Title:	Functionalized Calixpyrroles: Old-but-New Receptors for Anions, Ion-pairs, and Electron-deficient Neutral Substrates
Speaker:	Professor Jonathan L. Sessler Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas, USA
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Zeng Huaqiang
Date/Time:	Monday, 14 December 2009

Title:	Biomimetic Molecular Design
Speaker:	Professor Gong Bin Department of Chemistry, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Zeng Huaqiang
Date/Time:	Monday, 14 December 2009

Title:	Asymmetric Enantioselective Addition Reaction based on Chiral Polybinaphthol Ligands
Speaker:	Professor Cheng Yixiang School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Nanjing University P R China
Host/(s)	Dr Chi Chunyan
Date/Time:	Tuesday, 24 November 2009

Title:	Design and Properties of Fluorescent Sensor based on Chiral Polymers
Speaker:	Professor Cheng Yixiang School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Nanjing University P R China
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Wu Jishan
Date/Time:	Monday, 23 November 2009

Title:	Searching for New Synthetic Methods
Speaker:	Professor Sunggak Kim Division of Chemistry & Biological Chemistry School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences Nanyang Technological University
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Zeng Huaqiang
Date/Time:	Thursday, 12 November 2009

Title:	Theoretical Study of Bonding Nature and Catalysis of Transition Metal Complexes
Speaker:	Prof Shigeyoshi Sakaki Director of Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry Department of Molecular Engineering Graduate School of Engineering Kyoto University, Japan
Host/(s)	A/P Wong Ming Wah, Richard
Date/Time:	Thursday, 3 November 2009

Title:	Application of Organic Azides toward Synthesis of Azaheterocycles
Speaker:	Professor Francois Mathey Division of Chemistry & Biological Chemistry School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences Nanyang Technological University
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Ang Wee Han
Date/Time:	Friday, 23 October 2009

Title:	Science of p-rich Molecules
Speaker:	Prof Hiroyuki Isobe Department of Chemistry Tohuku University, Japan
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Lear, Martin James
Date/Time:	Wednesday, 21 October 2009

Title:	Preorganized Arylamide Oligomers as a New Generation of Soft Frameworks
Speaker:	Prof Li Zhan-Ting Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai, P R China
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Zeng Huaqiang
Date/Time:	Friday, 16 October 2009

Title:	Comprehensive & Multidimensional GC with Mass Spectrometry, and Innovative Approaches to NMR Spectroscopy for Improved Chemical Characterisation
Speaker:	Prof Philip J Marriott School of Applied Sciences RMIT University, Australia
Host/(s)	Prof Lee Hian Kee
Date/Time:	Thursday, 15 October 2009

Title:	Organic Conductors for Regenerative Medical Bionics
Speaker:	Prof Gordon G Wallace ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science Intelligent Polymer Research Institute University of Wollongong, Australia
Host/(s)	Prof Chan Sze On Hardy
Date/Time:	Tuesday, 13 October 2009

Title:	Chemistry and Structural Biology of Selenium Nucleic Acids (SeNA)
Speaker:	Prof Zhen Huang Department of Chemistry & Department of Biology Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA
Host/(s)	Assoc Chang Young-Tae
Date/Time:	Thursday, 8 October 2009

Title:	Re-Designing a Failing Chemistry Course in Australia
Speaker:	Visiting Prof Albert E J McGill Food Science and Technology Department of Chemistry, NUS
Host/(s)	Assoc Prof Ryan Bettens
Date/Time:	Tuesday, 29 September 2009

Title:	New Heterogeneously Catalyzed Processes for Environmentally Benign and Sustainable Chemical Production
Speaker:	Prof Wolfgang F Hoelderich Department of Chemical Technology & Heterogeneous Catalysis TCHK RWTH Aachen, Germany
Host/(s)	Assoc Prof Stephan Jaenicke
Date/Time:	Monday, 28 September 2009

Title:	Iron-catalyzed C-C, C-N, C-O Formation Reactions
Speaker:	Asst Prof Christophe Darcel UMR CNRS-Université de Rennes Sciences Chimiques de Rennes Rennes, France
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Huynh, Han Vinh
Date/Time:	Friday, 18 September 2009

