Department of Chemistry

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Modernist Materials Synthesis: Finding Thermodynamic Shortcuts with Hyperdimensional Chemistry

Professor Jamie Neilson, Colorado State University .

Dept of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre .

Wednesday 29 March 2023, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Activity induced phase separation and ordering in various model soft matter systems

Theoretical Chemistry/Lennard-Jones Centre Seminar https://zoom.us/j/92447982065?pwd=RkhaYkM5VTZPZ3pYSHptUXlRSkppQT09

Professor Prabal Maiti, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry & Zoom.

Wednesday 29 March 2023, 14:30-15:30

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

AI/ML in Chemical Development

Marwin Segler(Microsoft Researcher).

Dept. of Chemistry, Pfizer Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 29 March 2023, 14:30-15:30

Biophysical Seminars

Establishing a structure-function relationship between biomolecular condensates and protein degradation

Janet Kumita, Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Unilever Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 29 March 2023, 10:30-11:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Exploring chemical reactivity in the age of automation and ML

Professor Fernanda Duarte, University of Oxford.

Dept of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre .

Tuesday 28 March 2023, 14:00-15:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

The Joy of Discovery - A Lecture in Memory of Alex Hopkins

Professor Ben Feringa.

BMS Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 24 March 2023, 17:00-18:00

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Prof Daniele Leonori talk (Title TBC)

Prof Daniele Leonori Institute of Organic Chemistry RWTH Aachen University.

Dept. of Chemistry, Pfizer Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 22 March 2023, 15:00-16:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Chemical modelling of (exo)planetary atmospheres: some like it hot, some like it cold, some like it mild but old

Last talk of term

Dr Éric Hébrard, University of Exeter.

Chemistry Dept, Unilever and Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84554294579?pwd=Und2Zkd3MHBZRG1GbHROeWNjQ2Ivdz09 .

Wednesday 22 March 2023, 14:30-15:30

Biophysical Seminars

Correlative imaging to resolve molecular structures in living tissues

Dr. Oxana Klementieva, Associate professor in molecular imaging, Department of Experimental Medicine, Lund University, Sweden.

Department of Chemistry, Unilever Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 22 March 2023, 10:30-11:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

‘Machine-learning in chemistry from the bottom up’

Professor Michele Ceriotti, Institute of Materials, EPFL.

Dept of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre .

Tuesday 21 March 2023, 16:00-17:00

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Synthetic biology approaches to new chemistry

Michelle C. Chang, University of California, Berkeley.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Monday 20 March 2023, 14:00-15:00

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

"Selective Functionalization of Pyridines, Diazines and Pharmaceuticals via Unconventional Intermediates" and "Synthesis in Drug Discovery"

Pharmaron-Sponsored Lecture

Prof. Andy McNally, Colorado State University and Dr. Ben Rahemtulla, Pharmaron.

Dept of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre .

Thursday 16 March 2023, 15:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Crumbling Crystals

First Year PhD Report

Niamh O'Neill, University of Cambridge.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 15 March 2023, 15:00-15:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Exploring and implementing molecular counterfactuals for chemical toxicology prediction

First Year PhD Report

Katie Beckwith, University of Cambridge.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 15 March 2023, 14:30-15:00

Biophysical Seminars

Mechanisms that Contribute to Proteostasis Collapse in Aging and Disease

Prof Richard I. Morimoto, Department of Molecular Biosciences, Rice Institute of Biomedical Research, Northwestern University, USA.

Department of Chemistry, Unilever Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 09 March 2023, 11:15-12:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Topology, Molecular Simulation, and Machine Learning as Routes to Exploring Structure, Dynamics, and Phase Behavior in Atomic and Molecular Crystals

Professor Mark Tuckerman, New York University.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 08 March 2023, 14:30-15:30

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Photosynthesis on an electrode

Dr Jenny Zhang, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge.

Dept of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre .

Thursday 02 March 2023, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Spin dynamics in radical pairs

Professor David Manolopoulos, University of Oxford.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 01 March 2023, 14:30-15:30

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Discovery of cyclotides and their applications in peptide-based drug design

Professor David Craik (Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland).

Dept. of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Monday 27 February 2023, 16:00-17:00

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Discovery of cyclotides and their applications in peptide-based drug design

Professor David Craik (Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Monday 27 February 2023, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

The structure of the carbon/electrolyte interface from molecular dynamics simulations

Professor Paola Carbone, University of Manchester.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 22 February 2023, 14:30-15:30

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Heterogenous Chemistry and The Possibility for Life in the Clouds of Venus

Paul Rimmer, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge.

Chemistry Dept, Unilever.

Monday 20 February 2023, 14:30-15:30

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Discovering New Materials By Combining Computation And Intelligent Mobile Robotic Chemists

Andrew I. Cooper, University of Liverpool.

Dept of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre .

Thursday 16 February 2023, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

T-Shaped Transition Metal Complexes and their Metalloradical Nature

Prof. Lutz Gade, Heidelberg University.

Dept of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre .

Wednesday 15 February 2023, 15:00-16:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Unravelling adsorption interactions and establishing benchmark accuracy: The case of hydrogen adsorption on low-dimensional materials

Dr Yasmine Al-Hamdani, UCL.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 15 February 2023, 14:30-15:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Mechanistic design, understanding, and multicatalysis in the development of catalytic chemical processes

Dr Pawel Dydio, University of Strasbourg.

Dept of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre .

Monday 13 February 2023, 16:00-17:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Iron catalysed cyclotrimerisation: Reactions of alkynes and phosphaalkynes

Dr Ruth Webster, University of Bath.

Dept of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre .

Thursday 09 February 2023, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Energy landscapes of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks (ZIFs)

First Year PhD Report

Arun Kumar Rajasekaran, University of Cambridge.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 08 February 2023, 15:00-15:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Found In Translation: Using Language Models To Predict C–H Borylation Regioselectivity

First Year PhD Report

Ruslan Kotlyarov, University of Cambridge.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 08 February 2023, 14:30-15:00

Biophysical Seminars

Modification of α-synuclein for inhibition of nucleation and elongation of amyloid fibrils

Prof Wolfgang Hoyer, Junior Professor of Chemical Biology of Protein Aggregation, Institute for Physical Biology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf.

Department of Chemistry, Unilever Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 08 February 2023, 10:30-11:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Simplified Earth-abundant metal catalysis, C–H activation and transborylation

Dr Jamie Docherty, The University of Manchester.

Dept of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre .

Tuesday 07 February 2023, 16:00-17:00

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Synthetic control of peptide and protein architectures

Professor Yu Heng Lau, The University of Sydney.

Dept of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre .

Friday 03 February 2023, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Multiscale Simulation of DNA

Extra Theoretical Chemistry Seminar

Dr Modesto Orozco, IRB Barcelona.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry.

Friday 03 February 2023, 11:00-12:00

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Electrophilic Amination Strategies for N-Heterocycle Synthesis

Prof. John Bower, University of Liverpool.

Dept of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre .

Thursday 02 February 2023, 16:00-17:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

The importance of fundamental hydrocarbons and their use in step economic total synthesis

Dr Madison Sowden, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany (formerly at Australian National University, Canberra).

Dept of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre .

Wednesday 01 February 2023, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Applying Matsubara Dynamics to Study Rates in Thermally Dissipative Systems

First Year PhD Report

William Moore, University of Cambridge.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 01 February 2023, 15:00-15:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

DMC-ICE13: ambient and high pressure polymorphs of ice from Diffusion Monte Carlo and Density Functional Theory

First Year PhD Report

Flaviano Della Pia, University of Cambridge.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 01 February 2023, 14:30-15:00

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Jeremy Wulff: Universal Polymer Crosslinkers: Synthesis, Structure–Function Relationships, and Applications in Materials Science

Jeremy Wulff .

Dept. of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 31 January 2023, 15:30-16:30

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Chlorine activation and enhanced ozone depletion induced by wildfire aerosol

Prof. Susan Solomon (Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88479554336.

Monday 30 January 2023, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

The unusual reactivity inside the supramolecular resorcinarene capsule catalyst – from terpene cyclizations to glycosylations

Prof. Konrad Teifenbacher, University of Basel.

Dept of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre .

Thursday 26 January 2023, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Recent developments with the Transcorrelated method

Professor Ali Alavi, University of Cambridge.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 25 January 2023, 14:30-15:30

Theoretical Chemistry Informal Seminars

Some new perspectives on old problems: From water to materials and back again.

Professor Michael Klein, Temple University.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 14 December 2022, 14:30-15:30

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Invisible Ship Tracks: What can we learn about the aerosol effect on clouds and climate from previously unseen ship-polluted clouds?

Peter Manshausen (University of Oxford).

Unilever Lecture Hall (and zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86500676542?pwd=NTFuNnpJQ1orMzZtem10cFNySjJiZz09 )).

Wednesday 07 December 2022, 15:00-16:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

The 18.6-year lunar nodal cycle and its modelled effect on the oceans

Prof. Manoj Joshi.

Unilever Lecture Hall (and zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84313398848?pwd=b1RaNGV5cm1jQ1hIOXBLd1hQRzdGQT09 ).

Monday 05 December 2022, 14:30-15:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Go EAST, young scientist - First principles view on chemical compound space

Professor Anatole von Lilienfeld, University of Toronto.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 29 November 2022, 14:30-15:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

The Chemical Physics of Correlated Materials

https://zoom.us/j/97189750171?pwd=RlppL21lSFJnVkwwSG4xeTE3a0NWQT09 Meeting ID: 971 8975 0171 Passcode: 320880

Professor Garnet Chan, Caltech.

via zoom .

Wednesday 23 November 2022, 17:00-18:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Assessment of Major Air Pollutants in the Tropical Urban Environment of Kuala Lumpur

Prof. Mohd Talib Latif (University Kebangsaan Malaysia).

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88446733633?pwd=UVZDWjZJaVg1UHZwS2tlRFpyTm5IZz09.

Monday 21 November 2022, 14:00-15:00

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Supramolecular Peptide Assemblies For Functional Systems

Javier Montenegro, Santiago de Compostela University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 17 November 2022, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Development of a sequence-dependent coarse-grained model for probing protein aggregation

1st Year PhD Report https://zoom.us/j/97189750171?pwd=RlppL21lSFJnVkwwSG4xeTE3a0NWQT09 Meeting ID: 971 8975 0171 Passcode: 320880

Kieran Russell, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Dept of Chemistry and Zoom.

Wednesday 16 November 2022, 15:00-15:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Designing multiphase biomolecular condensates

First Year PhD Report https://zoom.us/j/97189750171?pwd=RlppL21lSFJnVkwwSG4xeTE3a0NWQT09 Meeting ID: 971 8975 0171 Passcode: 320880

Pin Yu Chew, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Dept of Chemistry and Zoom.

Wednesday 16 November 2022, 14:30-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

The role played by interactions in the assembly of active colloids: Discovering dynamic laws from observations.

https://zoom.us/j/97189750171?pwd=RlppL21lSFJnVkwwSG4xeTE3a0NWQT09 Meeting ID: 971 8975 0171 Passcode: 320880

Dr Chantal Valeriani, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Dept of Chemistry and Zoom.

Wednesday 09 November 2022, 14:30-15:30

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Merck Lecture day 7th November 2022

Speaker to be confirmed.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, multiple rooms throughout the day.

Monday 07 November 2022, 09:00-18:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Programmable Folding of Droplet Colloidomers

https://zoom.us/j/97189750171?pwd=RlppL21lSFJnVkwwSG4xeTE3a0NWQT09 Meeting ID: 971 8975 0171 Passcode: 320880

Professor Jasna Brujic, NYU.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Dept of Chemistry and Zoom.

Wednesday 02 November 2022, 14:30-15:30

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Prof Huw Davies talk 1st November 2022

Speaker to be confirmed.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, multiple rooms throughout the day.

Tuesday 01 November 2022, 15:00-17:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Gender Equity in Academia: Why and How

Prof. Paul Walton, University of York.

BMS Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 26 October 2022, 15:30-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

The many phases of Filinov filtration: mixed-limit semiclassical dynamics

https://zoom.us/j/97189750171?pwd=RlppL21lSFJnVkwwSG4xeTE3a0NWQT09 Meeting ID: 971 8975 0171 Passcode: 320880

Dr Nandini Ananth, Cornell University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Dept of Chemistry and Zoom.

Wednesday 26 October 2022, 14:30-15:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Protection against self-oxidation by copper oxygenases

Prof. Paul Walton, University of York.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Wednesday 26 October 2022, 10:30-11:30

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

NAD as a building block in natural product biosynthesis

Dr Takayoshi Awakawa, University of Tokyo.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 25 October 2022, 16:00-17:00

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Recent Advances in Asymmetric Catalysis and Medicinal Chemistry

Professor Pat Guiry, University College Dublin.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, multiple rooms throughout the day.

Monday 24 October 2022, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

UNICORN (UNIted COarse gRaiNed) Force Field

https://zoom.us/j/97189750171?pwd=RlppL21lSFJnVkwwSG4xeTE3a0NWQT09 Meeting ID: 971 8975 0171 Passcode: 320880

Dr Adam Sieradzan, University of Gdańsk.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Dept of Chemistry and Zoom.

