Graduate Program of Transformative Chem-Bio Research

Date: Oct.26 (Mon), 2026,16:30-18:00
Venue: The Venture Hall, 3F, VBL
Speaker: Assoc. Professor Zhe Dong (Dep.of Chem.,South University of Science and Technology)
Title: Enantiospecific reaction involving highly reactive intermediates

Date: Oct.20 (Tue), 2026,16:30-18:00
Venue: The Venture Hall, 3F, VBL
Speaker: Assist. Prof. Hairong Lyu (Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University
of Hong Kong(CUHK), Hong Kong, P.R.China)
Title: New reagents and methodologies in the synthesis and application of organoboron

Date: Sep.24(Thu.), 2026, 16:30-18:00
Venue: Noyori Materials Science Laboratory2F Lecture Room
Speaker: Dr. Hendrik F. T. Klare  (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)
Title: Juggling Cations: Catalysis with Superelectrophiles

Date: Sep.24(Thu.), 2026, 14:00-15:30
Venue: NoyoriMaterials Science Laboratory2F Lecture Room
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Fan Zhang (Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, China)
Title:Deep-tissue Decoding Biological Complexity: NIR Fluorescent Probes for Dynamic Multiplexed Imaging In Vivo

Date: Sep.18(Fri.)2026,16:00-17:30
Venue: Lecture room 205,2F, Pharmaceutical Science Bldg
Speaker: Dr.Dongsoo Yang（Associate Professor,Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University）
Title: Complete fermentative biosynthesis of doxorubicin and its derivatives in engineered Escherichia coli

Date: Sep.15 (Tue.), 2026,16:00-17:30
Venue: Room8 at Lecture building in Agricultural department
Speaker: Prof.Susan McCouch (Plant Breeding & Genetics Cornell University, NY, USA)
Title: Maps, Markers and Rice Improvement

Date: Sep.14(Mon.)2026,16:30-18:00
Venue: The Venture Hall, 3F, VBL
Speaker: Prof. Daniele Leonori (Institute of Organic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany)
Title: Novel synthetic methods in photochemistry and photocatalysis

Date: Sep.14 (Mon), 2026,14:00-15:30
Venue: SA329,Science and Agricultural Build.
Speaker: Dr. Ross Sozzani（WNR Distinguished Professor and Director of Plant Improvement North Carolina Plant Science Initiative, North Carolina State University, USA）
Title: From Cell Fate to Tissue Organization: Regulatory Networks Shaping Plant Development

Date: Sep.14 (Mon), 2026,10:30-12:00
Venue: SA329, Science and Agricultural Build.
Speaker: Dr. Ikram Blilou（Professor, Plant Science King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)）
Title: RBR modulates JKD-SCR-SHR complex assembly to regulate cell division in the root meristem

Date: Sep.9 (Wed), 2026,16:00-17:30
Venue: SA329,Science and Agricultural Build.
Speaker: Dr. Yuling Jiao（Boya Distinguished Professor, School of Life Sciences/Center for Quantitative Biology, Peking University, China）
Title: Cell wall removal triggers global epigenetic erasure and lineage competition to govern plant regeneration

Date: Sep.8(Tue.)2026,16:30-18:00
Venue: The Venture Hall, 3F, VBL
Speaker: Prof.Dr. Bill Morandi(ETH Zürich)
Title: New Concepts for Atom and Functional Group Transfer

Date: Sep.8 (Tue), 2026,16:00 - 17:30 (Change of time)
Venue: SA329,Science and Agricultural Build.
Speaker: Dr. Alexander Jones（Professor,University of Cambridge Research Group Leader, The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK）
Title: Quantitative Information Processing in Plants

Date: Sep.7 (Mon), 2026,15:00-16:30
Venue: SA329,Science and Agricultural Build.
Speaker: Dr. Venugopala (Reddy) Gonehal（Professor, Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside,USA）
Title: Multiscale modeling to understand robustness of stem cell maintenance

Date: Sep. 7(Mon.),2026,10:30-12:00
Venue: ITbM 1F Lecture Room
Speaker: Dr. Roly J. Armstrong (Professor, Newcastle University, UK)
Title: New Strategies in Stereoselective and Sustainable Synthesis

Date: Aug.28(Fri.),2026,16:30-18:00
Venue: Lecture Room 142,4F, Eng. Building No. 1
Speaker: Prof. Tim Kowalczyk（Western Washington University）
Title: Roles for Molecular Simulation in Photoactive and Electroactive Organic Materials Design