Title:	Application of Organic Azides toward Synthesis of Azaheterocycles
Speaker:	Prof S Ramakrishnan Department of Inorganic & Physical Chemistry Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India
Host/(s)	Assoc Prof Suresh Valiyaveettil
Date/Time:	Thursday, 17 September 2009

Title:	Application of Organic Azides toward Synthesis of Azaheterocycles
Speaker:	Asst Professor Shunsuke Chiba Division of Chemistry & Biological Chemistry School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences Nanyang Technological University
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Tan Choon Hong
Date/Time:	Wednesday, 9 September 2009

Title:	Kinetic & Mechanistic Studies on Alternating Ethylene-Norbornene Copolymerization Catalyzed by Cationic Organopalladium (II) with Hetero-functional Bidentate Ligands
Speaker:	Prof Chen Jwu-Ting Department of Chemistry National Taiwan University Taipei, Taiwan
Host/(s)	Prof Andy Hor T S
Date/Time:	Monday, 7 September 2009

Title:	Translational Research in the Development of Drugs, Devices and Diagnostics
Speaker:	Prof Srinivas Pentyala Department of Anesthesiology (School of Medicine) State University of New York New York, USA
Host/(s)	Assoc Prof Suresh Valiyaveettil
Date/Time:	Tuesday, 25 August 2009

Title:	Penta- and Hexacoordinate Silicon Compounds: A Remarkably Flexible Molecular System
Speaker:	Prof Daniel Kost Department of Chemistry Ben Gurion University Beer-Sheva, Israel
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Huang Kuo-Wei
Date/Time:	Wednesday, 19 August 2009

Title:	Powerful Organocatalytic Enantioselective Cascade Reactions
Speaker:	Prof Wang Wei Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology University of New Mexico New Mexico, USA
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Lu Yixin
Date/Time:	Thursday, 13 August 2009

Title:	Approaching a Sustainable Environment: viable energy conservation practices
Speaker:	Prof John Hill La Trobe University Melbourne Australia
Host/(s)	Prof Lai Yee Hing
Date/Time:	Wednesday, 12 August 2009

Title:	Asymmetric Hydrogenation - Catalyst Design based on Mechanistic Understanding
Speaker:	Prof Christian Sandoval Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences P R China
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Lu Yixin
Date/Time:	Tuesday, 11 August 2009

Title:	Addressing Climate Change: Clean Coal Technology and Renewable (clean) Energy Resources
Speaker:	Prof John Hill La Trobe University Melbourne Australia
Host/(s)	Prof Eugene Khor
Date/Time:	Tuesday, 11 August 2009

Title:	New Catalytic Reactions Promoted by an Iron Complex
Speaker:	Prof Hiroshi Nakazawa Department of Chemistry Osaka City University, Osaka Japan
Host/(s)	Prof Andy Hor T S
Date/Time:	Friday, 7 August 2009

Title:	Fuels: Fossil, Synthetic, Bio and Nuclear
Speaker:	Prof John Hill La Trobe University Melbourne Australia
Host/(s)	Prof Hardy Chan S O
Date/Time:	Friday, 7 August 2009

Title:	Nanoparticle-Bioconjugates: Design, Characterization and Applications in Sensing and Imaging
Speaker:	Prof Hedi Mattoussi Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Florida State University Florida, USA
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Chan Yin Thai
Date/Time:	Thursday, 6 August 2009

Title:	Learning and Teaching of Science in a research-based University
Speaker:	Prof John Hill La Trobe University Melbourne Australia
Host/(s)	Prof Andy Hor T S
Date/Time:	Thursday, 6 August 2009

Title:	Transition-Metal-Catalyzed C-H Bond Functionalizations: Synthesis of Heterocycles
Speaker:	Prof So Won Youn Department of Chemistry Pukyong National University Busan, Korea
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Huang Kuo-Wei
Date/Time:	Wednesday, 5 August 2009

Title:	Time-Resolved Spectroscopy Studies of Photoeprotection Reactions of Selected Phototrigger Compounds
Speaker:	Prof David Lee Phillips Department of Chemistry The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, P R China
Host/(s)	Assoc Prof Ryan Bettens
Date/Time:	Wednesday, 5 August 2009