Wednesday 19 October 2022, 14:30-15:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Understanding and tuning the surface chemistry of perovskite oxides to activate oxygen exchange and water splitting

Prof Bilge Yildiz, MIT.

Cambridge University Engineering Department LR6.

Thursday 29 September 2022, 14:00-15:00

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Harnessing Radicals and Carbenes To Enable Unconventional Reactivity

Prof. David Nagib, The Ohio State University.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Thursday 15 September 2022, 16:00-17:00

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Catalysis: Gold, Silver, Pd, Light, Dark

Dr. Ai-Lan Lee, Heriot-Watt University.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Thursday 08 September 2022, 16:00-17:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Conjugated organic and carbon nitride photocatalysts for solar driven hydrogen synthesis: insights from time resolved spectroscopies

Prof James Durrant, ICL.

Scott Polar Research Institute Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 01 September 2022, 14:00-15:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Protein phase transitions in health and disease

Prof Tuomas Knowles, University of Cambridge.

Scott Polar Research Institute Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 31 August 2022, 14:00-15:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Single-Atom Alloy Catalysts: Born in a Vacuum, Tested in Reactors, and Understood In Silico

Prof Charlie Sykes, Tufts.

Scott Polar Research Institute Lecture Theatre.

Friday 12 August 2022, 14:00-15:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Insights from Physical Chemistry into the Aerosol Route for Respiratory Disease Transmission

Prof Jonathan Reid, University of Bristol.

Cambridge University Engineering Department LR6.

Wednesday 20 July 2022, 11:00-12:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Electrons in novel materials, water, and their interplay

Prof Mischa Bonn, MPI .

Cambridge University Engineering Department LR6.

Thursday 14 July 2022, 14:00-15:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Stratospheric ozone and stratosphere-troposphere exchange in the Last Glacial Maximum

Qiang Fu (Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington and Leverhulme Visiting Professor in DAMPT, Cambridge University).

Todd-Hamied room, Chemistry Department (and on zoom).

Monday 20 June 2022, 14:00-15:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

A new approach to Coupled Data Assimilation and Earth System Reanalysis – climate science for the decades ahead":

Prof. Detlef Stammer, University of Hamburg.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89859792053?pwd=M1dIZFd5NlNwRVdBV2RKZWJpV1pGUT09 .

Monday 13 June 2022, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Bringing Quantum Mechanics for Electrons and Nuclei to Larger Scales

https://zoom.us/j/97412460697?pwd=SkZzdjZGNFUyakg2RkpwMnRCWkZ3dz09 Meeting ID: 974 1246 0697 Passcode: 804768

Dr Mariana Rossi, Max Planck Institute .

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Dept of Chemistry and Zoom.

Wednesday 25 May 2022, 14:30-15:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Designing an Advanced Cancer Therapeutic Protein (GABPA Binding Inhibitor) Using an Artificial Intelligence-based DNA Binding Protein Design system.

https://zoom.us/j/96081156517?pwd=dmVGcVdDMXYvcVljdjVUQVIrd3F3QT09 Meeting ID: 960 8115 6517 Passcode: 135523

Haseem Deen Mohamed Sarif Mohamed Iqbal, University of Cambridge .

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Dept of Chemistry and Zoom.

Wednesday 18 May 2022, 15:00-15:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

A computational model for protein phase separation: hnRNPA1 as a case study

https://zoom.us/j/96081156517?pwd=dmVGcVdDMXYvcVljdjVUQVIrd3F3QT09 Meeting ID: 960 8115 6517 Passcode: 135523

Maria Julia Maristany, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Dept of Chemistry and Zoom.

Wednesday 18 May 2022, 14:30-15:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

The role of chemistry and oxidants on the forcing from vegetation emissions and the next steps for understanding the atmospheric composition changes and forcing from widespread tree planting

Dr James Weber (The University of Sheffield).

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88391274319?pwd=ZzhVaGtkYUtBTWdsQUR4dm5IWnprZz09.

Monday 16 May 2022, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Building bridges over mountain passes with variational path sampling

https://zoom.us/j/92686443414?pwd=OXVvY3lubnYxdU04enVZNFEzcjNmdz09 Meeting ID: 926 8644 3414 Passcode: 815149

Dr David Limmer, UC Berkeley.

Zoom and will be lived streamed in the Dept of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre .

Wednesday 11 May 2022, 16:30-17:30

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Metal Complexes as Diagnostics and Therapeutics

Prof. Gilles Gasser, Chimie ParisTech.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 10 May 2022, 15:00-16:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Machine Learning for Molecular Simulation - from Quantum Chemistry to Protein Dynamics

Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/91726565686?pwd=cmpNYmswRlRRamgycGhiT29jSE44UT09 Meeting ID: 917 2656 5686 Passcode: 592709

Professor Frank Noé, Free University Berlin.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Dept of Chemistry and Zoom.

Wednesday 04 May 2022, 14:30-15:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Angstrom-scale capillaries: Ion selectivity beyond steric effects

https://zoom.us/j/93042336923?pwd=V0dZc1hjcEhESXdGcGhDbGxYRTZQZz09 Meeting ID: 930 4233 6923 Passcode: 942671

Professor Radha Boya, University of Manchester.

Dept of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre and Zoom.

Wednesday 27 April 2022, 14:30-15:30

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Chemical Biology Comes of Age: Targeted Protein Degradation as a New Therapeutic Modality

Professor Craig Crews, Yale University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Wednesday 06 April 2022, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

The liquid genome: Multiscale modelling of DNA packaging inside cells

https://zoom.us/j/99261863179?pwd=cExLK0QrdTF5R1c3bDNiWWwrbUtwdz09 Meeting ID: 992 6186 3179 Passcode: 180099

Dr Rosana Collepardo-Guevara, University of Cambridge.

Zoom and Dept of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 17 March 2022, 11:15-12:15

Biophysical Seminars

Liquid-Liquid Crystalline Phase Separation of Amyloid Fibrils

Prof. Raffaele Mezzenga, ETH Zurich.

https://zoom.us/j/95370222402.

Wednesday 16 March 2022, 10:00-11:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

One becomes two: assemblies that split cells across evolution

https://zoom.us/j/92220720173?pwd=WWVpVzVRY3dGRlhCRnFJZE81enRlUT09 Meeting ID: 922 2072 0173 Passcode: 070083

Dr Anđela Šarić, IST Austria .

Zoom and Dept of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 09 March 2022, 14:30-15:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Simple Models for Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation in Biological Cells

https://zoom.us/j/92110994248?pwd=VHVlRE15bUJRZ0pOcDdwdlQ3V0cwUT09 Meeting ID: 921 1099 4248 Passcode: 360337

Professor Halim Kusumaatmaja, Durham University.

Dept of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre and Zoom.

Wednesday 02 March 2022, 14:30-15:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Development of a transferable coarse-grained model for biomolecular phase-separation with near-quantitative accuracy.

1st Year PhD Report https://zoom.us/j/97218330219?pwd=cm5obGVnMVJ1RmZML3Rtc1RNRlc1dz09 Meeting ID: 972 1833 0219 Passcode: 540145

Anne Aguirre, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Dept of Chemistry and Zoom.

Wednesday 23 February 2022, 15:00-15:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

General embedded cluster protocol for accurate modelling of oxygen vacancies in metal-oxides

First Year PhD Report https://zoom.us/j/99862441719?pwd=OHc4d0hpczU4SVpEK0ppUHliUVRSUT09 Meeting ID: 998 6244 1719 Passcode: 373295https://zoom.us/j/97218330219?pwd=cm5obGVnMVJ1RmZML3Rtc1RNRlc1dz09 Meeting ID: 972 1833 0219 Passcode: 540145

Benjamin Shi (University of Cambridge).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Dept. of Chemistry & Zoom.

Wednesday 23 February 2022, 14:30-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Quantum simulations of materials for sustainable energy generation and use

https://zoom.us/j/99306849914?pwd=dDg3YWkvTjZKaTc3RHZQbWxsb1QvUT09 Meeting ID: 993 0684 9914 Passcode: 982405

Professor Giulia Galli, University of Chicago.

Dept of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre and Zoom.

Wednesday 16 February 2022, 15:00-16:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Hot electrons in chemical reactions at metal surfaces: From molecular beam scattering to plasmonic chemistry

https://zoom.us/j/98783704195?pwd=L0hDVDJYeDdRYkR5TGFyeEV3RE1vZz09 Meeting ID: 987 8370 4195 Passcode: 689645

Dr Reinhard J. Maurer, University of Warwick.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Dept. of Chemistry & Zoom.

Wednesday 09 February 2022, 14:30-15:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Energy Landscape of Hybrid Restraint Functions Based on NMR Data

1st Year PhD Report. Join Zoom meeting https://zoom.us/j/99862441719?pwd=OHc4d0hpczU4SVpEK0ppUHliUVRSUT09 Meeting ID: 998 6244 1719 Passcode: 373295

Yifei Wang, University of Cambridge.

Zoom.

Wednesday 02 February 2022, 15:00-15:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Variational calculations of monoatomic endofullerenes

First Year PhD Report. Join Zoom meeting https://zoom.us/j/99862441719?pwd=OHc4d0hpczU4SVpEK0ppUHliUVRSUT09 Meeting ID: 998 6244 1719 Passcode: 373295

Kripa Panchagnula, University of Cambridge.

via zoom .

Wednesday 02 February 2022, 14:30-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Realistic simulations of IR spectra using path-integrals: quasicentroid molecular dynamics

First Year PhD Report https://zoom.us/j/97542686010?pwd=OHY3Mzd6NUptaHpzTDJkOUY2QTFzZz09 Meeting ID: 975 4268 6010 Passcode: 417918

Christopher Haggard, University of Cambridge.

via zoom .

Wednesday 26 January 2022, 15:00-15:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

The origin of enantioselectivity in photochemical reactions with diarylprolinol silyl ether catalysts

First Year PhD Report https://zoom.us/j/97542686010?pwd=OHY3Mzd6NUptaHpzTDJkOUY2QTFzZz09 Meeting ID: 975 4268 6010 Passcode: 417918

Ching Ching Lam, University of Cambridge.

via zoom .

Wednesday 26 January 2022, 14:30-15:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Climate and Composition Implications of a hydrogen economy

Nicola Warwick (University of Cambridge).

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85220058971?pwd=ZVVTSHB2bDBadzJTMHZMTUQ1eDdZQT09.

Tuesday 25 January 2022, 14:00-15:00

Biophysical Seminars

Uncovering the role of Alzheimer’s disease risk genes using stem cells and human brains

Prof Li-Huei Tsai, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

https://zoom.us/j/99301642413.

Wednesday 19 January 2022, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Genome Organization through Phase Separation: Random yet Precise

https://zoom.us/j/99705960225?pwd=VnB5WW9YWHNrUXRFZmFQOU1wQW5lUT09 Meeting ID: 997 0596 0225 Passcode: 198245

Dr Bin Zhang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

via zoom .

Wednesday 19 January 2022, 14:30-15:30

Biophysical Seminars

Technology for Bioelectronic Medicine

Prof George Malliaras, University of Cambridge.

https://zoom.us/j/94174933868 .

Wednesday 19 January 2022, 10:30-11:30

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

The role of Short-lived Climate Forcers (SLCFs) in the climate system

Dr. Vaishali Naik from the NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory in Princeton.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88979629588?pwd=cGNPbnZnK2IxZmJXVHdXcHYyc3duZz09.

Wednesday 08 December 2021, 14:00-15:00

Biophysical Seminars

From mad cows to mini brains

Cath Haig, NIH - NIAID - RML.

https://zoom.us/j/96577382505.

Wednesday 01 December 2021, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Exploring the interface between carbon based materials and electrolytes: Insights from simulations

https://zoom.us/j/98671840072?pwd=TXRNaHVIS0VlYWEzTm5YVUVWbThCQT09 Meeting ID: 986 7184 0072 Passcode: 366353

Dr Céline Merlet, Université Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier .

Zoom and Dept of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 01 December 2021, 14:30-15:30

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

New Broad Scope Catalytic Strategies for Amine and Complex Natural Product Synthesis

Professor Darren Dixon, University of Oxford.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Wednesday 24 November 2021, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Scalable multi-reference chemistry using quantum Monte Carlo

https://zoom.us/j/93027947380?pwd=TTIrV3hPaFV4SlRyZm85UHF0d0RxUT09 Meeting ID: 930 2794 7380 Passcode: 697350

Dr Nick Blunt, Riverlane.

Zoom and Dept of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 24 November 2021, 14:30-15:30

Biophysical Seminars

Photopharmacology: Towards Light-Controlled Therapy

Prof. Wiktor Szymanski, University Medical Center Groningen.

https://zoom.us/j/95320855185.

Wednesday 24 November 2021, 10:00-11:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Development Of A Multiscale Chromatin Coarse-Grained Model

First Year PhD Report

Charles Phillips, University of Cambridge.

Zoom and Dept of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 17 November 2021, 15:00-15:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Base flipping in DNA using potential energy landscapes

First Year PhD Report

Nicy, University of Cambridge.

