Graduate Program of Transformative Chem-Bio Research

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.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. 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

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)
Titile: Signaling Processes during Plant Reproduction

Date:June 9(Tue),2026,16:30−18:00
Venue:131 Lecture Room, 3F, Eng. Building No. 1
Speaker: Prof. Kana M. Sureshan （IISER Thiruvananthapuram, India）
Title: Topochemistry for solving challenges in polymer synthesis

Date:June 9 (Tue), 2026,16:00-17:30
Venue: 143 Lecture Room, 4F, Eng. Building No. 1
Speaker: Dr. Marc Guerre (CNRS Research Fellow, Softmat Laboratory,University of Toulouse,France)
Title: Vitrimers: from Molecular Design to Composite Materials

Date: June 1 (Mon), 2026, 16:00-17:30
Venue: Lecture room 205,2F, Pharmaceutical Science Bldg
Speaker: Prof. Mingji Dai (Emory University,USA)
Title: Chemistry Innovation and Biological Discovery through Natural Product Total Synthesis

Date: May 15(Fri.),2026,16:00-17:30
Venue: Lecture room 205,2F, Pharmaceutical Science Bldg
Speaker: Prof. Jieping Zhu（École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne）
Title: Total Synthesis of Natural Products: Strategies and Tactics

Date: May 14(Thu),2026,15:30-17:00
Venue: NEOREX PLACE Seminar Room, Science South Bldg.
Speaker: Associate Prof. Arnab Dutta （Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay）
Title: Toward Artificial Photosynthesis: Photosensitizer-Free Molecular CO2 Reduction

Date: May 11(Mon),2026,15:30-17:00
Venue: NEOREX PLACE Seminar Room, Science South Bldg.
Speaker: Prof. Wei-chen Chang（NC State University, College of Sciences）
Title: Biocatalytic Applications and Mechanistic Insights Deoxypodophyllotoxin Synthase in the Preparation of Podophyllotoxin and its Analogs

Date: Apr.30 (Thu), 2026,15:00-16:00
Venue: ITbM 1F Lecture Room
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Wolf B. Frommer (Instiute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University / Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU), Germany)
Title: Increasing yield potential and yield by genome editing in rice

Date:Apr.23(Thu.), 2026,13:00-14:30
Venue: Lecture Room, 2F, Noyori Materials Science Laboratory
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Frank Würthner（Julius-Maximilians-Universität (JMU) Würzburg, Germany）
Title: Supramolecular Engineering of Functional Nanosystems

Date: Apr.13 (Mon),2026,14:00-17:00
Venue: Science and Agricultural Building SA329

Date: Apr.9(Thu.), 2026,10:30-12:00
Venue: Science Building G101
Speaker: Prof. Baris Tursun (University of Hamburg)
Title: Metabolism and small RNA pathways are linked to cellular reprogramming in C. elegans