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SUMMARY:ACS Converge: Conversations on Real-World Applications of Science
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the American Chemical Society\n8am-11am (Pacific Time)\, Online via Zoom\, Free\, Learn more and register\n\nACS Converge\, a new virtual event for scientists looking to engage in interdisciplinary discussions on innovations leading the chemical enterprise. Attend talks on real-world applications of research and leave inspired by the ways science can solve global problems. \nKeynote speakers: \n \nAmy Ripka\, Ph.D.\nLucy Therapeutics \nAmy Ripka is CEO of Lucy Therapeutics\, a Boston-based\, mitochondrial platform biotech\, revolutionizing treatments for rare and neurological diseases. \nPrevious to her role at LucyTx\, she served on the executive leadership teams at SAI Life Sciences and WuXiAppTec. Dr. Ripka previously held positions of scientific leadership at EnVivo Pharmaceuticals\, Daiamed and Infinity Pharmaceuticals as  well as consulting for other Boston biotechs such as FoldRx (acquired by Pfizer) and Hydra Biosciences. \nShe received her PhD in Organic Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and subsequently worked in the lab of Nobel Laureate K. Barry Sharpless for her post-doctoral studies. She has over 30  issued patents and has been involved in multiple INDs in different therapeutic areas. She has deep connections in the medicinal chemistry community with long-time service to the ACS MEDI Executive Committee and was the elected Chair of the 2012 Medicinal Chemistry Gordon Research Conference. She is currently a SAB member at Carraway Therapeutics and Q BioMed. \nIn her spare time\, she plays classical violin professionally in and around the Boston area and has performed with such artists as Yo-Yo Ma\, Hillary Hahn\, Peter Gabriel\, Sarah McLachlan and Smokey Robinson. \n \nAnita Mehta\, Ph.D.\nChicago Discovery Solutions \nAnita Mehta is a Ph.D. from Delhi University (India) with postdoctoral research experience from SUNY at Stony Brook (USA)\, Manchester University (UK) and ICSN-CNRS (France). She was employed at Ranbaxy Labs\, India (now Sun Pharma) for 9 years and moved up the ranks to become the Associate Director\, New Drug Discovery Research (NDDR) before working for Saintlife Inc. (USA) as Chief Scientific Officer. She joined Avocet Polymer Technologies Inc. (USA) as VP\, R&D in 2004 and has also worked as a Technical Services Manager at TFM plant of Freeport McMoRan (USA). \nAnita is currently associated with Chicago Discovery Solutions (USA) and is working on the design of new active ruthenium metal catalysts for green and sustainable chemistry. She is an inventor/ co-inventor in 24 US patents (issued). \n \nMichael Nestor\, Ph.D.\nJohnson & Johnson Innovation \nAs the Scientific Engagement Lead for Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JLABS @ Washington\, DC\, Michael Nestor collaborates with the Head of JLABS @ Washington\, DC and Johnson & Johnson Innovation colleagues in sourcing and evaluating innovative companies with the aim to foster a productive life science ecosystem and bring value to Johnson & Johnson’s pipeline. \nMichael’s work experience spans roles at the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, in the Office of Science at The Department of Energy (DOE)\, and The Hussman Institute for Autism. Michael also ran his own human stem cell consulting company\, Synapstem. \nMichael received his PhD in Neuroscience from The University of Maryland\, School of Medicine where he was trained as an electrophysiologist and completed postdoctoral fellowships at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and The New York Stem Cell Foundation\, where he was also a Staff Scientist. Michael was an NIH IRACDA Fellow at Rutgers University\, focused on teaching in minority-serving institutions and helping increase the participation of traditionally underrepresented groups in science. \n \nDavid Harwell\, Ph.D.\nConsulting Science\, LLC \nDavid Harwell\, Ph.D.\, MBA is the founder and CEO of Consulting Science LLC\, a consulting practice focused on strategic implementation and operations in science-based organizations. Previously\, David led initiatives for leadership development\, education\, employment\, industry relations and entrepreneurship at global NGOs including the American Geophysical Union and the American Chemical Society. He is also a former chemistry professor and researcher with a background in main group synthesis.
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/acs-converge-conversations-on-real-world-applications-of-science/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Careers,Industry
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211003
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SUMMARY:Submit Your Abstracts for ACS Spring 2022 National Meeting by October 11th
DESCRIPTION:Abstracts for oral and poster presentations for ACS Spring 2022 will be accepted until Monday\, October 11. The theme\, Bonding Through Chemistry\, will be at the core of programming. \nSessions for the hybrid meeting (in-person & virtual) will be held in San Diego\, CA\, and virtually\, March 20 – 24\, 2022. Those who wish to submit an abstract will have the option of selecting a virtual or in-person abstract submission. \nWhile ACS Spring 2022 is planned as a hybrid event\, we continue to carefully monitor the situation relative to the COVID-19 pandemic and its potential impacts on the meeting. ACS will provide additional updates about the meeting as they become available. \nVisit the website to find a list of the programming divisions and planned symposia open for submissions. \nSubmit your abstracts by Monday\, October 11. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/acs-spring-2022-national-meeting-call-for-abstracts/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:ACS National Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210930T033000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210930T043000
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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/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Dinner Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210929T200000
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SUMMARY:ACS Webinar: Who Will Win the #ChemNobel?  Predicting the 2021 Nobel Laureate(s) in Chemistry
DESCRIPTION:Date: Thursday\, September 30\, 2021 @ 11am-12pm PT\nSpeakers: Angela Zhou\, CAS / Andrés Cisneros\, University of North Texas / Rigoberto Hernandez\, Johns Hopkins University / Frank Leibfarth\, University of North Carolina\nModerator: Laura Howes\, Chemical & Engineering News \nWhat You Will Learn: \n\nWho are our front-runners for this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry and why\nBig ideas in chemistry that we think should someday win the prize\nNobel trivia\, different divination techniques\, and much more\n\nNobel Collections Website: Every October\, the Nobel Committee for Chemistry awards the field’s biggest prize. C&EN asks experts for predictions on who will win\, covers the annual prize announcement\, and examines Nobel trends over the years. \nCo-produced with: Chemical & Engineering News
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/acs-webinar-who-will-win-the-chemnobel-predicting-the-2021-nobel-laureates-in-chemistry/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:ACS Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210927T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210927T223000
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SUMMARY:ACS Virtual Career Day - Inspiring Women in Chemistry: Career Conversations Driven by Pfizer
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the American Chemical Society\n8:30am-1:15pm (Pacific Time)\, Online via Zoom\, Free\, Learn more and register\n\nRegister for this FREE half-day career development workshop for undergraduate and graduate students interested in the advancement of women in the chemical sciences. Attendees will interact with notable scientists at Pfizer and ACS Career Consultants during keynote and panel discussions on career planning\, breakthrough science\, and advocating for a healthy work-life balance. \nKeynote Speakers: \n \n\n\n\n\nJennifer Lafontaine\, Ph.D. \nVice President\, Oncology Medicinal Chemistry | Pfizer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Planning for a Career in Science: Navigating the Path Ahead” \nJennifer LaFontaine has worked as a medicinal chemist and people leader at Pfizer for over 20 years\, leading drug discovery teams responsible for the delivery of more than 20 Pfizer clinical candidates for cancer\, ophthalmic diseases\, diabetes and obesity.  Jennifer currently serves as the Head of Oncology Medicinal Chemistry\, where her team’s focus is to discover and advance transformational cancer therapies for patients as quickly as possible by leveraging their expertise in small molecule design\, synthesis\, protein sciences\, and structural biology. Jennifer previously led the Oncology Medicinal Chemistry Synthesis and Analytical Sciences group\, Cancer Platform Chemistry\, and the Ophthalmology Therapeutic Area Medicinal Chemistry group. \nJennifer earned her B.A. in chemistry with Distinction from Swarthmore College\, and then received her Ph.D. in synthetic organic chemistry from the University of California\, Berkeley\, before joining Pfizer in 1993. \nConnect with Jennifer on LinkedIn \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nJoy Yang\, Ph.D.\nAssociate Research Fellow\, Medicinal Sciences | Pfizer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Discovery of Oral Inhibitors of the SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease for the Treatment of COVID-19” \nJoy Yang received her Ph.D. in biophysics at University of Pennsylvania. In Professor Kim Sharp’s group\, she studied and developed computational methods for macromolecular simulation and modeling. Joy did Postdoctoral research at GSK on discovering broad-spectrum antibacterial agents. From 2010-2015\, Joy worked at Cubist Pharmaceuticals\, continuing the research and discovery in antibiotics. In 2015\, Joy joined Pfizer Neuroscience computation chemistry group where she has been working on many early and late stage programs across different therapeutic areas. \nConnect with Joy on LinkedIn \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPrincipal Scientist\, Process Chemistry | Pfizer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Development of a Commercial Manufacturing Process for Ibrance” \nNga Do received her Bachelor’s degree in chemistry at Purdue University\, and her master’s degree under the direction of Scott Rychnovsky at UC Irvine.  Nga has been in Pfizer’s process Chemistry Group for 23 years and has worked on a spectrum of both early to late stage products including the commercial products: Ibrance\, Daurismo\, Steglatro\, as well as the COVID 19 vaccine. \nConnect with Nga on LinkedIn \n\n\n\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/acs-virtual-career-day-inspiring-women-in-chemistry-career-conversations-driven-by-pfizer/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Careers
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210926T180000
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SUMMARY:Meet C&EN's Talented 12 Class of 2021 - Sept. 27th 9-11:30am and Sept. 28th 6:30-9am
DESCRIPTION:Keynote Speakers: Carolyn Bertozzi\, Stanford University and Malika Jeffries-EL\, Boston University \n\nFree\, two-day virtual event\n\nPart 1: Sept. 27\, 2021 9am-11:30am PT\nPart 2: Sept. 28\, 2021 6:30am-9am PT\n\n\nPresented by ThermoFisher Scientific\nVirtual\, Free\, Registration required\n\nC&EN’s Talented 12 program celebrates young chemists working in academia\, industry\, and government who are just beginning to put their innovative and transformative ideas into practice. This special two-day event features remarks from keynote speakers Carolyn Bertozzi (Sept. 27) and Malika Jeffries-EL (Sept. 28). Don’t miss these exciting TED-style talks by the rising stars in our 2021 class in which they lay out their vision for the future of their fields. \nCarolyn Bertozzi is the Baker Family Director of Stanford ChEM-H and the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Humanities and Sciences in the Department of Chemistry at Stanford University. She is also an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Editor-in-Chief of ACS Central Science. Her research focuses on profiling changes in cell surface glycosylation associated with cancer\, inflammation and infection\, and exploiting this information for development of diagnostic and therapeutic approaches\, most recently in the area of immuno-oncology. She is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine\, the National Academy of Sciences\, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She also has been awarded the Lemelson-MIT Prize\, a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship\, the Chemistry for the Future Solvay Prize\, among many others. \nMalika Jeffries-EL received BA degrees in Chemistry and Africana Studies at Wellesley College and M. Phil and Ph.D. degrees in chemistry from The George Washington University. After spending one year at Smith College as a Mendenhall Fellow she worked as a post-doctoral researcher under the direction of Professor Richard D. McCullough at Carnegie Mellon University. In 2005\, she joined the faculty in the Chemistry Department at Iowa State University and was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 2012. She was a Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Professor in the chemistry department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2015. She joined the Department of Chemistry and Division of Materials Science at Boston University in 2016. Since July 2020 she has served as the Associate Dean of the Graduate School in Arts and Sciences. \nFill out and submit the form to attend this virtual symposium\, which will cover a range of exciting\, cutting-edge research. \nSee the full list of speakers and agenda
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/meet-cens-talented-12-class-of-2021-sept-27th-9-1130am-and-sept-28th-630-9am/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Symposium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210924T230000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210925T010000
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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
