Chemformation
A Weekly Newsletter from the Office of the Department Chairman
Volume 11, Number 24
MIT Department of Chemistry
Friday, April 14, 1995
There will be no Chemformation next week; the next issue will be on April 28. The deadline for the next issue is Tuesday, April 25 at 5:00 p.m. Please convey items of interest (or mailing list changes) to Eve Diana, Room 18-390, Department of Chemistry, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, 617/253-4080; 617/258-7500 (fax) or send electronic mail to evediana@mit.edu
- Chemistry & Industry Seminar
- Dr. Leo Manzer
- DuPont Corp. Catalysis Center
- "The Commercial Development of Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) Alternatives: A Modern Day Manhattan Project"
- Tuesday, April 18, 1995
- 9:30 AM in Room 6-120
- Modern Optics and Spectroscopy Seminar
- Dr. Herbert Walther
- Max-Planck-Institut Für Quantenoptik
- "Single Atoms in Cavities"
- Tuesday, April 18, 1995
- 11:00 AM in Room 37-252
- Refreshments to follow seminar
- Toxicology/Chemistry Seminar
- Dr. Harvey Herschman
- UCLA School of Medicine
- "Regulation and Function of the Inducible Form of Prostaglandin Synthase: Implications for Mitogenesis, Reproduction, Inflammation, and Cancer"
- Wednesday, April 19, 1995
- 12 Noon in Room 68-181
- Refreshments at 11:45 AM
- Inorganic Chemistry Lecture Series
- Prof. Gary W. Brudvig
- Yale University
- "Unraveling the Structure and Function of Mn in the Catalytic Oxidation of Water by Photosystem II"
- Wednesday, April 19, 1995
- 4:00 PM in Room 6-120
- Refreshments at 3:30 in Room 6-321
- Chemistry & Industry Seminar
- Dr. Nassim Usman
- Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals, Boulder, CO
- "Ribozymes as Drugs"
- Thursday, April 20, 1995
- 9:30 AM in Room 6-120
- 1995 Karl Pfister Lecture in Organic Chemistry
- Prof. Daniel H. Rich
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- "Structure-based Drug Design: How are We Doing?"
- Tuesday, April 25, 1995
- 4:00 PM in Room 6-120
- Reception to follow in Room 6-321
- 1995 Karl Pfister Lecture in Organic Chemistry
- Prof. Daniel H. Rich
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- "What Else is Cyclosporin Good For? Studies with Non-Immunosuppressive Analogs"
- Wednesday, April 26, 1995
- 4:00 PM in Room 4-270
- Inorganic Chemistry Lecture Series
- Dr. Stephen O. Dunham
- Lippard Research Group
- "NMR Studies of Spin-labeled Platinum-DNA Complexes"
- Wednesday, April 26, 1995
- 4:00 PM in Room 6-120
- Refreshments at 3:30 in Room 6-321
- Chemistry & Industry Seminar
- Dr. Paul Foley
- Hoechst Inc.
- TITLE TO BE ANNOUNCED
- Thursday, April 27, 1995
- 9:30 AM in Room 6-120
- Biochemistry Seminar
- Prof. W.W. Cleland
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- "Why Enzymes are so Fast"
- Thursday, April 27, 1995
- 4:00 PM in Room 6-120
UNDERGRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES
For more information on the opportunities listed below, please check with the Chemistry Education Office in Room 2-325.
Call for Papers/Undergraduate Research Symposium
- The 34th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium sponsored by the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society will be held this year on Saturday, April 29 at Boston University's Metcalf Science Center, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston. Deadline for abstracts: April 21, 1995.
Positions Available
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA has a full time position for a Research Assistant/Technician to work on control of transcription in phagocytes, and changes in gene expression with cardiopulmonary bypass.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
For more info on the opportunities listed below, please check the blue binders in Headquarters.
Positions Available
- Snyder & Company, Avon, CT (a career placement firm) is conducting a search for candidates for three scientific positions in flavor chemistry.
- PathoGenesis Corporation, Seattle, WA has an opening for a Ph.D. chemist interested in anti-infective drug discovery.
Faculty Positions
- Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX. Position open for an assistant professor of biochemistry.
- Rice University, Houston, TX. Position open for an temporary chemistry professor. Ph.D. required and prior teaching experience desirable.
- Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada. Position open for a professor of medicinal chemistry.
Postdoctoral Opportunity
- 3M Corporation Research Labs, St. Paul, MN is seeking postdoctoral candidates for a position in their Photonics Research Laboratory to work on the synthesis and possibly characterization of monomers and polymers for optical applications.
Fellowships
- American Chemical Society Division of Organic Chemistry plans to award 95-96 academic year fellowships for Ph.D. students to be held during their third or fourth year of study. Nominations should be submitted by the candidates Ph.D. advisor. Deadline 6/2/95.
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