2016 events | Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

DEC

9

Synthesis, Cyclizations, and Switches: Controlling Regiochemistry, and Molecular Motion, in π-Extended Heterocycles
Dr. Sara Eisler(U.N.B)

Past, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

DEC

2

"Post-Alkylation of a Common mPEG-b-PAGE Precursor to Produce Tunable Morphologies of Spheres, Filomicelles, Disks and Polymersomes for Applications in Drug Delivery"
Dr. Frantz Le Dévédec (Toronto)

Past, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

NOV

25

"Synthetic Photochemistry Employing Continuous Flow Techniques"
Dr. Shawn Collins (U. de M.)

Past, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

NOV

18

"Drug Delivery Nanotechnology: Maximizing Efficacy in Therapeutic Interventions"
Dr. Ashok Kakkar (McGill)

Past, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

NOV

18

The 19th Concordia Chemistry and Biochemistry Graduate Research Conference (CBGRC)

Past, 8 a.m. – 11 p.m.

NOV

11

"Atmospheric pollutants from source to sink: Methods, data and simulations"
Dr. Gregor Kos (Concordia)

Past, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

NOV

4

"Visualising Chemistry at the Single Molecule Level"
Dr. Gonzalo Cosa (McGill)

Past, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

NOV

2

"Targeted mass spectrometric methods for the determination of asthma biomarkers in human urine "
Dr. Anas El-Aneed (U. Saskatchewan)

Past, 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

OCT

28

"Building the students we want: teaching critical thinking with self-study, group challenges, and immediate feedback."
Dr. Tamara Kelly (York)

Past, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

OCT

21

"Targeting protein kinases in the malaria parasite: Biochemical screening of active compounds against CDPK1 and the activation mechanisms of PKG"
Dr. Majida El Bakkouri (Paraza Pharma Inc.)

Past, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

OCT

14

"Life at a crystal’s edge: The organic-inorganic interface in biomineralization"
Dr. Marc McKee (McGill)

Past, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

OCT

12

"Decoding metabolic evolution by high-resolution mass spectrometry"
Dr. Ian Lewis (U. Calgary)

Past, 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

OCT

4

Understanding & increasing the visibility and impact of your research

Past, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.

SEP

28

LIBR 101: Introduction to library services

Past, 11 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.

SEP

23

"Bona Fide Optical Discs and Players for Molecular Diagnostics"
Dr. Hua-Zhong Yu (Simon Fraser)

Past, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

SEP

20

LIBR 102: Finding articles at the library

Past, 1 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.

SEP

16

"Nanoscopic Lipid Organization in Model and Bacterial Membranes"
Dr. John Katsaras (ORNL)

Past, 2:30 p.m.

AUG

31

PhD Oral Exam - Paknoosh Pakarian, Chemistry and Biochemistry

Past, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.

JULY

21

PhD Oral Exam - Walters Aji Tebung, Biochemistry

Past, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

JUNE

23

PhD Oral Exam - Shaghayegh Ostadjoo, Biology

Past, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

MAY

30

PhD Oral Exam - Irina Shlaifer, Chemistry and Biochemistry

Past, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

MAY

19

"Self-immolative Linear Polymers: New Backbones, End-caps, and Assemblies"
Dr. Elizabeth R. Gillies (Western)

Past, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.

MAY

16

"The Structure of Water in Crystals: Cyclic Species"
Dr. Ivan Bernal (CUNY)

Past, 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.

APR

22

"Chemical separations for metabolomics: new advances in biomarker discovery for population health"
Dr. Philip Britz-McKibbin (McMaster)

Past, 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.

APR

8

"Structural Dynamics Control the MicroRNA Maturation Pathway"
Dr. François Major (U de M)

Past, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

APR

6

"The Liquid State of Proteins"
Dr. Régis Pomès (Toronto)

Past, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

APR

6

PhD Oral Exam - Matthew Leibovitch, Chemistry and Biochemistry

Past, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

APR

1

"Posttranscriptional regulation of mitochondrial gene expression"
Dr. Eric Shoubridge (McGill)

Past, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

MAR

18

"5-Oxo-ETE, a potential novel drug target for asthma and other eosinophilic disorders"
Dr. Bill Powell (McGill)

Past, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

MAR

11

"Oxygen driven fragment coupling by activation of C-H, N-H, and O-H bonds"
Dr. Marisa Kozlowski (Pennsylvania)

Past, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

MAR

11

PhD Oral Exam - Derek O'Flaherty, Chemistry

Past, 12 p.m. – 3 p.m.

FEB

19

"Selective hydrogenation of esters and dehydrogenative coupling of alcohols and amines"
Dr. Dmitri Goussev (Wilfrid Laurier)

Past, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

FEB

12

"Gas phase structures and energetics of noncovalently bound ion-molecule complexes"
Dr. Travis Fridgen (Memorial)

Past, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

FEB

11

PhD Oral Exam - Xijun Wang, Chemistry

Past, 4:15 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.

FEB

5

"Insights into environmental nanoscience using QCM-D"
Dr. Nathalie Tufenkji (McGill)

Past, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

JAN

29

"Enzymatic activity, structure and membrane binding of lecithin retinol acyltransferase which is involved in the retinoids visual cycle"
Dr. Christian Salesse (Laval)

Past, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

JAN

22

"Computer aided drug design: when water swamps the SAR?"
Dr. Jean-François Truchon (Vertex Pharmaceuticals)

Past, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

JAN

15

"The development of Singulair from the lab to the market"
Dr. Robert Zamboni (Zamboni Chem. Solutions Inc.)

Past, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.