Chemformation

The Weekly Newsletter of the MIT Chemistry Department

Volume 12, Number 20
Friday, May 24, 1996

Next issue: May 31,1996. Chemformation is published by the Office of the Department Chairman. The deadline for the next issue is Tuesday, May 28 Please convey items of interest (or mailing list changes) to Linda Earle, Room 18-393, Department of Chemistry, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, 617/253-4080; 617/258-7500 (fax) or email to lkn@mit.edu Back issues of Chemformation can be accessed via the Chemistry Department Website.

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SEMINAR CALENDAR

Joanne Yun

MIT, Lippard Group

"Modeling Studies of Magnesium-Dependent Phosphate Ester Processing Enzymes"

Wednesday, May 29, 1996

4:00 in Room 6-120

Refreshments @ 3:30 in 6-321

Inorganic Seminar

Congratulations to Professor Gregory Fu
Awarded Research Corporation Grant!

Professor Greg Fu is one of 18 young faculty members just named a Cottrell Scholar by the Research Corporation, a private foundation in Tucson, Arizona. This honor carries a $50,000 award and rewards beginning faculty members who excel at both teaching and research. There were 112 applicants for the 1996 awards, which are considered among the most prestigious fellowships for beginning faculty in the sciences. They are named for Frederick G. Cottrell, a chemist who created the Research Corporation and endowed it with the patent rights to his invention, the Cottrell precipitator.

Congratulations to David and Jennifer Hays on the birth of their son!

David and Jennifer Hays announce the birth of Samuel Scott Hays on Saturday, May 18th at 7 lb. 3 oz and 21 inches. David is a grad student with Professor Greg Fu.

Positions

• Tufts University, School of Medicine, Boston, MA: Is recruiting for a research assistant in the Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases at the TUNEMC. This is a full-time position in a research laboratory studying basic virologic aspects of nutrition and exercise in HIV. The candidate should have a basic knowledge of biologic principals and a B.A. or B.S. or more advanced degree. Experience with sterile techniques and tissue culture is required. Experience with ELISA, RIA is desirable. Please call Dr. Paul R. Skolnik at (617) 636-7008 or fax your cv to him at (617) 636-3216.
  
  
• Pharmaceutical Peptides, Inc., Cambridge, MA: A major biopharmaceutical research and development company using proprietary biological and chemical combinatorial techniques to discover new drugs, seeks two chemists; one a Ph.D. Bio-organic medicinal chemist and one MS./BS. organic chemist. The Ph.D. position will contribute to the research and development of peptidomimetic analogs of their lead compounds while the MS/BS chemist will complement their existing chemistry team by contributing to the design and synthesis of analogs of lead compounds and intermediates for peptide chemistry. Please submit resume by mail or fax to: Human Resource Code (MF1 for Ph.D. position and MF2 for MS/BS position) Pharmaceutical Peptides Inc. One Hampshire Street, 5th floor, Cambridge, MA 02139 or fax too(617) 494-8496.
  
  
• Boston University, Boston, MA: Seeks instructor of chemistry to work with team of faculty presenting a two-semester introductory chemistry course of approximately 800 students; has primary responsibility for developing and implementing the laboratory part of the course. The faculty member has direct responsibility for supervising and training ca. twenty graduate TAs, who staff lab and discussion sessions. Please send applications to: Standish C. Hartman, Chairman, Department of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, Voice mail (617) 353-2515 or Fax at (617) 353-6466 or email: hartman@chemi.bu.edu
  
  
• D.P. Parker and Associates, Wellesley, MA: Are assisting a client of theirs that manufacturers and markets consumer and commercial products under several well-known brand names who is seeking a senior research chemist. The chemist should possess broad analytical chemistry knowledge as well as experience in the analysis of polymeric materials. Interested individuals should contact: Tricia Schafer at DP Parker and Associates, 372 Washington Street, Welleseley, MA 02181 or call her at (617) 237-1220 or fax her at (617) 237-4702.
  
  

Postdoctoral Fellowships

• Boston University, Boston, MA: Is seeking applications for several postdoctoral positions in the research group of Professor Amy Mullin to study the collisional and reactive dynamics of very highly excitable molecules with internal energies near and above their dissociative thresholds. High resolution time-resolved IR laser probing allows them to measure nascent rotational, vibrational and translational energies of product molecules leaving the scene of the collision as well as obtain cross sections for state resolved processes. Please contact Amy S. Mullin at mullin@chem.bu.edu or phone at (617) 353-8477 or fax at (617) 353-6466.
  
  
• The Michigan Society of Fellows, Ann Arbor, Michigan: Seeks applications for postdoctoral fellows for 1997-200. Candidates should be near the beginning of their professional careers. Those selected for fellowships must have received their Ph.D. degree or comparable professional or artistic degree between January 1, 1994 and September 1, Fellows are appointed as Assistant Professors or Research Scientists in appropriate departments and as Postdoctoral Scholars in the Michigan Society of Fellows. They are expected to be in residence in Ann Arbor during the academic years of the fellowship, to teach for the equivalent of one academic year, to participate in the informal intellectual life of the Society and to devote time to independent research. Please send requests for applications and information: to Michigan Society of Fellows, 3030 Racham Building, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1070 or call (313) 763-1259. Applications must be postmarked by October 12th.
  
  

Faculty Positions

• Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas: is conducting searches for two faculty appointments, one for a senior-level tenure-track appointment (Associate/Full Professor) in theoretical computational chemistry and the second for a one-year appointment in organic chemistry. Contact Faculty Selection at (913) 532-6665 or Fax at (913) 532-6666. The positions are for August of 96 and applications for the tenure track appointment must include letter of application, a cv, a description of proposed research, names of three references, and a listing of start-up needs. The temporary appointment seeks a Ph.D. in chemistry with specialization in organic chemistry. Apply to Professor M.Dale Hawley, Kansas State University, Department of Chemistry, Manhattan, Kansas, 66506-3701 or e-mail at DHAWLEY@KSU.KSU.EDU or phone him at (913) 532-6665.
  
  

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