Title:	Supramolecular Chemistry in Bottom-up Nanofabrication
Speaker:	Dr Christian A Nijhuis Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology Harvard University Massachusetts, USA
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Liu Xiaogang
Date/Time:	Wednesday, 5 August 2009

Title:	Supramolecular Chemistry in Molecular Electronics
Speaker:	Dr Christian A Nijhuis Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology Harvard University Massachusetts, USA
Host/(s)	Assoc Prof Weil, Tanja
Date/Time:	Tuesday, 4 August 2009

Title:	Core-shell Nanostructures: Preparation, Surface Enhanced Optical Properties and Application
Speaker:	Prof Yao Jian-Lin Department of Chemistry Suzhou University Suzhou, P R China
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Chen Wei
Date/Time:	Monday, 3 August 2009

Title:	Concentration 1,2-trans b-selective Glycosylation and Its Application
Speaker:	Prof Mong Kwok-Kong Tony Department of Applied Chemistry National Chiao Tong University Taiwan, P R China
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Tan Choon Hong
Date/Time:	Monday, 3 August 2009

Title:	The Structure at Ionic Liquid/Metal Interface Probed by Electrochemistry and Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
Speaker:	Prof Yao Jian-Lin Department of Chemistry Suzhou University Suzhou, P R China
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Liu Xiaogang
Date/Time:	Friday, 31 July 2009

Title:	Green Chemistry and Catalysis for Sustainability
Speaker:	Prof Parasuraman Selvam Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India
Host/(s)	Assoc Prof Chuah Gaik Khuan
Date/Time:	Friday, 24 July 2009

Title:	Asymmetric Synthesis of Bioactive Molecules
Speaker:	Prof Huang Pei-Qiang College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen, P R China
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Liu Xiaogang
Date/Time:	Thursday, 23 July 2009

Title:	Role of Food Technology in Improving Global Nutrition: Opportunities and Challenges
Speaker:	Prof Christiani Jeya Henry Functional Food Centre Oxford Brookes University Oxford, United Kingdom
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Huang Dejian
Date/Time:	Wednesday, 22 July 2009

Title:	Chiral Catalysts for Iodocyclization of g-Hydroxyalkenes and Desymmetrization of 2-Substituted Glycerols
Speaker:	Prof Kang Sung Ho Department of Chemistry Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Daejeon, Korea
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Yeung Ying Yeung
Date/Time:	Wednesday, 15 July 2009

Title:	Topological and Supramolecular Considerations for Organic Electronics: From Unusual Aromaticity to Bioelectronic Nanomaterials
Speaker:	Prof John D Tovar Departments of Chemistry/Materials Science and Engineering John Hopkins University Baltimore, MD, USA
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Wu Jishan
Date/Time:	Thursday, 02 July 2009

Title:	Symmetry-Driven Synthesis of Complex Natural Products
Speaker:	Prof Masayuki Inoue Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences The University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Martin Lear
Date/Time:	Wednesday, 03 June 2009

Title:	Assembly of Cycloheptanoids for Total Synthesis
Speaker:	Prof Pauline Chiu Department of Chemistry The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Lu Yixin
Date/Time:	Tuesday, 02 June 2009

Title:	Foodborne Gastroenteritis Caused by Escherichia coli and Salmonella
Speaker:	Dr Yuk Hyun-Gyun Food Safety Intervention Technologies Unit United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Eastern Regional Research Center
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Huang Dejian
Date/Time:	Wednesday, 20 May 2009

Title:	Environmental Stress Response of Escherichia coli O157: H7
Speaker:	Dr Yuk Hyun-Gyun Food Safety Intervention Technologies Unit United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Eastern Regional Research Center
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Liu Shao Quan
Date/Time:	Tuesday, 19 May 2009

Title:	Design and Development of Novel Materials for Hydrogen Storage and Semiconductor Applications
Speaker:	Dr Cheng Hansong Air Products and Chemicals, Inc United States of America
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Zhang Chun
Date/Time:	Monday, 11 May 2009