Zoom and Dept of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 17 November 2021, 14:30-15:00

Biophysical Seminars

How to discover prodromal Parkinson's disease and why

Wolfgang Oertel, Philips University of Marburg.

https://zoom.us/j/92675147881.

Wednesday 17 November 2021, 10:30-11:30

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Synthesis RIG Postdoc Seminar

Dr Avene Colgan and Dr. Stephen Walsh, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry.

Bristol Myers-Squibb lecture theatre.

Wednesday 10 November 2021, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

On Loss Function Landscapes of Neural Networks

First Year PhD Report. Zoom details Meeting ID: 915 2238 0125 Passcode: 224474

Max Niroomand, University of Cambridge.

Zoom and Dept of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 10 November 2021, 15:00-15:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Non-Equilibrium Phase Transitions of Two Species Driven Diffusive Lattice Gas

First Year PhD Report. Zoom details: Meeting ID: 915 2238 0125 Passcode: 224474

Honghao Yu, University of Cambridge.

Zoom and Dept of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 10 November 2021, 14:30-15:00

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

The power of chemoselectivty: Next generation bioconjugates for extra- and intracellular targeting

Prof. Christian Hackenberger, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin.

Bristol Myers-Squibb lecture theatre.

Wednesday 03 November 2021, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Coarse-Graining Markov State Models

Dr Edina Rosta, UCL.

Dept of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre and Zoom: Meeting ID: 977 4633 0653 Passcode: 379093.

Wednesday 03 November 2021, 14:30-15:30

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Synthetic Lectins – The Host-Guest Chemistry of Carbohydrates in Water

Professor Anthony P Davis, University of Bristol.

Bristol Myers-Squibb lecture theatre.

Wednesday 27 October 2021, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Nucleation in first order phase transitions starting from the top

Dr Eduardo Sanz, University Complutense of Madrid.

Dept of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre and Zoom: Meeting ID: 929 3874 2761 Passcode: 803269.

Wednesday 20 October 2021, 14:30-15:30

Biophysical Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Macr Diamond, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

https://zoom.us/j/92675147881.

Tuesday 19 October 2021, 17:00-18:00

Biophysical Seminars

ApoE, Ab and Alzheimer’s disease: From test tube to transgenic mice

Mary Jo LaDu, University of Illinois at Chicago.

https://zoom.us/j/92564124601.

Wednesday 13 October 2021, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Encoding quantum-chemical knowledge into machine-learning models

Professor Clemence Corminboeuf, EPFL.

Dept of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre and Zoom: Meeting ID: 915 2897 9304 Passcode: 474419.

Wednesday 13 October 2021, 14:30-15:30

Biophysical Seminars

The landscape of amyloid misfolding

Prof. Jeremy Schmit (Kansas State University).

https://zoom.us/j/99567836121.

Wednesday 21 July 2021, 10:30-11:30

Biophysical Seminars

Peptide and metabolite self-assembly: Physiology, Pathology, and Nanotechnology

Prof. Ehud Gazit, Tel Aviv University.

https://zoom.us/j/92040905282.

Wednesday 07 July 2021, 10:30-11:30

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Final Year PhD Talks (by Hugh Ryan and Francesca Firth)

Hugh Ryan and Francesca Firth (Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge).

Zoom meeting (Meeting ID: 967 7032 7126 Passcode: 077949).

Thursday 17 June 2021, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Who gets to do research? - Equity in STEMM viewed through a funding lens

Materials RIG Seminar

Prof. Rachel Oliver (Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge).

Zoom meeting (Meeting ID: 937 3157 5068, Passcode: 994936).

Thursday 10 June 2021, 14:00-15:00

Biophysical Seminars

Phase separation as an organizing principle in biology and disease

Simon Alberti, Technische Universität Dresden.

https://zoom.us/j/98205706861?pwd=MitmZ2pqVHNKWmdwMWlVUkpWZkNDdz09.

Wednesday 09 June 2021, 10:30-11:30

Physical Chemistry Research Interest Group

Curious Electrostatics in Concentrated Electrolytes

Prof Susan Perkin, University of Oxford.

via zoom - please contact David Madden for the zoom link.

Tuesday 08 June 2021, 11:00-12:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Controlling photonic properties from the micro to the macroscale

Final year PhD student talk

Clement Chan (Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge).

Zoom meeting (Meeting ID: 944 5796 1273, Passcode: 773568).

Thursday 03 June 2021, 14:00-15:00

Biophysical Seminars

Functional Protein Fibrils in the Fight Against Pathogens

Prof. Meytal Landau, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.

https://zoom.us/j/96842517234.

Wednesday 02 June 2021, 10:30-11:30

Physical Chemistry Research Interest Group

In-situ Liquid TEM: Imaging Iron Corrosion

Surabhi Agrawal, University of Cambridge.

via zoom - please contact David Madden for the zoom link.

Tuesday 01 June 2021, 11:30-12:00

Physical Chemistry Research Interest Group

Air pollution and climate change in the UK: A future perspective and open questions

Dr Alex Archibald, University of Cambridge.

via zoom - please contact David Madden for the zoom link.

Tuesday 01 June 2021, 11:00-11:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Noncovalently bound molecular dimers with more than four atoms: Inter- and intramolecular rovibrational states and frequency shifts from full-dimensional and fully coupled quantum calculations

Professor Zlatko Bačić, New York University.

Zoom: Meeting ID: 977 2817 4648 Passcode: 343584.

Wednesday 26 May 2021, 14:30-15:30

Biophysical Seminars

Probing proteome foldedness and conformational changes under proteostasis stresses

Prof. Danny Hatters, University of Melbourne.

https://zoom.us/j/92985851709.

Wednesday 26 May 2021, 09:00-10:00

Physical Chemistry Research Interest Group

Modelling Some of the Environmental Impacts of a Hydrogen Economy

Prof John Pyle, University of Cambridge.

via zoom - please contact David Madden for the zoom link.

Tuesday 25 May 2021, 11:30-12:00

Physical Chemistry Research Interest Group

Imaging the First Events in T-Cell Activation

Markus Koerbel, University of Cambridge.

via zoom - please contact David Madden for the zoom link.

Tuesday 25 May 2021, 11:00-11:30

Biophysical Seminars

Single molecule electrometry: "far-field" electrostatic fingerprints of molecular 3D conformation and shape

Professor Madhavi Krishnan ( University of Oxford).

https://zoom.us/j/95836951805.

Friday 21 May 2021, 10:30-11:30

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Talks delivered by two final year PhD students

Taylor Uekert and Rajesh Jethwa (Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, Universit of Cambridge.

Zoom meeting (Meeting ID: 933 8200 8737, Passcode: 991562).

Thursday 20 May 2021, 14:00-15:00

Biophysical Seminars

Cellular Communication via Adhesion

Prof. Demet Araç, University of Chicago.

https://zoom.us/j/99781367340.

Wednesday 19 May 2021, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Light-matter interactions: from ab initio molecular dynamics and machine learning to x-ray spectroscopy

Dr Morgane Vacher, University of Nantes.

Zoom: Meeting ID: 919 4908 5468 Passcode: 711578.

Wednesday 19 May 2021, 14:30-15:30

Physical Chemistry Research Interest Group

Using the Analytical Power of Surface Science for “New” Challenges

Prof Giovanni Costantini, University of Warwick.

via zoom - please contact David Madden for the zoom link.

Tuesday 18 May 2021, 11:00-12:00

Biophysical Seminars

Cellular Organization Through Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation

Prof. Michael Rosen, Department of Biophysics, University of Texas .

https://zoom.us/j/97334125524.

Wednesday 12 May 2021, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Machine Learning for Intermolecular Interactions

Professor David Sherrill, Georgia Tech.

Zoom: Meeting ID: 936 2232 6567 Passcode: 659838.

Wednesday 12 May 2021, 15:00-16:00

Physical Chemistry Research Interest Group

Investigating Disorder in Solids using NMR Spectroscopy, Isotopic Enrichment and First-Principles Calculations

Prof Sharon Ashbrook, University of St Andrews.

via zoom - please contact David Madden for the zoom link.

Tuesday 11 May 2021, 11:00-12:00

Biophysical Seminars

Whole-brain imaging of mating behavior in C. elegans

Prof. Aravinthan Samuel, Harvard University.

https://zoom.us/j/97805738886 .

Friday 07 May 2021, 16:00-17:00

Biophysical Seminars

Phase separation as an organizing principle in biology and disease

Speaker to be confirmed.

https://zoom.us/j/99781367340.

Thursday 06 May 2021, 16:00-17:00

Biophysical Seminars

Gating Mechanisms and drug modulation in Pentameric Ligand-gated Ion Channels: Insights from Cryo-EM

Prof. Sudha Chakrapani, Case Western Reserve University.

https://zoom.us/j/94961379063.

Wednesday 05 May 2021, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Nanoconfined Water and it's Anomalies

Professor Biman Bagchi, Indian Institute of Science - Bengaluru.

Zoom: Meeting ID: 993 0985 5457 Passcode: 520993.

Wednesday 05 May 2021, 10:00-11:00

Physical Chemistry Research Interest Group

Ice and Surface Chemistry in Space

Prof Wendy Brown, University of Sussex.

via zoom - please contact David Madden for the zoom link.

Tuesday 04 May 2021, 11:00-12:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

The Phase Behaviour of Supercooled Water: Recent Computational Results.

Professor Pablo Debenedetti, Princeton University.

Zoom: Meeting ID: 960 7975 3507 Passcode: 674325.

Wednesday 28 April 2021, 14:30-15:30

Biophysical Seminars

The switch from choice to commitment: an example from HIV

Dr. Maike Hansen, Radboud University Nijmegen.

https://zoom.us/j/92521025039.

Wednesday 28 April 2021, 10:30-11:30

Biophysical Seminars

Deciphering the role of post-translational modifications in p53 regulation with protein semisynthesis

Dr. Manuel Muller .

https://zoom.us/j/95477079823.

Wednesday 21 April 2021, 10:30-11:30

Biophysical Seminars

Cell morphogenesis across scales, from molecules to forces

Prof. Ewa Paluch Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge.

https://zoom.us/j/92582731025.

Wednesday 14 April 2021, 10:30-11:30

Biophysical Seminars

Self-entangled misfolded structures are the molecular bridge connecting synonymous mutations to long-timescale changes in protein structure and function

Ed O'Brien, Pennsylvania State University.

https://zoom.us/j/92635473991.

Wednesday 31 March 2021, 16:00-17:00

External talks

Electrochemical Technology for the Low Carbon Transition

Professor Nigel Brandon (Imperial College London).

Zoominar (registration required): https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bp-icam-webinar-electrochemical-technology-for-the-low-carbon-transition-tickets-141658982831.

Thursday 25 March 2021, 15:00-16:00

Biophysical Seminars

Stabilization of Protein-Protein Interactions; from biophysical concept to medicinal chemistry application

Prof. Luc Brunsveld, Eindhoven University of Technology .

https://zoom.us/j/97842548910.

Wednesday 24 March 2021, 10:30-11:30

Physical Chemistry Research Interest Group

Designing brighter dyes for advanced fluorescence microscopy

Dr Luke Lavis, Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

via zoom - please contact David Madden for the zoom link.

Tuesday 23 March 2021, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Quantum Machine Learning for Accurate and Low-Cost Computational Chemistry

Professor Thomas F. Miller III, Caltech.

Zoom: Meeting ID: 974 4858 8660 Passcode: 016125.

Wednesday 17 March 2021, 16:00-17:00

Biophysical Seminars

Glutamate receptors: from single molecules to physiology

Prof. Vasanthi Jayaraman, University of Texas Health Science Center.

https://zoom.us/j/99203574537.

Wednesday 17 March 2021, 16:00-17:00

Physical Chemistry Research Interest Group

Liquid microjet photoelectron spectroscopy

Prof Helen Fielding, Department of Chemistry, University College London.

via zoom - please contact David Madden for the zoom link.

Tuesday 16 March 2021, 14:00-15:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

KiD-A: How Different Are Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation Interactions from a Variety of Microphysics Schemes?

Adrian Hill - Met Office.

Zoom.

Monday 15 March 2021, 11:00-12:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Let there be light: exploiting machine learning to elucidate optical spectroscopy in the condensed phase

Professor Thomas Markland, Stanford University.

Zoom - link to be announced.

Wednesday 10 March 2021, 17:00-18:00

Biophysical Seminars

A detailed look at tail-anchored membrane protein targeting - from metazoans to plants to protists

Prof. William Clemons, Caltech.

https://zoom.us/j/98085179345.

Wednesday 10 March 2021, 16:00-17:00

Physical Chemistry Research Interest Group

Physical RIG, Internal Speakers

Alex Fellows & Dr Lucien Weiss & Dr Hans de Leeuw, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge.

via zoom - please contact David Madden for the zoom link.

Tuesday 09 March 2021, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Chemical reactivity in solution and under confinement – Applications and computational developments

Professor Fernanda Duarte (Hertford College, University of Oxford).

Zoom meeting ID: 920 8107 6877; Passcode: 119678.

