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SUMMARY:EPFL BioE Talks SERIES  "Photoenzymatic Catalysis - Using Light to
  Reveal New Enzyme Functions"
DTSTART:20210412T160000
DTEND:20210412T163000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Todd Hyster\, Cornell University\, Ithaca\, NY (USA)\nW
 EEKLY EPFL BIOE TALKS SERIES\n \n(note that this talk is number one of a 
 double-feature seminar - see details of the second talk here)\n\nAbstract:
 \nEnzymes are unparalleled in their ability to catalyze reactions with hig
 h levels of selectivity. This catalytic platform cannot be applied to all 
 chemical transformations because nature uses a relatively conserved set of
  reaction mechanisms by comparison to the diverse reactivity discovered by
  synthetic chemists. In this talk\, I will describe my group's effort to e
 xpand the catalytic functions available to oxidoreductases using various p
 hoto excitation strategies.\n\nBio:\nTodd Hyster is a native of Apple Vall
 ey\, Minnesota. He conducted his undergraduate studies at the University o
 f Minnesota. He did his Ph.D. studies at Colorado State University\, where
  he worked with Tomislav Rovis to develop cyclopentadiene ligands for Rhod
 ium-catalyzed C–H activation processes. As part of his studies\, he was 
 a Marie Curie fellow in Thomas Ward's lab at the University of Basel where
  he developed an artificial metalloenzyme enzyme for asymmetric C–H acti
 vation reactions. After graduating in 2013\, he joined Frances Arnold's la
 b at Caltech\, where he was an NIH postdoctoral fellow evolving P450s to c
 atalyze selective nitrene transfer reactions. In 2015 he started his indep
 endent career at Princeton University\, developing the area of photoenzyma
 tic catalysis. In January 2021\, he moved to Cornell University\, where he
  is currently an Associate Professor.\n\n\nZoom link (with registration) f
 or attending remotely: https://go.epfl.ch/EPFLBioETalks\n\n\nIMPORTANT NOT
 ICE: due to restrictions resulting from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic\, th
 is seminar can be followed via Zoom web-streaming only\, (following prior 
 one-time registration through the link above).
LOCATION:via Zoom web-streaming only\, due to Covid-19 pandemic https://go
 .epfl.ch/EPFLBioETalks https://go.epfl.ch/EPFLBioETalks
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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