Special Chemistry Seminar: Dr. Serhii Ryabukhin, Senior Scientific Advisor at Enamine Limited, will discuss “Recent Advances in Assembling and Decoration of Classical Heterocycles,” Tuesday, May 19, 2026 11:00 AM. Learn More: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

Special Chemistry Seminar: Doctor Michael Tracey, Research Fellow, Science and Technology at Cambrex Charles City, will discuss “Development of a Telescoped Palladium Catalyzed Carbonylation and Zinc Reduction,” Tuesday, May 19, 2026 3:00 pm. Learn More: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

Chemical Crossroads: CAS Future Leader Alicia Battaglia. uoft.me/BattagliaCAS

The Department of Chemistry Business and Academic Offices will close on Thursday, May 14nd at 2:00 PM. We wish everyone in the Chemistry community a relaxing Victoria Day Weekend!

Special Chemistry Seminar: Professor Stewart Loh, SUNY Upstate Medical University, will discuss “Designing Switchable Proteins for Biosensing and Functional Regulation,” Tuesday May 12, 2026, 9:00 am. Learn More: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

Elements of Success: Madeleine Larson: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news/element...

Colloquium on Monday: Professor Alex Zhukhovitskiy of University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, will discuss “Advancing the Logic of Polymer Synthesis, Modification, and Degradation,” May 11, 2026 10:00 am. Learn More: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

FOE Public Seminar: Giang Le, PhD student, will discuss “Next Generation Optogenetic Tools Based on Cyanobacteriochrome GAF Domains,” Monday May 11, 2026, 1:00 pm. Learn More: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

Chemistry Stories: Celebrating Teaching Assistant Excellence at the Department of Chemistry. www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news/celebra...

Science Rendezvous has returned! Founded at the University of Toronto in 2008, it is the largest one-day science festival in the country! Join us on the St. George Campus on May 9th for a magic show, a laser show, slime-making, and much more! www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events/scien...

LRG-TRG Lectureship: Professor Corey Stephenson, University of British Columbia, will discuss “Radical Ideas: The Origins and Evolution of Visible-Light Photocatalysis,” Thursday May 7, 2026, 2:00 pm. Learn More: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

FOE Public Seminar: Pranav Nair, PhD student, will discuss “Exploring the Structurally Selective Toxicity and Metabolism of 6PPD-Q in Salmonids,” Thursday, May 07, 2026, 1:00 pm. Learn More: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

Join us in Singapore June 15-19, 2026 for AI4X-Accelerate Conference! This ambitious program will bring together hundreds of leaders in academia, industry and government to share insights into the future of AI and advanced materials discovery. Register now: www.gevme.com/AI4X-Acceler...

Chemistry Stories: Canadian Honour for Chem Innovator Donald Weaver. www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news/canadia...

Special Chemistry Seminar: Yuri Bolshan, Associate Professor, Ontario Tech University will discuss “Reactions of Exo-glycals: Synthesis of C-, C,N- and C,C-glycosides,” on Tuesday, May 05, 2026, 2:00 pm. Learn More: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

Join us Wed, May 6, 3:00–4:00 PM for a Director’s edition of the AC seminar series, ft. Steven Cranford of Matter. Learn about trends, opportunities and the role of data and interdisciplinary collaboration in shaping future discoveries. Register: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...

Primary Bonds: Dr. Sheila Wang www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news/primary...

FOE Public Seminar: Hector-Alfonso Garcia-Mayerstein will discuss “Group 8 Metal Bifunctional Catalysts toward endo-selective Intramolecular Alkyne Hydrofunctionalization,” on Friday, May 01, 2026 1:00 pm. Learn More: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

Chemistry Stories: Research Opportunity Program connects Chemistry Students with TAME. uoft.me/ChemRopTAME

POSTDOCS: The second chemistry postdoc coffee hour will be held Thursday 30th April at 11am -12 pm in LM128. Come by, enjoy free coffee and donuts, take a break and meet new people within the department!

Organic Seminar Series: James Pearson, will give an FOE Public Seminar entitled “Development of methods towards the synthesis and functionalization of heteroatom-substituted cyclopropanes,” Monday, April 27, 2026, 9:00 AM. Learn More: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

Elements of Success: Yahan Zhang. www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news/element...