CATEGORIES:Dinner Meeting,Networking
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210922T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210922T213000
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SUMMARY:ACS Webinar: Molecules to Manufacturing to Marketplace
DESCRIPTION:Date: Thursday\, September 23\, 2021 @ 2-3:15pm ET\nSpeakers: Timothy Long\, Arizona State University and Michael Bortner\, Virginia Tech\nModerator: Bryan Tweedy\, American Chemical Society \n\n\n\nWhat You Will Learn: \n\nWhat is the impact of polyester ionomers and macromolecular architecture on processability and performance of 3D printed structures\nHow to leverage rheology for predictive additive manufacturing system design and materials screening\nA snapshot of the topics and concepts captured in the ACS Polymer Chemistry: Principles and Practice short course held at Virginia Tech\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCo-produced with: ACS Professional Education
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/acs-webinar-molecules-to-manufacturing-to-marketplace/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:ACS Webinars,Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210922T040000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210922T050000
DTSTAMP:20260425T083521
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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/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Dinner Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210921T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210921T210000
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SUMMARY:ACS Webinar: Service Dogs in Your Chemistry Lab
DESCRIPTION:Date: Wednesday\, September 22\, 2021 @ 2-3pm ET\nSpeakers: Patricia Redden\, Saint Peter’s University / Joey Ramp\, Empower Ability Consulting\, LLC / Ashley Neybert\, Independence Science\nModerator: Partha Basu\, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis \n\n\n\nWhat You Will Learn: \n\nWhat does the Americans with Disabilities Act cover regarding access rights for service dogs\nHow is a service dog selected for certain jobs or disabilities\, and what type of training is required\nWhat types of service dogs exist and what is the process to obtain one\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCo-produced with: Chemists with Disabilities (CWD) Committee\, ACS Department of Diversity Programs\, and ACS Diversity\, Inclusion & Respect Advisory Board
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/acs-webinar-service-dogs-in-your-chemistry-lab/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:ACS Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210919T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210919T210000
DTSTAMP:20260425T083521
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SUMMARY:Newsletter: Submission Deadline for October 2021
DESCRIPTION:Submit articles by Monday at Noon (All Authors to Grace): 9/20/2021\nReview & revise manuscripts by Thursday at Noon (Jane\, George\, Grace): 9/23/2021\nProofread and finish publication by Saturday at Noon (Lillian\, Jane\, Grace): 9/25/2021\nPost & distribute to Members by Monday at Noon (Sogol\, Grace): 9/27/2021
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/newsletter-submission-deadline-for-october-2021/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Section Business
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210917T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210917T210000
DTSTAMP:20260425T083521
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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/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Dinner Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210916T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210916T213000
DTSTAMP:20260425T083521
CREATED:20210904T153126Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210904T153511Z
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SUMMARY:ACS Webinar: Designing Around Structural Alerts in Drug Discovery
DESCRIPTION:Date: Friday\, September 17\, 2021 @ 2-3:15pm ET\nSpeaker: Nick Meanwell\, Bristol-Myers Squibb\nModerator: Deepak Dalvie\, Crinetics Pharmaceuticals \n\n\n\nWhat You Will Learn: \n\nThe identity of structural alerts that have been associated with problems in drug discovery and development\nThe fundamental mechanistic organic chemistry subtending structural alerts that are subject to bioactivation\nStrategies and tactics to design around structural alerts\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCo-produced with: ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry\, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists\, and ACS Publications
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/acs-webinar-designing-around-structural-alerts-in-drug-discovery/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:ACS Webinars
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210916T020000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210916T033000
