BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250510T225505EDT-3812vS7zjt@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250511T025505Z DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\n\nBiocatalysis has become a valuable addition to syn thetic methodology\, and have been embraced by the pharmaceutical industry in recent years. Enzymes can provide efficient and stereoselective transf ormations under mild conditions\, although they are not without limitation s. Our lab has studied aldolases for many years\, but recently has begun e xploring their utility in preparative-scale reactions. We have put an emph asis on simple and practical processes\, and discovered a surprisingly div erse set of carbon-carbon bond forming reactions that can be catalyzed by a single enzyme.\n\n \n\nBio:\n\nDr. David Palmer is the Thorvaldson Profe ssor of Chemistry at the University of Saskatchewan. He completed his B.Sc . in Chemistry at Queen's University\, and stayed there for a Ph.D. in phy sical organic chemistry co-supervised by Dr. Greg Thatcher and Erwin Bunce l. He did postdoctoral work in enzymology with Dr. John Gerlt at the Unive rsity of Illinois\, Urbana-Champaign\, before joining the Department of Ch emistry at Saskatchewan. His research program focuses on enzyme structure- function relationships\, inhibitor design and synthesis\, and biocatalysis . He also served as Head of Chemistry from 2010-2019\, and served on NSERC Evaluation Group 1504 as section chair for organic and bioorganic chemist ry. He became a Fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada in 2022.\n DTSTART:20231107T180000Z DTEND:20231107T193000Z LOCATION:OM 10\, Maass Chemistry Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0B8\, 801 rue Sherbrooke Ouest SUMMARY:Chemical Society Seminar: David Palmer - Biocatalysis: complex cata lyst\, simple procedure\, surprising outcomes URL:/chemistry/channels/event/chemical-society-seminar -david-palmer-biocatalysis-complex-catalyst-simple-procedure-surprising-34 9249 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR