Chemformation

The Weekly Newsletter of the MIT Chemistry Department

Volume 13, Number 9
Friday, February 28, 1997

Next issue: March 7. Chemformation is published by the Office of the Department Chairman. The deadline for the next issue is Tuesday, March 4th. 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

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
Professor Arthur Palmer: Columbia University; Tuesday, March 4, 1997; 4:00 p.m. in 2-105; Seminar in Physical Chemistry
Dr. Hue Sun Chan: University of California, San Francisco; "Protein Folding from the Perspectives of Simple Models"; Tuesday, March 11, 1997; 4:00 p.m. in 2-105; Seminar in Physical Chemistry
Professor Jacqueline Barton: California Institute of Technology; "DNA-mediated Electron Transfer Reactions: Chemistry as a Distance"; Wednesday, March 12, 1997; 4:00 p.m. in 6-120; Refreshments @ 3:30 in Moore 6-321; Harvard/MIT Inorganic Colloquia @ MIT
The George Büchi Lecture Series in Organic Chemistry: Professor K. Barry Sharpless; The Scripps Research Institute; "Fishing in the Periodic Table"; Thursday, March 13, 1997; 4:00 in 6-120; Reception follows in 18-490 (Norris Room); "Selective Oxidation of Olefins"; Friday, March 14, 1997; 4:00 in 6-120; Refreshments outside 6-120 @ 3:30

Professor Bertini To Hold Office Hours

Professor Ivano Bertini will be holding informal office hours on Thursday, March 6th from 1:30 to 3:00 pm in room 2/321 (The old Wrighton conference room) for those interested postdocs and graduate students. Please stop by and visit him !

Welcome Julie Carlin!

Please stop by Chemistry Headquarters and say hello to Julie Carlin, the new "front desk facilitator!" Julie will be contacting you periodically regarding shut-down and billing of postage and xeroxing. She is looking forward to meeting the faculty, students and other members of the Department and we all welcome her!

New Artwork in Chemistry Headquarters

The artwork from the Chemistry Department photo contest has been framed and decorates the walls in headquarters. We again thank all of those who entered the contest and to the winners: The "MIT Grandbaby", by Marilyn Mason, is hung near Professor Lippard's office; "Icy Twigs" by Becky Carrazza (Virgil group) and two photos by Bing Xi (Swager group) of a "Covered Bridge in Maine" are grouped together nearby; and over by Marc Jones office is "Airborne Balloons at a Patriots Game", also submitted by Becky Carrazza!

Tune-ups for T.A.s - Spring '97

Please plan on attending a TA workshop on Tuesday, March 18th at 3:30 in the Moore Room (6-321) on "Diagnosis and Prognosis: Identifying and Working with Students with Learning Disabilities", and "Getting Mid-term Feedback". Richard Goldhammer, MIT's consultant on learning disabilities, will be the guest speaker. Faculty are invited to join the group at 4:00 p.m., refreshments will be served.

Workshop to be Held on Teaching Survival Skills and Ethics to Emerging Researchers

The third annual workshop on sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh on teaching survival skills and ethics to emerging researchers will be held on June 7-11 in Ogelbay Resort and Conference Center in West Virginia and is supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. Attendance is limited so if interested please contact: Beth A. Fischer, Survival Skills and Ethics Program at the University of Pittsburgh, 4K26 Forbes Quadrangel, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, phone is (412) 624-7098; fax is (412) 648-7081 or email: survivial+@pitt.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.

Write or Call for Fulbright Senior Scholar Program Information

To receive a book describing awards available for 1998-99, write or call: USIS Fulbright Senior Scholar Program, Council for International Exchange of Scholars, Box GPOS, 3007 Tilden Street, NW, Suite 5M, Washington, D.C. 20008-3009, Internet: cies1@ciesnte.cies.org or telephone: (202) 686-7877 or on the web: http://www.cies.org

Positions

Management Recruiters,has a client in Connecticut seeking a development scientistwith a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry or M.S. in analytical chemistry with 6 years experience.. Other requirements include a working knowledge of contemporary methodology and experience in working with HPLC and spectroscopic techniques and a broad background in analytical chemistry. Please contact Victoria at 516-364-9290 or fax to 516-364-4478.
DuPont Central Research and Development, Wilmington, DE: Seeks a synthetic organic chemist to fill the principal investigator position at their Central Research Laboratory in Wilmington. The candidate should preferable have postdoctoral experience in synthetic organic chemistry and be known for creativity and risk-taking. Seeking a person with a broad background in synthetic methodologies, with particular experience in one or more of the following areas: heterocyclic chemistry, solid phase syntheses of organic molecules, and solution or solid phase combinatorial synthesis. Also they may be seeking candidates with experience in computation of molecular diversity and candidates for development of chemical and biological light throughput screening. Please contact Dr. Subramaniam Sabesan from Dr. Patricia Watson's group at 302-695-3638, email: sabesan@esva.dnet.dupont.com

Postdoctoral Positions

Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy, Oak Ridge, TN: Managed by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) is recruiting postdoctoral candidates for research participation. Their program provides opportunities and support for research and training in advanced fossil energy techniques and procedures as well as access to modern and extensive fossil energy research facilities. Located in Pittsburgh and Morgantown, West Virginia, one-year renewable and must be a US citizen. Interested postgraduates should complete application (available outside (18-392) and return to: Kay Ball, Orised/ETD, PO Box 117, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-0117.

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.

Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas: Seeks two tenure-track positions, one each in inorganic and organic chemistry. to begin January and August of 1998. Preference will be given to applicants with interdisciplinary research interests and experience (e.g., biochemistry, materials science, environmental chemistry) who are equipped to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in inorganic or organic chemistry. Send information to: Professor Robert H. Neilson, Department of Chemistry, Box 298860, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas 76129. Send e-mail inquiries to: R.Neilson@tcu.edu. Review of applications begins on April 7 and continues until positions are filled.
Montana Tech of the University of Montana, Butte, MT: looking for a geochemist/physical chemist beginning in January of 1998. Seeks Ph.D. in geochemistry, physical chemistry, or environmental chemistry and the ability to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in general chemistry, physical chemistry, and geochemistry. Send information to: Dr. Doug Coe, Head, Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry, Montana Tech of the University of Montana, 13000 West Park Street, Butte, MT 59701 or call (406) 496-4207.

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