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Department Seminars :

Fall, 2006

To Be Announced Soon - Check this space!


Spring, 2006

Wednesday, February 8, 2006 at Noon (Rooke 101)
ACS/Biochemistry/Biology Seminar Series

Dr. Robert Hanson, Northeastern University

"Synthesis and Evaluation of New Probes for the Estrogen Receptor Ligand Binding Domain (ER-LBD)"


Wednesday, February 15, 2006 at Noon (Rooke 101)
ACS/Biochemistry/Biology Seminar Series

Dr. William Simpson, Kodak

"A Matte Finish for Thermal Prints:  Chemical Development Project in Industry"


Wednesday, February 15, 2006 at 7:30pm (Rooke 116)
Merck-Bucknell Lecture Series

Dr. Marsha Lester, University of Pennsylvania

"Significant Radical Reactions in the Lower Atmosphere: A New View"


Wednesday, March 1, 2006 at 7:30pm (Rooke 116)
Merck-Bucknell Lecture Series

Dr. Stephen Buchwald, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

"Transition Metal-Catalyzed Carbon-Carbon and Carbon-Heteroatom Bond-Forming Processes: Progress, Applications and Mechanistic Studies."


Wednesday, March 8, 2006 at 12:00pm (Rooke 101)
ACS/Biochemistry/Biology Lecture Series

Dr. David C. Fry, Hoffman La-Roche

""Discovery of Drug-Like Inhibitors of the MDM2-p53 Interaction""


Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at 7:30pm (Rooke 116)
Merck-Bucknell Lecture Series

Dr. Tom Rushmore, Merck Research Laboratories

"TBA"


Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 7:30pm (Rooke 116)
Merck-Bucknell Lecture Series

Dr. Karl Hanson, Merck Research Laboratories

"Synthesis of DPP-IV Inhibitor Sitagliptin: New Methods for the Preparation of Beta-Amino Acid Derivatives "

News and Announcements :

August 2006 The Deaprtment welcomes Prof John Stahl, Prof Kathrym Hicks, and Prof. Lou Ann Tom to the department for 2006-07.

June 4-7 - 2006 Mark your calendars for MARM 2006 in Hershey PA. We will be sending a large group of students and faculty to this exciting meeting!

February 9- 2006: Two Visiting Assistant Faculty positions open in the chemistry department for 2006-2007.

September- 2005: University of Minnesota Chemistry Professor Thomas Hoye (Bucknell BS/MS Chemistry, 1972) has isolated and solved the structure of an important sea lamprey pheromone.


August - 2005:
Professors Rovnyak (CHEM), Stockland, (CHEM), Strein (CHEM), Maneval (CHEM ENG), and Cunningham (PHYS), awarded $475k from the national science foundation to acquire a high field nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer for research on macromolecules.