From: Bertram, Donna L Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 4:25 PM To: Murray, Chris L Subject: 8th Negishi-Brown Lectures We would greatly appreciate if you could please distribute the below announce to your Department's faculty, graduate students and post-doctoral associates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On behalf of the organizing committee, it is my pleasure to invite you to participate in this year's 8th Negishi-Brown Lectures at Purdue University. Prof. Ei-ichi Negishi will turn 80 on Tuesday, July 14th and we are planning a celebration to mark this historic occasion and acknowledge Ei-ichi's monumental contributions to chemistry. Dates of the event: Monday, July 13 and Tuesday, July 14, 2015 Time: Lectures begin each day at 9:00am Location: Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry (WTHR) 200 All interested students, faculty, and scientists are welcome to attend. Registration is free, and includes lunch for all participants who register by Monday, July 6. We also encourage student participants to present their recent works at our poster session and competition on Tuesday, July 14, with prizes awarded for the best posters. Deadline for the poster registration is Tuesday, July 7. For the detailed program, registration, submission of posters, driving directions, and more information about the 8th Negishi-Brown Lectures, please visit our website at: https://www.chem.purdue.edu/negishibrown/. We hope that you will be able to join us in celebrating one of the pioneers in cross-coupling reactions. With best regards, P.V. Ramachandran Professor of Chemistry 765-494-5303 chandran@purdue.edu<mailto:chandran@purdue.edu>