B次元

June 26, 2017
, Waseda University
鈥淒ecarbonylative Coupling and Multiple Arylation of Aromatic Molecules鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127

June 30, 2017
, University of Regensburg, Germany
鈥淧hotoredox catalysis - Organic synthesis with visible light鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

July 31, 2017
, National University of Singapore
鈥淐atalytic Enantioselective Redox-Neutral Processes for Efficient Chemical Synthesis鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127

August 11 & 12, 2017
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Lectures in Organic Chemistry

Friday, August 11, 2017
3:30 PM Refreshments in Merkert Foyer

, Kyoto University
鈥淗elical-Polymer-Based Chiral Catalysts for Switch, Amplification, and Transfer of Chirality鈥濃��
4:00 PM, Merkert 127

Saturday, August 12, 2017
9:30 AM Refreshments in Merkert Foyer

Dr. Daniel R. Fandrick, Senior Principal Scientist, Chemical Development, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
鈥淐hallenges and Opportunities in Process Chemistry: Case Studies in Innovation鈥�
10:00 AM, Merkert 127
11:00 AM Break- Refreshments in Merkert Foyer

Professor Michinori Suginome, Kyoto University
鈥淐atalytic Borylations and C-H Functionalization: Chances and Opportunities鈥�
11:15 AM, Merkert 127

January 31, 2017
, Wayne State University
鈥淐hemical Approaches for Characterizing Protein Glutathionylation鈥澛�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

February 21, 2017
, Brandeis University
鈥淪elf-Assembly of Small Molecules in the Cellular Milieu鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

March 21-23, 2017
, University of California, San Francisco

March 21聽
鈥淐hemical Tricks for Drugging the Undruggable鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127

March 22聽
鈥淐hemical Approaches for Deciphering Kinase Signaling Networks鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127聽

March 23聽
鈥淒rugs Targeting K-Ras in Cancer鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127

March 28, 2017
, University of Washington
鈥淔unctional Polymeric Materials at Multiple Length Scales鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

April 11, 2017
, University of California, Berkeley
鈥淗igh-Valent Metal Species in Water Splitting and Solar Fuels Generation鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

April 12, 2017
, University of Oxford
鈥淢etal catalysis: new reactions and new opportunities for聽organic synthesis鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

April 25, 2017
, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Joseph and Partricia Vanderslice Lecturer in Organic Chemistry鈥淣ew Bonding and Reactivity: Chemistry of N-Cations and N-Radicals鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127

April 27, 2017
, Rutgers University
鈥淯nderstanding and modulating enzyme stability, specificity and quinary structure using computational protein design鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

April 28, 2017
, Princeton University
鈥淪olar聽Fuels: Designing an Electrocatalytic Interface for the Conversion of CO₂聽and H₂O to Fuels鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127

May 3, 2017
, Merck
鈥淒rug Discovery at Nanomole Scale鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

May 9, 2017
Dr. Jason Thomas, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research
鈥淎 chemical biology approach to drug discovery enabled by chemical proteomics鈥�
Refreshments at 2:45 PM
3:00 PM, Merkert 130
, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Novartis Lecturer
鈥淢icrobial Carbohydrates for Health and Disease鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

May 15, 2017
, University of Strasbourg
鈥淧erspectives in Chemistry:聽From Supramolecular Chemistry towards Adaptive Chemistry鈥�
2:00 PM, Merkert 130

May 16, 2017
, National Cancer Institute-Frederick
鈥淧rofiling acetyltransferases to understand cancer鈥檚 metabolic cues鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

May 17, 2017
, University of California, Riverside
鈥淎 hybrid molecular-nanocrystal platform for photon upconversion鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

May 30, 2017
, Brandeis University
鈥淎ctivation of Nucleophiles for Asymmetric Reactions with Organic Molecules鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

September 8, 2016
Strem Lectureship
, University of California - Berkeley
鈥淐atalytic Organic Reaction Inspired by the Organometallic Chemistry of Gold鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

September 9, 2016
Merck Symposium
Dr. David Thaisrivongs, Merck
鈥淭he development of a commercial manufacturing route for verubecestat, a BACE1 inhibitor for the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease鈥澛�
3:15 - 4:15 PM, Merkert 127
, Macrobial Chemistry Research Foundation
鈥淩ecent Progress in Cooperative Asymmetric Catalysis鈥�
4:25 - 5:40 PM, Merkert 127

September 13, 2016
, B次元 - Biology Department
鈥淐hanges in Molecular Recognition Over Time: Evolution and Reinvention of RNA-Protein Interfaces鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

September 15, 2016
, Michigan State University
鈥淢olecular and Material Approaches for Solar Energy Conversion and Storage鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

September 20, 2016
, Texas A+M University
鈥淭ranslation of fundamental chemistry to functional nanoscopic macromolecules designed for advanced applications鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

