News, Events & Seminars

September 5th
Title: Grad Orientation
Host: Department of Chemistry

September 10th at 2:30 p.m. on Zoom
Speaker: Sam Pellock - University of Washington
Title: Computational design of novel hydrolases
Host: G. Howe

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September 19th
Dr. Stan Brown Lecture
Speaker: Kendall Houk - UCLA
Title: Evolution of Physical Organic Chemistry: Advances in Computations, Pericyclic Reactions, and Pericyclases
Hosts: G. Howe & A. Evans

Abstract (PDF, 68 KB)

Brochure (PDF, 494 KB)

September 26th
Speaker: Bruce Arndtsen - McGill University
Title: ALTERNATIVE ENERGY DRIVERS IN METAL CATALYZED COUPLING REACTIONS
Host: A. Evans

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September 29th at 11:30 a.m. in CHE117
PhD Departmental Seminar
Speaker: Malek Hassan - PhD Student
Title: HistoProbe: A Dual-Mode Thermally Assisted Microfluidic Platform for Direct Mass Spectrometry Analysis of FFPE Tissues
Host: R. Oleschuk - Supervisor

Abstract (PDF, 93 KB)

October 2nd at 2:00 p.m. in CHE202
Speaker: Chulbom Lee - Seoul National University
Title: Alkyne Functionalization via Metal Vinylidene-Mediated Catalysis
Host: A. Evans

Abstract (PDF, 21 KB)

October 3rd
Organic Reactions Inc. Lecture
Speaker: Zhenfeng Xi - Peking University
Title: Dinitrogen N₂ Activation and Functionalization For Nitrogen-Carbon Bond Formation
Host: A. Evans

Abstract (PDF, 234 KB)

Brochure (PDF, 309 KB)

October 10th
PhD Departmental Seminar
Speaker: Adekunle Omoboye - PhD Student
Title: Multifunctional Interfaces: From Antibody Detection on Gold to DNA Origami Assembly on SiO₂
Host: Z. She - Supervisor

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October 22 at 11:30 a.m. in CHE117
Speaker: Sofiane El-Kirat-Chatel - CNRS - University of Bordeaux
Title: Antimicrobial agents, where do they bind, how do they act? Analysis at the nanoscale
Host: Z. She

Abstract (PDF, 150 KB)

October 23rd at 11:00 a.m. in CHE202
QGCS 18th Annual Symposium Keynote Lecture
Speaker: Hanadi Sleiman - McGill University
Title: DNA Nanostructures: From Design to Targeted Cancer Therapy
Hosts: QGCS & C2MCI

Abstract (PDF, 97 KB)

October 24th
Speaker: Don Weaver - University Health Network
Title: Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease at the Molecular Level
Host: D. Beauchemin

Abstract (PDF, 54 KB)

October 31st
Speaker: Angela Lyon & Jason Hendry - Queen's University
Title: How to Bring Your Chemical Invention to the World
Host: D. Beauchemin

Abstract (PDF, 80 KB)

November 7th
PhD Departmental Seminar
Speaker: Emerson MacNeil - PhD Student
Title: Synergistic CO₂ Reduction with Coccolith-Supported Metal Oxide Nanoparticles
Host: P. Duchesne - Supervisor

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November 21st
Speaker: Derek Wilson - York University
Title: Site Specific Hydrogen Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry in ‘Real World’ Drug Development
Host: R. Oleschuk

Abstract (PDF, 70 KB)

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Frost Lecture
Speaker: Erin R. Johnson - Dalhousie University
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March 6th
Jones Lecture
Speaker: Dongling Ma - Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), Montreal
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Inaugural Suning Wang Lecture
Speaker: Frieder Jaekle - Rutgers-Newark
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PhD Departmental Seminar
Speaker: Rachel Korchinsky - PhD Student
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Host: P. Jessop - Supervisor

March 27th
Dr. Michael Baird Lecture
Speaker: Veronique Gouverneur - University of Oxford
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April 10th
Speaker: Huy Dang - Trent University
Title: The environmental perspective of rare earth elements as critical minerals: take the good with the bad
Host: D. Beauchemin

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Speaker: Joshua Buss - University of Michigan
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PhD Departmental Seminar
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May 1st
Dr. Robert S. Brown Lecture
Speaker: Stacey Wetmore - University of Lethbridge
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