THE KEIDERLING GROUP

TAK_Lectures

External Lectures by Tim Keiderling

2016  

1.        August - Gordon Conference on Molecular Structure Elucidation, Mt. Snow, VT - "Protein folding starting from the ground up. Thermodynamic and kinetic spectroscopic studies of peptides and proteins with increasing complexity."

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 2015  

1.        February - Physical Biology Proteins, Peptides and Enzymes Conference Mexico City, 2015 – cancelled

2.        August - International  Conference on Chiroptical Spectroscopy, 15th, Sapporo, Japan – Invited Lecture,   “Modeling peptide IR, Raman and VCD with variation in structure. Local and extended contributions”

3.        September – ECSBM 16, European conference on the Spectrosocpy of Biological Molecules, Bochum, Germany - Invited Lecture, “Modeling peptide IR, VCD, and CD with variation in structure.  Local and extended contributions“

4.        September – Molecular Spectroscopy Group and European Chirality Center (EC2) seminar, University of Antwerp, Belgium – “Protein folding starting from the ground up. Vibrational spectra of peptides and proteins - increasing complexity”

5.        September – Laboratory for chemical physics of macromolecules at interfaces seminar, Universite Libre de Bruxelles and FCNR, Belgium – “Protein folding starting from the ground up. Vibrational spectra of peptides and proteins - increasing complexity”

6.        October – SciX – FACCS meeting –Protein aggregation session-  Providence, RI – Invited Lecture,  “Role of side-chains and environmental variation in forming peptide aggregates and fibrils. IR and VCD spectroscopic studies”

2014  

1.     August – International Confernce on Raman Spectroscopy, XXIV.ICORS, Jena, Germany – Simulation of vibrational spectra for peptide beta sheets and fibrils with isotopic labels using DFT-level methods, invited talk

2.     August – Spectroscopic Analysis Group Seminar, Insitute of Organic chemisty and Biochemistry, Academy of Science, Prague - “Aggregation and fibril formation in peptides and proteins. Structural studies using vibrational spectra with isotope editing”

3.     September – SAS New England Local Section, St. Anselm Coll., Manchester, NH - "Protein folding starting from the ground up. Thermodynamic and kinetic spectroscopic studies of peptides and proteins with increasing complexity."

4.     October –Fourth International Conference on Vibrational Optical Activity, VOA-4,  Hebei, China. Plenary Lecture. “Peptide conformational studies with VCD.  Progression from simple to complex systems enhanced by site-specific isotopic labeling”

5.     October – Seminar, Jiangsu College of Pharmacy, Huai’an, China, “Guidelines for Academic Research in the US”

2013  

1.     April-- University of Missouri, Columbia, Chemistry Seminar. "Protein folding starting from the ground up. Thermodynamic and kinetic spectroscopic studies of peptides and proteins with increasing complexity."

2.     March – University of Southern California, Chemistry Symposium, Memorial to Philip Stephens – "From small peptides to complex bio-systems, contributions of vibrational circular dichroism to conformaional studies"

3.     March – Joint Meeting of the German and British Biophysical Society, Hȕnfeld, Germany, - “Aggregation and fibril formation in peptides and proteins. Structural studies using vibrational spectra with isotope editing”

4.     June – International Conference on Chiroptical Spectroscopy, Nashville, Plenary Lecture - "Giving chiroptical spectra site-specific character for increasingly complex systems. A complementary role for isotopic labeling in studies of peptide aggregation and fibril formation."

5.     August – International Conference on Advanced Vibrational Spectroscopy, ICAVS 9, Kobe, Japan,Invited Speaker - “Aggregation and fibril formation in peptides and proteins. Structural studies using vibrational spectra with isotope editing”

 

2012  

1.     January – University of Jena, Institute for Photonic Technology colloquium, "Protein folding starting from the ground up. Thermodynamic and kinetic spectroscopic studies of peptides and proteins with increasing complexity."

2.     February – ETH Zurich, Theoretical chemistry Seminar, "Protein folding starting from the ground up. Thermodynamic and kinetic spectroscopic studies of peptides and proteins with increasing complexity."

3.     March – Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Ridgefield CT, "Optical spectroscopic studies of protein structure and folding, from peptides to proteins to complex systems."

4.     May – University of Albany, Chemistry Department Colloquium, "Protein folding starting from the ground up. Thermodynamic and kinetic spectroscopic studies of peptides and proteins with increasing complexity."

5.     May – University of Brescia, Italy, Biochemistry seminar, "Protein folding starting from the ground up. Thermodynamic and kinetic spectroscopic studies of peptides and proteins with increasing complexity."