Date: Aug.18(Tue) ,2026,16:30-17:30
Venue: School of Agri. Lecture Room 2
Speaker: Dr. Stefano Bona (Associate Professor, Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment - DAFNAE, University of Padua - Italy)
Titile: Managing Variability in Medicinal Cannabis: From Cultivation to Phytochemistry

Date: July 29(Wed.), 2026,14:30-15:30
Venue: Science Bidg. G, G101
Speaker: Dr. Gaurav Sharma（Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, IIT Hyderabad, India）
Title: Two chromosomes, Four Chemosensory systems: Genome-scale phylogenomics uncovers a novel chemosensory architecture in Vibrionales

Date:July 28 (Tue),2026, 16:00-17:30
Venue: Science Building G101
Speaker: Eviatar Yemini, Ph.D.（Assistant professor,University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School）
Title:Two Sexes, Two Minds:Whole-Brain Dynamics Beyond the Connectome

Date:July 27(Mon),2026,16:30−18:00
Venue:ITbM Lecture Hall
Speaker: Prof. Joseph S. Takahashi（UT Southwestern Medical School）
Title: Circadian Clocks, Healthspan, and Lifespan

Date: July 16(Thu.), 2026,13:00-14:30
Venue: ITbM 1F Lecture Room
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Priyabrata Ghana（Department of Chemistry, IIT Gandhinagar, India）
Title: Breaking Boundaries: Multiple Bonding Between Transition Metals and Heavier Tetrel Elements

Date: July 14(Tue.), 2026,13:00-14:30
Venue: ITbM 1F Lecture Room
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Indresh Kumar（Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani）
Title: Linear Dicarbonyls as Versatile Substrates for the Amine-Catalyzed Synthesis of Structurally Diverse Nitrogen Heterocycles

Date: July 9 (Thr.),2026, 16:00-17:30（Change of time）
Venue: Science Building E, E131
Speaker: Yojiro Yamanaka, Ph.D.（Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute, Department of Human Genetics, McGill University）
Title: Mullerian duct development and the unexplored oviductal regional heterogeneity

Date: July 9(Thu.),2026,16：00-17：30
Venue: Lecture room 205,2F, Pharmaceutical Science Bldg
Speaker: Prof. Hsiang-Yu (Angie) Wang（National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan）
Title: Accelerating the Discovery of High-Performance Ionic Liquids Using Machine Learning and COSMO-RS

Date: July 7(Tue.), 2026,16:30-18:00
Venue: Faculty of Engineering, Building No. 1, 131 Classroom
Speaker: Wenshe Ray Liu, Ph.D.（Regents Professor and Harry E. Bovay, Jr. Endowed Chair,Texas A&M University）
Title: Phage-Displayed Noncanonical Amino Acids for Drug Discovery

Date: July 6 (Mon), 2026, 14:30-18:00
Venue: Venue: Lecture Room 144 (Department of Engineering)
Title: Mini-symposium on Polypyrroles and Aromaticity

Date: June 26(Fri), 2026,14:00-15:30
Venue: Sci Agr build. SA329
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Busch（Salk Institute for Biological Studies,USA）
Title: Engineering Root Traits for Climate Change Mitigation

Date: June 22(Mon), 2026,16:00-17:30
Venue: ITbM 1F Lecture Room
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Alessandro Bismuto（Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Bonn）
Title: Exploring Heavy Pnictogens: From Low-valent Compounds to Luminescence

Date: June 18(Thu.), 2026,10:30-12:00
Venue: ITbM 1F Lecture Room
Speaker: Prof. Dr. David Brian Amabilino（Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain）
Title: Dynamic Photoresponsive Solvated Supramolecular Systems in Operando

Date: June 15 (Mon), 2026, 16:00-17:00
Venue: ITbM 1F Lecture Room
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Grégory Vert (Professor/Research Director, Plant Science Research Laboratory CNRS/University of Toulouse)
Title: Ubiquitin-mediated regulation of cell signaling and endocytosis in plants

Date: June15(Mon),2026,14:45-15:45
Venue: Rm. 219, Sci. Bldg. C
Speaker: Prof. Ueli Grossniklaus（Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich/Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center/ Guest Professor,Kyoto University）
Title: Signaling Processes during Plant Reproduction