Seminars archive

Royal Society of Chemistry Organic Division North East regional meeting

Wednesday 28 March 2012

Royal Society of Chemistry Organic Division North East regional meeting

RSC Frankland lecture and Departmental Symposium

Wednesday 7 March 2012

Dr Steve Liddle (RSC Sir Edward Frankland Award winner, Nottingham University), Dr Chris Kozak and Dr Fran Kerton (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)

Smithson Tennant Celebration: Scientific Symposium

Wednesday 30 November 2011

Luisa de Cola (Münster), Luis Oro (Zaragoza), Anna Peacock (Birmingham), Tim Donohue (Oxford) and Simon Duckett (York)

Smithson Tennant Celebration: Tennant's science then and now

Wednesday 23 November 2011

A celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the birth of Smithson Tennant, the discoverer of Iridium and Osmium

Departmental and RSC Prize Seminar: Professor Jonathan Sessler

Wednesday 16 November 2011

given by Professor Jonathan Sessler

McCamley Lecture: Dr. Charlotte Willans (Leeds)

Wednesday 2 November 2011

Given by Dr Charlotte Willans

Kathleen Mary Stott Prize Seminar

Wednesday 12 October 2011

The winners of the Kathleen Mary Stott Award present their research, followed by a wine reception.17:00

10th Bill Carruthers Symposium

Friday 20 May 2011

Biennial meeting in memory of Bill Carruthers.

Inaugural Lectures

Monday 16 May 2011

Professors Peter O'Brien and David Smith

Halogen Bonding: From Separation Phenomena to Liquid Crystals and Beyond

Wednesday 11 May 2011

given by Professor Giuseppe Resnati

What has mass spectrometry ever done for Drug discovery and Development?

Wednesday 16 March 2011

given by Professor Frank Pullen

Synthetic Receptors for Selective Molecular Recognition and Catalysis

Wednesday 9 March 2011

given by Professor Burkhard König

A Day in the Life of A Base Oil Chemist

Friday 7 January 2011

given by Dr Chris Paddon from Shell

A tour in the world of "bis-sigma" ruthenium complexes. Bonding nature and catalytic applications RSC Prize Lecture

Thursday 9 December 2010

RSC prize lecture to be given by Professor Sylviane Sabo-Etienne. Open to all researchers (students, academics and technical staff) in the Chemistry Department.

The role of the H-atom following UV absorption of DNA bases and amino acids

Wednesday 24 November 2010

Given by Dr Vasilios Stavros, University of Warwick

McCamley Lecture - De novo peptide design: From metallopeptides to DNA binding proteins

Wednesday 17 November 2010

Given by Dr Anna Peacock, University of Birmingham

Exploiting metals in catalysis, medicinal chemistry and chemical biology

Monday 1 November 2010

Inaugural Lectures by Professors Simon Duckett and Ian Fairlamb

Cantor Nanoscience Lecture 2010

Tuesday 26 October 2010

Given by Professor Sir Harold Kroto, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry. Organised by the Nanocentre and the Physics Department

Solid-state photochemical transformations

Monday 6 September 2010

Given by Professor Paul Raithby

Lewis-acid catalyzed novel cyclization reactions using ethene- tricarboxylates

Monday 9 August 2010

Given by Shoko Yamazaki, Nara University of Education

Green Synthesis and Application of Metal Oxide and Metal Sulphide Nanoparticles

Wednesday 28 July 2010

Given by Dr Dominic Walsh, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol

Student Laboratory Skills at the Transition into HE Chemistry

Wednesday 14 July 2010

A half-day meeting focusing on delivering training in modern practical chemistry to undergraduates

Starch Modification by Grafting Under High Energy Radiation

Monday 12 July 2010

Given by Professor Xavier Coqueret, Universite de Reims Champagne Ardenne, Institut de Chimie Moleculaire de Reims

Water, water everywhere and lots of it to drink

Thursday 17 June 2010

One of the Science in the City - environmental issues in and around York public lecture series

Air quality - how could York be affected?