6.     May – University of Padova, Chemistry Department Seminar, "Protein folding starting from the ground up. Thermodynamic and kinetic spectroscopic studies of peptides and proteins with increasing complexity."

7.     July – Academy of Science, Prague, Insitute for Organic Chemisty and Biochemistry, Spectrsocpy and theory group Seminar – “Recent peptide folding studies with IR, VCD, Raman, T-jump and isotopic labeling”

8.     July – Konstanz Biophysics Group Seminar, “BioMolecular Optical Spectroscopy: Infrared, Raman, compare to UV, Fluorescence, and Circular Dichroism” 2 lectures- pedagogical flavor

9.     September - CECAM Workshop, VOA and Theory, Univ. Pisa Italy, Philip Stephens Memorial Session: “From CD measurements, Zeeman effects, stereochemistry to biopolymers, solvation and complex systems. Influences of Philip Stephens that lead to experimental and theoretical studies of site-specific interactions in peptides and proteins”

 

(Invited, formal lecture delayed to later visit. Informal group discussion given -- June -- Fritz-Haber Institute, Berlin – Theory group seminar, "Protein folding starting from the ground up.")

2011  

1.     March – Institute for Organic Chemistry and Bioochemistry, Czech Academy of Science, Prague, "Protein folding starting from the ground up. Thermodynamic and kinetic spectroscopic studies of peptides."

2.     March – University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Chemistry Department Seminar, SAS Tour Speaker, "Protein folding starting from the ground up. Thermodynamic and kinetic spectroscopic studies of peptides."

3.     August – ECSBM European conference on the Spectrosocpy of Biological Molecules, Coimbra (Portugal) invited talk, “Peptides – Local and Global Structure and Stability Studies with Vibrational Spectra. Helices, Hairpins and Aggregates”

4.     September – University of Stockholm, Sweden, Biophysics deprtment Seminar, "Protein folding starting from the ground up. Thermodynamic and kinetic spectroscopic studies of peptides and proteins with increasing complexity."

5.     October – University of Konstanz, Germany, Graduate School in Chemical Biology Seminar, "Protein folding starting from the ground up. Thermodynamic and kinetic spectroscopic studies of peptides and proteins with increasing complexity."

6.     November –University of Osnabruck, Germany, Department of Physics (and biophysics) seminar, "Protein folding starting from the ground up. Thermodynamic and kinetic spectroscopic studies of peptides with increasing complexity."

Special (pedagogical):

1.     September - Univerity of Stockholm, Survey lecture on “Role of vibrational spectroscopy in biophysics” as Opponent at a PhD dissertation defense in biophysics

2.     December – University of Warrick, England, Workshop on CD Spectroscopy.  Two lectures: :”Vibrational spectroscopy principles” and  “Impact of Vibrational spectra, IR and VCD on biomolecular studies”

 

2010  

 

1.     February – Tulane University Chemistry Seminar, "Protein folding starting from the ground up. Thermodynamic and kinetic spectroscopic studies of peptides."

2.     April – University of Tromso, Norway, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, " Protein and peptide conformational studies using vibrational spectra. Examples of site specific structure and dynamics with isotope labeling."

3.     August – 2nd VOA and Biological Raman conference, SUNY Albany, “Biopolymer conformational studies with vibrational circular dichroism, a review.”

2009       

1   March-PittCon, Chicago, Bob Snyder Memorial Symposium, Vibrational Spectroscopy of Macromolecules: From Polymers to Biology, "Peptide Vibrational Spectral Analysis Using Selective Isotopic Labeling. Experimental and Computational Results"

2.   April-Illinois Institute of Technology, Department Seminar, "Biopolymer conformational studies with vibrational circular dichroism.”

3.  August-- University of Brescia CD2009 and ISBC (International Symposium on Biological Chirality)-plenary lecture--"Circular dichroism and biochemical applications, conformational and time dependent studies."

 

2008       

March—PittCon 2008, New Orleans, Williams Wright Award Symposium, “Peptide Conformation with vibrational spectroscopy and site selective resolution using isotope labeling”

April—Rutgers University Newark, Chemistry Seminar "Site-specific folding and structure studies of peptides using isotopic labeling with vibrational spectroscopy"

July – Current Trends in theoretical Chemistry V, Jagellonian Univ., Krakow, Poland, "Enhanced resolution of spectra and coupling for peptide vibrational spectra using an old technique, experimental and computational results with selective isotopic labeling."

July – University of Warsaw, Chemistry Seminar, "Conformational studies of peptides using vibrational spectra. Equilibrium and kinetic analyses with site-specific resolution enabled by isotopic substitution."

July – Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Seminar, "Protein folding starting from the ground up. Thermodynamic and kinetic spectroscopic studies of peptides."

