Need a card to go with that perfect gift for that special someone this Valentine鈥檚 Day? Do they love chemistry related puns? Then 捆绑SM社区 Chemistry Department recent graduate Nick Uhlig has you covered. The Li lab alum has recently made available several charming Valentine鈥檚 Day cards through the online marketplace . 鈥淚 wanted to do it for a long time and kept saving up the ideas, but really only got to it after graduating.鈥 says Uhlig, who now works as a medicinal chemist at Gilead Sciences鈥 in Edmonton, Alberta.
The CNC-IUPAC award is given every year to 4 young chemists in Canada to attend an IUPAC conference. Audrey Moores will be attended the 6th International IUPAC Conference on Green Chemistry taking place in Venice, Italy, in September 2016. This conference is unique in that, in addition to its research focus, society stakeholders, entrepreneurs and educational bodies actively participate in the event and contribute.
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Yevgen Nazarenko (photo), Uday Kurien, Oleg Nepotchatykh and听Rodrigo Rangel-Alvarado,听with Prof Ariya have published a paper that demonstrates a substantial influence of snow on car exhaust pollution. In particular, the results showed that snow acts as a sink for toxic organic pollutants and nanosized particles from car exhausts. The article is published in 听and has attracted much attention, now classified "hot" on the Journal website.
As part of a new venture in the Moitessier research group, recent Ph.D graduate, Josh Pottel, has delved into developing software to guide protein engineering. Computers can be used to simulate the shape and function of a protein or enzyme, but need the correct tools to be able to create accurate models. An initial platform for generating and applying new side-chain (rotamer) libraries has shown promise as the foundation for a biocatalysis prediction software.
Gold nanoparticles have unusual optical, electronic and chemical properties, which scientists are seeking to put to use in a range of new technologies, from nanoelectronics to cancer treatments.
On December 11, students, post-doc and professors enjoyed a well deserved end-of-term party and celebrated the holiday season with a nice meal and music. On behalf of the all department: Happy holiday season!
During the fall 2015 semester, students enrolled in the Green Chemistry course (CHEM 462) were involved in a unique initiative. They entirely created their very own journal composed of reports and critiques inspired by the 12 principles of green chemistry. An editorial board composed of students in the course was cast and defined teh scope for this new publication. Students each wrote an article, submitted it to the editors, peer evaluted each other's work and finally presented their final work.
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Professor Robert ('Bob') Marchessault, who died peacefully last month on September 16th, 2015, the day of his 87th birthday.
Two 捆绑SM社区 Green Chemists Professors Robin Rogers and C-J Li have again earned the recognition by being among the top 1% most cited for their subject fields.听 This award represents some of the world鈥檚 most influential scientific minds. Only 5 chemists in Canada are recognized.听 Both Prof. Rogers and Prof. Li were also recognized in 2014.
Associate professor Audrey Moores was recently featured in the french radio programme "Les Ann茅es Lumi猫re" hosted by Yanick Villedieu. In a mini series of 3 chronicles 芦 La r猫gle de 3 禄, broadcasted on ICI-Radio Canada on Sep.
The CSACS Student Symposium took place on September 18th 2015, at 捆绑SM社区鈥檚 New Residence Hall. This event is an occasion for students to share their work with the local self-assembly community. Prof. Gilles Bourret (Salzburg University), a former CSACS member himself, gave the keynote lecture. Bourret discussed the use of听 electrochemical approaches to prepare plasmonic nanostructures with a high level of control, including coaxial lithography (COAL), a method he helped develop as a postdoctoral fellow in Chad Mirkin鈥檚 group (Northwestern University).
The heavier a car is, the more fuel it consumes, so finding ways to reduce vehicle weight is a key goal in the auto industry.
The solvent-free mechanochemical synthesis of a metal-organic framework, ZIF-8, was followed in real-time by in situ X-ray diffraction monitoring鈥. The movie can be seen .
Researchers at 捆绑SM社区 have discovered a clean photo-driven pathway for the efficient synthesis of aryl iodides under extremely mild conditions. The finding, published June 18 in J. Am. Chem. Soc., provides a more straightforward and greener option for preparing versatile iodide reagents, and avoids the problem of metal residue in synthetic chemistry.
The 捆绑SM社区 News Magazine recently highlighted the development of green chemistry in our department, featuring Tomislav Fri拧膷i膰, C.J. Li, Robin Rogers and Audrey Moores. Read more on the .