The Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences features a number of colloquium talk series for faculty and students throughout the academic school year.
2012-2013 Colloquium Series
March 2013
No more ‘weird wonders’ from the Burgess Shale?
Speaker: Jean-Bernard Caron (Royal Ontario Museum)
Host: Marc Laflamme
When: April 9, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: IB270
Palladium-Catalyzed Reactions Using Tertiary Alcohols
Speaker: Arturo (Art) Orellana (York University)
Host: Patrick Gunning
When: April 2, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: IB270
The "Vertical Tectonics" of Western Anatolia
Speaker: Russ Pysklywec (University of Toronto)
Host: Lindsay Schoenbohm
When: March 26, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: IB270
Nanorecords of Megatime from Outer and Inner Space
Speaker: Desmond Moser (Western University)
Host: Dan Schulze
When: March 19, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: IB270
Ink-Jet Printing of Sol-Gel Derived Bioinks to Produce Bioactive Paper Sensors for Environmental and Biomedical Analysis
Speaker: John D. Brennan (McMaster University)
Host: Ulrich Krull
When: March 12, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: IB270
Reconstructing the Cell
Speaker: Jennifer Ross (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Host: Josh Milstein
When: March 5, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: IB270
February 2013
Consider the Icicle
Speaker: Stephen W. Morris (University of Toronto)
Host: Josh Milstein
When: February 26, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: IB270
Probing structure-function relations of potassium channels and pore-forming toxins using fluorescence spectroscopy
Speaker: Rikard Blunck (Université de Montréal)
Host: Josh Milstein
When: February 19, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: IB270
Probing sequence-dependent mechanics of collagen
Speaker: Nancy R. Forde (Simon Fraser University)
Host: Josh Milstein
When: February 12, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: IB270
Gd-Free MRI Contrast Agents
Speaker: Xiao-an Zhang (University of Toronto Scarborough)
Host: Scott Prosser
When: February 5, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: IB270
January 2013
Synergies and snags in balancing folding and function of natural and designed beta-trefoil proteins
Speaker: Elizabeth Meiering (University of Waterloo)
Host: Voula Kanelis
When: January 22, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: IB270
The End of the Ediacara Biota: Extinction, biotic replacement, or Cheshire Cat?
Speaker: Marc Laflamme (University of Toronto Mississauga)
Host: Lindsay Schoenbohm
When: January 15, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: IB270
2011-2012 Colloquium Series
October 2011
Selective transport through nano-channels: biology, physics and nanotechnology
Speaker: Anton Zilman (Dept. of Physics, University of Toronto)
Host: Claudiu Gradinaru
When: October 4, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: IB240
Lessons Learned Towards The Synthesis of Diazonamide A
Speaker: Tarek Sammakia(University of Colorado)
Host: Patrick Gunning
When: October 11, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: IB240
Fast protein folding: finally feedback between computation and experiment
Speaker: Martin Gruebele (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Host: Anthony Tavares
When: October 18, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: DV3130 (Council Chambers)
The Magnetism of Cave Environments
Speaker: Joshua Feinberg
Host: Lindsay Schoenbohm
When: October 25, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: IB240
November 2011
How Did Continents Begin?
Speaker: Richard Bailey
Host: Lindsay Schoenbohm
When: November 1, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: IB240
Supramolecular Chemistry with DNA
Speaker: Hanadi Sleiman
Host: Patrick Gunning
When: November 8, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: IB240
New Methods and Strategies for the Enantioselective Synthesis of Polycyclic Natural Products
Speaker: Sarah E. Reisman
Host: Patrick Gunning
When: November 15, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: IB380
Observing the folding and misfolding of single protein molecules with force spectroscopy
Speaker: Michael T. Woodside
Host: Claudiu Gradinaru
When: November 22, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: IB240
January 2012
New Nanoparticles for Optical and Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Speaker: Frank C.J.M. van Veggel
Host: Scott Prosser
When: January 10, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: CCT2150
Interfacing Surface Chemistry with Cell Biology: from Membrane Biophysics to Tissue Engineering
Speaker: Dr. Muhammad N. Yousaf
Host: Ulli Krull
When: January 17, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: CCT2150
Significance of Fault-Slip Analyses in Active and Fossil Orogens
Speaker: Ulrich Riller
Host: Lindsay Schoenbohm
When: January 24, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: CCT2150
Effect of Antimicrobial Agents on Mind Protein Oscillations in E. Coli Bacterial Cells
Speaker: Dr. John Dutcher
Host: Claudiu Gradinaru
When: January 31, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: CCT2150
February 2012
Hydrologic Gradients, Climatic Extremes, and Surface Erosion in the Himalaya
Speaker: Bodo Bookhagen
Host: Lindsay Schoenbohm
When: February 7, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: CCT2150
Co-opting Conformational Diversity to Evolve New Protein Functions
Speaker: C.S. Raman
Host: Patrick Gunning
When: February 14, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: CCT2150
Tilting of the Ladakh Range: erosion, topography, & morphology
Speaker: Jason M. Dortch
Host: Lindsay Schoenbohm
When: February 21, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: CCT2150
Biosensors for biomarkers: measuring kinase activity in live cells
Speaker: Laurie Parker
Host: Patrick Gunning
When: February 28, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: CCT2150
March 2012
The cytoplasmic domain of the rhomboid intramembrane serine protease: What the crystal structures don’t tell you
Speaker: Natalie Goto
Host: Scott Prosser
When: March 6, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: CCT2150
The transport and deformations of cargo tracks in cells
Speaker: Erkan Tuzel
Host: Joshua Milstein
When: March 13, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: CCT2150
Snapshots of biology with a femtosecond camera
Speaker: Jennifer Ogilvie
Host: Joshua Milstein
When: March 20, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: CCT2150
A Himalayan top-down perspective into mid-crustal flow processes
Speaker: Laurent Godin
Host: Lindsay Schoenbohm
When: March 27, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: CCT2150
April 2012
Nanoscale hydrogels and carrier design
Speaker: Andrew Lyon
Host: CPS Graduate Student Association
When: April 24th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: CCT2150