August - 1st  International Conference on Vibrational Optical Activity (VOA1) , Manchester, U.K. Plenary Lecture.”Biopolymer conformational studies with vibrational circular dichroism.”

October—FACSS, Reno 2008, VCD Symposium: "Vibrational Circular Dichroism: Evolution from Instrument Development to Biopolymer Applications. 30+ years and growing"

November—Southeast Regional ACS Meeting, Nashville: " Biopolymer Applications of Vibrational Circular Dichroism "

2007       

 

January- Oakland University, MI, Chemistry Dept. Informal seminar, “Enhanced structural insight for peptides and protein folding with circular dichroism.”

March  - Vibrational Spectroscopy Research Symposium Series, Thermo-Fisher-Nicolet, Princeton, NJ "Use of isotope substitution for site specific structural insight in peptides with IR spectroscopies"

June – ICAVS, International Confereence on Advanced Vibrational Spectroscopy, Corfu, Greece –(parallel session talk)- “Peptide Conformation with site selective resolution using isotope labeling and temperature jump IR spectroscopy”

September—International CD Conference, Groningen, NL, (Key-note Lecture) “Peptide Conformation with site selective resolution using isotope labeling and vibrational CD”

2006                                       

 

1. April—ACS St. Louis Award Symposium, University of Missouri St. Louis, honoring Jim Chickos, 2006 Award winner, Plenary Lecture: "Isotopic substitution, conformational variation, spectroscopy and theoretical modeling, held together by thermodynamics."

2. May—University of Frankfurt, Institute of Biophysics Seminar “Enhanced structural information from IR with circular dichroism. Biopolymer and protein folding example”

3. May – Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany –Institute of Biophysics and SFB 642 (two seminar)

a. SFB Seminar--" Enhanced structural information from IR with circular dichroism. Biopolymer and protein folding example "

b. Institute student seminar- ”Isotopic labeling to determine site-resolved conformational properties of peptides with vibrational spectra”—pedagogically extended

4. September—VCD Users group meeting, at Annual FACSS Meeting, Orlando FL, sponsored by BioTools--“VCD Studies of Peptides with Isotopic Labeling Examples”

5. December - Vibrational Spectroscopy Research Symposium Series, Thermo-Fisher User Group, Downers Grove, IL "Use of isotope substitution for site specific structural insight in peptides with IR spectroscopies"

2005       

January – University of Freiburg, Biophysics Seminar, “Applications of Vibrational and Electronic Optical Spectroscopy in Protein and Peptide Structure and Folding Analyses”

 

February -- University of Southern California, Physical and Biological Chemistry Seminar, “Site-resolved experimental and theoretical structure and folding studies of isotopically labeled peptides with vibrational spectra”

 

February—University of Wisconsin—Theoretical Chemistry Institute Seminar , “Site-resolved experimental and theoretical structure and folding studies of isotopically labeled peptides with vibrational spectra”

 

March – University of Padova, Dipartimento di Chimica, Institute for Biopolymer Research, CNR, seminar—“Taking optical spectroscopy to the (structural) limit for peptide and protein applications with isotopic labeling”

 

April – Eotvos University, Budapest – two research seminars (Dept. and Peptide Inst)

a. "Vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) enhancing infrared spectroscopy for conformational analyses.  Methods and Theory for Biopolymers"

 

b. ”Site-resolved experimental and theoretical structure and folding studies of isotopically labeled peptides with vibrational spectra”

 

April -- Prague National Czech and Slovak Conference on Biologically Active Peptides, 9th, Invited plenary lecture "Site-resolved structural studies of isotopically labeled peptides with infrared spectra"

 

August—ICAVS Conference, Lake Delavan, Wisconsin, invited lecture “b-hairpin peptides with isotopic labeling. Theoretical and experimental IR results”

 

September—ECSBM 2005 Meeting, Aschaffenburg, Germany, “b-hairpin peptides with isotopic labeling. Theoretical and experimental IR results”

 

November—University of Florida, Theoretical Chemistry Department Seminar --“Site-resolved experimental and theoretical structure and folding studies of isotopically labeled peptides with vibrational spectra”

 

December—“Molecular spectroscopies and energy functions in the determination of macromolecular structure” Symposium in honor of Sam Krimm’s 80th Birthday, University of Michigan, Physics Dept.-- “Site-resolved spectral studies of isotopically labeled peptides with vibrational spectra” (cancelled due to flight problem)

 

Pedagogical:

1.  March – University of Padova, Dipartimento Chimica—series of 8 Lectures in Bio-organic curriculum—"Spectroscopic techniques for peptide and protein structural analyses" (emphasis IR, Raman,CD, and VCD for peptide chemists)

 

2.  October—FACSS Meeting, Quebec, Canada, Workshop, “Biological Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy”—8 hours of lectures on methods and applications

 

2004       

October - Charles University, Prague, Institute of Physics, Biophysics Seminar “Site-resolved structural and dynamic folding studies of isotopically labeled peptides and proteins with vibrational spectra”

 

October – Institute for Chemical Technology, Prague, Analytical Chemistry Seminar “Applications of Vibrational and Electronic Optical Spectroscopy in Protein and Peptide Structure and Folding Analyses”

 

November –Warrick University, MOAC Seminar, “Applications of Vibrational and Electronic Optical Spectroscopy in Protein and Peptide Structure and Folding Analyses”

 

November – Leeds University, Asbury Center Seminar, “Taking optical spectroscopy to the (structural) limit for peptide and protein applications with isotopic labeling”

 

December – Ludwig-Maximillian University Munich, BMO Theoretical Biophysics Seminar, “Site-resolved experimental and theoretical structure and folding studies of isotopically labeled peptides with vibrational spectra”

 

Tutorial:  April - Film lecture on "Infrared spectroscopic Applications in biological Systems" for University of the Air, Japan, Filmed at UIC, April 2004, Video segment presented on Japanese Educational TV in 2005, archival film available from video library.

2003       

           1.    March -- Northwestern University, Physical Chemistry Seminar, "Site-specific conformational studies of peptides with vibrational spectroscopy and isotopic labeling"

 

           2.   May - University of Fribourg (Switzerland), Chemistry Seminar - "Conformational studies of peptides and proteins with optical spectroscopy"

 

           3.   May - University of Zurich, Physical Chemistry Seminar, "Site-specific conformational studies of peptides with vibrational spectroscopy and isotopic labeling"

 

           4.   May-- Infrared Spectrsocopy of Proteins Workshop.  University of Freiburg. (Ger.) "Understanding Details of proteins vibrational spectra. Theoretical simulation of IR and VCD spectra of isotopically labeled peptides, helices and hairpins"

 

           5.   June -- Symposium on Dynamics of Life Processes, Danish Technical University, Lyngby, DK "Peptide Vibrational Spectra: Understanding Details by Theoretical Simulation of Experimental IR and VCD Spectra of Isotopically Labeled Sequences"

 

           6.   June -- Scandinavian Mini-Symposium on Circular Dichroism - Applications in Chemistry and Biology, Pharmaceutical University of Denmark, Copenhagen. "Electronic and vibrational Circular Dichroism studies of peptide and protein conformation and folding as a complement to other spectroscopic techniques"

 

           7.   July - IUPAC  International  Discussion  Conference   on   the Spectroscopy of Partially Ordered Macromolecular Systems. Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry,  Prague, "Partially folded peptides and proteins, optical spectroscopy studies."

 

           8.   August -- ICAVS-2, 2nd International Conference on Advanced Vibrational Spectrsocopy, Nottingham, UK, Plenary lecture,  "Vibrational spectroscopic studies of peptide conformation and folding, enhanced by isotope effects and theoretical simulations."

 

           9.   September- International Conference on CD and Chiral Discrimination, Budapest Hungary - Keynote Lecture, "Site-specific CD, vibrational spectra with isotopic labeling, theory and experiment"

 

           10. November - Northern California SAS Meeting, Visiting Lecturer, "Vibrational circular dichroism and related spectroscopic methods. Techniques and applications,"

 

           11. November - ALZA Analytical Services Department Seminar, "Secondary structure determination with VCD, ECD and IR techniques"

 

           12. December - Thermo-Nicolet Corp. , Applications Lab Seminar, "Conformational studies of Peptides and proteins with vibrational spectroscopy"           

2002

1. March - University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Department Seminar
-- "Protein and Peptide Conformational studies with Optical Spectra"

2. July - SPIE Meeting, Seattle, Session: Polarization Measurement, Analysis, and Applications V (AM103)
-- "Polarization Techniques in Optical Spectroscopy and Applications to Biopolymer Structure Studies"

3. July - Hinds Instruments, Hillsboro, OR --Lab seminar
-- "Polarization Modulation spectroscopy and biological applications"

4. September--Summer School on Circular Dichroism, University of Warick, Coventry, UK
- " IR absorbance and VCD for bio-macromolecule structure analysis"     

 

2001

1. April – SAS Tour Speaker, St. Louis Section, Mallincrot Chemical
– "Protein and Peptide Conformational studies with Vibrational Spectra"

2. May - University of Iowa, Iowa City, Department Seminar
– "Protein and Peptide Conformational studies with Vibrational Spectra"

4. September -- European Conference on the Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules, Prague, Czech Rep.
- Spectroscopic characterization of b-sheet hairpins and 3-strand models" (short lecture)

5. September --Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Science, Prague.
- "Experimental and theoretical spectroscopic characterization of a-helical and b-peptides with 13C isotope effects" (department seminar)

6. October - FACSS National Meeting, (participant in Meggars Award Symposium) Detroit
- "Computing peptide (and protein) IR and VCD spectra. Extra information from isotopic substitution"

7. October -- Illinois Institute of Technology, Department Seminar --
– "Protein and Peptide Conformational studies with Optical Spectra"

 

2000       

1. March - Physical chemistry of chirality Symposium at National ACS Meeting, San Francisco, Invited lecture,
"Localized conformational chirality in peptides with isotopic labeling VCD"

2. September- FACSS Annual Meeting, Nashville TN, Chiral techniques symposium,
"Protein and peptide conformations using vibrational circular dichroism, qualitative and quantitative studies"

3. September-Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, Department Seminar
--, "Protein and Peptide Conformational studies with Optical Spectra"

4. November - UK CD Users Group Annual Meeting/BBSRC Structural Biology Centre for Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy, Daresbury UK,
-- "Analysis of CD spectra of proteins and peptides using multi-variant techniques"

1999

1. February--Loras College, Chemistry Seminar,
"Protein Conformational studies" (recruiting talk)

2. April--National Cancer Institute (Frederick MD) Lab Seminar,
"Protein Conformational Studies with Optical Spectra"

3. July--Eppley Cancer Institute, University Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha,
"Protein and Peptide Conformational studies with Optical Spectra"

4. August--International CD Conference, Mierki, Poland, Invited Lecture,
"Peptide conformational chirality studies with VCD"

5. September--European Conference on the Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules,
a. Invited lecture, "Isotopic editing of VCD for site-specific conformational analyses"
b. Invited Multivariate Analysis Workshop short lecture, "Use of two-dimensional analyses to enhance spectral discrimination"

6. October--Symposium at PacifiChem (ACS+SAS regional meeting), Ontario, CA, "Protein and peptide folding studies with VCD"
-- "New Advances in Biomolecular Optical Spectroscopy"

7. February--SAS Short Course (1 Day, joint lecturer), Biophysical Society Meeting, in Baltimore
            --July, Repeat course again at Rocky Mountain Analytical Conference, in Denver
--" Biological Infrared Spectroscopy"

1998

1. February - North Carolina State University, Department of Chemistry Seminar,
"Protein and peptide conformational analysis using optical spectra"

2. March-Augustana College, Chemistry seminar,
"Protein conformation" (recruit)

3. August - European Congress on Molecular Spectroscopy XXIV, Prague, Czech Rep.
- "Vibrational circular dichroism"

4. August - American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, Symposium on Infrared Protein Studies, Lecture
"Protein conformations using optical spectra"

5. October - FACCS Meeting, Austin TX, Symposium on Chiral Spectroscopy, Lecture
"Computational simulation of peptide vibrational circular dichroism of peptides and model compounds for conformational determination."

1997

1. June - American Peptide Symposium, Nashville, TN (short talk, Conform Anal)
"Vibrational and Electronic Circular Dichroism studies of a-Me-Val oligomers."

2. August - Georgia State University, Department of Chemistry Seminar,
"Protein and peptide conformational analysis using optical spectra"

3. September - European Conference on the Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules, Madrid, (short lecture)
"Novel approaches to protein structural analyses using combination of optical spectroscopic methods"

4. September - International CD Conference, Pisa, Italy,
"Limitations and new applications of CD analyses of protein secondary structure (lecture)

5. September - Department of Organic Chemistry and Center for Biopolymer Research CNR, University of Padova, Italy - Department seminar,
"New peptide and protein conformational studies with optical spectroscopy"

6. October - FACSS Meeting, Providence, RI, Symposium: Modulation Spectroscopy.
"VCD and Protein Conformation"

7. November - Society for Applied Spectroscopy, Chicago Section, monthly meeting,
"VCD Methods and Applications"

1996

      1.         January - Illinois Institute of Technology - Science Colloquium - “VCD of Proteins”

           2.   February - Peptides Gordon Conference, Ventura CA, “VCD of Peptides “

           3.   June - 5th Naples Workshop on Bioactive Peptides (Capri), Round Table Short Talk, “VCD of Peptide sequences from Lysozyme” 

           4.   June - University of Brescia (Italy), Department of Medical Physics - Seminar - “VCD of Proteins and Peptides”

     5.   June - NATO ASI "Biomolecular Structure and Spectroscopy" Greece- tutorial lectures-a. "VCD applications to protein conformation” and

                 b. “VCD applications to nucleic acid studies"

           6.   October - FACSS Meeting, Kansas City, Symposium: Bioanalysis, New IR and Raman Frontiers.  "VCD and Optical spectroscopy for protein Conformation"

           7.   October - Biophysical Structure Discussion Group - UIC Medical Center, “Optical spectral studies of peptide and protein conformation”

           8.   November - Kung Nam University (Masan, Korea) -2nd Symposium on Advanced Analytical Technique and -Applications. -”VCD of Biomolecules”

           9.   November - KAERI Symposium on Laser Spectroscopy (Taejan, Korea) - “VCD spectroscopy techniques”

           10. November - Osaka University (Japan), Institute of Protein Science, “Optical spectral studies of peptide and protein conformation”

           11. November - Osakawa Institute for Molecular Studies (Japan),  “Optical spectral studies of peptide and protein conformation”

           12. November - KAST, Kawasaki Academy of Science and Technology, (Japan) “same”

           13. November - Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishiinomiya (Japan) “same”

           14. November - Tokyo University, Chemistry  “VCD techniques and Vibrational spectra of peptide and protein conformation”

           15. November - JASCO Managers seminar, Hachioji (Japan), “VCD technology”

 

1995

           1.         January-Valpariso University, Indiana, Chemistry Seminar - “Protein conformational Studies”--(recruit)

           2.   February - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore - Chemistry Department Seminar, - “Protein and Peptide Conformational Studies with VCD.”

           3.   February - National Institutes of Health, Bethesda,  NIDDK-Chemical Physics Seminar - “Protein and Peptide Conformational Studies with VCD.”

           4.   April - University of Missouri, St. Louis - Chemistry Seminar  - “Protein and Peptide Conformational Studies with VCD.”

           5.   April - Monsanto Corp., St. Louis - Analytical Services Seminar (SAS Tour)  - “Protein and Peptide Conformational Studies with VCD.”

           6.   November - Duke University, Chemistry Department Seminar,  - “Protein and Peptide Conformational Studies with VCD”.

 

1994

1.        1. February - Oxford University U.K. - OCMS Seminar - "Protein and Peptide Conformational Studies with VCD."

           2.   February - University of Bilbao - Biochemistry Seminar - “Protein and Peptide Conformational Studies with VCD”.

           3.   March - Academy of Science, Prague, Institute of Organic and Biochemistry seminar -  “Protein and Peptide Conformational Studies with VCD”.

           4.   April - University of Padova, Organic Chemistry and Biopolymer Institute seminar -  “Protein and Peptide Conformational Studies with VCD”.

           5.   May - University of Birmingham, Biochemistry seminar - “Protein and Peptide Conformational Studies with VCD.”

           6.   May - UK CD Users Group, Wellcome Research, Kent - “Protein and Peptide Conformational Studies with VCD.”

           7.   June - Hebrew University, Physical Chemistry Seminar - “Protein and Peptide Conformational Studies with VCD”.

           8.   June - University of Glasgow, Chemistry Department Seminar - “Protein and Peptide Conformational Studies with VCD.”

           9.   June - Max Delbrück Centrum, Berlin, Molecular Medicine Seminar - “Protein and Peptide Conformational Studies with VCD.”

           10. June - Jagellionion University, Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Seminar - “Protein and Peptide Conformational Studies with VCD.”

           11. July - University of East Anglia, Department of Chemistry Seminar, “Protein and Peptide Conformational Studies with VCD.”

           12. August - University of Leiden, Netherlands, Organic Chemistry Seminar, - “Protein and Peptide Conformational Studies with VCD.”

           13. August - Technical University of Eindhoven, Organic Chemistry Seminar - “Protein and Peptide Conformational Studies with VCD.”

           14. August - Royal Free Hospital Medical School, Department of Molecular Biology Seminar - “Protein and Peptide Conformational Studies with VCD”.

           15. September - St. Louis - FACSS National Meeting “VCD of biomolecules”.

           16. October - Midwest Enzyme Conference - Northwestern University, Lecture - “Protein and Peptide Conformational Studies with VCD.”

           17. October - UIC Chemistry Department Physical Chemistry Seminar “Protein VCD”

           18. November - University of Wisconsin Milwaukee - Chemistry Seminar, Lecture (recruit), - “Protein and Peptide Conformational Studies with VCD”.

           19. December - Glasgow - Faraday Discussion on Vibrational Optical Activity. - “Qualitative applications of VCD for conformational studies of Proteins”

 

1993

1.        1. February - Loyola University, Chicago, “Conformational Studies of Proteins using Vibrational Circular Dichroism” Chemistry Department Seminar.