Thursday 10 June 2010

One of the Science in the City - environmental issues in and around York public lecture series

Edward Frankland Prize Lectureship

Friday 21 May 2010

This lecture is part of Professor Berman's Frankland Award Tour (17 - 24 May 2010).

From cannabis to carbon dioxide - is York going green?

Thursday 20 May 2010

One of the Science in the City - environmental issues in and around York public lecture series

Life-saving Chemistry

Thursday 18 March 2010

Merchant Adventurers' Science Discovery Lecture 2010

Living in the Materials World

Monday 15 March 2010

The Inaugural lectures of Professor Duncan Bruce and Professor John Goodby

Environment, Sustainability and Energy Award Symposium

Wednesday 10 March 2010

Environment, Sustainabillity and Energy Award Symposium

Kathleen Mary Stott Prizewinners' Seminar

Wednesday 24 February 2010

The annual Department of Chemistry Kathleen Mary Stott Prizewinners' Seminar

Shell Poster Presentation and lecture

Friday 8 January 2010

The prizegiving for the postgraduate Shell Poster Competition is followed by a talk by Dr Chris Paddon

RSC Centenary Lecture: Estrogens and Estrogen Receptors: Structure, Function, Ligand Discovery and In Vivo Imaging

Monday 7 December 2009

Estrogens and Estrogen Receptors: Structure, Function, Ligand Discovery and In Vivo Imaging by Professor John Katzenellenbogen

Agrochemical and Process Chemistry Lecture

Wednesday 2 December 2009

Agrochemical and Process Chemistry Lecture by Dr Mark Ford. Departmental seminer - all are welcome!

Nanoparticles: Why, how, and what for?

Tuesday 10 November 2009

The talk will discuss the unique properties of nanoparticles and how they can be exploited in real life applications.

Catalysis in Supercritical Fluids

Tuesday 3 November 2009

Catalysis in Supercritical Fluids by Professor Martyn Poliakoff

Cantor Nanoscience Lecture

Friday 30 October 2009

Mysteries of Time by Ahmed H. Zewail

McCamley Lecture

Wednesday 28 October 2009

Hunting the Snark below Magnesium by Dr Mike Hill

RSC Centenary Prize

Monday 12 October 2009

From sigma- to pi-Electrophilic Lewis Acids. Application to Selective Organic Transformations by Professor Yoshinori Yamamoto

Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Lectureship.

Friday 2 October 2009

Organometallic Nanoparticles, synthesis surface chemistry and catalytic applications by Professor Bruno Chaudret

A Pennyfarthing Story

Monday 3 August 2009

Synthesis of Aigialomycin D and Synthesis and Reactivity of Carbohydrate-Fused Cyclopropanes: A Pennyfarthing Story by Dr Joanne Harvey

Polymer Electronics for Chemical Sensing

Monday 29 June 2009

Departmental Seminar by Professor Timothy Swager, MIT

Glycosylation reactions – from biocatalysis to medical applications

Wednesday 3 June 2009

Departmental seminar by Professor Sabine Flitsch, University of Manchester

N-myristoyl transferase as a drug target in the parasitic protozoa

Wednesday 13 May 2009

Departmental Seminar given by Professor Deborah Smith, Department of Biology, York

Pre-Grasmere Meeting and RSC Endowed Lecture Symposium in honour of John Hartwig

Wednesday 6 May 2009

Symposium given by Professor John Hartwig (RSC Joseph Chatt lecturer), Professor Jon Ellman, Professor Tim Gallagher and Professor Mark Lautens

Exploiting the Chemistry of Metals for Catalysis, Synthesis and Spectroscopy

Tuesday 5 May 2009

University of York and Royal Society of Chemistry Symposium given by Professor RH Crabtree, Professor KH Hänni, Professor Z Pipirou and Professor S Duckett

Symposium on Halogen Bonding

Wednesday 18 March 2009

Half-day Symposium on Halogen Bonding given by Professor Tony Legon, Dr Carsten Präsang, Stefano Libri and Professor Pierangelo Metrangolo