Title:	Rotaxanes as Ligands: From Molecules to Materials
Speaker:	Prof Stephen J Loeb Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Windsor Ontario, Canada
Host/(s)	Prof Jagadese J Vittal
Date/Time:	Monday, 11 May 2009

Title:	Asymmetric Organocatalytic Synthesis of Structurally Diverse Nitrogenous Molecules
Speaker:	Prof Gong Liu-Zhu Department of Chemistry University of Science and Technology of China P R China
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Lu Yixin
Date/Time:	Wednesday, 06 May 2009

Title:	Clostridial Neurotoxins - Versatile Neuroselective Molecules
Speaker:	Dr Andreas Rummel Institute of Toxicology Medical University of Hannover Germany
Host/(s)	Assoc Prof Tanja Weil
Date/Time:	Tuesday, 28 Apr 2009

Title:	Amino Acid-Derived Organometallics: Applications and Solution Structure
Speaker:	Prof Richard Jackson Department of Chemistry University of Sheffield United Kingdom
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Martin Lear
Date/Time:	Friday, 17 Apr 2009

Title:	Site-Specific Platinated DNA as Probes to Investigate Mechanism of Platinum-Based Anticancer Drugs
Speaker:	Dr Ang Wee Han Lippard Lab Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts, USA
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Huang Kuo-Wei
Date/Time:	Tuesday, 14 Apr 2009

Title:	Transition-Metal Complexes as Targeted Cancer Therapeutics
Speaker:	Dr Ang Wee Han Lippard Lab Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts, USA
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Liu Xiaogang
Date/Time:	Monday, 13 Apr 2009

Title:	Success and Failure (or Success?): Short Stories in Natural Product Total Synthesis
Speaker:	Dr Craig M Williams School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences University of Queensland Queensland, Australia
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Lu Yixin
Date/Time:	Wednesday, 15 Apr 2009

Title:	Exploring New Synthetic Strategies in Asymmetric Synthesis
Speaker:	Prof Xu Ming-Hua Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai, P R China
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Zeng Huaqiang
Date/Time:	Wednesday, 15 Apr 2009

Title:	Progress in the Chemistry & Fabrication of High P Performance Molecular Discotics Liquid Crystals
Speaker:	Prof Ong Chi-Wi Department of Chemistry National Sun Yat Sen University Kaoshiung, Taiwan
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Tan Choon Hong
Date/Time:	Monday, 06 Apr 2009

Title:	Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry with Poly-NHC Ligands
Speaker:	Prof F. Ekkehardt Hahn Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie Universität Münster Münster, Germany
Host/(s)	Prof Andy Hor T S
Date/Time:	Wednesday, 01 Apr 2009

Title:	Peptides Containing Novel Tyrosine Analogues: Pharmacological Tools, Systematically Active Analgesics and Cell-Penetrating, Mitochondria-targeted Antioxidants
Speaker:	Professor Peter W Schiller Department of Pharmacology University of Montréal Quebec, Canada
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Lu Yixin
Date/Time:	Wednesday, 25 Mar 2009

Title:	Alkynes and benzynes-based three-component coupling reactions
Speaker:	Professor Cheng Chien-Hong Department of Chemistry National Tsing Hua University Taiwan
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Tan Choon Hong
Date/Time:	Wednesday, 18 Mar 2009

Title:	From Sterically Crowded Organometallic Molecular Machines to Luminescent Tetracenes: An Accidental Journey
Speaker:	Prof Michael McGlinchey UCD School of Chemistry & Chemical Biology University of College Dublin Dublin, Ireland
Host/(s)	Prof Andy Hor T S
Date/Time:	Tuesday, 17 Mar 2009

Title:	Studies of Nanocatalysis in Operando and Challenges
Speaker:	Dr Tao Feng Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Department of Chemistry University of Californi, USA
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Huang Kuo-wei
Date/Time:	Tuesday, 03 Mar 2009

Title:	Secret Lives of Nanoscales Catalysts during Reactions
Speaker:	Dr Tao Feng Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Department of Chemistry University of Californi, USA
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Xu Qing-Hua
Date/Time:	Monday, 02 Mar 2009

