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SUMMARY:Bacteriophages in Human Health and Disease
DESCRIPTION:Paul Bollyky\, MD\, PhD\nSponsored by Café Scientifique Silicon Valley\n5:00-6:30pm\, Online via Zoom\, Free\, Registration required\n\nDescription of the talk\nBacteriophages\, viruses that infect bacteria\, are a frontier in human health. Phages are some of the best studied organisms on earth with critical roles in biotechnology. They are also highly abundant in our bodies\, outnumbering both our own cells and the bacteria that produce them. However\, we are just beginning to understand the roles that phages play in our own biology. Here\, we will explore the fascinating biology of bacteriophages and their interactions with both their human and bacterial hosts. We will highlight recent data from our lab and others implicating bacteriophages in human disease. We will also discuss efforts to use bacteriophages to promote human health. \nAbout the speaker\nPaul Bollyky is an Associate Professor and infectious disease physician at Stanford University. He received his D.Phil at the University of Oxford\, and his MD at Harvard Medical School. He then completed his residency training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital followed by his fellowship training in Infectious Diseases and Immunology at the University of Washington in Seattle. His lab studies trans-kingdom interactions between bacteriophages\, bacteria\, and their human hosts\, and is interested in understanding how these interactions contribute to health and disease and in using bacteriophages to treat chronic infections.
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/bacteriophages-in-human-health-and-disease/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Persistent Micelle Templates for Single-Variable Series of Porous Nanomaterials
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Morgan Stefic\, Chemistry and Biochemistry Dept.\, Univ. of South Carolina\nSponsored by the Golden Gate Polymer Forum (GGPF)\n6:30 PM Online via Zoom\, Registration required (Registration deadline: Feb. 15 at 1pm)\n\nAbstract\nBlock polymer structure‐directing agents (SDA) enable the production of porous nanoscale materials by controlling the arrangement of material precursors. The subsequent removal of the polymer thus yields porous nanomaterials that are useful for a wide range of applications including energy storage and catalysis. The iteration of most such strategies however leads to complex sequences of nanomaterials that change multiple spatial variables at a time\, including morphology\, pore size\, and wall thickness. In contrast\, persistent micelle templates (PMT) are based upon the kinetic entrapment of polymer chains to enable sample adjustments with constant morphology (isomorphic) and constant pore size (ref.1). Such series of nanomaterials with a single spatial variable are well poised to clarify cause-and-effect for nanoscale phenomena. The PMT approach has enabled wide spanning feature sizes over two orders of magnitude with 2 Å precision adjustments between samples. The PMT method is simple to validate with diffraction models and is feasible in any laboratory with minimal equipment. Finally\, recent energy device research enabled by PMT is noted where tailored nanomaterials provided a unique perspective to unravel complex battery behaviors (ref. 2). \nReferences \n1)    Stefik\, M.\, Single-Variable Porous Nanomaterial Series from Polymer Structure Directing Agents. Journal of Materials Research 2022\, 37\, 25-42.  Open Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1557/s43578-021-00421-0 \n2)    van den Bergh\, W.; Stefik\, M.\, Understanding Rapid Intercalation Materials One Parameter at a Time. Advanced Functional Materials 2022\, 32\, 2204126.  Open Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202204126 \nSpeaker Background & Research Interests:\n\nMorgan Stefik is an Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of South Carolina and is the founding director of the South Carolina SAXS Collaborative. He obtained a BE degree in Materials Engineering from California Polytechnic State University in 2005 and a PhD degree in Materials Science from Cornell University in 2010. He then completed postdoctoral research at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. His accolades include a National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2018\, recognition as an Emerging Investigator by the Journal of Materials Chemistry A in 2017\, a Breakthrough Star Award from the University of South Carolina in 2018\, election to the council of the International Mesostructured Materials Association in 2018\, selection as an ACS PMSE division Young Investigator in 2020\, recognition as an Early Career Scholar by the Journal of Materials Research in 2022\, a Garnet Apple Award for Teaching Innovation from the University of South Carolina in 2022\, and a Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg Fellowship in 2022. \n\n 
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/persistent-micelle-templates-for-single-variable-series-of-porous-nanomaterials-2/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:What is a Chemical? Innovation in Chemical Descriptions
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)\n8:00am-9:30am\, Online via Zoom\, Free\, Registration required (Learn more)\n\nThe IUPAC WorldFAIR Chemistry project is pleased to invite you to attend the fourth webinar of our series titled “What is a Chemical? : Innovation in Chemical descriptions. We are focusing on innovations and creative approaches to chemical description\, particularly those that address chemicals in complex systems: such as reactions\, multiple-component systems/mixtures\, complexes\, composites\, formulations\, and using these in different computational settings\, representation services\, tools\, and mechanisms. \nThe webinar series highlights the current status of working with descriptions of chemical substances\, development of digital tools to transform chemical data notation into digital entities\, and ways to implement FAIR (Findable\, Accessible\, Interoperable\, Reusable) data principles across the chemical enterprise. \nThis webinar will last for 90 min\, and we have invited 5 guest speakers to present their perspectives on the use of chemical substance notation” in their field within a 5 min flash presentation for each speaker. This will be followed by a panel discussion.
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/what-is-a-chemical-innovation-in-chemical-descriptions/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Nonlinear Career Path: A New Normal and a Fun One
DESCRIPTION:Atefeh Taheri\, Chevron and 2023 Chair for Cal ACS\nSponsored by California ACS Section Women Chemists Committee\n10:30am-noon\, Online via Zoom\, Free\, Registration required\n\nAbstract\nPeople ask children what they want to be when they grow up. It took Atefeh some years to realize that she had a broad interest in many topics and wanted to try various roles and responsibilities. Atefeh has embraced what Sheryl Sandberg\, former COO of Meta\, has said\, “Careers are not ladders\, those days are long gone\, but jungle gyms. Jungle gyms offer more creative exploration”. In this talk\, Atefeh will share her story and career journey and discuss how nonlinear career paths can be challenging but very rewarding at the same time. \nAbout the Speaker\nAtefeh Taheri received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Analytical Chemistry from the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran\, Iran. She earned her Ph.D. in Chemistry from Johns Hopkins University with Prof. Jerry Meyer and then worked as a postdoctoral researcher at UC Davis with Prof. Louise Berben. She started her first industry position as a product developer and formulator for the Clorox company. She then joined Chevron corporation\, initially as a fundamental scientist. She has held various roles in Chevron. Currently\, Atefeh is the Reliability and Maintenance Team Lead for the Western US plants and terminals of the America Fuels and Lubricants business unit of Chevron. In addition\, Atefeh is the 2023 Chair for Cal ACS\, on the leadership team of the Association of Women in Science East Bay chapter\, and one of the leaders of Chevron PRIDE in Richmond (an Employee Resource Group for LGBTQA+ employees and allies).
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/nonlinear-career-path-a-new-normal-and-a-fun-one/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Careers,Morning Meeting,Webinar
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