           2.   March - ACS National Meeting, Denver “Protein Secondary Structure Determination using VCD” Molecular Modeling Symposium.

           3.   April - Northwestern University - “Magnetic Vibrational Circular Dichroism Studies of the Molecular Zeeman Effect” Physical  Chemistry Seminar.

           4.   August - 5th. International Conference on Circular Dichroism- Colorado - "VCD of Proteins" Lecture.

           5.   September - FEBS Advanced Course, FT-IR of Biomolecules -Berlin- " IR Vibrational CD of Proteins" - tutorial lecture.

 

1992

1.        1. May - Amgen, Thousand Oaks CA - “Conformational Studies of Proteins using Vibrational Circular Dichroism” Protein Chemistry Division Seminar.

           2.   May - University of California at Santa Cruz “Conformational Studies of Proteins using Vibrational Circular Dichroism” - Chemistry Departmental Seminar.

           3.   May - University of Oregon, Eugene - “Conformational Studies of Proteins using Vibrational Circular Dichroism” - Institute of Molecular Biology Seminar.

           4.   May - Oregon State University, Corvallis - “Conformational Studies of Proteins using VCD” - Biochemistry and Biophysics Departmental Colloquium.

           5.   September - Masaryk University, Brno, CSFR, “Conformational Studies of Proteins with VCD” - Biophysics Dept. Seminar.

           6.   September - Palacky University, Olomouc, CSFR - “Conformational Studies of Proetins with VCD” - Biophysics Dept. Seminar.

           7.   September - 4th. Int. Conference on Laser Applications in the Life Sciences, Jyvaskla, Finland “Conformational Studies of Proteins using VCD”.

           8.   September - FAACS-XIX-Meeting, Philadelphia - “Conformational Studies of Proteins using VCD” - Symposium, New Directions in Chirooptical Spectra.

           9.   November - University of Indiana, Bloomington, “Conformational Studies of Proteins using Vibrational Circular Dichroism” Chemistry Department Seminar.

           10. December - University of Pittsburgh, “Conformational Studies of Proteins using Vibrational Circular Dichroism” Chemistry Department Seminar.

 

1991

1.        1. February - Biophysical Society Meeting - San Francisco - “Vibrational Circular Dichroism of Proteins” - Workshop Lecture.

           2.   February - IBM - San Jose, CA - “Conformational Studies of Polypeptides with Vibrational Circular Dichroism” - Polymer Lab Seminar.

           3.   April - U. S. Army Workshop on “Spectroscopy of Biologicals” – invited presentation on- “VCD of Proteins”. Cashiers, N.C.

           4.   August - “Vibrational CD Workshop with Particular Application to Protein Structure” under auspices of Charles University, Department of Chemical Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague.

           5.   August - Czechoslovak Academy of Science, Heyrovsky Institute for Physical Chemistry, Prague, “Magnetic Vibrational Circular Dichroism, a new technique for molecular Zeeman spectroscopy” - seminar in spectroscopy.

           6.   September - European Conference on Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules - York, England - “Vibrational Circular Dichroism of Proteins”,

           7.   September - University of Ulm, Germany - “Magnetic Vibrational Circular Dichroism of Small, High Symmetry Molecules” Physical Chemistry Seminar.

 

1990

1.        1. April - USDA Regional Laboratory, Philadelphia - Colloquium - “Vibrational Circular Dichroism and Conformational Studies of Proteins”.

           2.   July - International Biophysics Congress, Specialty Symposium on New Techniques, Whistler, B. C. - “VCD of Proteins and Nucleic Acids”.

           3.   August - Gordon Conference on Vibrational Spectroscopy, Wolfeboro, N. H. - “Vibrational Circular Dichroism of Proteins” - Short Talk.

 

 

1989

1.        1. January - Biomolecular Spectroscopy Conference of Symposium on Medical Applications of Lasers and Optics, Los Angeles - “VCD of Biopolymers.”

           2.   January - University of Nevada, Reno - Chemistry Department Seminar - “VCD, a New Tool for Conformational Analysis.”

           3.   June - 7th International FTS Conference, Washington, D. C. “Fourier Transform VCD and Applications to Biopolymers” - Plenary Lecture.

           4.   August - 3rd International Conference on Circular Dichroism, Prague, CSSR - “VCD of Biopolymers” and chair of session on vibrational optical activity.

           5.   August - University of Geissen, Laboratory of Prof. Manfred Winnewiesser “VCD and Rotationally Resolved MVCD” - Seminar.

           6.   August - University of Freiburg, Biophysics Department “VCD of Biopolymers and Nucleic Acids” - Colloquium.

           7.   August - University of Paris, Sud, Orsay - Prof. Guy Guelachvili - “VCD and Rotationally Resolved MVCD” Spectroscopy Laboratory Seminar.

           8.   September - National ACS Meeting, Miami Beach, Symposium on Synthetic Polymers - “VCD and Conformational Studies of Polymers” - Lecture.

           9.   October - FACSS Annual Meeting, Chicago “Vibrational Circular Dichroism, Techniques and Applications” - Symposium Lecture.

 

1988

1.        1. January - Medicinal Chemistry - UIC - “VCD of Biopolymers - Conformational Applications.”

           2.   June - “Proteins” Gordon Conference - Newport, R. I. - “Vibrational Circular Dichroism”   Conformational Studies of Polypeptides and Proteins.

           3.   September - Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Amsterdam - “Vibrational Circular Dichroism.  A New Tool for Conformational Analyses.”

           4.   October - Northwestern University - Physical and Analytical Seminar - “VCD and Conformational Analyses.”

 

 

1987

1.        1. June - Digilab User Group Meeting - Cambridge, MA:  “FTIR Vibrational Circular Dichroism and a Solution to the Artifact Problem.”

           2.   August - Biopolymer Discussion Group - UIC - “Vibrational Circular Dichroism of Biopolymers”

           3.   August - 2nd International Conference on CD - Budapest:  “Vibrational Circular Dichroism Round Table” - chair and 30 min. overview lecture.

           4.   August - Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences - Institute of Organic and Biochemistry, Prague - “VCD of Biopolymers”

 

1986

1.        1. April - Hunter College, New York, NY., Chemistry Department Seminar:

                 “Application of Vibrational Circular Dichroism to Polypeptides”

           2.   September - Annual FAACS Meeting - St. Louis:  “Application of Vibrational Circular Dichroism to Biopolymers”.

           3.   October - Loras College, Dubuque, IA., Chemistry and Physics Colloquium: (recruiting) “Vibrational Spectroscopy and Conformational Analysis.”

 

1985

1.        1. June - ACS Great Lakes Meeting Purdue U. - Symposium on Stereochemistry: “Stereochemical Aspects of Vibrational Circular Dichroism”

           2.   October - Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN., Chemistry Department

                 Seminar:  “VCD:  Application to Conformational Analysis”

           3.   November - UpJohn Company, Kalamazoo, MI, Control Division Seminar:

                 “Application of VCD to Polypeptide Conformational Analysis”

 

1984

1.        1. May - University of Padova, Italy, Instituto di Chimica Organica, Centro di Studi sui Biopolymer:  Colloquium:  “VCD:  Applications to Conformational Analysis”

           2.   June - Czechoslovak Academy of Science, Prague, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czechoslovak Chemical Society Lecture:  “VCD:  Applications to Conformational Analysis and Biochemistry”

           3.   July - The University, Glasgow, U.K., Chemistry Department Seminar: “VCD:  Applications to Conformational Analysis”

           4.   November - Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chemie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris, Laboratoire d’Optique Physique du CNRS: title as in #3

           5.   November - University of Dusseldorf, Institute of Theoretische Chemie:  “Electronic Spectroscopy of Heavy Transition Metal Ions”

 

1983

1.        1. February - Illinois State University, Normal, IL (recruiting) Chemistry

                 Department Seminar: “Vibrational Circular Dichroism”

           2.   April - Mundelein College, Chicago (recruiting) Chemistry Department Seminar: “Magnetic Circular Dichroism”

           3.   April - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Chemistry Department Seminar:  “Vibrational Circular Dichroism:  Applications to Conformational Analysis”

           4.   September - Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y. Chemistry Colloquium:  “Vibrational Circular Dichroism:  Applications to Conformational Analysis”

           5.   November - American Physical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, Symposium on Vibrational Optical Activity: “Application of Vibrational Circular Dichroism and the Development of Magnetic Circular Dichroism”

 

 

1982

1.        1. April - University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Magnetic Circular Dichroism Workshop, Two half-hour lectures...

                 a.  “Magnetic Vibrational Circular Dichroism”

                 b.  “Intraconfigurational Absorption and MCD Spectra of 5d Transition Metal Complexes”

           2.   June - Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy,  Dipartimento di Chimie Industriale e Ingerevia Chimica Seminar, “Vibrational Circular Dichroism, Applications to Conformational Analysis”

 

1981

1.        1. September - Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, Chemistry Department Seminar, “Vibrational Circular Dichroism, A New Technique.”

           2.   October - University of Missouri, St. Louis, Chemistry Department Colloquium, “Vibrational Circular Dichroism, A New Technique.”

 

1980

1.        1. January - Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Chemistry Department Colloquium, “Vibrational Circular Dichroism, A New Technique”.