The 599^th meeting of the Sydney University Chemical Society will be held on Wednesday 12^th May in Le Fèvre Lecture Theatre 2 of the Chemistry Building on the campus of the University of Sydney. The speaker will be Prof. Karl Wieghardt from the Max Plank Institute for Bioinorganic Chemistry, Mülheim, Germany.

Coordination Chemistry of Life

Prof. Karl Wieghardt

Max Plank Institute for Bioinorganic Chemistry, Mülheim, Germany

Transition metal ions such as V, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn constitute the active sites of metalloproteins which are in many cases enzymes (catalysts). Coordination chemists can mimick their structures and reactivities. This is shown for galctose oxidase (Cu) and Photosystem II (Mn).

Wednesday 12^th May at 5:30pm

Le Fèvre Lecture Theatre 2

Refreshments from 5:00pm