Title:	Encapsulation and Stabilization of Metallic Nanoparticles in Polyurea Matrix: Synthesis, Characterization and Catalytic Activity
Speaker:	Professor Yoel Sasson Casali Institute of Applied Chemistry The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Huynh Han Vinh
Date/Time:	Thursday, 26 Feb 2009

Title:	Transition Metal-Catalyzed Organometallic C-C Bond Formation Reactions That Have Revolutionized Organic Synthesis
Speaker:	Professor Ei-ichi Negishi H.C. Brown Laboratories of Chemistry Purdue University Indiana, USA
Host/(s)	Seminar 1   Prof Andy Hor T S Seminar 2 Asst Prof Lu Yixin Seminar 3 Dr Adrian Lee
Date/Time:	Seminar 1   Monday, 16 Feb 2009 Seminar 2 Wednesday, 18 Feb 2009 Seminar 3 Tuesday, 24 Feb 2009

Title:	Coupling reactions of alkynes on palladium (Heck, Stille, Suzuki, Sonogashira); conclusions
Speaker:	Professor Michael Bruce Department of Chemistry The University of Adelaide Australia
Host/(s)	Assoc Prof Tanja Weil
Date/Time:	Thursday, 19 Mar 2009

Title:	Chemistry of carbenes, vinylidenes and allenylidenes; ruthenium as a treasure trove of atom-economic reactions (Trost):
Speaker:	Professor Michael Bruce Department of Chemistry The University of Adelaide Australia
Host/(s)	Assoc Prof Tanja Weil
Date/Time:	Thursday, 19 Mar 2009

Title:	Cyclo-oligomerisation of alkynes (iron, cobalt); cyclobutadiene as a useful reagent
Speaker:	Professor Michael Bruce Department of Chemistry The University of Adelaide Australia
Host/(s)	Prof Hardy Chan Sze On
Date/Time:	Monday, 5 March 2009

Title:	Reactions of alkenes and alkynes on metal centres;  cobalt carbonyl in the Nicholas and Pauson-Khand reactions
Speaker:	Professor Michael Bruce Department of Chemistry The University of Adelaide Australia
Host/(s)	Prof Hardy Chan Sze On
Date/Time:	Monday, 23 Feb 2009

Title:	Metal in Synthesis – An Introduction to the Use of Transition Metals to Facilitate Transformation of Organic Molecules
Speaker:	Professor Michael Bruce Department of Chemistry The University of Adelaide Australia
Host/(s)	Prof Andy Hor
Date/Time:	Monday, 16 Feb 2009

Title:	Carbon-rich Metal Complexes – Oxidation and Related Matters
Speaker:	Prof Michael Bruce Department of Chemistry The University of Adelaide Australia
Host/(s)	Dr Zhao Jin
Date/Time:	Thursday, 12 Feb 2009

Title:	Catalytic Asymmetric Addition of N-H and O-H to C=C Bonds
Speaker:	Dr Mimi Hii Department of Chemistry Imperial College London London, United Kingdom
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Liu Xiaogang
Date/Time:	Thursday, 19 Feb 2009

Title:	An Overview on the Development of Palladium-catalyzed Cross-coupling Reactions
Speaker:	Dr Mimi Hii Department of Chemistry Imperial College London London, United Kingdom
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Tan Choon Hong
Date/Time:	Thursday, 19 Feb 2009

Title:	Recyclable Ruthenium Metathesis Catalysts
Speaker:	Dr Hassan S Bazzi Department of Chemistry Texas A&M University at Qatar Doha, Qatar
Host/(s)	Assoc Prof Suresh Valiyaveettil
Date/Time:	Wednesday, 18 Feb 2009

Title:	A Chemical Approach to Pluripotency and IPSC
Speaker:	Prof Sheng Ding Department of Chemistry The Scripps Research Institute California, USA
Host/(s)	Assoc Prof Yao Shao Qin
Date/Time:	Tuesday, 17 Feb 2009

