We are pleased to invite you to a lecture on the cutting edge sensors manufactured by Teledyne Imaging Sensors for the most innovative telescopes orbiting earth and residing on it. Dr. James Beletic, president of TIS, will deliver this talk on the UCSB campus. Please use the RSVP from at the bottom of this page to reserve your spot. If you wish to join via Zoom, please answer “yes” to the corresponding question. A free box lunch will be served to those who attend in person.
Continue reading “JWST and Beyond: Infrared Sensors for Astronomy”mRNA Vaccines: Efficacy and Safety. April 23, 2022
As soon as the role of mRNA in the cell was elucidated, scientists hypothesized that it could be used as a vehicle for rapid deployment of vaccines. After many decades of research, this hypothesis was finally validated in the BioNTech and Moderna mRNA vaccines for Covid-19. As we move toward the latter stages of the covid-19 pandemic, please join us for a talk that will elucidate the motivations and innovations behind mRNA vaccines, their future and how their safety and efficacy were ensured by the regulatory process. Our esteemed ACS member, Dr. Rebecca Anderson, will bring all the experiences of her long career in pharmaceutical research, development and regulatory approval to the discussion of mRNA vaccines, their efficacy and their safety.
A free lunch will be provided as well as free parking. Please use the form at the bottom of this page to make your reservation for this lecture to help us plan for the event. We look forward to seeing you.
Continue reading “mRNA Vaccines: Efficacy and Safety. April 23, 2022”Support ChemTalk
As some of you may know, CALPACS is supporting a local nonprofit called ChemTalk. They have made great progress, raising more funds and growing their website traffic to over 200,000 visitors a month in less than a year.
ChemTalk need additional volunteers, paid interns, and potentially employees later this year. Helping them can either be remote (writing articles, helping with social media or video editing), or in their new “ChemTalk LiveLab” located in Camarillo where they will record and livestream chemistry experiments, demonstrations, and scientific equipment. See the link below for a full description of the LiveLab. They will also potentially use the LiveLab as a base for chemistry outreach to local schools that have limited science resources onsite.
If you teach middle school, high school or college chemistry ChemTalk hopes you can fill out this short survey on how you could benefit from the LiveLab: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeUacDGXrnOHTdusuFbtJwZyfj6wMvmLMoGSASZEegwe3-2eg/viewform
Please contact Scott Gietler at admin@chemistrytalk.org with questions. You can find more information in this flyer:
CALPACS 2021 Fall Luncheon and General Meeting
CALPACS cordially invite members of the chemistry community to our fall luncheon and general meeting. Flavio da Cruz, Project Manager for the Low Carbon Resources Group at SoCal Gas Research, Development and Demonstration will inform us of hydrogen’s future in the energy grid. We will recognize our fifty-year members, present our section awards and report the section’s progress to you in our general meeting. Please use the form at the bottom of this post to make your reservation. We look forward to seeing you.
Medical Device Development and US FDA Regulation
Please join us for a virtual lecture this Sunday afternoon 3/14/21, pi day, at 3:14 PM for a lecture about navigating Federal Drug Administration regulations during the pandemic.
Continue reading “Medical Device Development and US FDA Regulation”Candidate Statements for 2020 Election
Below are the statements from the candidates running for positions on the Executive Committee of the Los Padres Section of the American Chemical Society, or CaLPACS.
Chair Elect
Wilson Hago, Ph. D. is a 25+ year member of the ACS, and current Chair of the Los Padres Section. He has worked in the local start-up industry as a physical chemist for the past 20 years. This experience includes research and development on alkaline batteries, cellulose chemistry, biochar, activated carbon, and renewable fuels. Wilson has a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University in physics, and a Ph.D in physical chemistry from Brown University. He has written over 100 patents and is named as inventor on 17 patents. He is Founder of Hago Energetics, Inc., a startup focused on CO2 capture and utilization. Wilson would be be honored to continue serving the Section as Chair-Elect to further the Section’s mission of promoting chemistry and chemical education in the Central Coast.
Continue reading “Candidate Statements for 2020 Election”How Liquid Ammonia Transitions to Metal
In June of this year, Professor Stephen Bradforth of USC and his collaborators made the cover of Science magazine with their stunning results on how liquid ammonia transforms into a liquid metal as more alkali metals are dissolved into it. We are thrilled to have Professor Bradforth speak to our section about these exciting results this coming Sunday, November 8, 2020. Due to the pandemic, this lecture will be conducted over Zoom, and the details are below. Please join us for an exceptional talk on truly outstanding results. The abstract of the talk appears below.
Speaker: Professor Stephen Bradforth
Title: Probing the transition from solution electrolyte to liquid metal
Date: Sunday November 6, 2020
Time: 3:00 PM
Zoom Location: Please us the “Contact” link above to request the Zoom link for this lecture.
Cost: Free
Travel Grants for 2020 ACS Fall National Meeting
Please fill out the following form to request reimbursement for student registration fees for the 2020 ACS Fall National Meeting. Grants will be given out on a first come, first served basis. To be eligible, you must be a registered undergraduate student in the CALPACS territory, Camarillo to San Luis Obispo. Active student members of the American Chemical Society will be given priority.
In order to receive the grant, you must
- Fill out and submit the form below by the end of day Wednesday, August 12, 2020.
- Wait to receive confirmation that you have been awarded a grant.
- Sign up to attend the Fall National Meeting. This meeting will be held virtually. No travel is involved.
- Submit proof of payment to contact@lospadresacs.org
- You will be reimbursed via PayPal.
Earth Day Poetry Contest
Earth Week is next week, and the American Chemical Society has streamlined the illustrated poetry contest submission process and extended the contest entry deadline. All submissions will now be submitted through this portal https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/outreach/ccew/plan-an-event/illustrated-poem-contest.html by Sunday, May 3rd at 9 p.m. PST. Our local section name is California Los Padres and is needed during the submission process.
The illustrated poetry contest is open to all students in Grades K-12. The poems must be original works composed of 40 words or less, following one of the given styles and accompanied by an original illustration. This year’s theme Protecting our Planet through Chemistry should be the focus for the poem and illustration. Contest guidelines can be found in the attached contest flyer.
Additional Earth Week resources for teachers and students:
a. www.acs.org/kids – Adventures in Chemistry site which has six experiments for home
b. www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/resources/k-8/thebestof.html – The Best of WonderScience has nine 3-6 grade activities available for free
c. www.acs.org/inquiryinaction – Activities made for the classroom, all free
d. www.nisenet.org/athome – From our partner the NISE Network
e. AACT open resources through April 17 https://teachchemistry.org/news/unlocked-resources-through-march-3
f. Celebrating Chemistry Coloring Book (grades K-2)
g. Endangered Elements Color by Numbers (PDF) (grades 3-6)
h. ChemCatcher (PDF) (grades 9-12, undergraduate)
i. Earth Day 50th Anniversary Timeline (PDF) (grades 9-12, undergraduate)
j. and more educational resources organized by age group.
Please contact Heather Shafer via our contacts page if you have any questions about the poetry contest or Chemists Celebrate Earth Week.
2020 Pi Day Seminar: Dr. Sarah Brady
Due to the prevailing health concerns, this seminar has been canceled. We hope to resume our events in the near future.
Good health to all.
CALPACS