In this seminar we’ll be talking about stimulating biomimetic assemblies by light. Cucurbiturils are artificial pumpkin-shaped receptors for bio-relevant compounds, e.g., drugs, natural products or small peptides. We will discuss strategies how to combine these fascinating receptors with photoswitches in the quest for functional applications such as light-induced delivery or information processing. The science may be appealing to those who wish to enlarge their methodological toolbox and everyone else with a vivid interest in curiosity-driven research.

When?

Wednesday I 9 January I 13:30

Where?

Room 2.31 I Building 7 I Gambelas Campus

About our speaker:

Uwe Pischel (Chemistry Degree, Humboldt University Berlin;Doctorate, University of Basel) is Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Huelva (Spain). He was awarded the Grammaticakis-Neumann Prize in 2013 and has published >100 articles in photochemical sciences.

This seminar was kindly sponsored by: