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SUMMARY:Ladies in Waiting AND Still Waiting for the Nobel Prize
DESCRIPTION:Professor Mary Virginia Orna\, College of New Rochelle\nSponsored by the ACS San Diego Section\n6pm-8pm\, Online via Zoom\, Free\, Learn more and register\n\nAbstract \nThat there is a gender imbalance in the list of Nobel laureates is unambiguous. There are many reasons for this situation\, among which one may cite the very small pool of women scientists. While that may have been true in the past\, the number of women who are active in scientific research has grown exponentially\, and yet we had to wait until 2020 for two women to join the other five women chemistry laureates (3.76% in the Nobel’s 120-year history). This talk will highlight an outstanding group of women\, some of whom were nominated unsuccessfully for the prize many times\, and some who were never nominated at all\, but perhaps should have been. While we will discuss only the tip of the iceberg\, there will be many more references suggested for further research and reading. \nBio \nMary Virginia Orna is Professor of Chemistry\, Emerita\, at The College of New Rochelle. She received her Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from Fordham University. Orna has lectured and published widely in the areas of color chemistry and archaeological chemistry. In 2010 Mary was chosen as an ACS Fellow and has received many other awards including the Chemical Manufacturing Association’s Catalyst Award for excellence in college chemistry teaching\, the CASE (Council for the Advancement and Support of Education) New York State Professor of the Year\, the Merck Innovation Award\, the Western Connecticut ACS Section’s Visiting Scientist Award\, the James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Chemistry\, and the American Chemical Society’s 1999 George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education. She has presented over a dozen plenary lectures and named lectureships. She was a Fulbright Fellow in Israel (1994-95) where she lectured at The Hebrew University. Professor Orna was a major contributor to the ACS symposium series on The Posthumous Nobel Prize in Chemistry\, Volume 2\, Ladies in Waiting for the Nobel Prize (2018).
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/ladies-in-waiting-and-still-waiting-for-the-nobel-prize/
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SUMMARY:Seven Months of Perseverance on Mars
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, September 16\, 2021 from 5:00-6:00 PM PDT Presentation\, 6:00-6:30 PM PDT Q&A\nOnline via Zoom\, Free\, Registration required\n\nAbstract: \nFebruary 18\, 2021 marked a momentous occasion in space exploration: after a six-month journey\, the Perseverance rover landed in Mars’s Jezero Crater. Thus began a mission that has promised to yield novel insights into the geology\, astrobiology\, and habitability of one of our closest planetary neighbors\, paving the path for possible manned missions in the future.  \nFor our next virtual Café Scientifique: Silicon Valley\, we are honored to have with us Dr. Ken Farley\, Professor of Geochemistry at Caltech and Project Scientist for the Mars 2020 mission. Please join us on Thursday\, September 16\, 2021 to hear Dr. Farley discuss the exciting work that Perseverance has been conducting ever since its historic landing. \nBio: \nKen Farley is the W.M. Keck Foundation Professor of Geochemistry in the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences at the California Institute of Technology. His research centers on development and application of geochemistry techniques\, especially involving isotopes of the noble gases\, to a wide range of terrestrial and solar system questions. Specific areas of interest include geochronology of both Earth and Mars\, the geochemical evolution of the Earth\, and the behavior of noble gases in minerals. He is currently Project Scientist for the Mars 2020 Perseverance mission. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from Yale University in 1986 and a doctorate in Earth Science from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography\, University of California San Diego in 1991. He began his professorial career at Caltech in 1993. \nAbout Café Scientifique: \nCafé Scientifique is a place where anyone can come to explore the latest ideas in science and technology. The Café provides a forum for debating science issues outside a traditional academic context. We are committed to promoting public engagement with science and to making science accountable – all spoken in plain English. There is no admission charge to attend our events. Building on its great success outside the United States\, Café Scientifique Silicon Valley is the first such Café on the West Coast. We meet monthly to discuss a variety of science topics. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/seven-months-of-perseverance-on-mars/
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CATEGORIES:Dinner Meeting
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SUMMARY:Air Pollution in High Definition: Building Low-Cost Sensor Networks & Community Partnerships
