department of chemistry and biochemistry 2014 scientific ...aruna earla (braslau lab) “covalently...

9:00−9:45 Continental breakfast

9:45−10:00 Opening remarks (Ilan Benjamin)

Session 1 Session Chair: Glenn Millhauser

10:00−10:20 Alex Ayzner, Asst. Professor “Light harvesting with organic semiconductors: Relating microstructure and excited-state dynamics”

10:20−10:40 Chelsea Gustafson (Partch lab) “Conformational dynamics of the molecular clock: How a cis/trans isomerization modulates circadian rhythms”

10:40−11:00 Indranil Chakraborty (Oliver & Mascharak labs) “Correlation between absorption in the visible range and metal-CO bond labilization in metal carbonyl complexes”

11:00−11:30 Coffee break

11:30−12:30 Keynote address: Prof. Benjamin Schwartz, UCLA

12:30−2:00 Lunch

1:00−2:00 Poster viewing

Session 2 Session Chair: Yat Li

2:00−2:20 Greg Hura, LBL Assoc. Adjunct Professor “Protein engineering for catalysis and medicine”

Keynote speaker Professor Benjamin Schwartz

University of California, Los Angeles Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

2:20−2:40

Aruna Earla (Braslau lab) “Covalently linked plasticizers: Triazole analogues of phthlate plasticizers prepared by mild copper-free “click” reactions with azide-functionalized PVC”

2:40−3:00

Raymond Pu (Zhang lab) “Photoelectrochemical solar hydrogen generation by metal oxide semiconductors and quantum dots”

3:00−3:20 Coffee break

Session 3 Session Chair: Rebecca Braslau

3:20−3:40

Jevgenij Raskatov, Asst. Professor “Chiral inactivation of amyloid-associated diseases – a molecular hypothesis

3:40−4:00

Rafael Palomino (Millhauser lab) “Small proteins and big appetites− structural insights into the melanocortin system and hunger ”

4:00−4:20

Sarah Lindley (Zhang lab) “Hollow gold nanospheres as photothermal coupling agents for cancer ablation”

4:20−4:40

Chris Warner (Linington lab) “Small molecule approaches to combat Vibrio cholerae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms”

4:40−6:00 Poster viewing and social hour

6:00−8:00 Dinner and annual trivia quiz

To Be or Not to Be in a Cavity: The Hydrated Electron

Dilemma

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 2014 Scientific Meeting

Pema Osel Ling Retreat Center | Tuesday, September 16th