Events

From Lab to Cosmos: Three Frontiers in the Search for Signs of Life Beyond Earth

Professor Sara Seager
MIT

Thursday, December 4, 2025
4:00 p.m.

In-person: PHY 150

Synthesis of metal pnictides and exploration of their thermoelectric and catalytic potential

Kirill Kovnir
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Iowa State University

Monday, December 8, 2025
10:00 a.m.

In-person: C2-361

Charge-Entropy-Stabilized Superconductor (Ag,Sn)Se

Mohamed Oudah
Research Associate, Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Instiute
University of British Columbia

Thursday, January 15, 2026
2 p.m.

In-person: C2-361

The Bacterial Cell Wall: New Biological Insights, Probes, and Targeting Strategies

Dr. Cullen Myers
Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of Guelph

Tuesday, January 27, 2026
11 a.m.

In-person: C2-361

From accidental to intelligent: easy-to-build complex chemical systems that sense proteins, tissue samples, and illicit drugs

Fraser Hof
Department of Chemistry
University of Victoria

Tuesday, March 10, 2026
11 a.m.

In-person: C2-361

The EcoEvo Journal Club meets bi-weekly on Fridays from 12-1pm in B2-226.

Gatekeepers and Bypasses: From Nucleoside Transporter Biology to Novel Approaches in Drug Delivery

Prof. Imogen Coe
Professor of Chemistry and Biology
Toronto Metropolitan University

Wednesday, March 25, 2026
3:00 p.m.

In-person: C2-361 (Reading Room)

The EcoEvo Journal Club meets bi-weekly on Fridays from 12-1pm in B2-226.

The EcoEvo Journal Club meets bi-weekly on Fridays from 12-1pm in B2-226.

Genome mining for NylB-type amidases to facilitate closed-loop nylon recycling

Graeme Howe
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biomedical & Molecular Sciences
Queen’s University

April 21, 2026
11 a.m.

In-person: C2-361