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Alexis Shusterman and Dr. Chelsea Preble\, University of California at Berkeley\nSponsored by the ACS California Section\, Women Chemists Committee\n10:30am-Noon\, Online via Zoom\, Free\, Learn more and register (Please register no later than Friday\, Sept. 17\, 2021 before 10:30 am)\n\nAbstract: \nMeasuring atmospheric pollutants at high spatiotemporal resolution has the potential to help identify problematic sources as well as pinpoint communities facing disproportionate risks. Most traditional air quality monitoring campaigns\, however\, have been necessarily sparse in their resolution owing to the significant upfront and operational costs of high-precision and high-accuracy instrumentation. We explore the intersection of this measurement challenge with the issue of environmental justice in the United States and make an argument for the benefits of tracking air pollution at the neighborhood scale using low-cost monitoring techniques. We also present initial results from community air quality studies in West Oakland and Richmond\, two San Francisco Bay Area communities that are burdened by diesel particulate matter pollution. In these studies\, we deployed custom-built\, low-cost black carbon (BC)—or soot—sensors outside of community members’ homes and businesses. These dense networks captured seasonal trends in ambient BC on a block-by-block basis and found that the spatiotemporal patterns in BC concentrations were driven by truck activity. Through meaningful partnerships between researchers and key community stakeholders\, these collaborations created actionable datasets that advance both science and advocacy goals as part of broader Community Air Protection Program monitoring efforts (AB 617). \nAbout the Speakers: \n  \nDr. Alexis Shusterman completed her PhD in atmospheric chemistry at the University of California\, Berkeley while working with Prof. Ronald Cohen. Her graduate work centered around the construction of BEACO2N\, a high-density network of more than three dozen low-cost sensors capable of providing community-level air quality reports throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. During graduate school\, Alexis worked with science communication and outreach organizations nationwide to spread climate change and environmental justice awareness\, winning recognition in the UC Berkeley Grad Slam\, the University of California Carbon Slam\, and the American Chemical Society Chemistry Champions competitions. Now a lecturer in the UC Berkeley College of Chemistry\, Alexis (or “Dr. S” to her students) now dedicates herself to delivering high quality chemical education full time. \n  \nDr. Chelsea Preble earned her PhD in Environmental Engineering from UC Berkeley in 2017\, and is now an Assistant Research Engineer in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley and affiliate of the Energy Technologies Area at Berkeley Lab. In her work\, she seeks to better understand air pollution trends\, sources\, and controls in impacted communities and to evaluate the real-world emissions impacts of new regulations and alternative energy technologies. Her research includes characterizing in-use emissions from heavy-duty diesel trucks and commercial harbor craft\, developing community-based air quality sensor networks\, and quantifying emissions from organic waste diversion systems.
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/air-pollution-in-high-definition-building-low-cost-sensor-networks-community-partnerships/
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SUMMARY:Improved Energy and Information Collection from Light with Nanomaterials
DESCRIPTION:Professor Oscar Vazquez-Mena\, University of California at San Diego\nSponsored by the ACS San Diego Section\n7pm-8pm\, Online via Zoom\, Free\, Learn more and register\n\nAbstract:  \nLight carries vital energy and information for life. It is the key for photosynthesis\, and the reason for one of our key senses: sight. A key challenge to achieve sustainable development is the efficient use of sun light energy to replace carbon fuels. At the same time\, light encodes critical information from our surroundings that sometimes goes beyond the visual range of our eyes. Information on biomolecules\, toxic gases and night vision capabilities can be found in the infrared\, which our eyes are not capable to detect. In this talk\, Prof. Vazquez will present a novel architecture based on two important nanomaterials to improve both energy extraction and information collection from light beyond the visible range. His goal is to bring energy and information harvest capabilities into the hands of human beings\, enabling individual sto extend their perception and interactions with their surroundings via efficient energy and information collection from light surrounding us. \nBio: \nDr. Oscar Vazquez Mena received his Ph.D. from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland. He did postdoctoral research stages at the University of California\, Berkeley in the Department of Physics from 2011 to 2014\, and at the Institute of Photonic Sciences in Barcelona in 2015 with a Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellowship. Before his Ph.D.\, he obtained his  B.S. in Physics Engineering from the Monterrey Institute of Technology in 2000 in Mexico\, and then his M.S. degree from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden\, realizing  his thesis at Delft University of Technology.  He is a recipient of the DARPA Young Faculty Award\, the DARPA’s Director Fellowship\, and the NSF CAREER award. He has also done extensive outreach to promote higher education among underserved communities\, receiving the UC San Diego Cesar Chavez faculty award and the Outstanding Engineering Educator from the SD County Engineering Council.
