| February 19, 2008 | Prof. Wolfgang LUBITZMPI für Bioanorganische Chemie, Mülheim, GermanyLight-Induced Water Splitting and Hydrogen Production in Nature: Structure and Function of the Enzymes Wateroxidase and Hydrogenase
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| March 4, 2008 | Prof. Stephen L. BUCHWALDMIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USATransition Metal-Catalyzed Carbon-Carbon and Carbon-Heteroatom Bond-Forming Processes: Progress, Applications and Mechanistic Studies
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| March 13, 2008 | Prof. Paul KNOCHELDepartment of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, GermanyFunctionalized Mg and Zn-Organometallics for Organic Synthesis
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| March 27, 2008 | Prof. Eric T. KOOLDepartment of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USAMimicking the Structure and Function of DNA
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| May 13, 2008 | Prof. Albert PADWADepartment of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USACascade Reactions for Alkaloid Synthesis
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| May 19, 2008 | Prof. Dieter SEEBACHLaboratory of Organic Chemistry, ETH, Zurich, SwitzerlandLessons from Chemical and Biological Investigations of Peptides Built from Homologated Proteinogenic Amino Acids
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| May 27, 2008 | Prof. Wes BORDENDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USATheoretical Studies of the Schizophrenic Effects of Geminal Fluorination on Organic Reactions: Explanations and Predictions
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| June 6, 2008 | Prof. Jay S. SIEGELOrganisch-chemisches Institut, Universität Zürich, Zürich, SwitzerlandNovel Aromatics as the Core of Nano-Scale Materials
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| June 12, 2008 | Prof. Alois FÜRSTNERMax-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim, GermanyCatalysis for Total Synthesis
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| June 20, 2008 | Prof. Marcel MAYORDepartment of Chemistry, University of Basel, Basel, SwitzerlandMolecules: Nanoscale Functional Units
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| September 23, 2008 | Prof. Shu KOBAYASHIGraduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JapanToward Truly Efficient and Powerful Organic Synthesis - New Dimension of Acid and Base Catalysis
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| October 16, 2008 | Prof. Steven V. LEYDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKThe Azadirachtin Story
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