September 22, 2016
, B次元
鈥淐ontrolled Encapsulation of Catalysts in Nanoporous Materials鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

September 27, 2016
, UCSF
鈥淪tructure and Pharmacological Inhibition of the Proton Channel from Influenza A Virus鈥�
3:30 PM, Merkert 130

September 29, 2016
, MIT
鈥淕raphite-Conjugated Catalysis鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

October 4, 2016
, University of Texas - San Antonio
鈥淎symmetric Cycloaddition Reactions with Metal Carbenes鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

October 6, 2016
, B次元
鈥淒ynamic and Switchable Iron-Based Polymerization Catalysts鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

October 18, 2016
, MIT
鈥淒ynamic Droplets鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

October 27, 2016
, Ohio State University
鈥淒rugging Undruggable Targets with Cyclic Peptides鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

November 1, 2016
, Northeastern University
鈥淢eet the Challenge of Discovering Unknowns: Functional Proteomics, Protein Crosslinking and Modifications of Biotherapeutics鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

November 3, 2016
, Penn State University
鈥淒evelopment of electrocatalytic materials guided by computational chemistry:聽 fuel cells and CO₂听别濒别肠迟谤辞谤别诲耻肠迟颈辞苍鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

November 9, 2016
, Florida Atlantic University
鈥淐hasing Forgotten Reactions: Novel Synthetic Strategies towards Unnatural Peptide and Terpene-based Natural Products鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

November 10, 2016
, University of California, Berkeley
鈥淟i-air batteries: O₂聽electrochemistry in Li ion-bearing nonaqueous electrolytes鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

November 15, 2016
, University of Copenhagen
鈥淭argeting Protein-Protein Interaction鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

November 17, 2016
, Emory University
鈥淐ollaborative Approach for C-H Functionalization鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

December 1, 2016
, University of Connecticut
鈥淪ynthesis and optical interaction of metal and semiconductor nanoparticles鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

December 2 & 3, 2016
Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecturer in Organic Synthesis

December 2, 2016
, Camille Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry, MIT
鈥淧alladium-Catalyzed Carbon-Heteroatom Bond Formation: From Small Molecules to Bioconjugation鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127

December 3, 2016
Dr. Martin Eastgate, Director, Head, Chemical Research, Bristol-Myers Squibb
鈥淪ynthetic Evolution and Chemical Innovation in the Synthesis of Complex Pharmaceutical Compounds鈥�
10:00 AM, Merkert 127

Professor Stephen L. Buchwald, Camille Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry, MIT
鈥淐opper-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydroamination and Related Process鈥�
11:15 AM, Merkert 127

February 2, 2016
, University of California, Berkeley
鈥淭eaching Polymers the Meaning of Life & Nanographene Quantum Confinement鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

February 8, 2016
, University of Geneva
鈥淪tereoselective synthesis & catalysis with metal carbenes鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

February 23, 2016
, UPenn
鈥淪ingle Electron Transformations to Enable Cross-Couplings鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

March 1, 2016
, MIT
鈥淓xploring the Chemistry and Biology of Human Defensin Peptides鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

March 7, 2016
, Brigham Young University
鈥淧rotein and Polymers: How PEG Influences Protein Folding鈥澛�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

March 17, 2016
AbbVie Symposium
Dr. Michael Z. Hoemann, AbbVie Bioresearch Center
鈥淒iscovery and Optimization of Spleen Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Immunological Diseases鈥�
3:30 PM, Merkert 130

, The University of Utah
鈥淓nantioselective formation of remote chiral centers鈥澛�
4:45 PM, Merkert 130

March 22, 2016
, Tufts University
鈥淐omputational modeling of cyclic peptides鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

March 28, 2016
, Nagasaki University
鈥淧d-Catalyzed Amphiphilic Allylation Promoted by Organoborane and Efficient Synthesis of Functional Heterocyclic Compounds鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

March 29, 2016
, University of California at San Francisco
鈥淭argeting Protein-Protein Interactions in the Chaperone Network to Tune Protein Folding鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

April 5, 2016
, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
鈥淚nsights of Catalytic and Electrochemical Reactions from the In-Situ/Operando Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

April 6-8, 2016
2016 University Lectures in Chemistry
, California Institute of Technology
April 6聽聽鈥淎rtificial Photosynthetic Systems Based on Membrane-Embedded Microwire Arrays鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
April 7聽聽鈥淢ethods to Achieve Chemical Control over the Reactivity, Morphology, Electrical Behavior, and Orientation of Semiconductors鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127聽
April 8聽聽鈥淎 Conducting Polymer-Based Electronic Nose鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127

April 14, 2016
, Rice University
鈥淔rom structure to function: the convergence of structure based models and co-evolutionary information鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

May 3, 2016
, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
鈥淐hemical Approaches for Interrogating Cellular Processes鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

