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UMM Home > Division of Science & Mathematics > Chemistry & Biochemistry > Seminars

Chemistry/Biochemistry Seminars

Tuesday Afternoons

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Sci 1020

The chemistry discipline hosts outside speakers from industry and academia along with senior chemistry/biochemistry majors during a year-long seminar series. The Fall 2008-09 schedule is shown below. Click here for a downloadable schedule.

FALL 2009

Spring 2009

Date	Speaker	Title
1 September	Jenna Benson U of Montana	Immunomodulatory Effects of the Popular Medicinal Herb, Echinacea purpurea
8 September	Chemistry Discipline faculty	"How Not to Give a Seminar"
15 September	Panel Presentation	TBA
22 September	Dr. Chris Cramer U of MN, Twin Cities	http://pollux.chem.umn.edu/~cramer/
29 September	Donny Lappen	C.K. Ingold: A Major Prophet of Organic Chemistry
6 October	Robb Watson	Ideal Conditions for Homoepitaxy Growth of Gallium Nitride Crystals
13 October	Erica Visness	An Introduction to Typha spp. (Cattails) as a Potential Energy Crop
20 October	FALL BREAK	No Seminar
26 October	Dr. Kenneth Haug Lafayette College	Latterell Visiting Alumni Speaker
27 October	Lauren Hunker	Characterization of Ulva Lactuva (Sea Lettuce) Surface Functional Groups by Potentiometric Titrations
3 November	Dr. Seth Rasmussen North Dakota State University	TBA
10 November	Katie Warner	Analysis of the Dietary Supplement Cinnulin PF(R) Used to Treat and Prevent Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
MONDAY 16 November Noon	Dr. Mark Gordon Iowa State University
24 November	Seth Ferrey	Cancer Fighting Activity of Native American Plant Remedies of the Southwest
1 December	Aaron Briesemeister	The Physiological Effects of Testosterone and its Impact on the Androgen Receptor
8 December	Cortney Nikolaus	The Use of MRI in the Early Diagnosis of Hallervorden Spatz Disease

SPRING 2010

Date	Speaker	Title
19 January
26 January
2 February
9 February
16 February
23 February
2 March
9 March
16 March	SPRING BREAK
30 March
6 April
13 April
20 April
27 April
4 May	Chemistry/Biology Poster Session