Seminars

Reed

March 21, 2025 -Seminar-Generative Artificial Intelligence for Research, Teaching, and Learning in the Molecular Sciences

March 17, 2025

Scott Reed, PhD. Abstract There are challenges and opportunities for integrating generative AI into research, teaching, and learning. Let’s discuss the pros and cons. I plan to describe some of the technology behind AI and some research I am doing on how to improve the accuracy of how AI handles...

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March 14, 2025 -Seminar-Dopamine Beyond the Classical Pathways

March 10, 2025

Aaron K. Apawu, PhD Abstract Neurotransmitters are chemical messengers that play a crucial role in neuronal communication. Specifically, dopamine has been implicated in movement, learning, memory, emotions, reward related behaviors and several neurological disorders, including addiction, Schizophrenia, and Parkinson’s disease. However, it is becoming increasingly apparent that dopamine’s role goes...

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Wu

March 7, 2025 -Seminar-Can you play a jigsaw puzzle game with a quart of pieces missing?

March 4, 2025

Gang Wu, Ph.D. Abstract Most chemists would agree that NMR has become an indispensable tool in chemical science. However, all successful NMR applications to date have relied on the detection of atomic nuclei with the smallest non-zero nuclear spin number (I = 1/2) (i.e., 1H, 13C, 15N, and 31P). Any...

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Crawford

February 28, 2025 -Seminar-The Mysteries of Chirality, Solvation, and Optical Activity

Feb. 24, 2025

T. Daniel Crawford, Ph.D. Abstract The determination of the handedness of chiral compounds remains a fascinating and critical challenge. Quantum chemical models have the potential to provide experimentalists with robust predictions of the requisite spectroscopic signatures, such as specific rotation, circular dichroism rotatory strengths, Raman scattering circular intensity differences, and...

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Bonnie

Canceled February 14, 2025 -Seminar- Sustainable Reactions and Polymers from Light-Driven Reaction Development

Feb. 11, 2025

Bonnie Buss, Ph.D. Abstract Photoredox catalysis, a relatively recent advancement in photochemistry, has emerged as a powerful tool in the synthetic chemistry toolbox due to reaction selectivity, benign conditions, and ease of implementation. Early developments in the field primarily relied on rare-earth metal catalysts, such as Ruthenium and Iridium complexes...

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Colin

February 7, 2025 -Seminar- Intravenous nutrition desynchronizes circadian expression along the gut-liver axis “You are not only what you eat but how and when you eat”

Feb. 3, 2025

Colin T. Shearn, Ph.D. Abstract The interface between nutrition and circadian health is complex and multifaceted with the type of nutrition, the route and timing of intake playing significant roles. In this talk I will present our most recent findings that explore how intravenous (parenteral) nutrition desynchronizes normal circadian signaling...

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Katharine

January 31, 2025 - Seminar- The Impact of Climate Change on Biogeochemical Processes in Coastal Alaska

Jan. 27, 2025

Katharine Kelsey, Ph.D. Abstract Climate change is driving significant alterations in biogeochemical processes, with some of the most rapid changes occurring at high latitudes. In this talk, I will present findings from two studies that explore how different aspects of climate change—including rising temperatures, changing animal behaviors, and sea level...

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January 24, 2025 - Seminar- Intercellular Communication and Implications for Cancer Evolution and Therapeutic Innovations

Dec. 2, 2024

Xuedong Liu, Ph.D. Abstract Intercellular communication occurs in various forms, enabling cells to coordinate complex biological processes essential for organismal function and homeostasis. Understanding these diverse communication pathways provides critical insights into cellular behavior and offers opportunities for therapeutic innovation. Our research focuses on how mammalian cells exchange genetic information...

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