DTSTAMP:20260425T083521
CREATED:20210909T122204Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210909T122204Z
UID:17516-1631757600-1631763000@www.siliconvalleyacs.org
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/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Dinner Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210914T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210914T213000
DTSTAMP:20260425T083521
CREATED:20210904T152744Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210904T152744Z
UID:17500-1631649600-1631655000@www.siliconvalleyacs.org
SUMMARY:ACS Webinar: Advancing Polymer Science with Organic Catalysts
DESCRIPTION:Date: Wednesday\, September 15\, 2021 @ 2-3:30pm ET\nSpeakers: Andrew Dove\, University of Birmingham\, UK and Robert Waymouth\, Stanford University\nModerator: Rachel Letteri\, University of Virginia \n\n\n\nWhat You Will Learn: \n\nApplication of organic catalysts for stereocontrolled step growth polymerization\nDevelopment of high temperature organic catalysts for polymerization and depolymerization\nUsing organic catalysts to selectively depolymerize plastic mixtures\nNew designs for ultrafast organocatalytic polymerization reactions\nSynergies between continuous flow chemistry and rapid organocatalytic polymerization reactions\nNew catalysts enabling the design of emerging functional materials for gene delivery\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCo-produced with: ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/acs-webinar-advancing-polymer-science-with-organic-catalysts/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:ACS Webinars
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210914T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210915T000000
DTSTAMP:20260425T083521
CREATED:20210901T211251Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210901T230101Z
UID:17439-1631638800-1631664000@www.siliconvalleyacs.org
SUMMARY:Future of Work – Reimagining the New Workplace: Online Pop-Up Conference
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by Stanford Center for Continuing Medical Education\n8am-3pm\, Online via Zoom\, Registration fee $50\, Buy tickets\n\n“The future of work is a hot topic that touches the lives of people across industries and geographies\, from the C-Suite to the entry-level employee. Learning organizations must adapt accordingly to implement hybrid workplace practices and solutions as well as deliver captivating and impactful educational experiences. As trends emerge and guidelines become best practices\, everyone is turning to experts and each other for ideas on reimagining the new workplace. Join us for an online pop-up conference on the Future of Work\, which aims to tackle some compelling questions around the future of work as it relates to business\, education\, and events.”
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/future-of-work-reimagining-the-new-workplace-online-pop-up-conference/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Careers
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210909T030000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210909T050000
DTSTAMP:20260425T083521
CREATED:20210901T205359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210901T230159Z
UID:17430-1631156400-1631163600@www.siliconvalleyacs.org
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/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Dinner Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210909T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210909T010000
DTSTAMP:20260425T083521
CREATED:20210901T210625Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210901T210625Z
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SUMMARY:The 31st First Annual Ig Nobel Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Presenters include Frances Arnold and Barry Sharpless\nSponsored by Improbable Research\n3pm-4pm\, Online on YouTube\, Free\, Learn more (no registration required)\n\nThe 2021 Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony & Webcast \n“The 31st First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony will happen on Thursday\, September 9\, 2021\, beginning at 3 pm (Pacific Time). Because of the Covid-19 pandemic\, the ceremony will again be entirely online. There will be a special livestream in Japanese (on the Nico Nico network). There might also be a special livestream in Spanish (that’s not definite yet\, but we are hopeful.) \nTen new Ig Nobel Prize winners will be introduced. Each has done something that makes people LAUGH\, then THINK. \nThe prizes will be handed out by this gaggle of Nobel laureates: \n\nRich Roberts (physiology or medicine\, 1993)\nFrances Arnold (chemistry\, 2018)\nMarty Chalfie (chemistry\, 2008)\nEric Maskin (economics\, 2007)\nBarry Sharpless (chemistry\, 2001)\nRobert Lefkowitz (chemistry\, 2012)\nCarl Weiman (physics\, 2001)\nEric Cornell (physics\, 2001)\nJerome Friedman (physics\, 1990)\n\nThe theme of this year’s ceremony is ENGINEERING. A new mini-opera\, called “A Bridge Between People”\, amplifies that theme. \nThe ceremony will also include the 24/7 Lectures\, in which the lecturers explain their topic first in 24 SECONDS\, then in seven WORDS. \nThis year’s lecturers and their topics: \n\n Gwinyai Masukume: Drinking Coffee\n Françoise Brochard: Soft Matter\n Chaouki Abdallah: Feedback Control\n Patricia Yang: Excretion Dynamics\nIman Farahbakhsh: Baby-Washing Technology”\n\nFor details\, see the ceremony web page: https://www.improbable.com/ig/2021-ceremony/
