Tiglet Besara

Join the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for its next weekly seminar at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday Nov. 6 in 224 McKinley Hall where Tiglet Besara, associate professor from Missouri State University, will present a talk titled “Intermetallics via Flux Growth: Grounds for Discovery.”

John Macmillan

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is hosting its next in-person fall colloquium series talk, which will be held at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30 in 224 McKinley Hall.

It’s honored to host John Macmillan from the University of California, Santa Cruz, who will present a seminar titled. “Chemical and Biological Approaches to Natural Product Discovery.”

George Lisi

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is hosting its next weekly in-person fall 2024 colloquium series at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23 in 224 McKinley Hall. The colloquium will feature Dr. George Lisi from Brown University, who will present a seminar titled “Allosteric Regulation of the MIF Superfamily through Molecular Space and Time.”

Professor Li Yang

Join the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for its weekly colloquium series, which takes place every Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. in 224 McKinley Hall. This week, the department is honored to host Li Yang, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, who will present his seminar, titled “Second-Order Light-Matter Interactions in Emerging Quantum Materials.”

Thomas Szyperski

Join the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for its next weekly colloquium, which takes place every Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. in 224 McKinley Hall. This week, it is honored to host Thomas Szyperski, professor from the University at Buffalo, who will present a seminar titled “Energy Landscapes of Designed Cold Unfolding 4-Helix Bundles (DCUBs): Tackling the Uncharted Territory of Low Energy / Low Entropy Protein States and their Transitions.”

Dr. Jian Wang

Join the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for the next fall colloquium series talk, at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11 in 224 McKinley Hall.

The department is honored to host its own Dr. Jian Wang, who will present his seminar titled “Controlled Growth and Crystal Structure Engineering to Uncover Inorganic Functional Materials at WSU.”

This event has been canceled due to unforeseen illness. Please stay tuned for information on colloquiums in the future.

Join the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for its first in-person colloquium series talk of the fall 2024 semester at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4 in 224 McKinley Hall.

The department is honored to host Alexey Ladokhin from the University of Kansas, who will present his seminar titled “Successes and Challenges in Sequence-Based Thermodynamic Predictions of Protein-Membrane Interactions.”

Prof. Jim Bann) and Dr. Dustin Nevonen standing next to the newly installed 500 MHz Bruker AVANCE NEO nuclear magnetic resonance instrument.

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is excited to invite faculty and staff to attend its open-house ceremony to celebrate the successful NSF-MRI award, which allowed for the acquisition and installation of its new 500 MHz Bruker AVANCE NEO Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) instrument. The event will take place from 3 to 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16 on the first floor of McKinley Hall outside of room 115, NMR Facility.

The event is open to the public and will include:

  • Instrument demonstration by Dr. Dustin Nevonen, instrumentation manager
  • Poster presentations involving the new NMR
  • Magnet activities for all ages hosted by Moriah Beck
  • Staff meet-and-greet

There will be food provided. For questions about the event, contact either Dr. Nevonen at dustin.nevonen@wichita.edu or Bann at jim.bann@wichita.edu.