Chemformation

The Weekly Newsletter of the MIT Chemistry Department

Volume 13, Number 8
Friday, February 21, 1997

Next issue: February 28th. Chemformation is published by the Office of the Department Chairman. The deadline for the next issue is Tuesday, February 25. 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

Dr. Dwight Sweigart

Brown University

"Organometallic Chemistry Related to Metal-Metal Bond Formation, Carbon-Sulfur Bond Activation, and Self-Closing Redox Switches"

Wednesday, February 26, 1997

4:00 in 2-105

Refreshments @ 3:30 in 6-321

Seminar in Inorganic Chemistry

Sir John Meurig Thomas,

Cambridge, England

"Designed Solid Inorganic Catalysts"

Thursday, February 27, 1997

5:00 in MB23

Refreshments @ 4:30 in MB23

Harvard/MIT Seminar in Physical Chemistry At Harvard

The Arthur D. Little Lecture Series in Inorganic Chemistry

Professor Ivano Bertini

University of Florence

"Electron and Nuclear Relaxation in NMRD and NMR"

Monday, March 3, 1997

4:00 p.m. in 4-370

Reception to follow in the Norris Room

"Structure Function of Fe-S Proteins"

Wednesday March 5, 1997

4:00 p.m. in 6-120

Refreshments @ 3:30 p,m. outside 6-120

"Structure Function of Hemeproteins"

Thursday, March 6, 1997

4:00 p.m. in 6-120

Refreshments @ 3:30 p.m. outside of 6-120

Lawrence Wu

Kim Lab/Dept. of Biology/Whitehead

"The Molten Globule Intermediate in Protein Folding: A Simplified Protein Folding Code?"

Monday, March 3, 1997

12:00 noon in 68-121

Macromolecular Structure/Function Seminar Series

Special Seminar To Be Given by Professor Bawendi

The MIT-EECS 1997 Spring Semester Colloquium Series will present Professor Moungi G. Bawendi on Monday, February 24, 1997 from 4-5 pm in Edgerton Hall (34-101). Refreshments will be served at 3:45. His title is "Semiconductor Nanocrystallites: Building Blocks for Quantum Dot Structures"

MIT Chemistry Outreach Program - Organizational Meeting

Are you interested in doing chemistry that (almost) always works? Venturing beyond the Cambridge/Boston area? Working with people from outside of your research group? If so, then come to an organizational meeting of the MIT Chemistry Outreach Program. Join graduate students in performign amazing chemistry demonstrations in area high schools this spring. Come to the Norris Room (18-490) on Tuesday, February 25 at 5:30 p.m. Pizza will be in abundance. Questions? Contact Melanie Bartow in 18-267 extension 3-1836 or e-mail her at msbartow@mit.edu or Greg Dudley in18-265 extension 3-1836, e-mail gdudley@mit.edu

Glass Blowing Services Available

Bob DiGiacomo will be coming in on Wednesdays or Thursdays to pick up any glass blowing work that you may have available. Please bring any work to room 6-031 or call Ed Udas or John Annese at 3-4505. Bob will do the work on a first-come basis.

Help Get Organized!

Call Ed Udas at 253-4505 or stop by room 6-026 if students, faculty or staff need help in organizing their MIT space.

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 Central Florida, Orlando, FL: Requesting applications for two tenure-track assistant professor positions to begin next August. One is for a polymer chemist with a major emphasis on polymer synthesis, the other for a physical chemist with major research emphasis on the application of laser systems to chemical and material science studies. Please contact: Dr. Glenn Cunningham, Chair, Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, 32816-2366.
  
  
• The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Alabama: Invites applications for a faculty position in analytical or inorganic chemistry with research interests in experimental materials science (surface, biomaterials, microgravity); anticipated start date of August 1997. Send materials to: Professor Clyde Riley, Chair, Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama 35899, Information can be found on their website: http://matsci.uah.edu/.
  
  

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