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/the-31st-first-annual-ig-nobel-ceremony/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Awards
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210908T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210908T180000
DTSTAMP:20260425T083521
CREATED:20210901T225518Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210904T150558Z
UID:17471-1631120400-1631124000@www.siliconvalleyacs.org
SUMMARY:ACS Webinar: The Green Evolution: Sustainable Chemistry in Global Scholarly Education
DESCRIPTION:Date: Thursday\, September 9\, 2021 @ 11am-12pm ET\nSpeakers: H.N. Cheng\, 2021 ACS President / Frank Roschangar\, Boehringer-Ingelheim and ACS Pharmaceutical Roundtable / Klaus Kümmerer\, Leuphana University\nModerator: Mary Kirchhoff\, ACS Scientific Advancement\nRegistration required: https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/acs-webinars.html\n\n\n\n\nWhat You Will Learn: \n\nHow the current economic\, socio-political\, and safety/environmental trends all favor green chemistry innovations\nWhy learning green chemistry at the university is an advantage to recent graduates to find great employment because it’s a promising and emerging area\, involving multidisciplinary teams\, and encompassing new applications of chemical skills\nHow green chemistry education plays a role in reshaping chemistry’s image\, contributing to a better world tomorrow\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCo-produced with: ACS on Campus\, ACS Green Chemistry Institute\, CAS\, and German Chemical Society
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/the-green-evolution-sustainable-chemistry-in-global-scholarly-education/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Careers,Education
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210908T040000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210908T060000
DTSTAMP:20260425T083521
CREATED:20210904T145427Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210904T150401Z
UID:17483-1631073600-1631080800@www.siliconvalleyacs.org
SUMMARY:Executive Committee Meeting for Silicon Valley Section - September 2021
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/executive-committee-meeting-for-silicon-valley-section-september-2021/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Section Business
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210907T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210907T210000
DTSTAMP:20260425T083521
CREATED:20210901T224708Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210904T150720Z
UID:17467-1631044800-1631048400@www.siliconvalleyacs.org
SUMMARY:ACS Webinar: Skydiving into Retirement: How to Actively Manage the Transition
DESCRIPTION:Date: Wednesday\, September 8\, 2021 @ 2-3pm ET\nSpeaker: Bill Carroll\, Carroll Applied Science\nModerator: Tom Halleran\, American Chemical Society\nRegistration required: https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/acs-webinars.html\n\n\n\n\nWhat You Will Learn: \n\nHow your persona changes when you retire\nWhy it’s important to actively structure your retirement\nSome useful tools for retirement success\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCo-produced with: ACS Careers
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/skydiving-into-retirement-how-to-actively-manage-the-transition/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Careers
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210902T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210902T100000
DTSTAMP:20260425T083521
CREATED:20210901T204002Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210901T230233Z
UID:17427-1630573200-1630576800@www.siliconvalleyacs.org
SUMMARY:ACS Career Consultant Virtual Office Hours - Special Edition: Industry vs. Academia - What to Expect?
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Lori Spangler\, ACS Career consultant\nSponsored by the American Chemical Society\n9am-10am (Pacific Time)\, Online via Zoom\, Free\, Learn more and Register\n\nDuring this FREE virtual career guidance session\, you will gain a better understanding of key differences between working in industry versus academia from ACS’ Certified Career Consultant Lori Spangler. You will also have the chance to get personalized career advice and network in small groups lead by ACS Career Consultants. \nThis event is free and open to ACS members and non-members\, but you must register to save your seat.
