CALPACS Councillor’s symposium on the mole at the ACS meeting will be followed by an opinion piece in Chemical & Engineering News. Look for, or read the advanced copy here as a pdf file. Match wits with Al Censullo, if you are, but it is important to give some thought to the standards that underpin our analyses, especially given the rapid pace of technology and innovation.
Symposium on Careers in Medicinal Chemistry
CALPACS invites you to join a symposium about careers in medicinal chemistry. Industry speakers will talk about all the opportunities in the pharmaceutical industry and how one can make the transition from a graduate program to any one of these career paths. The symposium is “Designed by Chemists New to the Industry to Introduce New Chemists to the Industry!”
Date: Saturday, February 1, 2014
Time: 10:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Place: University of California, Santa Barbara, Engineering Sciences Building (ESB) room 1001 (Campus Map)
Cost: Free
See complete details and list of speakers in the official event flyer (pdf file). Speaker bios can be found here (pdf file).
Graudate students, undergraduate students and professionals who are considering a career in the pharmaceutical industry are strongly encouraged to attend!
This symposium is organized by Professor Javier Read de Alaniz as part of the American Chemical Society’s Academics to Industry seminar series.
Poetry Contest Winners for 2013
“Nanotechnology: The Smallest BIG Idea in Science” Illustrated Poem Contest
As part of National Chemistry Week activities, the American Chemical Society sponsored an illustrated poem contest for students K-12. All poems were to be no more than 40 words in various styles: haiku, limerick, ode, ABC poem, free verse, end rhyme, or blank verse. Entries were judged based upon relevance to and incorporation of the NCW theme, word choice and imagery, colorful artwork, adherence to poem style, originality and creativity, and overall presentation.
Our NCW section coordinator and poetry contest judge, Lara Baxley, reached out to local schools, inviting their students to submit poems. She received entries for the 3rd-5th grade and the 6th-8th grade categories.
The Poetry Contest winners, with links to the winning poems are as follows:
6th-8th grade poetry contest – 1st place winner – Isaac Epstein of Cayucos
6th-8th grade poetry contest – 2nd place winner – Victoria Friedrich of Santa Maria
3rd-5th grade poetry contest – 1st place winner – Valerie Best of Creston
Thank you to to all of the students who submitted poems and congratulations to our local winners!
ACS Courses in San Francisco
The American Chemical Society will be offering the following courses in San Francisco November 5-8, 2012.
Statistical Analysis of Laboratory Data
Introduction to Modern Mass Spectrometry
Organic Synthesis: Methods and Strategies for the 21st Century
Chemist
Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics in Drug Discovery for Chemists
Essentials of Biochemistry: Molecular Insight into Biological Macromolecules
Methods Development, Validation Procedures, and Regulatory Compliance
Issues
Project Management for Technical Professionals
Essentials of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology
Practical and Applied Gas Chromatography
ACS Rising Star Rising Star Award Nominations
CALL FOR RISING STAR AWARD NOMINATIONS
The ACS has put out a call for nominations for the 2013 Rising Star Awards from the Women Chemists Committee (WCC). This is a relatively new award category, designed to recognize the contributions of 10 outstanding mid-career women scientists. Maybe you know someone who should be nominated! Here is a brief summary of who may qualify for this award (from the ACS website):
“The award is open to all female ACS members in chemistry and chemical engineering working in academic, industrial, government, non-profit or other employment sectors. Appropriate candidates will typically be no more than 15 years from receipt of their terminal scientific degree and have demonstrated outstanding promise for contributions to their respective fields. Applicants can either be self-nominated or can be nominated by another individual for this award.”
The deadline is June 1st. The ACS flyer will be uploaded soon. Click here to download theonline nomination form on the WCC Rising Star Award page of the ACS website.