ChemformationChemformation
Volume 15, Number 14
Friday, April 23, 1999
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Tuesday, April 27, 1999 9:30 a.m. in Room 6-120 Chemistry 5.561 Chemistry in Industry Lecture Series |
Dr. Robert A. Volkmann Pfizer Central Research "Discovery of an Amino Acid Peptide Isomerase" |
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Tuesday, April 27, 1999 4:00 p.m. in Room 2-105 Seminar in Physical Chemistry Refreshments @ 4:00 p.m. in 6-233 |
Professor Michael Fayer Stanford University "Protein Dynamics: Ultrafast Infrared Vibrational Echo Experiments" |
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Thursday, April 29, 1999 4:00 p.m. in Room 6-120 Seminar in Biological Chemistry Refreshments @ 3:45 |
Dr. Michael Eck Harvard Medical School Dana Farber Cancer Institute "Structural Investigations of Tyrosine Kinase Signal Transduction: Exceptions Rule" |
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Wednesday, April 28, 1999 4:00 p.m. in Room 6-120 Seminar in Inorganic Chemistry Refreshments @ 3:30 p.m. |
Ann Jones Davison Group "Rhenium and Technetium Coordination Chemistry: Applications in Radiopharmaceuticals" |
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Tuesday, May 4, 1999 4:00 in Room 2-105 Seminar in Physical Chemistry Refreshments @ 3:30 in 6-233 |
Professor Grzegorz Szamel Colorado State University "Theory for Single-Molecule Dynamics in Liquids" |
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Tuesday, May 4, 1999 9:30 a.m. in Room 6-120 Chemistry 5.561 Chemistry in Industry Lecture Series |
Dr. Jeffrey H. Epstein-Toney Merck Research Laboratories "MerckÖs Armament Against Antibiotic Resistance: A Chemical Biology Approach" |
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Thursday, May 6, 1999 9:30 a.m. in Room 6-120 Chemistry 5.561 Chemistry in Industry Lecture Series |
Dr. Steven A. King Abbott Laboratories "Diastereo-and Enantioselective Synthesis of Highly Substituted Pyrrolidines Leading to Potent Endothelin Antagonists" |
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Friday, May 7, 1999 2:00 p.m. in Room 6-120 A Symposium on "Recent Advances in Organic Synthesis Methodologies" (see announcement in this issue) |
Speakers: Professor Mark Snapper, Boston College Professor Rick Danheiser, MIT Professor Stephen F. Martin, University of Texas |
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Tuesday, May 11, 1999 9:30 a.m. in Room 6-120 Chemistry 5.561 Chemistry in Industry Lecture Series |
Dr. Kevin Chapman Merck Research Laboratories "Combinatorial Approaches to the Somatostatin Family of Receptors" |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Dr. Robert A. Volkmann Senior Research Fellow Pfizer Central Research "Discovery of an Amino Acid Peptide Isomerase" |
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Dr. Jeffrey H. Epstein-Toney Research Fellow in Endocrinology & Chemical Biology Merck Research Laboratories "Merck's Armament Against Antibiotic Resistance: A Chemical Biology Approach " |
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Dr. Steven A. King Project Leader, Department of Process Research Abbott Laboratories "Diastereo- and Enantioselective Synthesis of Highly Substituted Pyrrolidines Leading to Potent Endothelin Antagonists" |
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Dr. Kevin Chapman Senior Director, Medicinal Chemistry Merck Research Laboratories "Combinatorial Approaches to the Somatostatin Family of Receptors" |
Please join us on Saturday, May 1, 1999 for the Poster Session from12-2 p.m., in Room 56-154. The Senior Thesis Presentations will be held from 2-4 p.m., Room 56-114. Refreshments will be provided. Contact Prof. C. Cummins (ccummins@mit.edu) or Gabriella Browne (< HREF="mailto:gbrowne@mit.edu">gbrowne@mit.edu)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Marc L. Snapper Boston College |
"New Strategies for the Synthesis of Biological Probe Reagents" |
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Rick L. Danheiser Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
"Studies Directed Toward the Total Synthesis of Glycinoeclepin A" |
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Stephen F. Martin University of Texas, Austin |
"Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Heterocyclic Natural Products" |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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Justin Miller Kemp Group |
"Efforts Towards the Total Synthesis of CP-263,114, A Highly Oxygenated Natural Product" |
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Dana Buske Masamune Group |
"The Boron-Mediated Aldol Reaction of Carboxylic Esters" |
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Greg Dudley Danheiser Group |
"Synthetic Approaches to Ascochlorin and Related Compounds" |
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Ron Castellano Rebek Group |
"Reversibly-Formed Polymeric Capsules Based On Calixarenes" |
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George Greco Schrock Group |
"Dinitrogen Activation by Molybdenum and Tungsten Complexes That Contain Aryl- Substituted Triamidoamine Ligands" |
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Kevin Shea Danheiser Group |
"Synthesis and Properties of 9-Alkyl and -Aryl Cyclopenta[a]phenalene Derivatives" |
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Marcus Hansen Buchwald Group |
"Recent Progress in Asymmetric Titanium-Catalyzed Imine Reduction" |
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JosČ Rivera-Ortiz Rebek Group |
"Chiral Spaces: Dissymmetric Capsules Through Self-Assembly" |
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Dave Simone Swager Group |
"Synthesis, Binding Properties, and Electrochemical Studies of Crown Ethers, [2]- Catenanes, and [2]-Rotaxanes. Progress Towards Photoconducting Poly([2]- Catenanes) and Poly([n]-Rotaxanes)" |
Call Ed Udas at 253-4505 or stop by room 4-065 if students, faculty, or staff need help in organizing their MIT space.
Bob DiGiacomo will be coming in on Wednesdays or Thursdays to pick up any glass blowing work that you may have available. Please bring any work to room 4-064 or call Ed Udas or John Annese at 3-4505. Bob will do the work on a first-come, first-served basis.
Argonide Corp We are a small, well-financed company, located in Orlando, Florida, doing intensive R and D in nano-materials and in chemical plating for microelectronics applications. We have significant growth opportunities. We seek a scientist, preferably one at a Masters level, with capability in electrochemistry or electronic materials science. The candidate must have excellent communications and writing skills. If you know of such a candidate, we would be grateful if you suggest he or she query our website (www.argonide.com) and send us a resume. Fred Tepper, President.
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK: Seeks postdoctoral associate in the lab of Prof. Shafer-Ray to run state-of-the-art molecular scattering apparatus, write scientific publications, and come up with creative ideas for new experiments. His research is to study molecular collisions with an unprecedented degree of accuracy and control.
Montana State University Postdoctoral Scholar in the labo of Professor Dave Dooley. The position is available immediately for work on spectroscopic and kinetics studies of metalloenzymes; and/or molecular biology and protein engineering of metalloenzymes. The initial appointment is for one year, with the possibility of renewal. A Ph.D. in Chemistry, Biochemistry, or a related field with experience in protein biochemistry or molecular biology is required. Screening of applications begins May 17, 1999. Please have them send curriculum vitae and 3 letters of recommendation to Professor David Dooley, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717. 406) 994-4801
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