Chemformation

A Weekly Newsletter from the Office of the Department Chairman

Volume 11, Number 21
MIT Department of Chemistry
Friday, March 24, 1995

The deadline for the next issue is Tuesday, March 28 at 5:00 p.m. Please convey items of interest (or mailing list changes) to Eve Diana, Room 18-390, Department of Chemistry, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, 617/253-4080; 617/258-7500 (fax) or send electronic mail to evediana@mit.edu

Physical Chemistry Seminar

Jan Schmidt

University of Leiden

"Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of a Single Molecular Spin"

Tuesday, March 28, 1995

4:00 PM in Room 2-105

Refreshments at 3:30 in Room 6-233

Inorganic Chemistry Seminar

Mark M. Banaszak Holl

Brown University

"Structure and Reactivity at the Interface Between Two Solids, Si/SiO2"

Wednesday, March 29, 1995

4:00 PM in Room 6-120

Refreshments at 3:30 PM in Lobby 6

T.Y. Shen Distinguished Lecture in Biochemistry

Perry A. Frey

University of Wisconsin-Madison

"Characterization of Organic Radical Intermediates in the Reaction of Lysine 2,3-aminomutase"

Thursday, March 30, 1995

4:00 PM in Room 6-120

Reception to follow lecture

T.Y. Shen Distinguished Lecture in Biochemistry

Perry A. Frey

University of Wisconsin-Madison

"Low-Barrier Hydrogen Bonds and the Mechanism of Action of Chymotrypsin"

Friday, March 31, 1995

4:00 PM in Room 6-120

Tutor needed in Introductory Organic Chemistry I & II this summer for a learning disabled Harvard student. Tutor will be paid $20 an hour and will be authorized by Harvard to be present to assist student during exams. Please call Jonathan at 617/661-7701 and leave name, number, and qualifications.

Great News!

Cheryl Eccles (the Department's Financial Administrator) gave birth to a baby girl! Chimene Paris Cooper was born at 2 AM on Thursday 3/23/95. Vital Stats: 7 lbs 3 oz, 20.25"

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Chemistry

1995 T.Y. Shen Distinguished Lecturer in Biological Chemistry

Prof. Perry A. Frey
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Institute for Enzyme Research

"Characterization of Organic Radical Intermediates in the Reaction of Lysine 2,3-aminomutase"

Thursday, March 30, 1995
Lecture: 4:00 p.m.
Room 6-120
Reception (3/30 only) immediately follows the seminar in Room 18-490

"Low-Barrier Hydrogen Bonds and the Mechanism of Action of Chymotrypsin"

Interested grad students and postdocs are invited to have lunch with Prof. Frey on Thursday, March 30. Please sign up on the sheet posted outside room 18-409.

Host: Prof. JoAnne Stubbe

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