – are urgently needed to advance both consumer electronics and large-scale decarbonization of electricity, fuels, and chemicals. I will discuss recent advances in light sensors, solar photovoltaics, and in […]

Ira Remsen Memorial Lecture

Remsen 101

Steven Sibener, University of Chicago A Multiscale View of Dynamical Processes at Surfaces using Molecular Beam Scattering, In Situ Scanning Probe Imaging, and Molecular Dynamics Simulations Abstract: This presentation will highlight recent contributions from our group in the areas of surface chemistry and gas-surface interactions. Information derived from molecular beam scattering experiments, in situ scanning […]

The Ephraim and Wilma Shaw Roseman Seminar Series presents Professor Grant Rotskoff

Remsen Hall 233

“Building efficient and transferable generative models of intrinsically disordered protein conformational ensembles” Professor Grant M. Rotskoff, Stanford University ABSTRACT: Nearly half of the proteome is intrinsically disordered, consisting of proteins or motifs that lack a stable secondary structure. Modeling these regions remains challenging, even with tremendous advances in generative models for protein structure prediction. Sampling […]

The Ephraim and Wilma Shaw Roseman Seminar Series presents Professor Christy Landes

Remsen Hall 233

Christy Landes, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "Towards predictive protein separations: Imaging protein dynamics at nanoscale interfaces" Abstract: Recent efforts by our group and others have shown the promise of applying single molecule methods to link mechanistic detail about protein adsorption to macroscale observables. When we study one molecule at a time, we eliminate ensemble averaging, […]

The Ephraim and Wilma Shaw Roseman Seminar Series presents Professor Mingxuan Wu

Remsen Hall 233

Mingxuan Wu, Westlake University "Development of sulfonium and diazonium tools to investigate lysine methylation" Abstract: Lysine methylation is a posttranslational modification (PTM) that regulates many cellular processes. For example, histone H3K27 methylation leads to gene silence as an important type of epigenetic marks. Hypermethylation of histone H3K27 may drive cancer and the methyltransferase EZH2 is […]

The Ephraim and Wilma Shaw Roseman Seminar Series presents Professor Christian R. Goldsmith

Remsen Hall 233

Professor Christian R. Goldsmith, Auburn University "Using Transition Metal Complexes with Quinol-Containing Ligands to Image and Treat Oxidative Stress" Abstract: Oxidative stress has been linked to a wide variety of lethal and debilitating health conditions. The lack of sensors capable of imaging in vivo oxidative stress, however, precludes us from fully understanding what roles reactive […]