November 29, 2007
Dr. Rong Wang
Illinois Institute of Technology
Title:An Atomic force microscopy approach for examining biological systems

November 15, 2007
Dr. Judith Burstyn
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Title:The Unusual Heme of Cystathionine Beta-Synthase

November 8, 2007
Dr. Dieter Gruen
Argonne National Labs
Title:From Two-Dimensional to Three-Dimensional Nanocarbon Composites: Possibilities for a New Energy Conversion Technology Based on High Performance Thermoelectrics

October 25, 2007
Dr. Alanah Fitch
Loyola University Chicago
Title:Hydroquinone Reactions in Clay Implication for Environmental Reactions

October 18, 2007
Dr. Paul Chiarelli
Loyola University Chicago
Title:LC/MS and Product Ion Studies of Aromatic Carcinogen-DNA Adducts

October 11, 2007
Dr. Petr Kral
University of Illinois at Chicago
Title:Coulombig dragging and molecular propelling at the nanoscale

September 27, 2007
Dr. Jerry Atwood
University of Missouri
Title: Molecular Capsules

September 20, 2007
Dr. William Wulff
Michigan State
Title:Mapping the Active Site of a Chemzyme - A Case Study in a Catalytic Asymmetric Aziridination Reaction

September 13, 2007
Dr. Marcelo Sousa
University of Colorado
Title: Building a pathogen's shield. Assembly and modification of the bacterial outer membrane.

August 30, 2007
Dr. Cheryl Stevenson
Illinois State University Normal
Title:ANNULYNES, ANNULENYLENES, AND ANNULENES

April 26, 2007
Dr. Steven Pratt
Argonne National Laboratory
Title: Molecular Photoionization: Learning How Electrons Push Nuclei Around

April 19, 2007
Dr. Mark Rasenick
UIC/Biophysics and Physiology
Title: Heterotrimeric G Proteins and the Cytoskeleton: The Inside Story on Neuronal G Protein Signaling

April 12, 2007
Dr. Dominique Stepinski
Argonne National Laboratory
Title: Application of Ionic Liquids in Actinide and Fission Product Separations: Progress and Prospects

March 29, 2007
Dr. Alberto A. Iglesias
Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina
Title: Carbon and Redox Metabolism in Plant Cells: Regulation of Non-Phosphorylating Glyceraldehyde 3- Phosphate Dehydrogenase

March 22, 2007
Dr. Roux
University of Chicago
Title: Computational studies of K+ channels

March 15, 2007
Dr. Doug Klempp
Northern Illinois University
Title: Activation of electrophilic sites by adjacent cationic centers

February 22, 2007
Dr. Alanah Fitch
Loyola University Chicago
Title: Used photoelectrochemical controlled dewetting to make microscopic structures

February 15, 2007
Dr. Aaron Dinner
University of Chicago
Title: Modeling the dynamics of gene regulatory networks and their component parts

February 8, 2007
Dr. Jordi Cohen
Beckman Institute, UIUC
Title: Gas Migration Pathways Inside Proteins

January 25, 2007
Dr. Justin Youngblood
Pennsylvania State University
Title: Light Harvesting: Organic and Inorganic Approaches

January 18, 2007
Dr. James Kaduk
INEOS Technologies, Naperville, IL
Title: Solving Crystal Structures of Pharmaceutical Compounds using X-RAY Powder Diffraction