Special Chemistry Seminar: Professor Neal K. Devaraj, UCSD, will give a talk entitled “Pretargeted Spatiotemporal Control of Chemistry is Living Systems,” Thursday, April 23 at 10AM. Learn More: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

Peter Yates Lecture: Professor Neal Devaraj, University of California San Diego will give a Colloquia talk, “Matter to Life: Chemistry for Self-Organizing Compartments” Friday, April 24, 2026 10:00 am. Learn More: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

Polymer & Materials Seminar Series: Come hear eleven amazing organic chemistry talks on Wednesday April 22nd from 9:00 PM – 5:00 PM. www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

Special Chemistry Seminar: Professor Don Craig of Imperial College, London will give a talk entitled “Stereoselective Assembly of Nitrogen Heterocycles: Methods Development and Total Synthesis” Tuesday, April 21, 2026 10:00 am. Learn More: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

Chemistry Undergraduate Excellence Awards Announced. Read all our chemistry news at: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news

Analytical Seminar Series: German Cisneros, PhD student, will give a talk entitled “Laser-Induced Fluorescence of Mass-Selected Ions in the Gas Phase” on Thursday April 16, 11am. Learn More: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

A.R. Gordon Distinguished Lecture Series: Distinguished Professor Christopher Jarzynski, University of Maryland, will speak April 15-17, in our flagship seminar series. To learn topics, read abstracts, and learn more about these outstanding lectures, visit: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/argordon

Chemistry Stories: How the Shin lab’s “frankenproteins” are changing 21st Century Protein Design. uoft.me/ShinFrankenp...

Organic Syntheses Lecture: Professor Mariola Tortosa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, will discuss “Catalysis to Increase Complexity: Stereoselective Synthesis of sp3-rich Building Blocks,” on Monday, April 13, 2026 4:00 pm. Learn more: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

FOE Public Seminar: Raneem Akel, PhD student, will give a talk entitled “Rational Design of Chimeric Proteins for Synthetic Biology and Therapeutic Applications: The Sagas of HinZip and MEF,” on Monday, April 13, 2026 1:00 pm. Learn more: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

Colloquium: Professor Michael Gelb, University of Washington, will give a talk entitled “Newborn Screening for Actionable Diseases in Children: The Past 10 Years and Where We May Be Going,” on Friday, April 10, 10:00 am. Learn more: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

Chemistry Stories: UTSG Undergrads win multiple awards at SOUSCC. www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news/chemist...

Chemistry Stories: Chemical Crossroads: Guillermo Lozano Onrubia. www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news/chemica...

Organic Seminar Series: Come hear Vincent Martone, Phil Samokhin and Negin Nabavi give organic chemistry talks on Tuesday April 7th from 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM. www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

Environmental Seminar Series: Camille Tsang will give a talk entitled “Developing Low-Cost Strategies for Monitoring Ammonia Concentrations and Emission Rates in Broiler-Hatching Egg Farms,” on Tuesday, April 7 at 1PM. Learn more: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

The Department of Chemistry Business and Academic Offices will close on Thursday, April 2nd at 2:00 PM. We wish everyone in the Chemistry community a relaxing Easter Weekend!

Special Chemistry Seminar: Professor Jesse Greener of Université Laval will give a talk entitled “A Digital Twin of Electroactive Biofilms Reveals Hidden Metabolic Structure,” on Thursday, April 2 at 3PM. Learn more: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

Analytical Chemistry Seminar: Stephen Vanderburgt, PhD student will give a talk on “Laser Capture Mass Spectrometry Imaging: Towards a Map of the Cell,” on Thursday, April 2 at 11AM. Learn more: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

MSc Public Seminar: Lauren Healy, MSc student will discuss “Rational Design and Combinatorial Discovery of Ionizable Lipids for Organ-Selective mRNA Delivery,” on Wednesday, April 01, 2026 11:00 am. Learn more: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

Physical Seminar Series: Yousuf Ramahi, PhD student, will discuss “Spooky Action Through a Distance: Quantifying Protein Allostery in an Interleukin System,” on Tuesday, March 31, 2026 11:00 am. Learn more: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

Coming in April: Christopher Jarzynski delivering A.R. Gordon Distinguished Lecture Series. uoft.me/ChemistryGor...

Colloquium: Professor Pratyush Tiwary, University of Maryland, will discuss “AI for Chemistry: Bubble, Blockbuster or Boomerang?,” on Friday, March 27, 2026 at 10:00 am. Learn more: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

Colloquium: Professor Pratyush Tiwary, University of Maryland, will discuss “AI for Chemistry: Bubble, Blockbuster or Boomerang?,” on Friday, March 27, 2026 at 10:00 am. Learn more: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

Analytical Seminar Series: Maryam Ali, PhD Student, will discuss “Protein Engineering of DNA-Binding Proteins: Development of Targeted Mutagenesis Platforms and Design of Anti-Cancer Therapeutics,” on Thursday, March 26, 2026 11:00 am. Learn more: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

Special Chemistry Seminar: Professor Shira Joudan of U of A will discuss “Understanding Environmental Reactions of per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) for a More Sustainable World,” on Tuesday, March 24, 2026 1:00 pm. Learn more: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

Lash Miller Expansion Project: Two Years of Pictures by Prof. Bob Morris. www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news/lash-mi...

Chemistry Stories: Check out galleries from the ChemClub Networking Night and WICTO-hosted Global Women’s Breakfast, along with all our department news. www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news

Special Chemistry Seminar: Professor Blanton S. Tolbert, University of Pennsylvania, will be speaking on “Mutual Allostery: A Mechanism to Regulate RNA Biology,” on Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 11:00 am. Sponsored by WICTO. Learn more: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events