Thursday 04 March 2021, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Structure and dynamics of ionic liquids confined between metallic surfaces

Professor Marialore Sulpizi, Johannes Gutenberg University.

Zoom: Meeting ID: 956 7058 2700 Passcode: 141090.

Wednesday 03 March 2021, 14:30-15:30

Biophysical Seminars

We were unable to deliver your parcel: Tumour biophysics and drug delivery

Sally Peyman, University of Leeds.

https://zoom.us/j/94270162364?pwd=VTBVMGhUTEttNHlkaGRtcFF2TzdUUT09.

Wednesday 03 March 2021, 10:30-11:30

Physical Chemistry Research Interest Group

Methods for rapid 3D fluorescence microscopy

Dr Reto Fiolka, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

via zoom - please contact David Madden for the zoom link.

Tuesday 02 March 2021, 14:00-15:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Right ozone, wrong reasons

Mat Evans - University of York.

Zoom.

Monday 01 March 2021, 11:00-12:00

Biophysical Seminars

Probing intracellular physicochemical environments at the nanoscale, one molecule at a time

Ke Xu, UC-Berkeley.

https://zoom.us/j/99827103152?pwd=K0ZGZk9xSzBsSHFRbDRwZTF4dExiQT09.

Wednesday 24 February 2021, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Reaction mechanism discovery using random walks in chemical space

Professor Scott Habershon, University of Warwick.

Zoom - Meeting ID: 946 2143 4053 Passcode: 203059.

Wednesday 24 February 2021, 14:30-15:30

Biophysical Seminars

Conformational control: From single molecules to biotechnologies

Prof. Taekjip Ha, Johns Hopkins University .

https://zoom.us/j/97411702169?pwd=c3JEeVBWemdQb3FHeGc0Smk3M2ZiQT09.

Wednesday 17 February 2021, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Generalization of Quasicentroid Molecular Dynamics to complex systems

First Year PhD Report

Vijay Ganesh Sadhasivam, University of Cambridge.

Zoom: Meeting ID: 971 8360 9971 Passcode: 458262.

Wednesday 17 February 2021, 15:00-15:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

A systematic conformational searching method

First Year PhD Report

Mengman Wei, University of Cambridge.

Zoom: Meeting ID: 971 8360 9971 Passcode: 458262.

Wednesday 17 February 2021, 14:30-15:00

Physical Chemistry Research Interest Group

Molecular Tools for Imaging and Controlling Complex Biological Systems

Prof Ed Boyden, MIT.

via zoom - please contact David Madden for the zoom link.

Tuesday 16 February 2021, 14:00-15:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

The importance of ice-nucleating particles in tropical deep convective clouds

Rachel Hawker - University of Leeds.

Zoom.

Monday 15 February 2021, 11:00-12:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Computational modelling of genome organisation - Understanding the compaction of DNA within cells

First Year PhD Report

Esmae Woods, University of Cambridge .

Zoom Meeting ID: 983 5633 9540 Passcode: 268115.

Wednesday 10 February 2021, 15:00-15:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Quantifying the applicability domain between two datasets using Tanimoto similarity

First Year PhD Report

Marcus Wang, University of Cambridge.

Zoom Meeting ID: 983 5633 9540 Passcode: 268115.

Wednesday 10 February 2021, 14:30-15:00

Biophysical Seminars

Molecular Biology of Prion Infections

Prof. Adriano Aguzzi, University hospital of Zurich.

https://zoom.us/j/99760374933?pwd=cXlRUVBabWpCUWZ4NHRGWnRmLzV3dz09.

Wednesday 10 February 2021, 10:30-11:30

Physical Chemistry Research Interest Group

Physical RIG, Internal Speakers

Dr Thomas Aubry & Sabine Matysik & Ezra Bruggeman, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge.

via zoom - please contact David Madden for the zoom link.

Tuesday 09 February 2021, 14:00-15:00

Biophysical Seminars

Models of neurological disease

Meeting ID: 923 1614 3946 Passcode: 186434

Prof. Roger D Kamm.

https://zoom.us/j/92316143946?pwd=RmFpcnlrNWkrUldWbzZRazhxRjM2QT09.

Wednesday 03 February 2021, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Rapid development of robust single purpose machine learning potentials for complex aqueous systems

Dr Christoph Schran, University of Cambridge.

Zoom - Meeting ID: 922 6672 0201 Passcode: 427839.

Wednesday 03 February 2021, 14:30-15:30

Biophysical Seminars

Fragments of stories: biophysics, chemical biology and drug discovery

Rod Hubbard, University of York and Vernalis.

https://zoom.us/j/98208866632?pwd=RW1QeWtUNzViZTRiVlBGU2d0b1Evdz09.

Thursday 28 January 2021, 10:30-11:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Predicting material properties with the help of machine learning

Dr Bingqing Cheng, University of Cambridge.

Zoom: Meeting ID: 976 0491 4122 Passcode: 108408.

Wednesday 27 January 2021, 14:30-15:30

Physical Chemistry Research Interest Group

Covariance-map imaging: a new tool for chemical dynamics studies

Prof Claire Vallance, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford.

via zoom - please contact David Madden for the zoom link.

Tuesday 26 January 2021, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Understanding transition metal heterogeneous catalysis

Professor Jens Kehlet Nørskov, Technical University of Denmark.

Zoom: Meeting ID: 983 4340 7484 Passcode: 162366.

Wednesday 20 January 2021, 14:00-15:00

Physical Chemistry Research Interest Group

Physical RIG, Internal Speakers

Dr John Danial & James Weber & Dr Mike Casford, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge.

via zoom - please contact David Madden for the zoom link.

Tuesday 19 January 2021, 14:00-15:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Natural halogens and tropospheric ozone

Dr. Fernando Iglesias-Suarez, DLR.

Venue to be confirmed.

Monday 18 January 2021, 11:00-12:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Studies in Dexter Energy Transfer with Quantum Dot Donors

BP Sustainability Lecture 2021 (Webinar)

Prof. Emily Allyn Weiss, Northwestern University .

Department of Chemistry (Webinar registration link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dgeAAcB4S32rsR1o-_4kOw).

Thursday 14 January 2021, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

“It’s how you think, not what you think about”: a Career Spent at Interfaces

Athena SWAN Talk (Webinar)

Prof. Emily Allyn Weiss, Northwestern University .

Department of Chemistry (Webinar registration link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dgeAAcB4S32rsR1o-_4kOw).

Wednesday 13 January 2021, 15:30-16:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Colloidal Photocatalysis for Organic Synthesis and Energy Conversion

BP Sustainability Lecture 2021 (Webinar)

Prof. Emily Allyn Weiss, Northwestern University .

Department of Chemistry (Webinar registration link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dgeAAcB4S32rsR1o-_4kOw).

Wednesday 13 January 2021, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Ice nucleation without supercooling: on the search for the most potent ice nucleants.

Professor Valeria Molinero, University of Utah.

Zoom - Meeting ID: 916 8928 5361 Passcode: 848429.

Wednesday 02 December 2020, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Trends and emissions of ammonia and its influence on air quality in the UK deduced with satellite and surface observations and the GEOS-Chem model

Dr. Eloise Marais, University College London.

Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89471866908?pwd=THAxZDNzc2ZhSURyRmh6VGtpSXAyQT09.

Monday 30 November 2020, 11:00-12:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

The hydrophobic effect characterises the thermodynamic signature of amyloid fibril growth

Dr Sanne Abeln, Vrije University Amsterdam.

Zoom - link to be announced.

Wednesday 25 November 2020, 14:30-15:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Evolved minimal frustration - How multiple functions are encoded in biomolecules

Dr Konstantin Röder, University of Cambridge.

Zoom Meeting ID: 928 9045 3974 Passcode: 313781.

Wednesday 18 November 2020, 14:30-15:30

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Aerosol Research at ECMWF

Dr. Angela Benedetti, ECMWF.

Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81480247722?pwd=Q0cvSGVCSzJYb0hlVUUreXJpb1BoUT09.

Monday 16 November 2020, 11:00-12:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

First-principles simulation of electronic processes due to ionic projectiles traversing matter

Professor Emilio Artacho, University of Cambridge.

Zoom Meeting ID: 981 1605 6934 Passcode: 258737.

Wednesday 11 November 2020, 14:30-15:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Wavefunction based correlation methods for molecular condensed phase systems

Professor Jürg Hutter, University of Zurich.

Zoom - Meeting ID: 933 6001 1482 Passcode: 782662.

Wednesday 04 November 2020, 14:30-15:30

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Estimating and attributing greenhouse gas fluxes using radiocarbon

Dr. Heather Graven, Imperial College London.

Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84731267634?pwd=UEtxdFhjWDQxUDhsVFBEb1U2Q2RFUT09.

Monday 02 November 2020, 11:00-12:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

In silico identification of reactivity driven MIEs

First Year PhD Report

Charles Gong, University of Cambridge.

Zoom - Meeting ID: 924 3189 5042 Passcode: 306870.

Wednesday 28 October 2020, 15:00-15:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Machine Learning for Critical Care: Using Neural Networks to Predict Patient Mortality

First Year PhD Report

Conor Cafolla, University of Cambridge.

Zoom - Meeting ID: 924 3189 5042 Passcode: 306870.

Wednesday 28 October 2020, 14:30-15:00

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Title to be confirmed

Prof M Kevin Brown, INDIANA UNIVERSITY BLOOMINGTON.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Monday 26 October 2020, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Cloud-mounted Molecular Experiments during COVID times

Dr David Glowacki, University of Bristol.

Zoom Meeting ID: 986 1567 0048 Passcode: 266539.

Wednesday 21 October 2020, 14:30-15:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Theoretical Predictions of Superconducting and Superhard Materials

Professor Eva Zurek, University at Buffalo.

Zoom Meeting ID: 994 9249 3911 Passcode: 603941 .

Wednesday 14 October 2020, 15:00-16:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

The utility of simple climate models

Dr. Chris Smith, University of Leeds.

Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86969774219?pwd=Unp0SVZQdVBSQ3ZvT1NsVTFUOGViUT09.

Monday 05 October 2020, 11:00-12:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE): Mission overview and latest results

Prof. Peter Bernath - University of Waterloo.

Venue to be confirmed.

Monday 29 June 2020, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Using CO2 to Your Advantage

Prof Matt Kanan (Stanford University, USA).

PfizerLecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 04 May 2020, 15:00-16:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Explosive and Degassing volcanic eruptions: natural analogues with relevance for geoengineering schemes

Professor Jim Haywood, University of Exeter/Met Office.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 27 April 2020, 14:00-15:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

RSC Award Lecture: Title TBC

Prof. David Britt (U.C Davies, USA).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 21 April 2020, 16:00-17:00

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Title to be confirmed

Professor Nigel Scrutton, The University of Manchester.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 25 March 2020, 16:00-17:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Title to be confirmed

Professor Nigel Scrutton, The University of Manchester.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 25 March 2020, 16:00-17:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

CANCELLED: Alex Hopkins Lecture: the joy of discovery

Professor Ben Feringa, University of Groningen.

Bristol Myers-Squibb lecture theatre Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Rd, Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Friday 20 March 2020, 17:00-18:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Lewis Lecture (Part II): Title TBC

Prof. Andy Cooper (University of Liverpool).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Friday 13 March 2020, 11:00-12:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Lewis Lecture (Part I): Title TBC

Prof. Andy Cooper (University of Liverpool).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 12 March 2020, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Cancellation - Computational Modelling at the Interface of Physical Organic and Supramolecular Chemistry

This talk has been canceled.

Prof. Fernanda Duarte (Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford).

Venue to be confirmed.

Thursday 05 March 2020, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Approaching Exact Quantum Chemistry by Stochastic Wave Function Sampling and Deterministic Coupled-Cluster Computations

Professor Piotr Piecuch, Michigan State University.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 04 March 2020, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

Dissipative systems showing signs of life

Prof. W.T.S. Huck, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 04 March 2020, 10:30-11:30

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Photoinduced Assembly of C–N and C–C Bonds

Daniele Leonori.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Monday 02 March 2020, 16:00-17:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Innovation in synthetic methodology through use of flow

Joint Materials/Synthesis RIG Seminar

Prof. Timothy Noël (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 02 March 2020, 15:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

To fly or not to fly? Improving volcanic ash forecasts for aviation

Dr. Natalie Harvey, University of Reading.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 02 March 2020, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Designed Polynuclear Metal Compounds For the Activation of Small Molecules

Prof Leslie Murray (University of Florida, USA).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Friday 28 February 2020, 10:00-11:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Towards 3D characterization of nanomaterials under realistic conditions

Prof Sara Bals (University of Antwerp, Belgium).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 27 February 2020, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

The Sum of its Parts: MBE-FCI Theory

Dr Janus Juul Eriksen, University of Bristol.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 26 February 2020, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Bioinspired Nano- and Microstructured Surfaces: From Analysis and Replication to Applications

Prof. Dr. Hendrik Hoelscher (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Microstructure Technology, Germany).

PfizerLecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Wednesday 26 February 2020, 14:00-15:00

Biophysical Seminars

Physical phenotyping of cells in biology and medicine

Prof. Jochen Guck, Director, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 26 February 2020, 10:30-11:30

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Title to be confirmed

Dr Matthew Powner, University College London.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 25 February 2020, 16:00-17:00

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Title to be confirmed

Dr Matthew Powner, University College London.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Tuesday 25 February 2020, 16:00-17:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Title to be confirmed

Professor John Hartwig, University of California, Berkeley.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 20 February 2020, 14:00-18:00

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Title to be confirmed

Professor John Hartwig, University of California, Berkeley.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Thursday 20 February 2020, 14:00-18:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Nuclear Quantum Effects – Fast and Accurate

Venkat Kapil, EPFL.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 19 February 2020, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

Protein misfolding in Alzheimer’s disease

Prof. Louise Serpell, University of Sussex, UK.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 19 February 2020, 10:30-11:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Quantum topological effects in the transport properties of ionic conductors

Professor Stefano Baroni, SISSA — Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Sudi Avanzati, Trieste.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 12 February 2020, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance: from the Lab to the Clinic and back

Prof. Nathalie Q. Balaban, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 12 February 2020, 10:30-11:30

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Title to be confirmed

Dr Daniele Leonori, University of Manchester.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Monday 10 February 2020, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Present day anthropogenic climate forcings: The impact of including Earth System interactions

Dr. Fiona O'Connor, Met Office.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 10 February 2020, 11:00-12:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Multi-billion speedup of glassy dynamics with swap Monte Carlo: equilibrium phase transitions and rugged energy landscapes

Dr Ludovic Berthier, CNRS & Universite de Montpellier.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 05 February 2020, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

Dynamic supramolecular materials for medicine

Prof Dr Tanja Weil.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 05 February 2020, 10:30-11:30

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Reversible Catalysis in Redox Matrices

Prof. Dr. Nicolas Plumeré (Department of Chemistry, University of Bochum).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Tuesday 04 February 2020, 10:00-11:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Atmospherically significant reactions of Criegee intermediates

Professor Andrew Orr-Ewing, University of Bristol.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 03 February 2020, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Deep Learning for Molecular Physics

Professor Frank Noe, Freie Universitaet Berlin.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Friday 31 January 2020, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Tuning Properties and Functionality in the Modulated Self-Assembly of Metal-Organic Frameworks

Prof. Ross Forgan (School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Wednesday 29 January 2020, 14:00-15:00

Biophysical Seminars

Higher order from high disorder: DNA condensation by linker histone tails

Katherine Stott (Department of Biochemistry).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 29 January 2020, 10:30-11:30

Biophysical Seminars

Functional amyloid in bacteria

Professor Daniel E. Otzen, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) and Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, DK.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Friday 24 January 2020, 11:00-12:00

Biophysical Seminars

Molecular chaperones in protein folding and quality control

Prof. Dr. F. Ulrich Hartl ( Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 23 January 2020, 16:00-17:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

High Frequency Dynamic Nuclear Polarization β-Amyloid, Membranes and the Magic Angle

Prof. Robert G. Griffin (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 23 January 2020, 14:00-15:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Innovation in the Synthesis of Complex Pharmaceutical Compounds

Dr Martin Eastgate, Bristol- Myers Squibb.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Monday 20 January 2020, 16:00-17:00

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Innovation in the Synthesis of Complex Pharmaceutical Compounds

Dr Martin Eastgate, Bristol- Myers Squibb.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Monday 20 January 2020, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Biosphere-atmosphere interactions in Earth System Models

Dr. Cat Scott, University of Leeds.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 20 January 2020, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

The Risks of Climate Change: What is Plan B? Climate Repair

Professor Sir David King.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 16 January 2020, 15:00-16:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Small Things Make Big Differences

Athena SWAN Talk

Professor Catherine J. Murphy (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 15 January 2020, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

The Golden Road: Synthesis and Surface Chemistry of Gold Nanocrystals

BP Sustainability Lecture

Professor Catherine J. Murphy (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 15 January 2020, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Catalytic Conversion of Biomass and Platform Chemicals

Prof. Feng Wang (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Friday 10 January 2020, 10:00-11:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

PM2.5/NOx modelling for health exposure research

Nathan Pavlovic.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 16 December 2019, 14:15-15:15

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Custom-tailored Self-Assembled Nanotubes through Hierarchical Coupling of Cooperative Interactions

Professor David Gonzàlez- Rodríguez, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Thursday 05 December 2019, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Synthetic maps for navigating high-dimensional data spaces

Professor Alessandro Laio, SISSA Trieste.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 04 December 2019, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

Artificial Cells and Cellular Bionics

Prof. Oscar Ces, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 04 December 2019, 10:30-11:30

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

"Chirality and Light: Enantioselective Catalysis of Photochemical Reactions"

Professor Thorsten Bach, TU Munich.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Wednesday 27 November 2019, 16:00-17:00

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Photoenzymatic Catalysis - Using Light to Reveal New Enzyme Functions

Professor Todd Hyster, Princeton University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Wednesday 27 November 2019, 15:00-16:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Is an efficient intermolecular energy transfer from vibrations to electronic motion possible?

Professor Lorenz Cederbaum, Universitat Heidelberg.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 27 November 2019, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

Autophagy and neurodegeneration

Professor David Rubinsztein ( CIMR).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Todd Hamied Room.

Wednesday 27 November 2019, 10:30-11:30

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Corrosion Studies on Copper-Coated Carbon Steel Containers for Used Nuclear Fuel

Prof. James J. Noël (The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Tuesday 26 November 2019, 15:00-16:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Bounding global aerosol radiative forcing of climate change

Dr. Nicolas Bellouin, University of Reading.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 25 November 2019, 14:00-15:00

Are you interested in the Pharmaceutical industry as a profession after graduation?

Are you interested in the Pharmaceutical industry as a profession after graduation?

Novartis - Dr Adrian Clarke, Dr Chi Ming Cheung & Dr Aude Figuccia.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 25 November 2019, 13:00-14:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

System-bath quantum dynamics in chemical physics

Professor Peter Saalfrank, University of Potsdam.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 20 November 2019, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

Emergence of life-like properties in coacervate droplets

Evan Spruijt, Radboud University, the Netherlands.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 20 November 2019, 10:30-11:30

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Making bonds by breaking bonds: An unconventional approach to making molecules

Professor Jun Yamaguchi, Waseda University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Monday 18 November 2019, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Pathway to Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Discrete Dipoles

First Year PhD Report

Haydn Lloyd, University of Cambrisge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 13 November 2019, 14:40-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Multireference Stochastic Coupled Cluster

First Year PhD Report

Maria-Andreea Filip, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 13 November 2019, 14:15-14:35

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

A Preliminary Simulation of Convections and Airflows Using An Unstructured Adaptive Mesh Finite-Element Model Fluidity-Atmosphere

Dr. Jinxi Li, University of Cambridge.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 11 November 2019, 14:00-15:00

Biophysical Seminars

Mechanism in Collective Organizations of Living and Synthetic Cells

Professor Joachim P. Spatz, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research & Heidelberg University.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Monday 11 November 2019, 11:00-12:00

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Fluorescent Nucleoside Analogues with New Properties for Biophysics

Byron W Purse San Diego State University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 06 November 2019, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Hierarchical equations of motion

First Year PhD Report

Adam Prada, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 06 November 2019, 14:40-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Rapid Route-Finding for Bifurcating Organic Reactions

First Year PhD Report

Sanha Lee, University of Cambride.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 06 November 2019, 14:15-14:35

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Enantioselective Lewis Base Catalysis using Isothioureas

Professor Andrew Smith, University of St Andrews.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Monday 04 November 2019, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

DP4-AI Automated NMR Data Analysis: Straight from Spectrometer to Structure

First Year PhD Report

Alexander Howarth, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 30 October 2019, 14:40-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Composite Gaussian processes for probabilistic PES prediction

First Year PhD Report

Fabio Albertani, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 30 October 2019, 14:15-14:35

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Ice cores and aerosols: Past atmospheric chemistry from new generation, continuous ice core analyses

Dr. Joe McConnell, Desert Research Institute.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 28 October 2019, 14:00-15:00

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

"Moving away from equilibrium: from molecular interactions to transmembrane nano devices"

Prof. Scott Cockroft, University of Edinburgh.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Monday 21 October 2019, 15:00-16:00

Biophysical Seminars

New tools for using single-molecule spectroscopy to elucidate biophysical behavior

Professor Randall Goldsmith, University of Wisconsin Madison.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Todd Hamied Room.

Wednesday 16 October 2019, 11:00-12:00

Physical Chemistry Research Interest Group

Single-Molecule Spectroscopy with Catalysts, Conductive Polymers, and Optical Microresonators

Professor Randall Goldsmith, University of Wisconsin Madison.

Pfizer LT.

Tuesday 15 October 2019, 16:00-17:00

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Rapid discovery and chemical synthesis of proteins

Professor Bradley Pentelute, MIT Department of Chemistry.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 09 October 2019, 14:30-15:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Biomolecular interactions in crowded cellular environments

Dr Yuji Sugita, Theoretical Molecular Science Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 12 September 2019, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

"Quantum Chemistry in the Continuum"

Professor Anna Krylov, University of Southern California.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 11 September 2019, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

“The crystallisation of organic molecules – a challenge to theory and experiment”

Prof Sarah (Sally) L Price, University College London.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 05 September 2019, 11:30-12:30

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

From molecular self-association to novel weapons in the fight against antimicrobial resistance

Dr Jennifer R. Hiscock (School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent).

PfizerLecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 29 August 2019, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Synthesis and applications of mechanically chiral molecules

Prof. Steve Goldup (University of Southampton).

PfizerLecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Wednesday 28 August 2019, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Confined Electron Transfer for Premium Photocatalysis within Metal-Organic Architectures

Prof Chunying Duan (Dalian University of Technology, China).

PfizerLecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Friday 09 August 2019, 11:00-12:00

Theoretical Chemistry Informal Seminars

Dispersion Interactions in Density-Functional Theory and Application to Molecular Crystal-Structure Prediction

Professor Erin Johnson, Dalhousie University.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 05 August 2019, 14:00-15:00

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Title to be confirmed

Professor Todd Hyster, Princeton University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Friday 26 July 2019, 15:00-16:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Overview of dense self-assembled collagen materials for tissue engineering and morphogenesis studies

Dr Nadine Nassif (CNRS, Collège de France, Sorbonne Université).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Wednesday 17 July 2019, 11:00-12:00

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Accelerated Synthesis of Modified Proteins via Novel Ligation Technologies

Professor Richard Payne, University of Sydney.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Friday 12 July 2019, 16:00-17:00

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Title to be confirmed

Professor John Montgomery, University of Michigan.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Monday 08 July 2019, 16:00-17:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Aromatic foldamer based protein mimicry and recognition

Prof. Ivan Huc (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 04 July 2019, 14:30-15:30

Biophysical Seminars

Detection of Alzheimer’s Protein Biomarker Clusterin using novel Graphene Biosensors

Shakil A. Awan, Wolfson Nanomaterials & Devices Laboratory, School of Computing, Electronics and Mathematics, University of Plymouth.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Thursday 20 June 2019, 11:00-12:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

TBC

Dr. Wim L. Noorduin (AMOLF).

PfizerLecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 13 June 2019, 13:00-14:00

Biophysical Seminars

Materials Chemistry to Mimic Living Matter

Prof. Samuel Stupp, Simpson Querrey Institute for Bio-Inspired Science and Technologies Northwestern University.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 12 June 2019, 10:30-11:30

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

NEW drugs from OLD pathways - Teaching Nature New Tricks

Professor Tom Simpson, University of Bristol.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Monday 10 June 2019, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Understanding the Dynamics of Unentangled Associating Polymers by Means of Molecular Simulations

Professor Jorge Ramírez García, Universidad Politecnica De Madrid.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 05 June 2019, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

Selective inhibition of phosphatases to boost protein quality control : A possible treatment for degenerative diseases

Anne Bertolotti, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 05 June 2019, 10:30-11:30

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Will climate-volcano interactions be modulated by ongoing climate change? Perspective from explosive eruption column rise.

Thomas Aubry, University of Cambridge.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 03 June 2019, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Using the Energy Landscape to Elucidate Protein-Ligand Interactions

First Year PhD Report

Alasdair Keith, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 29 May 2019, 14:15-14:35

Biophysical Seminars

Determination of protein structure and dynamics with integrative approaches

Massimiliano Bonomi, Structural Bioinformatics Unit, Institut Pasteur.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 29 May 2019, 10:30-11:30

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

TBC

Prof. Dr. Sven Schneider (Georg-August-Universität).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Thursday 23 May 2019, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

3D nanostructures for biosensing in living tissues

Dr. Francesco De Angelis, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia .

