January 14, 2008

Understanding and Tuning Protein Translocation through the Ribosome

Lydia Contreras

Department of Chemical Engineering
Cornell University

Molecular Memory Circuits on a Nanoscale

Amy S. Blum

Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering Naval Research Laboratory

Nanoscale Self-assembly via Electrostatic Interactions

Kyle J. M. Bishop

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Northwestern University

The Effect of Chain Rigidity on the Self-Assembly of Functional Block Copolymers

Bradley D. Olsen

Department of Chemical Engineering
University of California, Berkeley

New Concepts in Interfacial Engineering: Arresting Self Assembly and Motility-Based Sorting of Mammalian Cells

Carlos Co

Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
University of Cincinnati

Phase Equilibria of Hydrofluorocarbons in Ionic Liquids

Mark B. Shiflett

DuPont Central Research and Development

Organic Single-Crystals: Self-Assembly, Properties, and Field-Effect Transistors

Alejandro L. Briseno

Department of Chemistry
University of Washington

(Special seminar together with Department of Physics)

Interfacial Dynamics of Polymers and SAMs: Glassy Dynamics, Hierarchical Assembly and the Quest for Perfection

Steven J. Sibener

The James Franck Institute and Department of Chemistr
University of Chicago

Quantifying Phenotype in Dynamic Metabolic Networks Using 13C Tracers and Comprehensive Flux Analysis

Jamey D. Young

Department of Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Deducing Transcriptional Regulatory Features from Transcriptome Data

Mark P. Brynildsen

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Nanoconfinement Effects on Glass Formation and Glassy Behavior of Polymers

Rodney Priestley

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Northwestern University

Benign Synthesis, Size Control, and Assembly of Silica Nanoparticles: A New Paradigm for Dispersed Particle, Porous Thin Film, and Gel Applications

Mark Snyder

Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
University of Minnesota

Characterization and Engineering of Bacterial Protein Translocation Systems

Danielle Tullman-Ercek

Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California, San Francisco

Quantitative Systems Analysis of Multicellular Morphodynamics

Anand Asthagiri

Department of Chemical Engineering
California Institute of Technology

McCabe Lecture

Grand Challenges for Materials Companies

James A. Trainham

Science & Technology
PPG Industries, Inc.