Events & Calendars "Tripping the Metalloprotein Electric”: Boston University Professor Sean Joseph Elliott '94

Seminar Title: "Tripping the Metalloprotein Electric”

Pryde Lecturer: Professor Sean Joseph Elliott '94 from Boston University's department of chemistry, molecular biology, cell biology & biochemistry, and bioinformatics programs

The Elliott Group has multidisciplinary interests that span redox enzymology, electrochemistry / electrocatalysis, microbiology and the use of spectroscopy to study redox active proteins and enzymes. We study a wide range of multi-electron redox enzymes containing multiple redox cofactors, bringing direct electrochemistry and electrochemical methodologies to bear upon problems in mechanistic enzymology and the development of protein-based electrodes. Areas of chemistry of interest to us include long-range electron transfer achieved by multi-heme cytochromes, multi-electron reductions of nitrite and sulfite reduction, bacterial peroxidase activities and CO2 reduction catalyzed by metalloproteins.