Green Chemistry and Sustainable Design Seminar: Water Reuse: Short-Circuiting the Hydrologic Cycle and the Potential Risks Posed by Chemical Contaminants

Seminar: Other Seminars & Events | November 16 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 180 Tan Hall

Speaker: Professor David Sedlak, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley

Sponsor: Chemistry, Department of

Cynthia A. Chan Memorial Lecture: Molecular Basis of Biological Movement

Seminar: Special Seminar: Structural & Quantitative Biology | November 16 | 4-5 p.m. | 105 Stanley Hall

Speaker: Professor Ron Vale, Department of Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco

Sponsor: Chemistry, Department of

Reception in Stanley Hall first floor-atrium, following the lecture.

Visiting Miller Professor: Organometallic Chemistry of Synthetic Methods

Seminar: Organic Chemistry | November 17 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. |  Pitzer Auditorium, 120 Latimer Hall

Speaker: Professor John F. Hartwig, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana

Sponsor: Chemistry, Department of

Coffee and Refreshments served at the Coffee Lab at 10:50am

Quantum Information Analysis of Natural and Unnatural Systems

Seminar: Physical Chemistry | November 17 | 4-5 p.m. |  Pitzer Auditorium, 120 Latimer Hall

Speaker: Professor Birgitta Whaley, Department of Chemistry, UC Berkeley

Sponsor: Chemistry, Department of

Presentation of the 2009 Daniel Lucas Memorial Book Prize will take place at the start of the seminar

LGBT Science Reception

Social Event | November 17 | 6-8 p.m. | 775 Tan Hall

Sponsor: Chemistry, College of

For: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender students, faculty, staff, alumni in science, engineering + technology and their partners and allies

Fuat Celik (PhD candidate with Alex Bell)

Seminar: Chemical Engineering Colloquium | November 18 | 4-5 p.m. | 180 Tan Hall

Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation from Synthesis Gas Derivatives: Formaldehyde Carbonylation: Fuat Celik, Ph.D. Candidate with Professor Alex Bell, UC Berkeley

Sponsor: Chemical Engineering, Department of

Refreshments will be served on the Terrace 30 minutes before the colloquium.

Graduate Research Seminar

Seminar: Graduate Research Seminar | November 19 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. |  Pitzer Auditorium, 120 Latimer Hall

"Development of New Bioconjugation Strategies for Tryptophan Modification.": Ms. Kristen Seim, Ph.D. Student with Professor Matthew Francis, http://wasabi.cchem.berkeley.edu/

Sponsor: Chemistry, Department of

Alumni of the G. N. Lewis Era Annual Luncheon

Social Event: Alumni event | November 19 | 12-2 p.m. | Faculty Club, Howard Room

Sponsor: Chemistry, College of

Open to pre-1945 College of Chemistry alumni and friends, $25/person.

Graduate Research Conference

Seminar: Graduate Research Conference | November 19 | 4-5 p.m. |  Pitzer Auditorium, 120 Latimer Hall

"Probing Lipid Membrane Phase Transition in vivo using Fluorescence Fluctuation Spectroscopy.": Mr. Il Hyung Lee, Ph.D. Student with Professor Jay Groves, http://groveslab.cchem.berkeley.edu/

"TBA": Mr. Lawrence Baker, Ph.D. Student with Professor Gabor Somorjai, http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/gasgrp/sgroup.htmll

Sponsor: Chemistry, Department of

Professor Alan Jasanoff: Molecular Neuroimaging with MRI

Seminar: Pines Lab Seminar | November 20 | 1-3 p.m. | 221 Stanley Hall

Speaker: Professor Alan Jasanoff, Professor, Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Cognitive & Brain Sciences and Nuclear Science & Engineering, Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory - MIT

Sponsor: Pines Lab

Title: "Molecular neuroimaging with MRI"

Lunch will be provided at 12:30PM, followed by the talk at 1:00PM.

Gilded Organometallics

Seminar: Inorganic Chemistry | November 20 | 4-5 p.m. |  Pitzer Auditorium, 120 Latimer Hall

Speaker: Professor Thomas Gray, Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University

Sponsor: Chemistry, Department of

Coffee and Refreshments served at the "Coffee Lab" B38 Hildebrand - available @ 3:50pm