Title:	Highly Enantioselective Organocatalysis for Diversity-Oriented Synthesis and Chemical Genetics Approach to Infectious Diseases
Speaker:	Dr Wang Jian Department of Chemistry The Scripps Research Institute California, USA
Host/(s)	Assoc Prof Yao Shao Qin
Date/Time:	Thursday, 12 Feb 2009

Title:	Design and Synthesis of Novel Caged Polycyclics: Puspakandiol
Speaker:	Dr Sambasivarao Kotha Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Wu Jishan
Date/Time:	Monday, 27 Apr 09

Title:	Application of Rongalite in Organic Synthesis
Speaker:	Dr Sambasivarao Kotha Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Host/(s)	Dr Zhao Jin
Date/Time:	Monday, 6 Apr 09

Title:	Design & Synthesis of Diverse Polycyclic Compounds via Catalytic Metathesis
Speaker:	Dr Sambasivarao Kotha Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Host/(s)	Dr Zhao Jin
Date/Time:	Monday, 23 Mar 09

 

Title:	Synthesis in Action
Speaker:	Dr Sambasivarao Kotha Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Host/(s)	Dr Zhao Jin
Date/Time:	Tuesday, 10 Mar 09

Title:	Olefin Metathesis – A Big Deal Reaction
Speaker:	Dr Sambasivarao Kotha Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Host/(s)	Dr Zhao Jin
Date/Time:	Monday, 23 Feb 2009

Title:	Synthesis and SAR Studies towards Marine Cyclopeptides
Speaker:	Prof Ma Dawei Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai, P R China
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Lu Yixin
Date/Time:	Wednesday, 11 Feb 2009

Title:	Can There Be a Cure for the “Innovation-Gap” – Disease of the Pharmaceutical Industry?
Speaker:	Prof Fred Robert Heiker University of Wuppertal Germany
Host/(s)	Assoc Prof Chuah Gaik Khuan
Date/Time:	Tuesday, 10 Feb 2009

Title:	Asymmetric Catalysis & Synthesis: From Small Organic Molecules to Bio-Inspired Hyperbranched Polymers
Speaker:	Dr Chi Yonggui Robin Department of Chemistry University of California, Berkeley California, USA
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Martin Lear
Date/Time:	Tuesday, 10 Feb 2009

Title:	Elucidating Medicinal Effects of Curcumin through Understanding of Excited State Photophysics
Speaker:	Dr Tak W Kee School of Chemistry & Physics The University of Adelaide Australia
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Xu Qing-Hua
Date/Time:	Friday, 30 Jan 2009

Title:	Scientific Fiction and Misconduct: Some Interesting Cases from the Recent Literature
Speaker:	Prof Patrick H Toy Department of Chemistry University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Zeng Huaqiang
Date/Time:	Tuesday, 17 Feb 2009

Title:	Reactions of Electron Deficient Alkenes and Alkynes
Speaker:	Prof Patrick H Toy Department of Chemistry University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Zeng Huaqiang
Date/Time:	Thursday, 12 Feb 2009

Title:	Site Cooperation in Catalysis
Speaker:	Prof Patrick H Toy Department of Chemistry University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Yeung Ying Yeung
Date/Time:	Thursday, 22 Jan 2009

Title:	Site Isolation in Catalysis
Speaker:	Prof Patrick H Toy Department of Chemistry University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Yeung Ying Yeung
Date/Time:	Thursday, 22 Jan 2009

Title:	The Mitsunobu Reaction
Speaker:	Prof Patrick H Toy Department of Chemistry University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Yeung Ying Yeung
Date/Time:	Thursday, 15 Jan 2009

Title:	Designing Red, Green, Blue and Purple Copper Proteins and Their Applications in Energy Conversion and Asymmetric Catalysis
Speaker:	Prof Lu Yi Department of Chemistry University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Host/(s)	Asst Prof Xue Feng
Date/Time:	Wednesday, 14 Jan 2009

Title:	Biohybrid Nanomedicines and Self-Assembling Biomaterials
Speaker:	Prof Harm-Anton Klok Laboratoire des Polymères Institut des Matèriaux Ecole Polytechnique Fèdèrale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne, Switzerland
Host/(s)	A/P Tanja Weil
Date/Time:	Monday, 12 Jan 2009