Invited Seminars| Title: | SAHA (Vorinostat), an FDA Approved Anticancer Compound with a Novel Mechanism of Action |
| Speakers: | Prof Ronald Breslow Columbia University |
| Date/Time: | Monday, 17 December 2007 |
| Title: | Hydrodynamics at Mirco- and Nano-Scales |
| Speakers: | Prof Corneliu Balan University Politechnica of Bucharest |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, 11 December 2007 |
| Title: | Exploring Advanced Light Metal Hydrides for Hydrogen Storage |
| Speakers: | Dr Frederick E Pinkerton General Motors Research & Development Center, USA |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, 11 December 2007 |
| Title: | Chiral Oxazaborolidine Catalysts: Introduction and Applications in Organic Synthesis |
| Speakers: | Dr Yeung Ying-Yeung Harvard University |
| Date/Time: | Thursday, 6 December 2007 |
| Title: | Constitutive Modeling of Viscoelastic Liquids with Internal Network Structure |
| Speakers: | Prof Corneliu Balan University Politechnica of Bucharest |
| Date/Time: | Wednesday, 5 December 2007 |
| Title: | Part I: Applications of Chiral Oxazaborolidine Catalysts in the Syntheses of Biologically Active Molecules; Part II: Total Synthesis of Pentacyclic Quassinoids |
| Speakers: | Dr Yeung Ying-Yeung Harvard University |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, 4 December 2007 |
| Title: | Transition Metal-Catalyzed C-C Bond Formation Exemplified by Zr-Catalyzed Asymmetric Carboalumination of Alkenes (ZACA Reaction) |
| Speakers: | Prof Ei-ichi Negishi Purdue University |
| Date/Time: | Wednesday, 28 November 2007 |
| Title: | From Synthons to Bioactive Molecules: Efficient Strategies for Heterocycle Synthesis |
| Speakers: | Prof Hiriyakkanavar Ila Jubilant Biosys Limited |
| Date/Time: | Monday, 26 November 2007 |
| Title: | Sound & Bubbles – Can They Generate Chemistry? |
| Speakers: | Prof Muthupandian Ashokkumar University of Melbourne |
| Date/Time: | Friday, 23 November 2007 |
| Title: | Olefin Metathesis: From Fundamental Research to Commercial Products |
| Speakers: | Dr Hong Soon Hyeok California Institute of Technology & Materia, Inc |
| Date/Time: | Friday, 23 November 2007 |
| Title: | Organic Synthesis of Structurally Complex & Biologically Meaningful Molecules |
| Speakers: | Dr Lei Xiaoguang Columbia University |
| Date/Time: | Thursday, 22 November 2007 |
| Title: | Diversity-Oriented Synthesis (DOS) |
| Speakers: | Dr Lei Xiaoguang Columbia University |
| Date/Time: | Wednesday, 21 November 2007 |
| Title: | Molecular Defined Catalysis - A Key Technology for a Sustainable Development in Chemistry |
| Speakers: | Prof Matthias Beller University of Rodstock |
| Date/Time: | Wednesday, 21 November 2007 |
| Title: | Improvement of Olefin Metathesis Efficiency through Understanding Catalyst Stability |
| Speakers: | Dr Hong Soon Hyeok California Institute of Technology & Materia, Inc |
| Date/Time: | Wednesday, 21 November 2007 |
| Title: | Catalytically Active Metal Nanoclusters inside Cross-Linked Functional Polymers: An Overview with Attention to the Issue of Size Control |
| Speakers: | Prof Benedetto Corain The University of Padora |
| Date/Time: | Wednesday, 24 October 2007 |
| Title: | Photophysics of Transition Metal Complexes: From Fundamental to Potential Applications |
| Speakers: | Dr Keith Wong Man-Chung The University of Hong Kong |
| Date/Time: | Wednesday, 10 October 2007 |
| Title: | Transition Metal Alkynyl Complexes as Luminescent Materials |
| Speakers: | Dr Keith Wong Man-Chung The University of Hong Kong |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday,09 October 2007 |
| Title: | Growth & Characterization of NLO Materials: A Review on NLO Materials from the Amino Acid Family |
| Speakers: | Prof S Natarajan Madurai Kamaraj University |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, 9 October 2007 |
| Title: | Hydrogen-Bonding Catalysis with Cinchona Alkaloids |
| Speakers: | Prof Deng Li Brandeis University |
| Date/Time: | Thursday, 27 September 2007 |
| Title: | Photochromism of Azoimidazoles |
| Speakers: | Prof C Sinha Jadavpur University |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, 18 September 2007 |
