January 14, 2008

"Understanding and Tuning Protein Translocation through the Ribosome"

Dr. Lydia Contreras
Chemical Engineering Department
Cornell University

January 23, 2008
Note changed day
EB1 1011, 10:45 AM

"Molecular memory circuits on a nanoscale"

Amy S. Blum
Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC

January 28, 2008

"Nanoscale Self-assembly via Electrostatic Interactions"

Kyle J. M. Bishop
Chemical & Biological Engineering
Northwestern University

February 4, 2008

"The Effect of Chain Rigidity on the Self-Assembly of Functional Block Copolymers"

Bradley D. Olsen
Chemical Engineering
University of California Berkeley

February 11, 2008

"New Concepts in Interfacial Engineering: Arresting Self Assembly and Motility-Based Sorting of Mammalian Cells"

Carlos Co
Chemical & Materials Engineering
University of Cincinnati

February 18, 2008

"Phase Equilibria of Hydrofluorocarbons in Ionic Liquids"

Mark B. Shiflett
DuPont Central Research and Development

February 25, 2008

"Organic Single-Crystals: Self-Assembly, Properties, and Field-Effect Transistors"

Alejandro L. Briseno
Department of Chemistry
University of Washington

February 27, 2008
Special seminar
together with
Physics Dept.
TBA

"Interfacial Dynamics of Polymers and SAMs: Glassy Dynamics, Hierarchical Assembly and the Quest for Perfection"

Steven J. Sibener
The James Franck Institute and Department of Chemistry
University of Chicago

March 10, 2008

"Quantifying Phenotype in Dynamic Metabolic Networks Using 13C Tracers and Comprehensive Flux Analysis"

Jamey D. Young
Department of Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

March 12, 2008

"Deducing Transcriptional Regulatory Features from Transcriptome Data"

Mark P. Brynildsen
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

March 17, 2008

"Nanoconfinement Effects on Glass Formation and Glassy Behavior of Polymers"

Rodney Priestley
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Northwestern University

March 19, 2008

"Benign synthesis, size control, and assembly of silica nanoparticles: A new paradigm for dispersed particle, porous thin film, and gel applications"

Mark Snyder
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
University of Minnesota

March 24, 2008

"Characterization and Engineering of Bacterial Protein Translocation Systems"

Danielle Tullman-Ercek
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California – San Francisco

April 14, 2008

"Quantitative systems analysis of multicellular morphodynamics"

Anand Asthagiri
Chemical Engineering
California Institute of Technology

April 28, 2008
McCabe Lecture

"Grand Challenges for Materials Companies"

James A. Trainham
Science & Technology
PPG Industries, Inc.