May 4, 2016
, University of Illinois, Chicago
鈥淐atalytic聽Transformations That Utilize Bimetallic Cooperativity鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

May 6, 2016
, University of Oregon
鈥淥xygen Electrocatalysis and Solar Water Splitting Interfaces鈥澛�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

May 10, 2016
, UCSF
鈥淪tructure-based discovery of novel GPCR ligands with novel pharmacology鈥澛�
4:00 PM, Merkert 129

May 11, 2016
, University of Chicago
鈥淐鈥揅 and C鈥揌 Functionalization of Ketones鈥澛�
2:00 PM, Merkert 130

May 25, 2016
, University of Oxford
鈥淐atalytic Approaches to Simplifying Synthesis鈥澛�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

June 7, 2016, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2016 Joseph and Patricia Vanderslice Lecturer in Chemical Synthesis
鈥淭he Functionalization of C-H Bonds鈥�
3:30 PM Refreshments in Merkert Foyer
4:00 PM Lecture in Merkert 130

June 23, 2016
, City University of Hong Kong
鈥淪ulfur empowers porous frameworks: sensors, catalysts and a story of bridging the gaps鈥澛�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

July 15, 2016
, University of New Mexico
鈥淓nabling Copper for Cross-Coupling and Tandem Cyclization-Coupling Reactions, and Mechanistic Studies鈥澛�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

July 21, 2016
, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
鈥淒ifunctionalization of Alkenes: Concepts and New Strategy鈥澛�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

July 22, 2016
, Tohoku University
鈥淧ot Economy in Total Synthesis鈥澛�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

August 19 & 20, 2016
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Lectures in Organic Chemistry

August 19, 2016, The University of Tokyo
鈥淐oordination Self-assembly: from a Molecular Square to Giant MnL2n聽Polyhedra鈥�
3:30 PM Refreshments in Merkert Foyer
4:00 PM, Merkert 127

August 20, 2016
Dr. Jean-Nicolas Desrosiers, Principal Scientist, Chemical Development, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
鈥淒evelopment of New Methodologies for the Synthesis of Biologically Active Heterocyclic Compounds鈥�
9:30 AM Refreshments in Merkert Foyer
10:00 AM, Merkert 127

11:00 AM Break- Refreshments in Merkert Foyer

October 9, 2015
Dr. Adrian Ortiz, Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecturer in Organic Chemistry
鈥淒evelopment of an Innovative and Stereoselective Synthesis of BMS-986001鈥澛�
3:30 PM, Merkert 130

, The Scripps Research Institute
鈥淪tudies in Natural Product Synthesis鈥澛�
4:45 PM, Merkert 130

October 13, 2015
, UC Berkeley
鈥淪elective Catalytic Functionalization of Alkyl and Aryl C-H Bonds鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

October 20, 2015
, University of Rochester
鈥淪ynthesis and Application of Macrocyclic Organo-Peptide Hybrids for Targeting Protein-Protein Interactions鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

November 3, 2015
, MIT
鈥淪ynthesis Design through the Lens of Flow Chemistry鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

November 6, 2015
, Scripps Research Institute
鈥淐hemical Synthesis of Secondary Metabolites鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

November 10, 2015
, University of California, Riverside
鈥淢olecular聽Probes聽for聽redox signaling and聽oxidative聽stress鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

November 18, 2015
, University of Wisconsin at Madison
鈥淪olar Energy Conversion and Electrocatalysis Using Earth-Abundant Nanomaterials鈥澛�
4:00 PM, Higgins 310

November 19, 2015
, Brown University
鈥淭uning Nanoparticle Catalysis for Nanomedicine and Energy Applications鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

December 1, 2015
, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
鈥淏reaking Strong Bonds: Adventures in Sustainable Chemistry鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

December 3, 2015
, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
鈥淪ite-Specific Colloidal Synthesis鈥澛�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

June 26, 2015
Professor Kenso Soai, Tokyo University of Science
鈥淎symmetric Autocatalysis and the Origin of Homochirality鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

August 7 and 8, 2015
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Lectures in Organic Chemistry

Friday, August 7

Frank and Bertha Hupp Professor of Chemistry
The Scripps Research Institute
鈥淟igand-Accelerated C-H Activation Reactions: Near and Far. Redox Chemistry for Catalysis鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

Saturday, August 8
Dr. Joshua Sieber, Boeheringer Ingelheim
鈥淓xpedient Scalable Synthesis of Novel P-Chiral Phosphines and Applications to Asymmetric Synthesis鈥�
10:00 AM, Merkert 130

, The Scripps Research Institute
鈥淟igand-Accelerated C-H Activation Reactions: Near and Far. Ligand Acceleration鈥�
11:00 AM, Merkert 130

