Chemformation
The Weekly Newsletter of the MIT Chemistry Department
Volume 12, Number 32
Friday, October 25, 1996
Next issue: November 1,1996. Chemformation is published by the Office of the Department Chairman. The deadline for the next issue is Tuesday, October 29th. 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
- Professor Ann McDermott
- Columbia University
- "Long-range Distance and Chemical Shift Measurements by Solid-State NMR: Application in Drug Design"
- Wednesday, October 30, 1996
- Room 18-490 @ 3:15
- Refreshments @ 3:00
- Magnetic Resonance Seminar
- Professor Jim Mayer
- University of Washington
- "Oxidations of Alkanes, Arylalkanes, and Metal Alkyls: Radical and Nonradical Pathways"
- Wednesday, October 30, 1996
- MIT Room 6-120 @ 4:00 pm
- Refreshments @ 3:30 in 6-321
- Seminar in Inorganic Chemistry
- Professor Richard Friesner
- Columbia University
- "Testing and Development of Molecular Modeling Force Fields Using Ab Initio Quantum Chemistry"
- Thursday, October 31, 1996
- Harvard University, Room MB23 @ 5:00
- Refreshments @ 4:30 in MB23
- Harvard/MIT Phys Chem Seminar
- Professor Ann McDermott
- Columbia University
- "Solid State NMR Studies of Enzyme Active Sites"
- Thursday, October 31, 1996
- 2:00 in Room 4-231
- Refreshments in foyer of 6-120 @ 1:30
- Seminar in Biological Chemistry
- Dr. Mike Scott
- Lippard Group
- "Carbon-Carbon Bond Forming Reactions with Group 4 Tropocoronand Complexes"
- Wednesday, November 6, 1996
- 4:00 p.m. in Room 6-120
- Refreshments @ 3:45 p.m. in Room 6-321
- Seminar in Inorganic Chemistry
- Theodore S. Widlanski
- Indiana University
- Topic: "New Paradigms for the Development of Enzyme Inhibitors"
- Thursday, November 7, 1996
- 4:00 p.m. in Room 6-120
- Refreshments in foyer of 6-120 @ 3:45
- Seminar in Biological Chemistry
- Professor Charlie Riordan
- Kansas State University
- "Bioorganometallic Chemistry: From Modeling Nickel-Containing Enzymes to Photodynamic Therapy"
- Wednesday, November 13, 1996
- 4:00 in Room 6-120
- Refreshments @ 3:30 pm in 6-321
- Seminar in Inorganic Chemistry
- Dr. Harald Hess
- Bell Laboratories/Lucent Technologies
- "Observing Quantum Caverns Using Near Field Spectroscopy"
- Thursday, November 14, 1996
- MIT 5:00 p.m. in Room 6-120
- Refreshments @ 4:30 p.m. in 6-233
- Harvard/MIT Physical Chem Seminar
Congratulations to: Professors Mario Molina & Steve Tannenbaum!!
Professors Mario Molina and Steve Tannenbaum have been elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine! New members are elected by currently active members from among candidates chosen for their major contributions to health and medicine or to related fields such as social and behavioral sciences, law, administration, and economics. Election is both an honor and obligation to work on behalf of the organization, its governance and its studies. With their election, members make a commitment to devote a significant amount of volunteer time on committees engaged in a broad range of studies on health policy issues. Current IOM projects include studies on care at the end of life; on genetics, health, and behavior; and on new vaccine development.
Congratulations to Jim Harper
Congratulations to Jim Harper (Lansbury group) and his wife Michelle on the birth of his daughter Sarah Rose Harper born on September 22, 1996 at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Mother, Daughter and especially Dad are all doing fine.
Chemistry Hockey Schedule
There are four Chemistry hockey teams. All games are at the ice rink in Johnson Athletic Center. D league (Bucky Pucks) captain Dora Paolucci, D+league (Ice9) captain Dora Paolucci, C no-check (Cold Fusion) captain Dave Rovnyak, and C check (Toxic Waste) captain Mike Lawlor. Schedule for Bucky Bucks games: Wed. 10/23 8pm, Tues. 11/9 10pm and for Ice9: Tues. 11/5 9pm and Mon. 12/2 9pm.
Postdoctoral Positions
- Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA: seeks a postdoctoral associate available immediately to work on development and targeting of novel fusion proteins to membrane-anchored growth factor precursors. A background in construction and expression of engineered proteins and or growth factor/receptor interactions or regulated proteolysis by soluble proteinases is desirable. Additionally strong molecular biology and or/biochemistry skills are required. Send information to: Dr. Michael R. Freeman, Enders Research Laboratories, Room #1151, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 or e-mail: freeman_m@a1.tch.harvard.edu or call 617-355-6054.
Faculty Positions
Please note, unless otherwise specified, most faculty positions require a resume, short description of research plans and to arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent directly to the specific university or college.
- The University of New Mexico: Seeks applications for physical or biophysical chemist effective in August of 1997. Submit all inquires and/or completed application to: Professor David Keller, Chairman, Chemistry Search Committee, Department of Chemistry, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131.
- Grinnel College, Grinnel, Iowa: Invites applicants for physical chemistry faculty position. Candidates should address their interests in teaching and research in an undergraduate liberal arts environment that emphasizes close faculty-student interaction. Send information by 11/1 to Lee R. Sharpe, Chair, Dept. of Chemistry, Grinnel College, Grinnel, IA 50112-0806; 515-269-3008 or 3172 or fax 4285. or e-mail sharp@ac.grin.edu
- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Seeks organic faculty for 1997, mostly senior appointments in the areas of organic, bioorganic and synthetic materials chemistry. Send information to: Hai-Lung Dai, Chairman of the Dept., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323.
- The Citadel, Charleston, SC: Seeks analytical chemist who wishes to pursue a career teaching undergraduate students. Applications will be reviewed until 10/31/96 and send to: Dr. James R. Blanton, Dept. of Chemistry, The Citadel, Charleston, SC 29409, phone is 803-953-5041 or e-mail at blantonj@citadel.edu
- Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD: Seeks to add organic chemist to staff. Send materials by December 10th to: Professor C.A. Townsend, Head, Search Committee, Department of Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218.
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL: Invites applicants for inorganic chemist position in any areas of inorganic chemistry. A strong commitment to teaching at both undergraduate and graduate levels is required. Send To Professor James M. Boncella, Inorganic Search Committee, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesvile, Florida 32611-7200.
- Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio: Faculty opening in experimental physical chemistry to teach general and physical chemistry courses and supervise laboratory sections of general and physical chemistry. Inquiries should be addressed to: Michael W. Nee, Chairman, Department of Chemistry, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio 44074. Telephone is (216) 775-8300, fax is (216) 775-6682 and e-mail: fnee@oberlin.edu
- University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma: Soliciting applications for inorganic chemists including materials science as well as bioinorganic or bioorganic chemistry. Send inorganic materials to: The Chiair, Inorganic Search Committee and for organic to: Chair, Bioorganic/Bioinorganic Search Committee: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, 620 Parrrington Oval, Room 208, Norman, Oklahoma, 73019. Professor Michael Ashby, Chair Inorganic Search is (405) 325-4992 or e-mail: MAshby@OU.edu or Professor Ronald Halterman, Chairman of Biorganic/Bioinorganic Search at (405) 325-4836 or RHalterman@OU.edu
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