Professional Seminars
Professional Seminars Archive
*All Seminars are scheduled for 1 PM, Patricia A. Sullivan Science Building, 301 McIver Street, Rm 201, unless otherwise stated.
Barry R. O’Keefe, Ph.D.
Director, Molecular Targets Program
Center for Cancer Research
Chief, Natural Products Branch, Developmental Therapeutics Program
Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis
National Cancer Institute, NIH
Talk title: Biotherapeutics from Nature: Discovery and Development of Novel Bioactive Proteins
10th Wood Coatings and Substrates Hybrid Conference
Industry and Research experts discussing new changes in wood substrates.
Expert Speakers on coatings science, raw materials, and technology for wood coatings.
John B. Matson, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry and Dr. AC Lilly Jr. Faculty Fellow in Nanoscience
Department of Chemistry
Virginia Tech
Talk title: Self-Assembly of Small and Large Amphiphiles: From Peptides to Polymers
Meghan Blackledge, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
High Point University
Talk title: Breaking Bad Bugs: Chemical Biology Approaches to Understanding and Combatting Antibiotic Resistance
Michael J. Hall, Ph.D.
Reader in Organic and Biological Chemistry
Department of Chemistry, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
Newcastle University, United Kingdom
Talk title: Crystallising the Uncrystallisable, High Throughput Access to Small Molecule Crystals for Diffraction Analysis
Najoua Borkadi, Ph.D.
Executive Director of Research Business Development
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
Rutgers University
Talk Title: Catalyzing Research & Innovation through University-Industry Partnerships
Maria Oliver-Hoyo, Ph.D.
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Chemistry
College of Sciences & Chemistry Department
North Carolina State University
Talk Title: The Role of Frameworks in the Development of Instructional Resources
Brian T. Murphy, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Illinois at Chicago
Talk Title: Distribution of Natural Products in the Environment
Fatima Rivas, Ph.D.
Assistant Faculty of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Louisiana State University
Talk Title: Can Natural Products Save Us From Obesity?
Nadja Cech, Ph.D.
Patricia A. Sullivan Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Talk Title: From the Yurt to the Lab: A Quest to Make Plants into Medicine
Vinayak Agarwal, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Chemistry and Biochemistry
School of Biological Sciences
Georgia Institute of Technology
Talk Title: Looking Back and Building Forward: Natural Product Biosynthesis
Reza Zadegan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Nanoengineering
Joint School of Nanoscience & Nanoengineering, North Carolina A&T State University
Talk Title: On The Unconventional DNA Based Technologies
Joi P. Walker, Ph.D. (via Zoom)
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
East Carolina University
Talk Title: Cracking the Mold – The Broader Impact of Introductory Laboratory Transformation
Ethan Will Taylor, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Talk Title: RNA Viruses vs. DNA Synthesis: A Biochemical Strategy Exploited by SARS Coronavirus 2 that Explains Specific Clinical Aspects of COVID-19
Tania Lupoli, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
New York University
Talk Title: Allosteric Probes for Bacterial Chaperones
Mental Health and QPR Suicide Prevention Training
Join UNCG to talk about Mental Health and Suicide Prevention.
Caryn E. Outten, Ph.D.
Guy F. Lipscomb Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of South Carolina
Talk Title: Finding Iron Balance – The Ups and Downs of Iron Regulation in Yeast
Jie Li, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of South Carolina
Talk Title: Harnessing Nature’s Molecular Potential for Drug Discovery
Sidney M. Wilkerson-Hill, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Talk Title: Synthetic Methods Inspired by Complex Natural Products
Michael G. Walter, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
UNC Charlotte
Talk Title: Developing Photoactive Thiazolothiazole Materials for Electrofluorochromic and Voltage Sensing Applications
