Seminar Schedule
Fall 2009
Cleveland Hall, L1
4:30 p.m.
September 24, 2009 Dina Merrer, Barnard College
“Carbenes behaving dynamically: Additions to strained bonds”
October 8, 2009 Ryan Hayward, University of Massachusetts
“Swelling of constrained hydrogels: New approaches to active polymer microstructures"
October 22, 2009 Thomas Smith, Williams College
“Synthesis of Hennoxazole A and other Pyran-Based natural products”
November 5, 2009 Sarah Delaney, Brown University
“The Role of Oxidative DNA Damage and Repair in Triplet Repeat Expansion"
Lucy Pickett Lecture
December 10, 2009 Helen Blackwell, University of Wisconsin
“Translating and Expanding the Language of Bacterial Communication Using Organic Chemistry”
Refreshments will be served at 4:15 p.m. in Kendade Atrium