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The second issue of the student-led 捆绑SM社区 Green Chemistry Journal is out!

For the second year in a row, students from the Green Chemistry course (CHEM 462) are releasing their journal issue, published online as The 捆绑SM社区 Green Chemistry Journal. This volume gathers the reviews written by students who took the course.

Dima Perepichka becomes Sir William C. Macdonald Chair in Chemistry

The Sir William C. Macdonald Chair in Chemistry was established in 1901 and is one of the oldest Named Chairs at the University.

Dima has a significant international reputation that was recently validated in the Full Professor promotion process, and are one of the world鈥檚 most creative 鈥渄esigners鈥� and makers of novel materials.

Graduate student makes a video for the 2017 NSERC Science, Action! competition

Graduate student Bryan Lee from Dr. Ariya 聽group has submitted a video for the 2017 NSERC Science, Action! competition. His video is titled 鈥淢ercury on the Move鈥�, which briefly speaks on the impact of mercury pollution in the environment to the public. His video is live on YouTube now, which can be found here.

Memorial Tribute 鈥� Donald Duke Patterson (1927-2016)

It is with great sadness that we announce the untimely passing of Emeritus Professor Donald Patterson at age 89. Donald Patterson was born on October 13, 1927, in Montreal where he excelled at school, first at Selwyn House and then at Westmount High. In 1944, he placed first in the province in the Quebec high school final exams. He went on to study Mathematics and Physics at 捆绑SM社区 (B.Sc. 鈥�48 ; M.Sc.

Grad Student Cristina Mottillo receives a national thesis award

Dr. Cristina Mottillo is the recipient of the prestigious 2017 CCUCC Chemistry Doctoral Award from the Canadian Institute of Chemistry (CIC). The Award, sponsored by the Canadian Council of University Chemistry Chairs (CCUCC), recognizes a recent Ph.D. graduate for their outstanding achievement and potential in research. Cristina performed her Ph.D.

The Tsantrizos and Berghuis groups unravel important mechanistic insight into metabolic regulation/dysregulation with important implications for the treatment of cancer

Human farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase (hFPPS) plays a key role in the prenylation of small GTPases, such as RAS and RAP 1A, which are intimately involved in oncogenesis. An allosteric pocket of the enzyme has been of particular interest as a therapeutic target, however, its natural biological function has been (until now) unknown.

Mittermaier and Moores secure funding for two major instruments via CFI-John R. Evans Leaders Fund

Prof. Tony Mittermaier was awarded a CFI-John R. Evans Leaders Fund to acquire a 800 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) magnet. Most human diseases are caused by malfunctions in the fundamental molecules of life: proteins, DNA, and RNA. Studying the structure and flexibility of the molecules at the atomic level therefore helps us to understand diseases and find cures, much in the same way that the blueprint of an engine can help us to fix it when it is broken.

Janine Mauzeroll becomes Technical Editor for Journal of The Electrochemical Society

ECS recently announced the appointment of Janine Mauzeroll to the position of Technical Editor for the Organic & Bioelectrochemistry area for the聽Journal of The Electrochemical Society聽(JES). Read more about Dr. Mauzeroll鈥檚 research areas and her plans for growing this area of JES.

Congratulations: Ashok Kakkar becomes full professor

On December 2016, Prof. Ashok Kakkar was promoted full professor.

CJ Li is named fellow of the World Academy of Sciences, for the advancement of science in developing countries

Professor Chao-Jun Li, Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) at 捆绑SM社区 has been elected during the聽Academy鈥檚 27th Annual General Meeting in Kigali Rwanda,聽as one of the 40 new fellows of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). Established in 1983, the TWAS is an academy of the world's most accomplished scientists and engineers, constituted of 2004 elected Fellows in more than 90 countries. Prof.

The Ariya group develops a green method to recycle mercury

捆绑SM社区 researchers led by Professor Parisa A. Ariya in Montreal-Canada developed an innovative two-step green technique to remove and recycle mercury from spent compact fluorescent lamps, using a near zero-energy system. The new findings by Hu et al. (2016) appear in the journal of ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.

Spinoff Anomera winner of the GreenCentre Canada Innovation House Chemistry Countering Climate Change (IHC4) Competition

Anomera can now count itself as an award winning 捆绑SM社区 Chemistry spinoff!聽The company is a recent winner of the GreenCentre Canada聽Innovation聽House Chemistry Countering Climate Change (IHC4)聽Competition.聽Anomera joins a prestigious history of innovation from the Department.

捆绑SM社区 Startup Team Selected as One of the Ten Incredible Semi-finalists for the 2016 Skolar Award

Co-founders of the start-up ACSYNAM, Inc., a spin-off venture from the 捆绑SM社区 Department of Chemistry, have been selected as one of the ten incredible semi-finalists to compete for a 鈧�100,000 prize in the 2016 Skolar Award competition. Dr.

Money coming to the Auclair Lab from the other end of the world!

Professor Auclair was recently聽awarded funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia.聽The two co-applicants involved in this application, Prof.聽Auclair and Prof.聽K. J. Saliba from The Australian National University,聽will聽聽share approximately $185,000 per year for 3 years to work on "Understanding and targeting coenzyme A biosynthesis and utilization in Plasmodium falciparum".

Palladium(II) Dithiocarbamates - Anticancer Metallodrugs of the Future?

Most chemistry students are well aware of the anticancer properties of cisplatin, cis-Pt(NH3)2Cl2,聽 as a result of the pioneering work of Professor Barnett Rosenberg and his colleagues at the Michigan State University in the late 1960s. Over the years, this simple Pt(II) coordination complex and some structurally closely related ones have become the FDA-approved drugs of choice for cancer treatment, especially ovarian and testicular cancers.