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Thursday 23 May 2019, 10:30-11:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

New Directions for Random Search

Professor Chris Pickard, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 22 May 2019, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

Protein phase transition: from biology towards new protein materials

Paolo Arosio, Dept of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 22 May 2019, 10:30-11:30

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

'shuttle catalysis - a conceptual blueprint for reversible functional group transfer'

Professor Bill Morandi, ETH Zurich.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Monday 20 May 2019, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Highly Polar Supramolecular Species with Enhanced IR Activity

Professor Fedor Naumkin, University of Ontario.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 15 May 2019, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

Protein dynamics and molecular recognition

Carlo Camilloni, Department of Biosciences, University of Milan.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 15 May 2019, 10:30-11:30

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Global models for atmospheric new particle formation from the CERN CLOUD experiment

Hamish Gordon, University of Leeds.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 13 May 2019, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Modelling and Assessing the Impacts of Intercropping, as a Sustainable Farming Practice, on Food Security, Air Quality, and Public Health

Ka Ming Fung, Graduate Division of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 10 May 2019, 11:00-12:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

X-ray and light scattering in disordered textured systems: wood and cellulose nano-composites

Prof Yoshiharu Nishiyama (French National Centre for Scientific Research, CNRS).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 09 May 2019, 13:30-14:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Reviving an old idea of Boys and Handy: the transcorrelated method in the context of FCIQMC

Professor Ali Alavi, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 08 May 2019, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

DENdrimicelles Dendrimer-Encapsulated-Nanoparticle coacervate-core Micelles

Prof. Dr. Aldrik Velders (Wageningen University & Research).

PfizerLecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Wednesday 08 May 2019, 14:00-15:00

Biophysical Seminars

Sustaining Life with Genes and Proteins Designed ‘From Scratch’

Professor Michael Hecht, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 08 May 2019, 10:30-11:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Stabilization of AgI’s polar surfaces by the aqueous environment, and its implications for ice formation

Dr Stephen Cox, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 01 May 2019, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

Deep Proteomes, iPS cells & Data Mountains

Prof. Angus Lamond, Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression, University of Dundee.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 01 May 2019, 10:30-11:30

Theoretical Chemistry Informal Seminars

Molecular Theory of Ion Transport through Liquid-Liquid Interfaces

Professor Akihiro Morita, Tohoku University.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 29 April 2019, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

Proteostasis function and disfunction: the folding machines that maintain proteome health

Judith Frydman, Stanford University.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Friday 26 April 2019, 11:00-12:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Complex materials: A journey from disappearing ice phases and ‘pink’ phosphorus to stacking disordered silver iodide

Prof. Christoph G. Salzmann (University College London).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 25 April 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Simulating the Quantum Behavior of Matter: Algorithms and Applications

Professor Michele Ceriotti, EPFL.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 24 April 2019, 14:15-15:15

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Coordination-Assisted Bioorthogonal Chemistry: Bringing Orthogonality in the Tetrazine Ligation with (strained) alkenes

Kimberly M. Bonger.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 23 April 2019, 16:00-17:00

Biophysical Seminars

The ribosome – from far past to near future

Ada Yonath, Structural Biology Department, Weizmann Institute of Science.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Wednesday 17 April 2019, 10:30-11:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Melville Mini-symposium: Programming materials with classical conditioning algorithms

Prof. Olli Ikkala, Molecular Materials (Molmat) - Aalto University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 09 April 2019, 15:10-16:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Melville Mini-symposium: Assembly of nano-polysaccharides and plant polyaromatics at interfaces

Prof. Orlando J. Rojas, Aalto University (Finland) & North Carolina State University (US).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 09 April 2019, 14:00-14:50

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Melville Mini-symposium: Wood Hemicelluloses: Molecular Structure and Interactions in Woody Tissues

Prof. Francisco Javier Vilaplana Domingo, UNIVERSITETSLEKTOR.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 09 April 2019, 13:00-13:50

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Diversity Oriented Biosynthesis: Making Complex Cyclic Peptides Using a Combination of Synthesis and Enzymes

Prof. Marcel Jaspars (Marine Biodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 05 April 2019, 11:00-12:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

PROTAC-mediated Protein Degradation: A New Therapeutic Modality

Professor Craig Crews, Yale University..

Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 03 April 2019, 16:00-17:00

Biophysical Seminars

Recent progress in electron cryomicroscopy

Richard Henderson, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 03 April 2019, 10:30-11:30

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Modified nucleosides, nucleotides and nucleic acids for medicinal chemistry and chemical biology

Prof Michal Hocek - IOCB Prague - Czech Republic.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 27 March 2019, 16:00-17:00

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

The nature of chemistry publishing

Dr Stuart Cantrill, Chief Editor Nature Chemistry.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 26 March 2019, 16:00-17:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Alex Hopkins Lecture - ‘Is the Milky Way Special?’ Professor Chris Lintott

Professor Chris Lintott, University of Oxford.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre at the Department of Chemistry (off the SPRI car park).

Friday 22 March 2019, 17:00-18:00

Biophysical Seminars

Modulating Disease-relevant Tau Oligomeric Strains by Small Molecules

Filippa Lo Cascio, University of Texas Medical Branch.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Thursday 21 March 2019, 10:30-11:30

Biophysical Seminars

Investigating the propagation and spreading of protein aggregates in C. elegans

Carmen Nussbaum-Krammer, Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg (ZMBH).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 20 March 2019, 10:30-11:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Switchable Polymerization Catalysis: Ordered Block Polymers from Monomer Mixtures

Prof. Charlotte Williams (University of Oxford).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Friday 15 March 2019, 12:00-13:00

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Stereoelectronic control of cyclizations, fragmentations, and unusual molecules

Professor Igor Alabugin, Florida State University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Thursday 14 March 2019, 16:00-17:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Catalytic Activation of Renewable Resources to make Polymers and Fuels

Prof. Charlotte Williams (University of Oxford).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 14 March 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

How Space Constrains Evolution: Lessons from Microbes and Bacteriophage

Dr Diana Fusco, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 13 March 2019, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

Material properties of functional amyloids

Dr Ulyana Shimanovich, Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weitzmann Institute of Science.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 13 March 2019, 10:30-11:30

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Establishing meso-methyl BODIPYs as viable visible-light excitable photocages

Roy Weinstain - Tel-Aviv University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 12 March 2019, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

The Vibrational Dynamics of the Hydrated Proton

Professor Joel Bowman, Emory University.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 06 March 2019, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

Prion propagation and its wider relevance in neurodegeneration

John Collinge, Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, University College London.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 06 March 2019, 10:30-11:30

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

On discovery in catalysis

Professor Frank Glorius, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Münster.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Monday 04 March 2019, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Air Pollution in Delhi, India

Ying Chen, Lancaster.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 04 March 2019, 14:15-15:15

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Title to be confirmed

Professor Samir Zard, Ecole Polytechnique, France.

Unileaver Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Thursday 28 February 2019, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Use of different types of information to better understand compounds’ Mechanism of Action.

First Year PhD Report

Maria-Anna Trapotsi, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 27 February 2019, 14:15-14:35

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

A chemical biology approach to the modulation of cell fate and cell state

Dr Luke Lairson, Scripps.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 26 February 2019, 16:00-17:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Oxidation catalysis imparted by donor-flexible ligands

Professor Martin Albrecht (Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Bern).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 26 February 2019, 15:00-16:00

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Making the tiniest machines

Professor David Leigh, University of Manchester.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Thursday 21 February 2019, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Ab Initio Thermodynamics with the help of Machine Learning

Bingqing Cheng, EPFL.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 20 February 2019, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

A super-resolved look at synthetic nanomaterials

Lorenzo Albertazzi, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 20 February 2019, 10:30-11:30

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Interactions between stratospheric ozone and climate change in the Arctic

Dr Jian Kai Zhang, Lecturer, Lanzhou University and Academic Visitor at Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 18 February 2019, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Going green with black: On Biomass, Carbon and Clean Energy

Professor Magdalena Titirici (Imperial College London, Department of Chemical Engineering).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 14 February 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Spin-Vibronic Dynamics in Organic Electronics: From Simulations to Molecular Design using Dynamo-phores.

Dr Thomas Penfold, Newcastle University.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Todd Hamied Room.

Tuesday 12 February 2019, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Surprises in the Self-Assembly of Particles in Spherical Confinement

Prof. Alfons van Blaaderen (Debye Institute for Nanomaterials, Utrecht University).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 12 February 2019, 12:30-13:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Melville Lectures "Breakable and self-assembled materials: Synthesis and applications"

Professor Luisa de Cola, Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie, Supramoléculaires, Université de Strasbourg.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 11 February 2019, 14:30-15:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Melville Lectures 2019 "Luminescent complexes: assemblies, sensing, towards artificial virus"

Professor Luisa de Cola, Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie, Supramoléculaires, Université de Strasbourg.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 07 February 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Uncertainty-Driven Construction of Markov Models from Accelerated Molecular Dynamics

Dr Thomas D Swinburne, Aix-Marseille University.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 06 February 2019, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

Aggregation of tau and alpha-synuclein: towards a therapeutic target in neurodegenerative diseases

Maria Grazia Spillantini, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 06 February 2019, 10:30-11:30

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Talk is postponed as of 01.02.2019

Dr Scott Yiu, Cambridge University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 04 February 2019, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

In Situ Self-Assembly of Conjugated Polymers

Prof. Tae-Lim Choi (Seoul Natinoal University) .

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 31 January 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Biomolecular Hydration Shells: Dynamics and Biochemical Function

Professor Damien Laage, ENS Paris.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 30 January 2019, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

Using protein side-chain dynamics to probe enzymatic function and regulation

Professor Flemming Hansen, Department of Structural & Molecular Biology, University College London.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 30 January 2019, 10:30-11:30

Biophysical Seminars

Engineered proteins as tools for assembly of functional structures and materials

Aitziber L. Cortajarena, CIC biomaGUNE.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Friday 25 January 2019, 11:15-12:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

SUPERCHIRALITY AND BLOCH SURFACE WAVES

Prof. Paolo Biagioni, Physics Department, Politecnico di Milano (IT).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 24 January 2019, 15:00-16:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Molecular Photosynthesis: Such Stuff as Dreams are Made On

Professor Marcella Bonchio (University of Padova and ITM-CNR, Department of Chemical Sciences).

Seminar Room, BP Institute.

Thursday 24 January 2019, 11:30-12:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Supramolecular Architectures for Artificial Photosynthesis

Professor Marcella Bonchio (University of Padova and ITM-CNR, Department of Chemical Sciences).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 23 January 2019, 15:45-16:45

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Force Fields and Potential Energy Surfaces

Professor Gábor Csányi, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 23 January 2019, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Athena SWAN Presentation

Professor Marcella Bonchio and Dr Emma Chapman.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 23 January 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Physical and Chemical Aspects of Surface Chirality

Professor Stephen Jenkins, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 16 January 2019, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

ARPP21 mutations reveal the role of RNA granule dysfunction in ALS and FTD

Christopher E Shaw, King's College London.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 16 January 2019, 10:00-11:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Multicatalytic Transformations with and without Light

Professor Kirsten Zeitler, Institut für Organische Chemie, Universitat Leipzig..

Unilever Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 19 December 2018, 14:00-15:00

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Multicatalytic Transformations with and without Light

Professor Kirstin Zeitler.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Wednesday 19 December 2018, 14:00-15:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Title to be confirmed

Dr Scott Yiu, Cambridge University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 10 December 2018, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

Understanding somatic and germline cancer mutations at the structural level using biomolecular simulations and graph theory

Professor Elena Papaleo.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 05 December 2018, 10:30-11:30

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

New arylation strategies in synthesis’

Professor Michael Greaney, University of Manchester.

Unileaver Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Monday 03 December 2018, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Direct measurements of urban pollutant emissions

Eiko Nemitz, CEH.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 03 December 2018, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Hybrid molecular materials for water splitting applications

Antoni Llobet, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 29 November 2018, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Using the Force with Quantum Monte Carlo

Professor Claudia Filippi, University of Twente.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 28 November 2018, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Chemical Ionisation Mass Spectrometry: ground and airborne measurements

Dr Thomas Bannan University of Manchester.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 26 November 2018, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Computational Design and Discovery of Novel Materials

Professor Nicola Marzari, EPFL.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 21 November 2018, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Metal-containing organic cages and macrocycles with open/close feature

Prof Shigehisa Akine (Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 21 November 2018, 14:00-15:00

Biophysical Seminars

The role of α-synuclein at the pre-synapse

Dr. Gabriele Kaminski Schierle, Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 21 November 2018, 10:30-11:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Visualizing Electrostatics of a Single Biomolecule in the Fluid Phase

Professor Madhavi Krishnan, University of Oxford.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 14 November 2018, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

2018 Merck Lectureship

Professor Sarah Reisman- Caltech.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 13 November 2018, 15:00-17:00

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

2018 Merck Lectureship

Professor Sarah Reisman, Caltech and Dr. Caroline McGregor, Merck.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Tuesday 13 November 2018, 15:00-17:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Using Microwell Array Technology to Probe Chemistry and Biology at Their Fundamental Limits

Professor David R Walt, Harvard Medical School.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 12 November 2018, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Satellite Observations, Earth System Models and Public Engagement Synergies: from Oil and Natural Gas Operations, Enhanced Weathering to Ozone Gardens

Maria Val Martin, University of Sheffield.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 12 November 2018, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

MAGNETIC BLOCKING AND LARGE COERCIVITY IN LANTHANIDE-BASED SINGLE-MOLECULE MAGNETS

Selvan Demir - University of Göttingen, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 08 November 2018, 14:00-15:00

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

New Avenues in Synthesis Enabled by Organic Photoredox Catalysis

Professor David Nicewicz, UNC Chapel Hill .

