Title:   Photocatalytic Production of Solar Hydrogen and Fuels from WaterTime:    2025-11-18 16:10Lecturer:  Kazunari DomenShinshu UniversityThe University of TokyoVenue:    Room 202, Lu-Jiaxi BuildingAbstract：Sunlight-driven overall water splitting using particulate photocatalysts is of growing interest as a means of producing green hydrogen and fuels because systems based on particulate photocatalysts ...

Title:   Perturbation Theory for Electron Correlation in Molecules: Can it be Made Better and Faster?Time:    2025-11-18 14:30Lecturer:  Martin Head-Gordon University of California, BerkeleyVenue:    Room 202, Lu-Jiaxi BuildingBio of the Lecturer：Martin Head-Gordon completed B.Sc. (Hons) (1983) and M. Sc. (thesis) (1985) degrees at Monash University in Melbourne Australia, before coming to America ...

Title:    Cell Imaging and Regulation by Control of Functional OligonucleotidesTime:    2025-11-18 16:00Lecturer:  Akimitsu OkamotoUniversity of TokyoVenue:    Room 106, Tong'an Two BuildingAbstract：We have developed a hairpin DNA assembly technology that enables cancer-selective immune activation to induce cytotoxicity. The designed artificial DNA hairpins assemble into long nicked double-stranded ...

Title:    Electrodeposition of transition metal dichalcogenides for device applicationsTime:    2025-11-17 16:00Lecturer:  Philip Bartlett University of Southampton, UKVenue:    Room 202, Lu-Jiaxi BuildingAbstract：Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs), such as MoS2 or WS2, have layered structures with strong covalent bonding within the layers and weak van der Waals bonding between layers. This ...

Title:    Decoding core RNA features and spatial organisation of RNP condensationTime:    2025-11-12 10:00Lecturer:  Prof. Miha ModicKarlsruhe Institute of TechnologyVenue:    Room 202, Lu-Jiaxi BuildingAbstract：Complex RNA–protein networks play a pivotal role in the formation of many types of biomolecular condensates. How intrinsic RNA features contribute to condensate formation however remains ...

Title:    Electrochemical behaviour and reactions down to low temperaturesTime:    2025-10-29 16:00Lecturer:  Prof. Ulrich StimmingTechnical University of Munich, GermanyVenue:    Room 202, Lu-Jiaxi BuildingAbstract：The seminar describes the electrochemical behaviour and interfacial reactions down to low temperatures using the Frozen Electrolyte Electrochemistry (FREECE) technique. By employing stoichiometric ...

Title:    Thionucleoside formation during biosynthesis of albomycinsTime:    2025-10-28 09:30Lecturer:  Richiro Ushimaru Institute for Advanced Study, Kyushu UniversityVenue:    B311, Zeng Chengkui BuildingAbstract：Albomycin δ2 is a nucleoside natural product that possesses an unusual sulfur-containing furanose core, which is essential for its potent antibiotic activity against clinically important ...

Title:    Advances in Computational Explorations of Pericyclic Reactions and PericyclasesTime:    2025-10-29 09:00Lecturer:  Prof. Kendall N. HoukUniversity of California Los Angeles (UCLA)Venue:    Room 202, Lu-Jiaxi BuildingAbstract：Computations bring the tools of quantum mechanics and molecular dynamics to understand and predict structures and mechanisms of transformations. This lecture will demonstrate ...

Title:    Machine Learning Meets Quantum Chemical Predictions of Reactivity and SelectivityTime:    2025-10-29 10:30Lecturer:  Prof. Robert S. PatonDepartment of Chemistry, Colorado State University, USAVenue:    Room 202, Lu-Jiaxi BuildingAbstract：Quantum chemical models of reaction mechanism and selectivity provide a powerful tool to explain the outcome of laboratory experiments. However, since ...

Title:    Time-resolved photoemission orbital tomography of molecular excitation at surfaces and interfacesTime:    2025-10-23 10:00Lecturer:  Prof. Ulrich HöferUniversity of RegensburgVenue:    Conference room 2, Energy Materials Building 3, Xiang 'an CampusAbstract：Photoemission orbital tomography (POT) is a powerful technique, by which the electron distribution in orbitals of well-ordered molecules ...