Mount Allison Chemistry Department

2011 March 11th ~ Dr. Jeffrey Keillor -University of Ottawa - Bioorganic Studies of Transglutaminases March 4th ~Dr. John J. Irwin - University of California, San Francisco Molecular Docking for Ligand Discovery February 11th ~ Dr. Cathleen M. Crudden -Queen's University -Boron Rocks January 21st ~ Dr. Christa Brosseau ~ Saint Mary's University - New Frontiers in Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy January 26th ~ Dr. David A. Barnett ~ Atlantic Canada Research Institute - Protein Mass Spectronomy at the Atlantic Cancer Research Institute Feb 11th ~ Dr. Cathleen M. Crudden ~Queen's University -Boron Rocks April 1st ~ Dr. John J. Irwin ~University of California San Francisco -Molecular Docking for Ligand Discovery
2009-10 Visiting Speakers

January 28	Dr. Neale Ridgway Dalhousie University
	"Intracellular cholesterol transport by oxysterol binding proteins (OSBPs)"

January 12	Dr. Jan K. Rainey Dalhousie University
	"The interplay of solution, membrane-associated and receptor-bound states for a G-protein coupled receptor-activatin peptide."

November 19	Dr. Denise Clark, University of New Brunswick
	“Exploring purine biosynthesis in Drosophila melanogaster”
November 3	Dr. Roger McLeod, Dalhousie University
	“Mechanistic Insights into Proteasomal Degradation of Hepatic Apolipoprotein B”
October 26	Dr. Ford Doolittle , Dalhousie University
	"The Tree of Life: what does it mean?"
October 22	Dr. Russ Kerr, University of Prince Edward Island
	“Marine Bioprospecting – Challenges and Opportunities”
October 15	Dr. Barbara Karten, Dalhousie University
	"Synaptic function and cholesteol homeostasis in Niemann-Pick Type C disease"
October 6	Dr. Stephen Bearne, Dalhousie University
	“Activation and Inhibition of the Chemotherapy Target Cytidine 5'-triphosphate Synthase”
October 1	Dr. Mary Anne White, Dalhousie University
	“Thermal Properties of Composite Materials: From Teeth to Carbon Nanotubes”
September 24	Dr. John M. Archibald, Dalhousie University
	"You are what you eat: endosymbiosis and genome evolution in cryptophyte and chlorarachniophyte algae"
September 17	Dr. Georgii Nikonov, Brock University
	"Mechanisms of Mo catalysed hydrosilylation"
September 15	Dr. David Byers, Dalhousie University
	"The Promiscuous World of Acyl Carrier Protein"

2008-09 Visiting Speakers

October 7	Dr. Neil Burford, Dalhousie University
	"Catena-Phosphorus Cations"
July 22	Dr. John Boukouvalas, Université Laval
	"Adventure and Discovery Through Natural Product Synthesis"
June 27	Dr. Laura Turculet, Dalhousie University
	"Transition Metal Complexes Supported by New Heavier Element Pincer Ligands: Synthesis and Applications in Catalysis"
June 16	Dr. Elliot Stollar, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
	"The Crucial Role for High Intrinsic Specificity in the Function of Yeast SH3 Domains "

2007-08 Visiting Speakers

April 7	Dr. Vinay Singh, Queen's University
	"You Do Not Need to Have 'SHAPE' to Get Recognized: The Story of Gamma-Synuclein, a Natively Unfolded Protein"
April 3	Dr. Adrian Culf, Mount Allison University
	"Meisenheimers, Microwaves & Macromolecules: Creating Functional Biochemicals"
March 27	Dr. Ashakumary Lakshmikuttyamma, University of Saskatchewan
	"Bcr-Abl Induces Autocrine IGF-1 Signaling in Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia"
March 13	Dr. Amanda Cockshutt, Mount Allison University
	“Quantitative ImmunoProteomics in Environmental Science”
March 6	Dr. Douglas Stephan, University of Toronto
	"Frustrated Lewis Pairs; A New Concept in Main Group Reactivity and Catalysis"
January 22	Dr. Federico Rosei, INRS ÉMT, Université du Québec
	"Strategies for Controlled Assembly at the Nanoscale"
November 29	Dr. Torsten Hegmann, University of Manitoba "Effects of Nano-scale Particles in Liquid Crystals Used in Optical Device and Display Applications"
November 22	Dr. Nathan Jones, University of Western Ontario "Chiral Catalysis: Molecules and Materials"
November 14	Dr. Natia Frank, University of Victoria “The Role of Conjugation in Multifunctional Magnetic Materials”
November 6	Dr. Kirpal S. Bisht, University of South Florida
	"Synthetic Chemistry-An Enzymatic Approach"
November 1	Dr. Russell Boyd, Dalhousie University "Molecules and Topology"
October 18	Dr. Deryn Fogg, University of Ottawa "Shining Light Inside the Black Box: Perspectives on Transformations in Catalysis"
October 4	Dr. Randy Larsen, University of South Florida "Time-Resolved Photothermal Methods: You Don't Have to Be Afraid of the Dark!"
September 27	Dr. Rob O'Brien, University of British Columbia Okanagan "Mass Spectrometry Ionization Research Relating to Metabolomics and Other Chemical Profiling Applications"
September 20	Dr. Mark Stradiotto, Dalhousie University "New Design Strategies for the Construction of Reactive Transition Metal Complexes: Applications in Bond Activation and Catalysis"
September 18	Dr. Ravi Ramachandran, Syngenta Crop Protection Canada, Inc. "The Science and Technology of Crop Protection"
August 7	Dr. Jeff Banks, University of New Brunswick "Synthesis of Nano-Composite Materials"
August 3	Dr. Matthias Bierenstiel, Cape Breton University "New N,S-Based Hybrid Ligands and Binuclear Complexes: Design and Applications"
July 24	Dr. Frédéric-Georges Fontaine, Université Laval "Design and Synthesis of Lewis Acid Containing Bifunctional Complexes: One is Good, Two are Better"
June 29	Dr. Neil Burford, Dalhousie University "New Directions in Phosphorus Chemistry at Dalhousie"
June 11	Dr. Robert Gossage, Acadia University "Malaria: A Chemist and Layman's Perspective"
June 8	Dr. Kamaluddin Abdur-Rashid, Kanata Chemical Technologies, Inc. "Commercialization of Chemical Technologies from Canadian Universities: Challenges, Progress and Success"

2011