| Title: | Carbohydrates in Amorphous States: Molecular Packing, Nanostructure and Interaction with Water |
| Speakers: | Dr. Johan Ubbink Nestle Research Centre |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, 11 September 2007 |
| Title: | Some Interesting Things About the Polysiloxanes |
| Speakers: | Prof James E Mark The University of Cincinnati |
| Date/Time: | Friday, 7 September 2007 |
| Title: | Azolium Cyclophanes: Fascinating Structures with Surprising Applications |
| Speakers: | Prof Murray Baker The University of Western Australia |
| Date/Time: | Thursday, 6 September 2007 |
| Title: | Facile Conversion of Methane to Methanol: Toward Rational Design of a Catalyst |
| Speakers: | Prof Sunney I. Chan California Institute of Technology & Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica |
| Date/Time: | Monday, 27 August 2007 |
| Title: | Science, Art and Drug Discovery, A Personal Perspective |
| Speakers: | Dr. Simon F. Campbell CBE FRS SABs of Astex, Chroma, DanioLabs, Merlion, S*Bio, Sunesis and Senomyx, Consultancy for Abingworth Management, Almirall and Jerini, Council of the University of Kent and the Advisory Council for CaSE |
| Date/Time: | Thursday, 16 August 2007 |
| Title: | Opportunities for Scientific Research at the OPAL Research Reactor |
| Speakers: | Dr Shane Kennedy Bragg Institute, ANSTO |
| Date/Time: | Wednesday, 8 August 2007 |
| Title: | Total Synthesis of Heterocyclic Natural Products |
| Speakers: | Prof Thorsten Bach Technische Universität München |
| Date/Time: | Friday, 27 July 2007 |
| Title: | Yoghurt Flavour |
| Speakers: | Dr Liu Shao Quan Fonterra Research Centre |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, 24 July 2007 |
| Title: | Flavours from Milk Fat – Role of Esterases from Dairy Lactic Acid Bacteria |
| Speakers: | Dr Liu Shao Quan Fonterra Research Centre |
| Date/Time: | Monday, 23 July 2007 |
| Title: | Design of Organocatalysts based on Molecular Recognition Approach through Hydrogen Bonding as Strategic Interaction |
| Speakers: | Prof Masahiro Terada Tohuku University |
| Date/Time: | Thursday, 19 July 2007 |
| Title: | Metal-Mediated Activation of Methane: In Search of a “Holy Grail” |
| Speakers: | Prof Helmut Schwarz Technische Universität Berlin |
| Date/Time: | Monday, 16 July 2007 |
| Title: | Life’s Fire: Radical Chemistry & Valence Tautomerism in Models for the CuB Centre of Respiratory Heme-Copper Oxidases |
| Speakers: | Dr Stephen B Colbran The University of New South Wales |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, 10 July 2007 |
| Title: | Combustible Single Source Precursors to Mixed Metal Oxides |
| Speakers: | Prof K C Patil Indian Institute of Science |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, 10 July 2007 |
| Title: | Computer Simulation of Polymeric Nanostructured Materials: Nanofiber, Nanoparticle & Nanocomposites |
| Speakers: | Dr Visit Vao-Soongnern Suranaree University of Technology |
| Date/Time: | Friday, 6 July 2007 |
| Title: | Inducing Programmed Cell Death in Cancer Cells: A New Therapeutic Approach |
| Speakers: | Dr John Flygare Stanford University & Genentech Inc |
| Date/Time: | Friday, 6 July 2007 |
| Title: | Advances in Fluorescence Techniques and Applications |
| Speakers: | Prof Kenneth P Ghiggino University of Melbourne |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, 3 July 2007 |
| Title: | Mimicking Photosynthesis |
| Speakers: | Prof Kenneth P Ghiggino University of Melbourne |
| Date/Time: | Monday, 2 July 2007 |
| Title: | Nanoscience and Nanotechnology – The Science & Engineering in the 21st Century |
| Speakers: | Prof Liu Jingyue University of Missouri-St. Louis |
| Date/Time: | Friday, 29 June 2007 |
| Title: | Force Fluorescence Microscopy at the Single Molecule Level |
| Speakers: | Dr Matthew J Lang Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Date/Time: | Thursday, 28 June 2007 |
| Title: | Asymmetric Synthesis: Fundamental Principles and Its Applications in Industry |
| Speakers: | Dr Steve Zhou University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Date/Time: | Wednesday, 13 June 2007 |
