Eric CW So, PhD
Professor and Chair in Leukaemia Biology,
Head, Leukaemia and Stem Cell Biology Group,
Department of Haematological Medicine,
King's College London,
The University of London
London, UK
Title: "Targeting oncogenic transcription factors in leukemia: from mechanisms to treatments".
Functional Materials Design, Discovery & Development Research Group (FMD^3 ), Advanced Membranes & Porous Materials Center,
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Κingdom of Saudi Arabia
TITLE:" Advanced Physical Adsorbents for Environment and Energy Related Applications.
Are Metal-Organic Frameworks Becoming the New Benchmark Materials? "
DATE: Thursday, 14 July 2016
TIME: 12:00
ROOM: Chemistry Seminar Room
Time:
13:00
Location:
“A Payatakes” Seminar Room, FORTH’s bldg
Description:
IMBB SEMINAR
Nicky WYBOUW
Department of Evolutionary Biology, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics
University of Amsterdam
Science Park 904, 1098 XH
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Title: "A gene horizontally transferred from bacteria enables plant feeding arthropods to detoxify cyanide, a widespread plant toxin".
«The role of NER factors in development and physiology of the mouse»
Supervisor: Ass. Prof. G. Garinis
Monday 18 July 2016 @ 11:00
Amphitheater B, Biology Dept..
Time:
12:00
Location:
Chemistry Department Seminar Room
Description:
Special Joint Seminar from the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Materials Science and Technology of the University of Crete
"Shinning a light to copper mediated living radical polymerization: Maximizing end-group fidelity"
Dr. Athina Anastasaki
Hawker Research Group California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI),
University of California, Santa Barbara,
Thursday 21/07/2016,
12:00
Chemistry Department Seminar Room
The ability to regulate the activation and deactivation steps via an external stimulus has always been a challenge in polymer chemistry. In an ideal photo-mediated system, whereby high monomer conversion and excellent end group fidelity can be maintained, precise control over the polymer composition and microstructure would be a significant breakthrough. Herein, we report, a versatile, simple and inexpensive method that allows for the synthesis of sequence-controlled multiblock copolymers in a one pot polymerization reaction at ambient temperature. In the absence of a conventional photoredox catalyst and dye-sensitisers, low concentrations of CuBr2 in synergy with Me6-Tren mediate acrylic block copolymerization under UV irradiation (λmax ≈ 360 nm). Four different acrylate monomers were alternated in various combinations within the polymer composition illustrating the potential of the technique. Narrow disperse undecablock copolymers were obtained (Đ < 1.2) with quantitative conversion achieved between the iterative monomer additions. The effect of the chain length was investigated allowing for higher molecular weight multiblock copolymers to be obtained. This approach offers a versatile and inexpensive platform for the preparation of high-order multiblock functional materials with additional applications arising from the precise spatiotemporal “on/off” control and resolution when desired.