August 20, 2015
Dr. Jun Liu, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
鈥淔rom Fundamental Materials Chemistry to Energy Systems - Cases for Large Scale Energy Storage鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

September 1, 2015
, Georgia Tech
鈥淭ailored Virus-Like Particles for Biomedicine and Catalysis鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

September 8, 2015
Novartis Chemical Sciences Symposium
2:30 PM聽- Refreshments

3:00 PM聽-聽Dr. Christopher Brain, Cambridge, MA
鈥淭he discovery of Ribociclib (LEE011) a selective CDK4/6 inhibitor for the treatment of cancer鈥�
Merkert 127

4:00 PM聽-聽, University of Illinois
鈥淏iosynthesis of Cyclic Peptide Antibiotics鈥�
Merkert 127

September 17, 2015
, B次元
鈥淐hemical-proteomic strategies to investigate reactive cysteines鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

September 19, 2016
Dr.聽Koh Takeuchi, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo
鈥淯tilization and extension of聽 solution NMR techniques for biologically and clinically important systems鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

January 13, 2015
Professor Doug Stephan, University of Toronto
鈥淔rustrated Lewis Pairs in Small Molecule Activation and Catalysis鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

January 20, 2015
Professor Brian McNaughton, Colorado State University
鈥淓xpanding the Functional Utility of Proteins as Research Tools and Therapeutic Leads鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

February 17, 2015
Professor Alexander Statsuk, Northwestern University
鈥淏iochemistry and Pharmacology of The Ubiquitin System鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

March 12, 2015
Merck Lectureship in Organic Chemistry
2:30 Reception

Dr. Jared Silverman, Merck
鈥淎 History of the Development of Daptomycin: From Bedside to Bench and Back Again鈥�
3:00 PM, Merkert 130

Professor Sarah Reisman, Caltech
鈥淔rom Alkaloids to Terpenoids: New Strategies and Tactics for the Synthesis of Polycyclic Natural Products鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

March 17, 2015
Professor Xiang Wang, University Colorado-Boulder
鈥淏io-Inspired Synthesis of Functional Molecules鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

March 18, 2015
O'Malley Lecturer Professor Tom Muir, Princeton University
鈥淗oudini Proteins: Discovery and Applications of Ultrafast Inteins鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

March 19, 2015
Professor Pratap Rao, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
鈥淓fficient and Scalable Solar Materials through Nanoscale Engineering and Flame Synthesis鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

March 26, 2015
Professor Donghai Wang, Penn. State University
鈥淯nderstanding Chemical Interaction in Functional Carbon-Sulfur Composites as Cathode for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

March 31, 2015
Professor Paul Chirik, Princeton University
鈥淏ase Metal Catalysis: The Interplay of Applications and Electronic Structure鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

April 1, 2015
Professor Amnon Kohen, University of Iowa
鈥淓nzyme catalysis: From physical to organic chemistry鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

April 2, 2015
Professor Ron Grimm, WPI Worcestor Polytech Institute
鈥淢ethyl-terminated silicon microwire arrays for solar fuels applications: Surface structure, stability, and performance鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

April 4, 2015 Symposium
Professor Vahe Bandarian, University of Arizona
鈥淧rospecting for new enzymes in RNA modification and secondary metabolism鈥�
3:00 - 4:00 PM, Merkert 130

Professor Ben Shen, The Scripps Research Institute
鈥淢icrobial Genomics: New Opportunities for Natural Product Biosynthesis, Engineering, and Drug Discovery鈥�
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Merkert 130

April 7, 2015
Professor Floyd Romesberg, The Scripps Research Institute
鈥淎 semi-synthetic organism with an expanded genetic alphabet鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

April 16, 2015
Professor W. David Wei, University of Florida
鈥淧lasmon-Mediated Surface Chemistry for Solar Photocatalysis鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

April 21, 2015
Vanderslice Lecturer
Professor Ilan Marek, Technion Israel Institute of Technology
鈥淩emote Functionalization of Hydrocarbons鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

April 22, 23, 24, 2015
B次元 University Lecture Series in Chemistry
Professor John Bercaw, California Institute of Technology
April 22
鈥淎pproaches to Selective ;Catalytic Upgrading of Light Hydrocarbons Using Oxidative Routes鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
April 23
鈥淟ight Olefin Trimerization with Chromium and Titanium Catalysts鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
April 24
鈥淎lpha Olefin Polymerization Catalysis: Stereochemisry, Kinetics, and Kinetic Resolutions鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127

May 4, 2015
Professor Seth Herzon, Yale University
鈥淣ew Metal-Catalyzed Reactions for Organic Synthesis and the Development of a Synthetic Route to Complex Guanidinium Alkaloids鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130

May 15, 2015
Professor Paramjit Arora, NYU
鈥淧rotein Domain Mimetics as Modulators of Protein-Protein Interactions鈥�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130