ChemformationChemformation
Volume 15, Number 5
Friday, February 12, 1999
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Professor Bruce Tidor has been awarded an Alfred P. Sloan fellowship. The two-year fellowships are awarded to young faculty members who have demonstrated great research potential in the physical sciences, economics, mathematics and neuroscience. The Sloan Research Fellowships were first established in 1955 to provide support and recognition to young scientists who were endeavoring to set up laboratories and establish their independent research projects with little or no outside support.
Sloan Research fellows are chosen from a highly competitive field of scientists from across the country - the selection of Professor Tidor clearly indicates the high esteem in which his past work and future potential is held by his fellow scientists.
The renovations of the new X-Ray lab are complete and the lab and Bill Davis have moved into the space. The new lab is located on the 3rd floor of building 2 in the space formerly occupied by the Chemistry Education Office. The new X-Ray facility contains separate rooms for the diffractometer, computers, and Bill Davis' office.
Please take a moment and visit the new facility. I believe that you will find it more spacious, efficient and pleasant then the facility's former quarters.
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Wednesday, February 17, 1999 4:00 p.m. in Room 6-120 Harvard/MIT Inorganic Seminars @ MIT Refreshments @ 3:30 p.m. |
Dr. Karen I. Goldberg University of Washington "Reductive Elimination and Oxidative Addition Reactions Involving C-C, C-H" and C-X Bonds at Pt (IV)/Pt(II)" |
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Thursday, February 18, 1999 4:00 p.m. in Room 6-120 Bristol-Myers Squibb Lectures in Organic Synthesis Refreshments @ 3:30 p.m. |
Joanne Bronson Bristol-Myers Squibb "Discovery of New Antibacterial Agents: Traditional and Novel Approaches" Barry M. Trost Stanford University "On Inventing Atom Economical Reactions" |
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The Arthur D. Little Seminar Series in Physical Chemistry Monday, February 22, 1999 4:30 p.m. in Room 6-120 Refreshments @ 4:00 p.m. |
Professor Richard Friesner Columbia University "Ab Initio Electronic Structure Calculations: From Small Molecules to Proteins" |
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Tuesday, February 23, 1999 4:00 p.m. in Room 6-120 Reception after in Moore Room |
"Accurate Models of Complex Chemical Systems: Development of the Next Generation of Molecular Modeling Force Fields and Continuum Solvation Models" |
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Thursday, February 25, 1999 5:00 p.m. in Room 6-120 Joint Arthur D. Little and Harvard/MIT Seminar @ MIT PLEASE NOTE LECTURE TIMES |
"Computational Methods for Protein Structure Prediction" |
| Wednesday, February 24, 1999 4:00 p.m. in Room 6-120 Seminar in Inorganic Chemistry Refreshments @ 3:30 p.m. |
Chuan He Lippard Group "Model Studies of Dinuclear Metalloenzymes" |
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Wednesday, March 3, 1999 4:00 p.m. in Room 6-120 Seminar in Inorganic Chemistry Refreshments @ 3:30 p.m. |
Richard P. Kingsborough Swager Group "Electrochemical Investigations of Polythiophene-Transition Metal Hybrid Materials" |
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Thursday, March 4, 1999 4:00 p.m. in Room 6-120 Seminar in Organic Chemistry Refreshments @ 3:30 in 18-490 |
Professor Mark Lautens University of Toronto "Synthesis of Bioactive Compounds via Bicycle Templates" |
Graduate fellowships are available through the MIT/Merck Collaboration Program for students with a strong background in math, physical sciences, and/or engineering while doing graduate studies in sub-sections of a department of engineering, physical or mathematical sciences. Doctoral students beginning their second, third or fourth years of graduate studies are eligible. Students selected will be required to take one course in biology or related science each of the two semesters of the first year of support and to participate in a symposium held typically on the MIT campus to discuss research before Merck representatives and MIT colleagues. To apply send your undergraduate transcripts, GRE's GPA, MIT course record, and prepare eight copies of: a two page description of the research proposed and two letters from MIT faculty of whom is your supervisor to Professor Dietmar Seyferth in 4-382A by April 1, 1999. Chemistry Department faculty will review applications and send on those most qualified. Please contact Professor Boris Kagasanik, 253-2637, HYPERLINK mailto:bmag@mit.edu bmag@mit.edu. with questions. Information may also be obtained from Professor Bonnie Berger, Math; Tomas Lozano.
The spring semester schedules for the Chemistry department's five intramural hockey teams have been announced. Come and cheer your fellow chemists on to victory! The teams vary in experience and ability from D league (beginners) to C No Checking and C+ leagues (advanced). All games are held at the MIT ice rink in Johnson Athletic Center. Please contact Stacey Eckman at x3-6964, email: sceckman@mit.edu
| D League: Absolute Zero | Sunday | Feb 28 | 5:30p.m. |
| D League: Buckypucks | Sunday | Feb 14 | 6:30pm |
| Thursday | Feb 25 | 11:30pm | |
| D+ League: Ice9 | Wednesday | Feb 17 | 8:30pm |
| Thursday | Mar 4 | 11:30pm | |
| Sunday | Mar 7 | 7:30pm | |
| C No Checking League: Cold Fusion | Thursday | Feb 18 | 10:30pm |
| Wednesday | Mar 10 | 8:30pm | |
| C+ League: Toxic Waste | Wednesday | Mar 3 | 8:30pm |
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?
Then come to an organizational meeting of the MIT Chemistry Outreach Program! Join other graduate students perfoming amazing chemistry demonstrations in area high schools this spring. Come to the Norris Room (18-490) on Thursday, February 18th at 6:30 pm. THERE WILL BE FOOD! Questions? Contact Dawn Bennett at x3-1835, 18-248, dbennett@mit.edu
A workshop will be held for those international scholars: including staff, researchers and faculty members who need tax assistance on Thursday, February 25, 1999 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 in the Student Center, La Sala De Puerto Rico sponsored by the International Scholars Office. Topics include: tax requirements for international researchers and faculty members in the US, residency status for tax purposes, treaty provisions, filing requirements, and types of income subject to US taxation. There will be an opportunity for questions and answers.
Applications are solicited for the Greenlaw Fellowship. This fellowship provides full stipend and tuition for the period 9/1/98-8/31/99, and is funded by the Graduate School Office. Eligibility: Any graduate student in good standing. Submit application to Professor D. Seyferth, Room 4-382A. Deadline: Friday, February 12, 1999.
Call Ed Udas at 253-4505 or stop by room 6-026 if students, faculty, or staff need help in organizing their MIT space.
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, first-served basis
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
Tenure-track faculty position as chemistry department head at associate or full professor level. Position begins fall 1999 or before. Completed applications must include vitae, copies of transcripts, three letters of reference, and a letter of application addressing qualifications (including teaching and administrative philosophy). Completed applications should be received by March 27, 1999. Send application materials to Dr. Ben Doughty, Chair, Search Committee, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce TX, 75429. Texas A&M University-Commerce is an AAEO employer. Informal inquires on procedural matters can be directed to Dr. Ben Doughty: Ben_Doughty@tamu-commerce.edu
University of CA at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA: Two postdocs available in the lab of Professor Daniel Neumark, check his website at: http;//bromine.cchem.berkeley.edu Phone, (510) 642-3502, fax is (510) 642-6262. Apply to Prof. Daniel Neumark, Dept of Chemistry, University of CA, Berkeley, CA 94705.
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