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Wednesday 07 November 2018, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Simulation of Reversible Transitions in Multifunctional Biomolecules: the Energy Landscape Perspective

First Year PhD Report

Daniel Sharpe, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 07 November 2018, 14:40-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Structural Parametrisation of Lanthanide-Based Single-Molecule Magnets for Room Temperature Quantum Computing

First Year PhD Report

David Izuogu, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 07 November 2018, 14:15-14:35

Biophysical Seminars

Molecular Studies in Vascular Dementia

Atticus Hainsworth, St George's University of London.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 07 November 2018, 10:30-11:30

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Synchrotron Adventures with Criegee Intermediates: Studies of Tropospheric Chemistry in the Lab

Rebecca Caravan, Sandia National Labs.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 05 November 2018, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Programming Hierarchical Self-Assembly for Colloidal Open Crystals

Dr Dwaipayan Chakrabarti, University of Birmingham.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 31 October 2018, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

Cellular responses to DNA damage: mechanistic insights and therapeutic applications

Prof. Steve Jackson, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 31 October 2018, 10:30-11:30

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Chemistry Postdoc Seminar

Dr Kristaps Ermanis (Goodman group) and Dr. Darren Willcox (Gaunt group).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Thursday 25 October 2018, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Pathways of Amyloid Aggregation

Dr Birgit Strodel, Forschungszentrum Jülich.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 24 October 2018, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: RNA as a key factor in driving or preventing self-assembly of the TAR DNA-binding protein 43

Prof. Annalisa Pastore.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 24 October 2018, 10:30-11:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Functional Nanoparticles: A Pathway to Low Viscosity Nanofluids, High Graft Density Polymers and Other Fun Things

Prof. David Andrew Lewis, PhD, FRACI (Flinders centre for NanoScale Science and Technology, Flinders University) .

Pfizer Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 23 October 2018, 14:30-15:30

Biophysical Seminars

On the structure-function uncertainties of proteins

Prof. Monika Fuxreiter, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Debrecen, Hungary.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Thursday 18 October 2018, 11:00-12:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Energy Landscapes of Amyloid Oligomers

First Year PhD Report

Luke Dicks, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 17 October 2018, 14:40-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Matsubara Fluctuations and their Effects on Infrared Spectra

First Year PhD Report

Raz Benson, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 17 October 2018, 14:15-14:35

Biophysical Seminars

Tuning protein biogenesis at the level of translation: probing dimensionality beyond the linear sequence of mRNA

Prof. Zoya Ignatova, Institute of Biochem. & Mol. Biol., Univ. of Hamburg, Germany.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 17 October 2018, 10:30-11:30

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

An expanding picture of Criegee intermediate tropospheric chemistry

Dr Joseph Beames, Cardiff University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 15 October 2018, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

Neurons Put Out the Trash: A Novel Facet of Proteostasis and Mitochondrial Quality Control

Prof. Monica Driscoll, Rutgers University, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Piscataway, NJ, USA.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Monday 15 October 2018, 11:00-12:00

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Leveraging Dispersion and Electrophilicity in Catalysts for Challenging Coupling Reactions

Professor Brad Carrow, Princeton University..

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Wednesday 10 October 2018, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Constant-Uncertainty Molecular Dynamics - A New Method for Approximating Quantum Dynamics?

First Year PhD Report

Sundeep Popat, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 10 October 2018, 14:40-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Symmetry in Multiple Hartree–Fock Self-Consistent-Field Solutions of Transition-Metal Complexes

First Year PhD Report

Bang Huynh, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 10 October 2018, 14:15-14:35

Biophysical Seminars

Protein Misfolding Diseases. The Structural Determinants of Protein Misfolded Oligomers Responsible for Toxicity and the Mechanism through which Toxicity is Mediated

Prof. Fabrizio Chiti, Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences “Mario Serio”, Section of Biochemistry, University of Florence, Italy.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 10 October 2018, 10:30-11:30

Biophysical Seminars

Cell Uptake and Trafficking: from amyloid proteins to drug delivery vehicles

Prof. Elin K. Esbjörner, Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Friday 05 October 2018, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

The Mechanics of DNA and its Assemblies: From Twist-Bend Coupling to Cholesteric Liquid Crystals

Professor Jonathan Doye, University of Oxford.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 03 October 2018, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

The role of chirality on the assembly of short peptides into supramolecular hydrogels

Prof. Silvia Marchesan, University of Trieste.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 02 October 2018, 11:30-12:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Stimuli Responsive Supramolecular Materials Formed from Host and Guest Polymers

Prof. Yoshinori Takashima (Osaka University, Japan).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 02 October 2018, 11:00-11:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Pillar-Shaped Macrocyclic Compounds "Pillar[n]arenes": from Simple Molecular Receptors to Bulk Supramolecular Assemblies

Prof. Tomoki Ogoshi (Kanazawa University, Japan).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 02 October 2018, 10:30-11:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Development of New Chirality-switchable Functional Materials Based on the Solvent-dependent Helix Inversion of Poly(quinoxaline-2,3-diyl)s

Prof. Yuuya Nagata (Kyoto University, Japan).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 02 October 2018, 10:00-10:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Polymer/clay nanocomposites: The catalytic effect of clay

Prof Miroslav Huskić (National Institute of Chemistry).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre.

Friday 28 September 2018, 10:00-11:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Optimizing the Ordered Self-Assembly of Soft and Hard Nanoscale Building Blocks: Pure Components and Alloys

Professor Fernando Escobedo, Cornell University.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Thursday 30 August 2018, 14:15-15:15

Solid State Seminar Series

Solid State Seminar August 2018

Dr Nick Funnell, ISIS.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 17 August 2018, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Catalyst design for energy and environmental applications

Dr Muhammad Zaheer.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 08 August 2018, 11:00-12:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Nanostructures Prepared from Self-Assembly of Pillararene-Based Macrocyclic Amphiphiles and Supramolecular Amphiphiles

Professor Feihe Huang, Zhejiang University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 24 July 2018, 11:00-12:00

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Asymmetric Radical Transformations (Arts) via a Copper-catalyzed Radical Relay

Professor Guosheng Liu, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, China.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Thursday 19 July 2018, 16:00-17:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

From new dynamically self-assembling materials to chemical reactivities in confined environments

Professor Rafal Klajn (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel) .

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 19 July 2018, 14:00-15:00

Biophysical Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Prof Ralf Jungmann, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 04 July 2018, 10:30-11:30

Solid State Seminar Series

Solid State Seminar June 2018

Dr Lucy Clark (University of Liverpool).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 28 June 2018, 16:00-17:00

Biophysical Seminars

[CANCELLED] Power and benefit of harnessing of phosphatase for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.

Anne Bertolotti, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 27 June 2018, 10:30-11:30

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Bridging Molecular and Heterogeneous Electrocatalysis Through Graphite Conjugation

Prof. Yogesh Surendranath, MIT, Cambridge, USA.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Monday 25 June 2018, 15:00-16:00

Biophysical Seminars

Binding without folding: Extreme disorder and dynamics in a high-affinity protein complex

Ben Schuler, University of Zurich, Department of Biochemistry and Department of Physics, Zurich, Switzerland.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 20 June 2018, 10:30-11:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Functionalization and Heteroleptic Assembly of Coordination Cages

Prof. Dr. Guido Clever (Anorganische Chemie, Technische Universität Dortmund).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 11 June 2018, 10:00-11:00

Biophysical Seminars

Microfluidic methods to study single cells and peptide-membrane interactions

Prof. Petra S. Dittrich, Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 06 June 2018, 10:30-11:30

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Designing a strategy for merging atmospheric chemistry models and measurements: Going after what matters

Please note, venue and time.

Prof. Michael Prather, Earth system Science Dept, UC Irvine.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 04 June 2018, 16:00-17:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Molecular Imaging of Disease

Bruno Oliveira, Chemistry Dept, Cambridge.

Todd Hamied, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 31 May 2018, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Atomistic graph partitioning across scales: from molecules to precision healthcare

Professor Sophia Yaliraki, Imperial College London.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 30 May 2018, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

PrP post-translational modifications determine prion disease outcome

Christina J. Sigurdson, D.V.M., Ph.D., Department of Pathology, UC San Diego.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 30 May 2018, 10:30-11:30

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Aqueous Catalysis: From Fundamental Water Oxidation to the Commercialisation of Hydrothermal Biomass Upgrading

Prof. Thomas Maschmeyer, Australian Institute of Nanoscale Science and Technology, Sydney, Australia.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 29 May 2018, 15:30-16:30

Solid State Seminar Series

Solid State Seminar May 2018

Emma McCabe (University of Kent) and David Jarvis (Dept. of Physics, University of Cambridge).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 25 May 2018, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

From kB to kB: Universal and Efficient Entropy Estimation using a Compression Algorithm

Professor Roy Beck-Barkai, Tel-Aviv University.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 23 May 2018, 14:15-15:15

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Multicomponent Reactions in Peptide and Protein Chemistry

Prof Daniel García Rivera from the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Havana (Cuba).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 22 May 2018, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Atmospheric research from the molecular to city scale

Dr Francis Pope, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 21 May 2018, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

Weighing single molecules with light

Philipp Kukura, Department of Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 17 May 2018, 15:00-16:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Selected CI and Jastrow-free QMC methods for Chemistry

Dr Pierre-Francois Loos, Université de Toulouse.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 16 May 2018, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

The search for signs of ozone recovery

Dr James Keeble, Cambridge University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 14 May 2018, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Using Sequence Data to Probe the Determinants of Higher Order Structure in Fibrallar Collagens

First Year PhD Report

Anna Puszkarska, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 09 May 2018, 14:40-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

How can we understand Quantum Rate Theory with the help of Matsubara Dynamics?

First Year PhD Report

Eszter Pós, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 09 May 2018, 14:15-14:35

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

What are Extrasolar planets made of? Molecular line lists for hot atmospheres.

Professor Jonathan Tennyson, University College London.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 02 May 2018, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Polyaromatic Nanocapsules: from Strategic Synthesis to Host Functions

Professor Michito Yoshizawa, Tokyo Institute of Technology.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 27 April 2018, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Symmetry, Degeneracy, and Strong Correlation

Professor Gustavo E. Scuseria, Rice University.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 25 April 2018, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

Democratising high-quality live-cell super-resolution microscopy enabled by open-source analytics in ImageJ

Ricardo Henriques, MRC-Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 25 April 2018, 10:30-11:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

"Artificial Metalloenzymes: Challenges and Opportunities"

Professor Thomas Ward, University of Basel.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 16 April 2018, 16:00-17:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

David Chandler Linnett Memorial Symposium

Dr Céline Merlet, Prof. Christoph Dellago, Prof. Iris Antes, Prof. Juan P. Garrahan, Dr Lester Hedges, Prof. Pieter Rein ten Wolde, Prof. Berend Smit, Dr Benjamin Rotenberg, Prof. Tuomas Knowles, Dr Ulf Pedersen.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 13 April 2018, 11:00-18:00

Biophysical Seminars

Encapsulating Matter, from inert to alive: design and applications.

Professor Jérôme Bibette, ESPCI, Laboratoire Colloïdes et Matériaux divisés.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Thursday 05 April 2018, 10:30-11:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

INFRARED TRANSMITTING SILVER HALIDE FIBERS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS

Prof. Abraham Katzir, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 03 April 2018, 11:00-12:00

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Cycloadditions via TMM-Pd Intermediates: New Strategies for Asymmetric Induction and Total Synthesis

Professor Barry Trost, Stanford University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Friday 23 March 2018, 16:00-17:00

Biophysical Seminars

Cancelled

Speaker to be confirmed.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 21 March 2018, 10:30-11:30

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Self-assembling Organic Nanostructures for Solar Energy Conversion

Professor Michael R. Wasielewski, Northwestern University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Thursday 15 March 2018, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Source-and-Sink Models for Molecular Conduction

Professor Patrick Fowler, Unitversity of Sheffield .

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 14 March 2018, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

NMR atomic-resolution structures of amyloids

Beat H. Meier (Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 14 March 2018, 10:30-11:30

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Aromatic foldamers: mastering molecular shape

Professor Ivan Huc, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Thursday 08 March 2018, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Modelling diffusion-osmosis

First Year PhD Report

Simon Ramirez Hinestrosa, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 07 March 2018, 14:55-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Depolarising Polar Surface Simulations

First Year PhD Report

Thomas Sayer, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 07 March 2018, 14:35-14:55

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Extracting Adverse Drug Events from Spontaneous Reporting Data for Understanding Drug Side Effects

First Year PhD Report

Ines Smit, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 07 March 2018, 14:15-14:35

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Perylene-Based Poly(N-Heterocycles): Organic Semiconductors, Biological Fluorescence Probes and Building Blocks for Molecular Surface Networks

Professor Lutz Gade, Heidelberg University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 01 March 2018, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Identification of Active Species and Mechanistic Pathways in the Enantioselective Catalysis with 3d Transition Metal Pincer Complexes

Professor Lutz H. Gade, Heidelburg University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 27 February 2018, 14:00-15:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Methane and the Paris Agreement

Professor Euan Nisbet, Royal Holloway and NERC Project MOYA.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 26 February 2018, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Efficient Storage Mechanisms for Building Better Supercapacitors

Professor Mathieu Salanne, Sorbonne Université.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 21 February 2018, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

Developing drugs for neurodegeneration and other diseases in academia, industry and in-between

John Skidmore, Alzheimer’s Research UK Cambridge Drug Discovery Institute.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 21 February 2018, 10:30-11:30

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Novel proteins that orchestrate starch granule formation in plants

Dr. David Seung, John Innes Centre.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Todd Hamied Room.

