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Redox-Responsive Molecules and Nanomaterials: From Energy Storage to Switchable Sensors

Wednesday, September 2, 2026 - 17:00 to 18:00
Event Category: 
Seminar - Seminar
Speaker: 
Prof. Máté Bezdek
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich
Location: 
Chemistry D215

Abstract:

Energy storage and chemical sensing technologies rely on controlling redox processes at the molecular level, yet highly reactive charged and open-shell states are...

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New Technologies for Accessing Modified Peptides and Proteins as Therapeutics and Chemical Biology Tools

Tuesday, September 15, 2026 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Richard Payne
Affiliation: 
School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney
Location: 
Chemistry B250
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Controlling the Synthesis of Polythioester through Indium Catalysis

Wednesday, September 16, 2026 - 17:00 to 18:00
Event Category: 
IMDG - Inorganic & Materials Discussion Group
Speaker: 
Joseph Chang
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia
Location: 
Chemistry D300
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lmmunomodulatory Mechanism of Action of Host Defense Peptides, Polymers, and Peptide-Polymer Conjugates

Thursday, September 17, 2026 - 10:00 to 13:00
Event Category: 
PHD/MSC - Dissertation Defence
Speaker: 
Poornima Wedamulla
Affiliation: 
UBC Chemistry (Straus Group)
Location: 
Chemistry D317
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Supramolecular Design of Optical Materials

Tuesday, September 22, 2026 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Bo Laursen
Affiliation: 
Nano-Science Center & Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen
Location: 
Chemistry B250
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Disorder and Symmetry: Structural and Compositional Interplay of High Entropy Oxides

Friday, September 25, 2026 - 13:30 to 16:30
Event Category: 
PHD/MSC - Dissertation Defence
Speaker: 
William Ho
Affiliation: 
UBC Chemistry (Burke & Hallas Groups)
Location: 
Chemistry E311
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Development of Bioinformatic Methods for Mass Spectrometry-Based Metabolomics and Bottom-Up Proteomics

Tuesday, September 29, 2026 - 12:30 to 15:30
Event Category: 
PHD/MSC - Dissertation Defence
Speaker: 
Jiahua Tan
Affiliation: 
UBC Chemistry (Chen Group)
Location: 
Graduate Student Centre Room 200
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Molecular Control of Electrocatalysis: From Speciation and Coordination Spheres to Interfaces

Tuesday, September 29, 2026 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Eva Nichols
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia
Location: 
Chemistry B250
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Post-processable Rotaxanes Containing Redox-active Platinum

Thursday, October 1, 2026 - 16:00 to 19:00
Event Category: 
PHD/MSC - Dissertation Defence
Speaker: 
Raksha Kandel
Affiliation: 
UBC Chemistry (MacLachlan Group)
Location: 
Graduate Student Centre Room 200
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High-Throughput Urine Exposomic Studies for Global Health: Revealing Regional and Sex-Dependent Differences in Cigarette Smoke and Coffee Co-Exposures

Friday, October 2, 2026 - 15:00 to 16:00
Event Category: 
Seminar - Seminar
Speaker: 
Prof. Philip Britz-McKibbin
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University
Location: 
Chemistry D213

Abstract:

Tobacco smoking and coffee consumption are two modifiable lifestyle factors relevant to global health that are also strongly associated with each other. Although...

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Light-driven Chemistry in the First Transition Series: Challenges and Opportunities

Tuesday, October 6, 2026 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. James McCusker
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University
Location: 
Chemistry B250
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Vanadium for Olefin Metathesis

Wednesday, October 7, 2026 - 17:00 to 18:00
Event Category: 
IMDG - Inorganic & Materials Discussion Group
Speaker: 
Prof. Konstantin Bukhryakov
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University
Location: 
Chemistry D300
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Asymmetric Lipid Membranes: A Tale of Two Leaflets

Tuesday, October 13, 2026 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Markus Deserno
Affiliation: 
Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University
Location: 
Chemistry B250
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Transformative Teaching in Science

Tuesday, October 20, 2026 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Ginger Shultz
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan
Location: 
Chemistry B250
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Total Synthesis of Complex, Bioactive Natural Products

Wednesday, October 21, 2026 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Christopher Vanderwal
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine
Location: 
Chemistry B250
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Moving Beyond the Metal: Using Secondary Acidic Sites to Facilitate Reduction of Inert

Wednesday, October 21, 2026 - 17:00 to 18:00
Event Category: 
IMDG - Inorganic & Materials Discussion Group
Speaker: 
Prof. Nathaniel Szymczak
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan
Location: 
Chemistry D300
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Advancing DNA Electrochemical Biosensors Through Aptamer Engineering, Impedimetric Interrogation, and Multiplexed Readout

Tuesday, October 27, 2026 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Philippe Dauphin-Ducharme
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, Université de Sherbrooke
Location: 
Chemistry B250
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Complex Surfaces: Elucidating Novel Reactivities at Electrocatalyst Surfaces Modified with Transition Metal Complex Monolayers

Wednesday, October 28, 2026 - 17:00 to 18:00
Event Category: 
IMDG - Inorganic & Materials Discussion Group
Speaker: 
Leo Xie
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia
Location: 
Chemistry D300
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Spectroscopy and Unimolecular Decay Dynamics of Reaction Intermediates in Atmospheric Chemistry

Tuesday, November 3, 2026 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Marsha Lester
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania
Location: 
Chemistry B250
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Integrated CO2 Capture and Electrocatalytic Conversion

Tuesday, November 17, 2026 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Jenny Yang
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine
Location: 
Chemistry B250
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