October Dinner Meeting
6:30 pm, Monday October 15, 2007
550 San Jon Road, Ventura, Ca
Year 2005 – Fall Luncheon Meeting
The Fall Luncheon and Recognition of 50-Year Members
12 Noon Saturday, October 1, 2005
Firestone-Walker’s Taproom Restaurant
620 McMurray Road, Buellton, CA
The Featured Speaker will be
Dr. Kevin W. Plaxco
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and the Program in Bio-Molecular Science and Engineering,
UniversityofCalifornia,Santa Barbara
Speaking on
Better Living Through Biosensors
The cost for the event will be $20 per person, $10 for students.
Members of more than 50 years in ACS are invited to attend at a discounted rate of $10 per person
Events – 2005
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Saturday, October 1, 2005
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National Chemistry Week
October 2005
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Annual Wine Tasting- Bailey Ana Winery
November 19, 2005
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Year 2009 – Fall Luncheon
The Fall Luncheon and Recognition of 50-Year Members
12 Noon, Saturday, October 3, 2009
Stella Mare’s Event Center
3302 McCaw Avenue, Santa Barbara
The Featured Speaker will be
Mark H. Norman, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry Research & Discovery Amgen, Thousand Oaks
Speaking on
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Recipes for the Treatment of Pain
Vanilloid receptor-1 (VR1 or TRPV1) is an ion channel expressed predominantly on pain-sensing neurons and is a therapeutic target for the management of pain. The goal of our research program has been to identify and develop potent and selective small molecule TRPV1 antagonists. This presentation will describe the results of these investigations, which started from an initial high throughput screening hit and culminated in the identification of our first TRPV1 clinical candidate,AMG517.
Dr. Norman received his B.S. in chemistry from theUniversityofNew Hampshirein 1982 and his PhD in synthetic organic chemistry from theUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeleyin 1987, under the direction of Clayton Heathcock where he studied synthetic methodology and natural product synthesis. He has over 22 years of drug discovery and development experience in the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology sector with Amgen, Glaxo Wellcome, and Burroughs Wellcome. In 1996 he was recruited to Amgen to participate in the building of their small molecule drug discovery department and is currently a Director of Medicinal Chemistry there.
The cost for the event will be $25 per person, $15 for students.
Members of more than 50 years inACSare invited to attend at a discounted rate of $15 per person.
The menu will include appetizers, a choice of entrée ~ herb crusted chicken breast, bay shrimp salad, or a vegetarian option and chocolate torte for dessert.
Directions:
Directions to Stella Mare’s Event Center 3302 McCaw Ave. Santa Barbara
From the South:Take Highway 101 North to Santa Barbara. Exit at Las Positas Road. Turn Right on to Las Positas Road and go ~0.5 miles. Turn Left on to McCaw Avenue just past the golf course. Stella Mare’s is immediately on the Right.
From the North:Take Highway 101 South to Santa Barbara. Exit at Las Positas Road. Turn Left on to Las Positas Road and go ~0.5 miles. Turn Left on to McCaw Avenue just past the golf course. Stella Mare’s is immediately on the Right.
Fill out and return this form by Monday, September 28, 2009
The Flyer can be found here in a pdf
For more information, email us at calpacs@chem.ucsb.edu, or call John Hagen at 805-756-1651
Sandra Lamb Award winner for 2009 is Dr. Richard Hurst, Past President of CALPACS
Year 2011 – Richard W. Hurst Talk
Richard W. Hurst Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus,
California State University – Los Angeles
Speaking on
The Duality of Lead in the Environment: Environmental Bane and Boon [Good Cop – Bad Cop]
2 pm. Sunday, April 17, 2011
SLO County Library Community Room
995 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo
Light refreshments will be served.
Abstract
The element lead (chemical symbol, Pb, from plumbum) has historical uses that date back 6000 years. Lead’s toxic nature has also been known for centuries, however, its desirable properties have often “tipped the scales” when decisions arose as to whether or not lead should be used in a particular product. For example, the Romans used it due to its malleability, forming lead pipes for water transport and its sweet taste when formed into goblets from which wine was consumed. More recently, addition of lead additives to gasoline were determined to stop engine “knocking”; hence, the leaded gasoline era emerged along with the result—long-term environmental lead pollution. Now that we are dealing with lead pollution, given it does not degrade (i.e., break down) in the environment, how do we assess the source or sources of the lead? We do this with the positive aspects of lead, its isotopes. Isotope ratios of lead allow us to: estimate ages of leaded gasoline releases; assess why the common garden snail “outsmarts” us with regard to potential lead poisoning; and determine why lead based paint is not always, as some suspect, the “bad guy on the block.” The element lead definitely has a dual nature—being both toxic to life, but also, via its isotopes, providing a means to resolve the problems created by its use.
Dr. Hurst is a Professor Emeritus of Geology and Geochemistry at California State University, Los Angeles where he has instructed and performed research since 1978. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geology, Mineralogy, and Petrology at California Lutheran University. His primary research interests have centered on forensic environmental isotope geochemistry and mineralogy. Since 1980, he has studied the use of naturally-occurring, stable isotopes, especially those of lead, as a means of tracing the sources of hydrocarbon and other types of contamination in the environment. He is recognized for his development of the ALAS Model which employs lead isotopes to estimate the age of leaded gasoline releases; the model is used throughout the United States, Canada, and South America.
Directions:
From the North Take Hwy 101 South to the Olive St/Santa Rosa Exit (203a). Merge Right onto Olive Street, then Turn Right onto Santa Rosa. In 0.3 miles Turn Right onto Palm Street. Drive 1 block to the SLO library on you left.
From the South Take Hwy 101 North to the Osos Street Exit (203a). Merge Right onto Osos Street. In 0.3 miles Turn Right onto Palm Street. The SLO Library will be on your left.
A parking garage is located adjacent to the library. Alternately, street parking is free on Sundays.
Year 2006 – 10th Anniversary Celebrations
The CALPSACS 10th Anniversary Gala Celebration
Featuring Keynote Speaker
Professor Sir Harry Kroto
Nobel Laureate and Francis Eppes Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
6 p.m. Saturday, April 8, 2006
La Cantina Room Hotel Mar Monte
1111 East Cabrillo Blvd, Santa Barbara
Speaking on
Architecture in NanoSpace
The cost for the event will be $25 per person/$15 for students.
Please refer to the Flyer for detailed information
Form
Year 2004 – Fall Luncheon
The California Los Padres ACS Fall Luncheon Meeting And recognition of new 50 year ACS members
Secrets of Cinnamon: A Potential Therapeutic to Treat Diabetes and Neurodegenerative Disease
Prof. Don Graves
Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
University of California Santa Barbara
with
Dr. James Pavlovich of the Chemistry Department (UCSB)
Abstract and References
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Saturday, October 23, 2004 – Nuuva Restaurant
Showcase – 2004 – Wolff Winery Tour
Year 2004 – Wolff Winery
“Annual Holiday Wine Tasting”
Wolff Winery event – 2004
6238 Orcutt Road
San Luis Obispo, California
1:00 pm Saturday, November 20, 2004
Wolff Vineyards Winery is located on 125 acres of ecologically friendly property just minutes from downtown San Luis Obispo. The vineyard was planted almost 30 years ago by one of the Edna Valley’s winegrowing pioneers, Andy MacGregor. World-class awards were earned by wineries that used MacGregor Vineyard Chardonnay grapes (such as Mount Eden). The new owners, Jean-Pierre and Elke Wolff, renamed the vineyard in 1999 when they expanded the vineyard and added their artisan winery.
The vineyard includes 55 acres of Chardonnay and 37 acres of Pinot Noir grapes. Twelve additional acres are planted in Teroldego, Syrah and Petit Syrah. Some of the Chardonnay vines are almost 30 years old, giving the wine a site-specific “terroir” characteristic. Recently planted Pinot Noir utilized five newly released Dijon clones grafted on two different root stocks best suited to our specific soil conditions, sun and wind exposure. These clones are sometimes referred to as the new “sexy” clones, which have produced some outstanding Pinot Noir wines in California and Oregon. The winery’s own very-limited production is handcrafted using traditional Burgundian wine-making methods. French new oak, barrel fermentation, sur lie and batonnage are a few of the techniques applied to these wines.
Owner and Wine Maker Jean-Pierre Wolff will be on hand to discuss his philosophy of ecologically friendly agriculture including Wolff Vineyards’ use of sustainable winegrowing practices as well as their wildlife habitat conservation and restoration efforts. More information on Wolff Vineyards and their wines can be found at www.wolffvineyards.com.
Food was served including an assortment of gourmet cheeses and soup.