| Title: | (A) Cross-Coupling Reactions using Unactivated Alkyl Halides; (B) N-H Bond Activation of Amines by Pincer Iridium Complexes and Asymmetric Hydroamination Reactions |
| Speakers: | Dr Steve Zhou University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, 12 June 2007 |
| Title: | The Similarity Principle in Drug Discovery – Molecular Recognition & Bioisosteres |
| Speakers: | Dr Tanja Weil Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research |
| Date/Time: | Wednesday, 6 June 2007 |
| Title: | Exploiting the Unusual Reactivities of Organometallic Radicals |
| Speakers: | Dr Huang Kuo-Wei Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, 5 June 2007 |
| Title: | Exploiting the Unusual Reactivities of Organometallic Radicals |
| Speakers: | Dr Huang Kuo-Wei Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, 5 June 2007 |
| Title: | Modified Proteins and Tailored Dendritic Macromolecules for Drug Delivery Applications |
| Speakers: | Dr Tanja Weil Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, 5 June 2007 |
| Title: | Ligand Substitution and Binding Reactions |
| Speakers: | Dr Huang Kuo-Wei Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| Date/Time: | Monday, 4 June 2007 |
| Title: | Preclinical Molecular Imaging using microPET, microCT and Optical Methods |
| Speakers: | Dr David Stout University of California |
| Date/Time: | Thursday, 24 May 2007 |
| Title: | Bidentate Lewis Acids in Organic Synthesis |
| Speakers: | Prof Keiji Maruoka Kyoto University |
| Date/Time: | Friday, 18 May 2007 |
| Title: | Organolanthanide-Catalyzed Carbon-Carbon and Carbon-Heteroatom Bond Formation via Activation of Carbon-Hydrogen and Heteroatom-Hydrogen Bonds |
| Speakers: | Prof Hou Zhaomin RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research) |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, 8 May 2007 |
| Title: | 1,3-Oxazolidin-5-ones and 1,3-Oxazinan-6-ones: Expanding the Range of α and β-Amino Acids |
| Speakers: | Prof Andrew Hughes La Trobe University |
| Date/Time: | Monday, 7 May 2007 |
| Title: | Polymerized Metallocene and Late-transition Metal Catalysts for Olefin Polymerization |
| Speakers: | Prof Jin Guo Xin Fudan University |
| Date/Time: | Thursday, 26 April 2007 |
| Title: | Bottom-up Approaches to Nano-Sized Organic Objects |
| Speakers: | Dr Shi Lijun Institute of Nanotechnlogy Research Centre of Karlsruhe GbmH |
| Date/Time: | Wednesday, 18 April 2007 |
| Title: | Polymer Electronics for Ultra-sensitive Chemical and Biological Sensors |
| Speakers: | Prof Timothy Swager Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Date/Time: | Saturday, 14 April 2007 |
| Title: | Metal-Metal Bonding Formation Supported by 1,2-Dichalcogenolato Carboranes |
| Speakers: | Prof Jin Guo Xin Fudan University |
| Date/Time: | Thursday, 12 April 2007 |
| Title: | Entrepreneurship and Technopreneurship Series: Commercialization and Modification of Biodegradable Poly(propylene carbonate) (PPC) Derived from Carbon Dioxide |
| Speakers: | Prof Meng Yuezhong Sun Yat-sen University |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, 10 April 2007 |
| Title: | Peptide-based Drug Development: Pros and Cons |
| Speakers: | Prof Peter W Schiller University of Montreal |
| Date/Time: | Monday, 9 April 2007 |
| Title: | Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence: From Laboratory Curiosity to Commercial Reality |
| Speakers: | Dr Zu Yanbing University of Hong Kong |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, 27 March 2007 |
| Title: | Seminar Series on Organic Catalysis |
| Speakers: | Prof Albrecht Berkessel University of Cologne |
| Date/Time: | Monday, 26 March 2007 to Thursday, 29 March 2007 |
| Title: | Ionic Liquids and Enzymes: Tools for a Sustainable Chemistry |
| Speakers: | Prof Udo Kragl University of Rostock |
| Date/Time: | Thursday, 22 March 2007 |
| Title: | Entrepreneurship and Technopreneurship Series: Reflection of a Barefoot Technopreneur |
| Speakers: | Dr Lee Kum Tatt BBM, PPA (E), PPA (P) |
| Date/Time: | Wednesday, 21 March 2007 |
| Title: | Introduction to Molecular Imprinting Technology |
| Speakers: | Dr Yu Cong Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology |
