Calendar

Lectures

Bio-inspired Catalysts and Artificial Metalloenzymes: blending chemistry and biology

Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m.

First lecture: May 2

Last lecture: June 6

May 2
Artificial metalloenzymes and catalysis: diversifying biology with chemistry

May 9
Bio-hybrids and artificial photosynthesis

May 23
Biomimetic chemistry: when chemists plagiarize life

May 30
Bio-inspired chemistry: when the "organic" spirit overtakes the chemist

June 6
Bio-inspired and bio-hybrid catalytic materials

June 20
Bio-hybrid coordination polymers: a new class of artificial metalloenzymes

Seminars

Linked to topics covered in the lectures

Wednesdays, at 11:00 a.m.

First seminar: May 2

Last seminar: June 6

May 2
A protein as a crystal ball: dissection of an O2 activation mechanism and variations in the concept of artificial metalloenzymes
Stéphane Ménage, Research Director at the CNRS, Grenoble

May 9
Artificial metalloenzymes: hybrid catalysts at the intersection of chemistry and biology
Thomas Ward, Professor, University of Basel (Switzerland)

May 23
Light and energy, new dye-sensitized solar cells
Michael Grätzel, Professor, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale of Lausanne (Switzerland)

May 30
Selective biological oxidations and the adaptation of living organisms to their chemical environment: towards increasingly effective bio-inspired catalysts
Daniel Mansuy, Research Director at the CNRS, Paris

June 6
Chemical and physical properties of a few natural products: biomechanics and biomimetic synthesis
A. Al-Mourabit, Research Director at the CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette

June 20
Metallic ions and biomimetic cavities
Olivia Reinaud, Professor, University Paris Descartes, Paris

Lectures in French provinces

JOSEPH FOURIER UNIVERSITY OF GRENOBLE
Professor Marc FONTECAVE (Holder of the Chair in Chemistry of Biological Processes) will give, from April to May 2012, three lectures and three seminars on: Chemistry and Energy Challenges in the 21st Century: from solar to new energies.