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/improved-energy-and-information-collection-from-light-with-nanomaterials/
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CATEGORIES:Dinner Meeting
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SUMMARY:7th Annual Flavors of Chemistry - Complex Flavor Creation: Eliciting Emotion with Chemicals
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Sean LaFond\, Director of Flavor for Verofolia and Consultant for Edible Odessy\nSponsored by the ACS Sacramento Section\n2-4pm (Presentation is from 3-4pm)\, In-person with Livestream\,  Free\, Learn more and register\, Download flyer\n\n \nThe ACS Sacramento Section is pleased to announce that our 7th Annual Flavors of Chemistry will be occurring in-person at UC Davis with a live-stream on Saturday\, September 25th. The presentation will be from 2:30–4 PM\, with a networking social starting at 2 PM. This free event will feature Dr. Sean LaFond talking about flavor creation.  You will receive the Zoom link in the confirmation email after you register.   Download flyer. \nThis event will follow the UC Davis’ COVID-19 safety protocols. As the event gets closer\, please check the registration page for updates on any changes. \nTentative Schedule: \n\n2-2:30 pm Networking and coffee\n2:30-3 pm Welcome\n3-4 pm Presentation: Complex Flavor Creation: Eliciting Emotion with Chemicals\n\nAbstract: \nThe food we eat\, the beverages we drink\, and the environment we live in are filled with a vast array of volatile chemical compounds. Despite the chemical complexity in the world around us\, we are capable of perceiving complex mixtures as single percepts: a strawberry tastes like strawberry; an egg tastes like an egg; a bourbon whiskey tastes like bourbon whiskey. Join me for a discussion about the psychophysical underpinnings of complex flavor perception and how to leverage them to build flavors from their molecular components. \nBio: \nSean LaFond is the Director of Flavor for Verofolia\, located in Healdsburg\, CA\, as well as a scientific consultant for Edible Odyssey in Davis\, CA. During the past fifteen years\, Dr. LaFond has worked on numerous projects in the food industry and academia. His research interests encompass the creation of complex flavors and the sensory methods to evaluate them. He holds a MS in Food Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he studied lipid oxidation in frying oils\, and a PhD in Food Science from the University of California at Davis where he studied the sensory perception of flavor blending.
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/7th-annual-flavors-of-chemistry-complex-flavor-creation-eliciting-emotion-with-chemicals/
LOCATION:Hybrid event – Michael’s at Shoreline\, 2960 N. Shoreline Blvd.\, Mountain View\, CA\, 94043\, United States
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SUMMARY:Folding Sequence-Defined Peptoid Polymers into Protein Mimetic Nanostructures
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Ronald Zuckermann\, Biological Nanostructures Facility\, The Molecular Foundry\, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory\nSponsored by the Golden Gate Polymer Forum\n6:30-7:30pm\, Online via Zoom\, $5 donation/Free\, Registration required (registration deadline is Sept. 28th at 1pm)\n\nAbstract: \nA longstanding challenge in molecular biomimicry is to build synthetic nanostructures with the same architectural sophistication as proteins. One of the most promising ways to do this is to synthesize sequence-defined\, non-natural polymer chains that\, like in nature\, spontaneously fold and assemble into precise three-dimensional structures. This was originally a synthesis problem\, but the automated solid-phase submonomer synthesis method now allows one to efficiently synthesize high-purity\, sequence-defined peptoid polymers up to 50 monomers in length. The method uses readily available primary amine synthons\, allowing hundreds of chemically diverse side chains to be cheaply introduced. \nThis remarkable synthetic capability raised the next problem: which chemical sequences in a chain encode for precise folding into a 3D structure? This is essentially the protein folding problem extended to the non-natural world. Using results from our synthetic capabilities in concert with computational modeling and high-resolution characterization techniques\, we will discuss the design\, synthesis\, assembly\, and engineering of a variety of protein-mimetic nanostructures. We show by direct cryo-TEM imaging\, AFM\, NMR\, and x-ray scattering\, that all known crystalline peptoid assemblies share a universal secondary structure motif\, the cis-Sigma strand\, based on a backbone fold containing all cis-amide bonds. The unexpected universality of peptoid backbone folding offers a unique opportunity to rationally design and engineer these materials to create robust nanomaterials capable of protein-like functions\, such as specific molecular recognition and catalysis. \nBio: \nRonald Zuckermann is a Sr. Research Advisor at the Molecular Foundry at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory\, where he studies the mimicry of biological architectures using bio-inspired polymers. He received his BS in Chemistry in 1984 from Harvey Mudd College where he did undergraduate research in synthetic organic chemistry. He then went on to UC Berkeley to study Bioorganic Chemistry with Prof. Peter Schultz. His thesis work was on the synthesis of semi-synthetic nucleases capable of the sequence-specific cleavage of RNA. After receiving the first Schultz group PhD in 1989\, he became one of the founding chemists at Protos Corp.\, a combinatorial drug discovery start-up in Emeryville\, CA. There he helped develop several key drug discovery technologies such as robotic combinatorial library synthesizers\, affinity selection methods\, and a novel class of heteropolymers called “Peptoids”. Chiron Corp. acquired Protos in 1991 where this work continued and was applied to small molecule drug discovery\, new biomaterials\, and nucleic acid delivery. Dr. Zuckermann was promoted to Research Fellow in 2003. In early 2006\, he left Chiron to direct the Biological Nanostructures Facility of the Molecular Foundry at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to do research at the interface of chemistry\, biology and nanoscience. There he pioneered the field of peptoid nanostructure\, folding sequence-defined peptoid polymer chains into protein-like nanoarchitectures. He has published over 180 papers and is co-inventor on 38 patents.
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/folding-sequence-defined-peptoid-polymers-into-protein-mimetic-nanostructures/
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