Wednesday 21 February 2018, 09:00-10:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Emissions and Chemistry of air pollution in London and Beijing: a tale of two cities.

Professor James Lee, University of York.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 19 February 2018, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Biopolymers for photonics - painting opals with water and light

Prof. Fiorenzo Omenetto, Tufts University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Thursday 15 February 2018, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Second Harmonic Scattering: Atomistic Simulation and Machine Learning

Dr David M. Wilkins, Laboratory of Computational Science and Modelling, EPFL.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 14 February 2018, 14:15-15:15

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Electron Catalysis

Prof Armido Studer, Organisch-Chemisches Institut, WWU Münster.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Thursday 08 February 2018, 15:00-16:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Time Reversal Symmetries and the Simulation of Charge Transport in an External Magnetic Field

Dr Sara Bonella, EPFL.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 07 February 2018, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Fundamental Limits to Volcanic Cooling and its Implications for Past Climate on Earth

David Wade, Cambridge University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 05 February 2018, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Stokes-Smoluchowski-Einstein-Langevin Theory for Active Colloidal Suspensions

Dr. Ronojoy Adhikari, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 31 January 2018, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Functional Nanoscale and Hierarchical Materials by Crystallization-Driven Self-Assembly

Professor Ian Manners, University of Bristol.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 25 January 2018, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

The Thermodynamic Uncertainty Relation

Dr Karel Proesmans, University of Hasselt.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 24 January 2018, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Ambient air quality and human health in India

Luke Conibear, University of Leeds.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 22 January 2018, 14:15-15:15

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Catalytic Chirality Generation: New Strategies for Organic Synthesis

Professor John Bower, University of Bristol.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Thursday 18 January 2018, 16:00-17:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

From binary anionic P4 analogs to ternary intermetalloid clusters

Stefanie Dehnen, Philipps University Marburg.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 18 January 2018, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Big Molecules and Small Particles

Professor Lennart Lindfors, University of Gothenburg.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 17 January 2018, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

Biologically inspired de novo protein structure prediction

Professor Charlotte Deane, Professor of Structural Bioinformatics & Head of Department, Department of Statistics University of Oxford.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 17 January 2018, 10:30-11:30

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Improving the Prediction of In vivo Drug Activity

Peter Tonge, Institute for Chemical Biology & Drug Discovery, Stony Brook University USA.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 16 January 2018, 16:00-17:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

What inspires us to learn?

Fun Man Fung, National University of Singapore.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 15 December 2017, 16:00-17:00

Biophysical Seminars

New insights into protein misfolding in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases using in vivo systems

Professor Dennis Selkoe, Harvard Medical School, Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham & Women’s Hospital.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 13 December 2017, 11:00-12:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Organic Electronics for Monitoring and Hosting of 3D Cell Biology Models

Dr. Róisín M. Owens, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 12 December 2017, 14:30-15:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Stereodivergent Catalysis, Strategies and Tactics Towards Secondary Metabolites as enabling tools for the Study of Natural Products Biology

Professor Erick M. Carreira, ETH Zürich.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 07 December 2017, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Covalent and Non-Covalent Interactions in Molecular Systems

Professor Alexandre Tkatchenko, University of Luxembourg.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 06 December 2017, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

Kinetic Insights into amyloid-β metal ion interactions and implications for AD.

Dr Liming Ying, Imperial College London.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 06 December 2017, 10:30-11:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

New Frontiers in Biocatalytic C-H Functionalization

Professor Greg Challis, University of Warwick.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 30 November 2017, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Nuclear Quantum Effects in Water Reorientation & Hydrogen-Bond Dynamics

Professor James T. (Casey) Hynes.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 29 November 2017, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

Learning from Nature to Form New Organic Materials for Tissue Regeneration

Dr. Lihi Adler-Abramovich, Tel Aviv University.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 29 November 2017, 10:30-11:30

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Assembly Line Synthesis

Professor Varinder Aggarwal, University of Bristol.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Monday 27 November 2017, 16:00-17:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Halide Double Perovskites: The search for environmentally benign alternatives to the lead-based materials

Patrick M. Woodward, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ohio State University.

TCM Seminar room (530), Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics.

Thursday 23 November 2017, 15:30-16:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Slimming Down Through Frustration

Dr Martin Lenz, Université Paris-Sud.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 22 November 2017, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

Microfluidic Single-Cell Manipulation and Analysis

Dr. Stefano Pagliara, University of Exeter.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 22 November 2017, 10:30-11:30

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Dual air quality benefit of SO2 emission controls by decreasing sulfate and biogenic secondary organic aerosol

Dr Eloïse Marais, University of Birmingham.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 20 November 2017, 14:15-15:15

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Synthesis RIG Postdoc Seminar

Dr Katrine Qvortrup & Dr Claudio Bomio.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Thursday 16 November 2017, 16:00-18:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Solid State Seminar Series: "Oxide Ion Conductors for Energy Applications: Structure and Dynamics"

Dr Ivana Evans (Durham University).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Thursday 16 November 2017, 15:30-16:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Solid State Seminar Series: "Crystal structure prediction for next-generation battery anodes"

Matthew Evans (Department of Physics, University of Cambridge).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Thursday 16 November 2017, 15:00-15:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

The Challenges to Theory of Predicting the Crystallisation of Organic Molecules

Professor Sally Price, University College London.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 15 November 2017, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

"A TREMendous mechanism for Alzheimer's Disease: therapeutic insights"

Dr Damian Crowther, Neuroscience, IMED Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 15 November 2017, 10:30-11:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Bonfires with a bang

Warning: There will be smoke, bright flashes and loud bangs!

Dr Andy Szydio.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre at the Department of Chemistry (off the SPRI car park).

Wednesday 08 November 2017, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Quantum Machine Learning

Professor Anatole von Lilienfeld, University of Basel.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 08 November 2017, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

Evolution and assembly of protein complexes

Dr Sarah Teichmann, Sanger Institute, Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 08 November 2017, 10:30-11:30

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Using past decadal temperature changes to understand present and future climate

Dr Andrew Schurer, University of Edinburgh.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 06 November 2017, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

On-The-Fly AB Initio Semiclassical Dynamics for Computing Vibrationally Resolved Electronic Spectra

Professor Jiří Vaníček (EPFL, Lausanne).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 01 November 2017, 14:15-15:15

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Throwing light on organocatalysis: new opportunities in enantioselective synthesis

Professor Paolo Melchiorre, ICIQ.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Monday 30 October 2017, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Liquid State Theory Meets Deep Learning and Molecular Informatics

Dr Alpha Lee, University of Cambridge, Department of Physics.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 25 October 2017, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

Deep Learning in Chemistry

Dr Richard Dybowski, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 25 October 2017, 10:30-11:30

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Detailed Modelling of Organic Chemistry in the Atmosphere – Recent Advances (and Limitations)

Dr Peter Brauer, University of York.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 23 October 2017, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Predicting and designing the self-assembly of colloidal particles: a computer game

Professor Marjolein Dijkstra, Utrecht University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Friday 20 October 2017, 13:00-14:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Predicting and Designing the Self-Assembly of Colloidal Particles: A Computer Game

Formal Materials - Theory Seminar

Professor Marjolein Dijkstra, Utrecht University.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Friday 20 October 2017, 13:00-14:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Computing and Understanding the Ro-Vibrational Spectrum of CH5+

Professor Tucker Carrington, Queen's University.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 18 October 2017, 14:15-15:15

Biophysical Seminars

Microglia eating neurons and TREM2:Abeta interactions in neurodegeneration

Prof. Guy Brown, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 18 October 2017, 10:30-11:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Shedding some Light on the Dark Matter of the Genomic Universe: Ribozymes, Telomerase and Regulating Epigenetics

2017 Herchel Smith Lecture given by Nobel Laureate Professor Tom Cech

Professor Tom Cech, University of Colorado Boulder.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre at the Department of Chemistry (off the SPRI car park).

Monday 16 October 2017, 16:00-17:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Self-assembly of Si- and SiGe-based dielectric Mie resonators via templated solid-state dewetting

Marco Abbarchi, Aix-Marseille Université.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 13 October 2017, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Holomorphic Hartree-Fock Theory: Exploiting Multiple SCF Solutions for Non-Orthogonal Configuration Interaction

1st Year PhD Report

Hugh Burton.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 11 October 2017, 14:40-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Mean-Fielding in Path-Integral Simulations of Quantum Condensed Matter Systems

1st Year PhD Report

George Trenins.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 11 October 2017, 14:15-14:35

Biophysical Seminars

Redox-dependent modulation of haemostasis and vascular function by amyloid peptide beta: a new interpretation of the vascular component of dementia.

Dr Giordano Pula, University of Exeter Medical School.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 11 October 2017, 10:30-11:30

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

Deciphering the human microbiota with chemistry

Professor Emily Balskus, Harvard University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Tuesday 10 October 2017, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

CPGS Seminars

Andrea di Antonio and Anika Krause, Cambridge University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 09 October 2017, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

The artificial leaf for efficient generation of solar fuels: involved elementary steps and material's design

Prof. Wolfram Jaegermann, TU Darmstadt.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 05 October 2017, 11:00-12:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

BP KEYNOTE LECTURE: Importance of C-O Bond Activation for CO2/COUtilization - An Approach to Energy Conversion and Storage

Yuhan Sun, CAS Key Lab of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai..

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 03 October 2017, 14:00-15:00

Biophysical Seminars

Pre-degenerative deficits in dopamine transmission in an alpha-synuclein mouse model of Parkinson’s disease: the role of lipids and the dopamine transporter

Sarah Threlfell, Senior Research Fellow, Dept. Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 27 September 2017, 12:30-13:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

First Principles Monte Carlo Simulations of Phase, Sorption, and Reaction Equilibria

Professor Ilja Siepmann (University of Minnesota).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Friday 22 September 2017, 14:00-15:00

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Learning and Applying Nature's Biosynthetic Logic

Prof. Bradley S. Moore, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 14 September 2017, 14:00-16:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Photosynthetic water oxidation - the substrates view

For more information, please contact Dr. Erwin Reisner (reisner@ch.cam.ac.uk)

Prof. Johannes Messinger, Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Sweden.

Todd-Hamied meeting room, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 13 September 2017, 13:00-14:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

First Principles Monte Carlo Simulations of Phase, Sorption, and Reaction Equilibria

Professor Ilja Siepmann, University of Minnesota.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Monday 11 September 2017, 14:00-15:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Manufacturing of designed nanomaterials

If you would like more information regarding Dr. Torrente's talk, please contact Dr. Erwin Reisner (reisner@ch.cam.ac.uk)

Dr. Laura Torrente Murciano, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge.

Todd-Hamied meeting room, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 06 September 2017, 14:00-15:00

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Protein Folding, Evolution and Interactions Symposium

Registration essential: £110 (3-5 Sept) http://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/pfei/registration

Keynote Speakers: Professor Sir Alan Fersht and Professor Dame Carol Robinson.

McGrath Centre.

Tuesday 05 September 2017, 09:00-18:00

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Protein Folding, Evolution and Interactions Symposium

Registration essential: £110 (3-5 Sept) http://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/pfei/registration

Keynote Speakers: Professor Sir Alan Fersht and Professor Dame Carol Robinson.

McGrath Centre.

Monday 04 September 2017, 09:00-18:00

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Protein Folding, Evolution and Interactions Symposium

Registration essential: £110 (3-5 Sept) http://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/pfei/registration

Keynote Speakers: Professor Sir Alan Fersht and Professor Dame Carol Robinson.

McGrath Centre.

Sunday 03 September 2017, 16:00-18:00

Biophysical Seminars

Cryo-EM structures of Tau filaments from Alzheimer's disease brains

Anthony W.P. Fitzpatrick.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 30 August 2017, 10:30-11:30

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Cyclic Peptides: Building Blocks for Supramolecular Designs

Professor Juan R. Granja - University of Santiago de Compostela .

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 22 August 2017, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Networks, resilience and complexity

Professor Gabriel Cwilich, Yeshiva University, New York, USA.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 15 August 2017, 14:00-15:00

Biophysical Seminars

Biomolecular self-assemblies by solid-state NMR: functional amyloids and bacterial filaments

Dr Birgit Habenstein, CBMN UMR5248 CNRS, Institut de Biologie & Chimie des Membranes & Nanoobjets.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 19 July 2017, 10:30-11:30