1 Feburary 2007 (Thursday)
Professor Robert Grubbs
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 2005
"Applications of Olefin Metathesis Catalysts: Fundamental Research to Commercial Products"
Abstract
The availability of a catalyst that promotes scrambling of the fragments of a carbon-carbon double bond by a metathesis reaction in the presence of a variety of functional groups and under normal reaction conditions has opened a variety of applications. The applications range from the production of tough polymers that are seeing a variety of uses to the production of highly functionalized pharmaceuticals.
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5 February 2007 (Monday)
Professor Aaron Ciechanover
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 2004
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
"Why Our Proteins Have to Die So We Shall Live: An Overview of the Ubiquitin Proteolytic System"
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* About Professor Aaron Ciechanover:
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2004
The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine