Winter Dinner Meeting

6:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Antonio’s Ristorante
626 West Tefft Street, Nipomo

ACS Tour Speaker

Dr. R. Paul Philp
University of Oklahoma

Speaking on

Environmental Forensics, or Who Was Responsible for the Spill?

Abstract

As soon as organic compounds are spilled into the environment, chances will start to occur to them as a result of weathering process. For example with crude oils changes will range from evaporation and loss of light ends to extensive biodegradation and loss of many of the compounds typically used for correlating spilled oils with their original source. As a result of these weathering processes, it is often difficult to correlate the spilled oils with their suspected sources. It is essential that these correlations be made to determine who is responsible for the spill and who pays for the clean-up process.

There are a number of sophisticated techniques available for this type of forensic geochemistry which can be used for correlating weathered samples with their respective source materials. In this talk specific emphasis will be directed towards the most recent technique for use in this area namely gas chromatography combined with isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GCIRMS). Examples will be presented to demonstrate that the isotopic composition of individual compounds in complex mixtures, such as crude oils, can be used to correlate them with their weathered counterparts.

It is clear from the results that GCIRMS is a powerful new tool in forensic geochemistry particularly when combined with the more traditional techniques such as GC and GCMS. Other applications will be described to demonstrate that GCIRMS can also be used to determine the source of leaks from underground storage tanks and sources of gases from leaking pipelines. Variations in the isotopic composition of the MTBE added to gasolines also provides the opportunity of using GCIRMS as a means of monitoring, and determination of the source of, gasoline spills from underground storage tanks. Applications are many and varied but with this relatively new technique the ability to correlate heavily weathered samples with their unweathered counterparts have been elevated to a new level and provided forensic geochemistry with a new dimension.

The cost for the event will be $25 per person, $15 for students.

Dinner includes a choice of entrée: Baked Lamb Shank, Grilled Salmon, or Eggplant Parmesan.

Please go the form and return by Friday, February 6, 2009

The Flyer is available here.

Directions

Spring Lunch Meeting

12 noon, Saturday, April 25, 2009
Westmont College, Founder’s Dining Room
955 La Paz Road, Santa Barbara

with

Gianni Torraca
Dept. of Analytical Sciences, Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks

Speaking on

Forensic Investigation of Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Incidents.

 

Abstract and Biography

A Luncheon Buffet, including sandwiches and salads will be served.

Please return the form with payment by Monday, April 20

Directions to Westmont can be found at this link

Follow link to Annoucement flyer.

 

The Santa Clara Valleyand the California Los Padres Sections of the American Chemical Society Present a Joint Meeting at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, MBARI.

3 pm., Saturday, May 2, 2009

MBARI ,7700 Sandholdt Road
Moss Landing, CA

“Measuring Climate Change in the Oceans”

Ken Johnson, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist,MBARI

Abstract

 

The event will include a tour of MBARI beginning at 3 pm.
A reception (including light appetizers) at 4 pm. and Dr. Johnson’s presentation at 5 pm.

The cost for the reception will be $15 per person.

See Flyer Here

CALPACS has arranged bus transportation to MBARI for the May 2nd Event.

Cost: $20 per person.
The Pick up Schedule will be:
Pick ups:
1. Camarillo Factory Outlets, New Promenade Center, Charlotte Russe Store Parking Lot at 8:15am, leave at 8:30am.
2.Goleta off Stork Road, Linens N Things Parking Lot at 9:30am, leave at 9:45am
3. SLO off Los Osos Valley Rd, Home Depot at 11:15am, leave at 11:30am

Arrive at Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute at Moss Landing before/around 2:30pm and leave around 6:30pm. Arrive in Camarillo
around midnight.

Snacks and water will be provided on the bus.

Remember to bring a sack lunch for the trip up.

On the return trip, the bus will stop to allow riders to purchase dinner (fast food).

Directions to MBARI  (Note that this event is at MBARI NOT THE MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM.)

Please make your reservations by Wednesday, April 29, 2009, by emailing calpacs@chem.ucsb.edu. More information can be found at this website,
or by calling James Pavlovich at 805-893-4252.

June Meeting

1:30 pm Saturday, June 6, 2009
UCSB Chemistry Seminar Room PSBN 4606

This is a Free Lecture

Light refreshments will be provided.

The Featured Speaker will be

Ian D. Parker,PhD.
Technical Fellow and Manager, Materials and Advanced Development DuPont Displays Inc.,Santa Barbara, CA

 

“Organic Light-Emitting Displays -A New Technology for Low Power, High Performance Displays”

Abstract:

OLEDs are currently under active development as a new display technology for consumer applications, ranging from mobile phones to large screen TVs. These displays have a high resolution, a large color range and have a very rapid response so their viewing characteristics are excellent. Moreover they are very thin (currently ~ 2mm) and have the potential to be made on flexible plastic substrates. DuPont has developed a unique printing technology to manufacture these displays.