| Date/Time: | Wednesday, 21 March 2007 |
| Title: | Cyclic Voltammetry: Principles and Applications |
| Speakers: | Dr Zhang Jie Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, 20 March 2007 |
| Title: | Applications of Electroanalytical Techniques in Bio- and Nano- Sciences |
| Speakers: | Dr Zhang Jie Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, 20 March 2007 |
| Title: | Development of New Bio-analytical Techniques: From Imprinted Polymer to Microfluidic Device to Nucleic Acid |
| Speakers: | Dr Yu Cong Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology |
| Date/Time: | Monday, 19 March 2007 |
| Title: | Solvent-Ligated Catalysts for Polymerization Reactions |
| Speakers: | Prof Fritz E Kühn Technische Universität München |
| Date/Time: | Thursday, 8 March 2007 |
| Title: | Upconversion Nanoparticles for Bioimaging |
| Speakers: | Dr Lim Shuang Fang Princeton University |
| Date/Time: | Thursday, 8 March 2007 |
| Title: | Diphosphine Isomerization and Bond-Activation Sequences in the Triosmium Cluster Os3(CO)10(bpcd) |
| Speakers: | Prof Michael G Richmond University of North Texas |
| Date/Time: | Friday, 2 March 2007 |
| Title: | Molecular Recognition Using Boronic Acids |
| Speakers: | Dr Tony D James & Dr Steven D Bull University of Bath |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, 27 February 2007 |
| Title: | Gridless Density Functional Theory |
| Speakers: | Prof Peter Gill Australian National University |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, 27 February 2007 |
| Title: | Interfacial Exciplex Formation based OLED & OPV Devices |
| Speakers: | Prof Li Wenlian Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics |
| Date/Time: | Friday, 16 February 2007 |
| Title: | Liquid-Phase Synthesis of Heterocyclic Compounds on Soluble Polymer Supports |
| Speakers: | Prof Wang Yanguang Zhejiang University |
| Date/Time: | Monday, 12 February 2007 |
| Title: | Pincer Organometallics: Building Blocks with an Organic and an Organometallic Side |
| Speakers: | Prof Gerard van Koten Utrecht University |
| Date/Time: | Monday, 12 February 2007 |
| Title: | Mentorship for Young Scientists: Developing Scientific Survival Skills |
| Speakers: | Prof Federico Rosei University of Quebec |
| Date/Time: | Monday, 12 February 2007 |
| Title: | Development of New Domino/Cascade Reactions |
| Speakers: | Prof Wang Yanguang Zhejiang University |
| Date/Time: | Thursday 8 February 2007 |
| Title: | Developing Students Emotional Literacy |
| Speakers: | Dr Elizabeth Morrison University of Greenwich |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, 6 February 2007 |
| Title: | Entrepreneurship and Technopreneurship Series: How to Create and Run a Successful Business in Biotechology |
| Speakers: | Prof Christian Wandrey Research Center Juelich, Institute of Biotechnology |
| Date/Time: | Friday, 2 February 2007 |
| Title: | Alkynes, Cages and Vases : A Materials Melange |
| Speakers: | Dr George A Koutsantonis University of Western Australia |
| Date/Time: | Monday, 22 January 2007 |
| Title: | High Accuracy Quantum Chemical Calculations of NMR Chemical Shifts |
| Speakers: | Dr Zhang Yong University of Illinois |
| Date/Time: | Thursday, 11 January 2007 |
| Title: | Introduction to Biomolecular Simulations |
| Speakers: | Dr Himanshu Khandelia University of Southern Denmark |
| Date/Time: | Thursday, 11 January 2007 |
| Title: | Accurate Predictions of Spectroscopic Properties and Applications to Protein Structure Refinement |
| Speakers: | Dr Zhang Yong University of Illinois |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, 9 January 2007 |
| Title: | Computer Simulations of Antimicrobial Peptides |
| Speakers: | Dr Himanshu Khandelia University of Southern Denmark |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, 9 January 2007 |
| Title: | Translation Research Ideas into Products |
| Speaker: | Prof Liu Ru-Shi National Taiwan University |
| Date/Time: | Thursday, 4 January 2007 |
| Title: | The Application of X-Ray Absorption Techniques in Materials Chemistry Research |
| Speaker: | Prof Liu Ru-Shi National Taiwan University |
| Date/Time: | Wednesday, 3 January 2007 |