Department of Chemistry
C2 280
200 University Ave. W
Waterloo, Ontario,
Canada N2L 3G1
Phone: (519) 888-4567 ext 32129
Wednesday, December 14, 2022 — 2:30 PM EST
Complexity and Clarity for Kitaev Candidate Materials
Dr. Steve Winter
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
2:30 p.m.
In-person: C2- 361 (Reading Room) and
Online via MS Teams (please email Victoria Van Cappellen at vvancapp@uwaterloo.ca for access)
Tuesday, December 13, 2022 — 2:00 PM EST
"Machine Learning Model for Repurposing Drugs to Target Viral Diseases"
Supervisor: S. Kalyaanamoorthy
Location: C2-361
Monday, December 12, 2022 — 9:30 AM EST
"Immature SOD1: protein folding, misfolding and aggregation"
Supervisor: E. Meiering
Location: C2-361
Monday, December 5, 2022 — 2:00 PM EST
"Metal-Mediated Adsorption of DNA Oligonucleotides onto Polymeric Materials"
Supervisor: J. Liu
Location: C2-361
Monday, December 5, 2022 — 11:00 AM EST
Designed DNA Nano-switches as Sensitive Electrochemical Biosensors
Dr. Hua-Zhong "Hogan" Yu
Department of Chemistry
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia
Monday, December 5, 2022
11:00 a.m.
In-person: C2- 361 (Reading Room) and
Online via MS Teams (please email Victoria Van Cappellen at vvancapp@uwaterloo.ca for access)
Wednesday, November 30, 2022 — 3:00 PM EST
The Fall 2022 GWC2 Seminar Series continues with our last presentation Wednesday, November 30th.
Preparing Group 11 Metal and Metal-Chalcogen Nanocluster Surfaces for “Click” Chemistry
Professor and Chair John Corrigan
Department of Chemistry
University of Waterloo
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
3:00 p.m.
C2-361 at the University of Waterloo - Coffee and snacks served.
Online via Microsoft Teams for the University of Guelph.
Tuesday, November 29, 2022 — 2:30 PM EST
"Inhibition of Aggrecanase-2 Employing a Novel Dual-Binding Inhibitor"
Supervisor: J. Honek
Location: Teams
Tuesday, November 29, 2022 (all day)
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Thursday, November 17, 2022 — 2:30 PM EST
C–H Functionalization and Catalytic Cascade Reactions in the Synthesis of Heterocycles
Dr. Huck Grover
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Memorial University
Thursday, November 17, 2022
2:30 p.m.
In-person: C2- 361 (Reading Room) and
Online via MS Teams (please email Victoria Van Cappellen at vvancapp@uwaterloo.ca for access)
Wednesday, November 16, 2022 — 3:00 PM EST
The Fall 2022 GWC2 Seminar Series continues Wednesday, November 16th with two pesentations by PhD candidates from the University of Guelph.
Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of Iridium-Catalyzed Reactions Involving Heterobicyclic Alkenes
Austin Pounder, PhD candidate
Department of Chemistry
University of Guelph
Abstract for Austin Pounder's seminar
And
Modular Approaches for the Generation of Fluorescent Nucleobase Surrogates and their use in Biosensing Applications
Ryan Johnson, PhD candidate
Department of Chemistry
University of Guelph
Abstract for Ryan Johnson's seminar
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
3:00 p.m.
MacN 101 at the University of Guelph - Coffee and snacks served.
Online via Microsoft Teams for the University of Waterloo.
Thursday, November 10, 2022 — 2:30 PM EST
"Improving Biomolecule Imaging in Liquid Phase Electron Microscopy"
Supervisor: G. Sciaini
Location: C2-278/Teams
Friday, November 4, 2022 — 2:30 PM EDT
"Development of PROTACS ternary complex modelling platform with a multi-protocol combination approach"
Supervisor: S. Kalyaanamoorthy
Location: C2-278/Teams
Friday, November 4, 2022 — 1:00 PM EDT
"Highly Selective Lactate Sensing Using Electrochemical Nano-biosensors with Non-biological Receptors"
Supervisor: S. Tang
Location: Teams
Wednesday, November 2, 2022 — 3:00 PM EDT
The Fall 2022 GWC2 Seminar Series continues with our next presentation Wednesday, November 2nd. These seminars will be held in person in the Main Link room at the home University of the presenter, and via Teams for the opposite campus.
Ligand Recognition in RNA and DNA Aptamers - The same but different?
Professor Thorsten Dieckmann
Department of Chemistry
University of Waterloo
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
3:00 p.m.
C2-361 at the University of Waterloo - Coffee and snacks served.
Online via Microsoft Teams for the University of Guelph.
Friday, October 28, 2022 — 1:00 PM EDT
"Synthesis and Characterization of the Crystillization-Induced Micellization of Poly (alkyl methacrylate)s Block Copolymers by Pyrene Formation"
Supervisor: J. Duhamel
Location: Teams
Thursday, October 27, 2022 — 3:30 PM EDT
"Photo-Mediated Phenol Ipso Substitution and Utilizing Sulphur Substituents for Making Ayrnes"
Supervisor: D. Schipper
Location: Teams
Wednesday, October 19, 2022 — 3:00 PM EDT
The Fall 2022 GWC2 Seminar Series continues Wednesday, October 19th. These seminars will be held in person in the Main Link room at the home University of the presenter, and via Teams for the opposite campus.
Anti-diarrheal Glycoconjugate Vaccines
Professor Mario Monteiro
Department of Chemistry
University of Guelph
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
3:00 p.m.
Main link room at the University of Guelph - Coffee and snacks served.
Online via Microsoft Teams for the University of Waterloo.
Thursday, October 13, 2022 — 1:00 PM EDT
"Structure-Activity Relationship and Mechanism of Action Studies on Calcium Dependent Antibiotic (CDA)"
Supervisor: S. Taylor
Location: C2-361/Teams
Thursday, October 13, 2022 — 9:30 AM EDT
"Polymer additive engineering of organolead halide perovskites: effect on device characteristics and scalable manufacturing"
Supervisor: Vivek Maheshwari
Location: C2-361
Wednesday, October 12, 2022 — 3:00 PM EDT
The Fall 2022 GWC2 Seminar Series continues with our next presentation Wednesday, October 12th. These seminars will be held in person in the Main Link room at the home University of the presenter, and via Teams for the opposite campus.
Elucidating Molecular Mechanisms in Protein Folding, Function and Aggregation
Professor Liz Meiering
Department of Chemistry
University of Waterloo
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
3:00 p.m.
C2-361 at the University of Waterloo - Coffee and snacks served.
Online via Microsoft Teams for the University of Guelph.
Thursday, October 6, 2022 — 2:30 PM EDT
"Perovskite-based Photocathodes for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction"
Supervisor: V. Maheshwari
Location: Teams
Monday, October 3, 2022 — 11:30 AM EDT
"Interfacial Investigation of solid electrolytes for Lithium and sodium Solid-state batteries"
Supervisor: L.F. Nazar
Location: Teams
Tuesday, September 27, 2022 — 2:00 PM EDT
"Study of Confinement Effects in Structurally Complex Nanoparticles for Applications in Reductive Electrocatalysis"
Supervisor: A. Klinkova
Location: Teams
Friday, September 23, 2022 — 2:00 PM EDT
"Elucidating determinants of Inclusion Body Structure and function"
Location: C2-278/Teams
Supervisor: E. Meiering
Friday, September 23, 2022 — 2:00 PM EDT
"Calibrating the Long-Range Backbone Dynamics of Polymers in Solution Using Two Different Models"
Supervisor: J. Duhamel
Location: Remote