This presentation will give an overview of the fabrication process and discuss the underlying science and the technical and economic reasons behind pursuing this technology.
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The CALPSACS Executive Committee will conduct a business meeting at the same venue beginning at 11:30 am on June 6. All members are welcome to attend the business meeting.

For more information, email us at calpacs@chem.ucsb.edu, or call James Pavlovich at 805-893-4252.

Please note that parking permits are required at all times on UCSB Campus. For Parking information

Fall Dinner Meeting

6:45 p.m. Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Camarillo Library Community Room
4101 Las Posas Road, Camarillo

with ACS Tour Speaker

Dr. Thomas C. Werner
Professor Emeritus
Union College, Schenectady, NY

Speaking on

Doping in Sports: How chemists catch the “cheaters” (sometimes)

“Doping is to sport what criminality is to society, and there will always be criminality in society.”
–Jacques Rogge, President,International Olympic Committee

The alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs is increasingly tainting athletic accomplishment. Examples of this sports “doping” problem appear almost daily in the news: pro cycling is brought to its knees by doping allegations, resulting in the loss of sponsorship, the BALCO case and the Mitchell Report pummel Major League Baseball with evidence of steroid use and drug testing concerns become a higher profile issue at the Olympics. The talk will focus on the methods that chemists use to detect sports doping with substances such as amphetamine, steroids, human growth hormone and EPO.

Limitations of these methods will be discussed, along with a listing of some of the enormous challenges facing chemists as newer doping substances and methods become available. The talk is based on a course entitled Chemistry and Athletic Performance, which was developed by the speaker with the aid of Dr. Don Catlin and staff at the UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory and Anti-Doping Research,Inc.

Biographical Sketch:

Tom Werner received a B.S. in chemistry from Juniata College and a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from MIT. After postdocs at Harvard and Tufts Medical Schools, he taught for 36 years at Union College (Schenectady, NY), retiring as Florence B. Sherwood Professor of Physical Sciences Emeritus in December, 2007. Werner has served as Principal Investigator on several external grants awarded for the support of undergraduate research including funding from Petroleum Research Fund, Research Corporation, NSF-ILI, NSF-AIRE and the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation. Werner served as Chair of the Board of Governors of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), as Director of the NCUR/LANCY Initiative and as a NCUR Board Member. In 2002, he received the American Chemical Society Award for Research at an Undergraduate Institution. Over the past three years, he has developed a course entitled Chemistry and Athletic Performance that combines his expertise in analytical chemistry, his interest in sports and his goal to teach chemistry with more social relevance. The course syllabus was developed with input from Dr. Don Catlin and his staff at the UCLA Olympic Analytical Lab and Anti-Doping Research.

The cost for the event will be $20 per person, $10 for students.

A Mexican Buffet Dinner will be served.

Send in this Form by Friday, Sept. 11, 2009

Flyer

Directions

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 cost for the event will be $25 per person, $15 for students.

Members of more than 50 years in ACS are invited to attend at a discounted rate of $15 per person.

The menu will includea choice of entrée ~ herb crusted chicken breast, bay shrimp salad, or a vegetarian option and chocolate torte for dessert.

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, AMG 517.

Dr. Norman received his B.S. in chemistry from the University of New Hampshire in 1982 and his PhD in synthetic organic chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 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.

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 onto Las Positas Road and go ~0.5 miles. Turn Left onto 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 onto Las Positas Road and go ~0.5 miles.Turn Left onto McCaw Avenue just past the golf course. Stella Mare’s is immediately onthe 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

For more pictures follow the link

THE ANNUAL CALPACS HOLIDAY WINE TASTING

JUSTIN VINEYARDS & WINERY

11680 Chimney Rock Road
Paso Robles, California
11:30 am Saturday,December 5, 2009

 Website for the Winery

Pictures

JUSTIN Winery is a family owned and operated winery making estate grown and produced wines. The property was founded in 1981 by Justin and Deborah Baldwin when they planted their 160 acre property in the major Bordeaux varietals and created their Estate vineyard.
The winery is located in the Paso Robles appellation of California’s Central Coast. The region’s first grapes were planted in 1779 by Franciscan missionaries and today the area is home to the third highest concentration of wineries in the United States.The Baldwins’ desire is to make world class wines that reflect the unique soils and climate of their California Central Coast property. Emphasis is placed on making Bordeaux-style blends and single varietals, combining Old World tradition with New World techniques.

The cost for the event: $15 per person

Food was served including our traditional assortment of gourmet cheeses and soups.

A reservation form can be found at the link and it is due by Wednesday, December 2nd.

Directions

For more information email calpacs@chem.ucsb.edu, or call James Pavlovich at 805-893-4252.

Please download a pdf version of the flyer.