Spring 2012

James Benson, Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, NIU - "Cryobiology: Cool Biophysics"

Karl Scheidt, Dept. of Chemistry, Northwestern “Synthesis Driven Studies of Pyran and Flavonoid Natural Products”

Alok Awasthi, Bausch and Lomb, Rochester, NY “Contact Lens Chemistry: Past, Present and Future”

Tim Hagen, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, NIU "Lead discovery by fragment screening for infectious disease drug targets: MECP"

Janine Maddock - Dept. of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Univ. of Michigan

Martin Newcomb Dept. of Chemistry, UIC “Cytochrome P450 Compound I: Direct studies of the oxidant in P450 enzymes”

Eugene Chang - Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery, University of Chicago “New Age Disorders:  The convergence of genetics, microbes, and environment”

Julia Moffitt - Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Des Moines University “Cardiovascular Deconditioning, Depression and Cardiac Arrhythmias: Mechanisms and Targets”

Mark Gurney - Tetra Discovery Partners, Grand Rapids, MI “Drug Discovery 101”