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/acs-career-consultant-virtual-office-hours-special-edition-industry-vs-academia-what-to-expect/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Careers
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210819T040000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210819T050000
DTSTAMP:20260425T083521
CREATED:20210204T154116Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210802T143540Z
UID:15277-1629345600-1629349200@www.siliconvalleyacs.org
SUMMARY:How One Company is Making Blue Jeans 'Green'
DESCRIPTION:Download and share this colorful poster!\nHow can engineered bacteria make indigo synthesis and dyeing blue jeans more ecofriendly? \n \nDr. Tammy Hsu\, the Chief Scientific Officer and co-founder of Huue\, discusses making sustainable indigo blue for the denim industry so that your favorite piece of clothing can be planet-friendly. The indigo blue currently used to dye jeans\, giving them their iconic look\, is highly polluting to the environment and made with toxic ingredients. Biosynthetic indigo has five times less toxicity potential and is as effective and easy for jeans-makers to implement. \nHuue is working to make biosynthetic indigo the new gold standard for environmentally friendly indigo dye\, revolutionizing the color industry with microbe-produced dyes and pigments. \nJoin us as Dr. Hsu tells us about sustainable textile dyeing and entrepreneurship. \n 
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/how-one-company-is-making-blue-jeans-green/
LOCATION:Virtual
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210717T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210717T180000
DTSTAMP:20260425T083521
CREATED:20210617T133454Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210618T112512Z
UID:17280-1626537600-1626544800@www.siliconvalleyacs.org
SUMMARY:Silicon Valley ACS Annual Picnic and Awards
DESCRIPTION:The deadline for registration is Wednesday\, July 14\, 2021.\nRegistration is required  in order to be sure there’s plenty to eat.  Meals will be packaged individually. \nWe are delighted to announce that our first 2021 in-person event is the annual SVACS July picnic and awards.  We will celebrate together with wine- and beer-tasting\, good food and awards. \nYour safety is our priority. After careful consideration of CDC guidelines\, scientific advice\, and the ongoing issue of variants\, we request all attendees self-certify their vaccine status and encourage all attendees to wear face coverings during the event while not eating or drinking. \nIn this year of transition back to in-person events\, some picnic traditions will be modified.  The picnic will be completely outdoors and will last two hours.  The awards recognition for fifty- and sixty-year ACS members will be brief and won’t include honorees’ sharing their  experiences and stories\, so chat them up over wine and dinner!  The Radding Award presentation will also be abbreviated. \nWe are looking forward to meeting in person again. \nDownload and share the colorful poster
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/silicon-valley-acs-annual-picnic-and-awards/
LOCATION:In-Person in Mountain View at Cuesta Park Group BBQ Areas #1-2\, 615 Cuesta Drive\, Mountain View\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Awards,Annual Picnic
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210617T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210617T190000
DTSTAMP:20260425T083521
CREATED:20210204T153344Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210618T092550Z
UID:15273-1623952800-1623956400@www.siliconvalleyacs.org
SUMMARY:A Muggle’s Guide to Harry Potter’s Chemistry
DESCRIPTION:  \nDownload Harry Potter’s Chemistry poster to share! \nIn 2011\, University of Nebraska–Lincoln chemistry professor Rebecca Lai was contemplating how to attract more students to the sciences. She had just reread the entire Harry Potter series and it occurred to her: What if she designed a course around the books’ potions and spells?  \nThus was born the honors class — A Muggle’s Guide to Harry Potter’s Chemistry. This presentation will cover various elements in our world that are also in Harry Potter’s world\, including gold (Au)\, silver (Ag)\, mercury (Hg)\, aluminum (Al)\, and silicon (Si). The focus will be on the use of these elements in the wizarding world when compared to our world. \n 
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/a-muggles-guide-to-harry-potters-chemistry/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Dinner Meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210520T030000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210520T040000
DTSTAMP:20260425T083521
CREATED:20210204T152824Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210901T230312Z
UID:15271-1621479600-1621483200@www.siliconvalleyacs.org
SUMMARY:Chemical Conundrums in the Movies
DESCRIPTION:Mark Griep is a professor of chemistry at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln who has devoted his teaching career to finding ways to engage people in learning more chemistry. Inspired by “Clambake\,” an Elvis Presley movie that featured a fast-drying\, super-hard varnish called GOOP\, Griep began offering “Chemistry in the Movies” presentations to middle school and high school students in 2002. These presentations include “Behind the Scenes of Bubbling Apparatus in the Movies” and “Everything I Know about Chemistry\, I learned at the Movies.” Join us as he talks about “Chemical Conundrums in the Movies”. It’s about solving the most difficult chemical puzzles that he found in movies.
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/chemical-conundrums-in-the-movies/
LOCATION:Virtual
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210422T040000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210422T050000
DTSTAMP:20260425T083521
CREATED:20210317T172449Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210901T230342Z
UID:15611-1619064000-1619067600@www.siliconvalleyacs.org
SUMMARY:Mercury: Magic\, Mining\, and Menace
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Mark Marvin-DiPasquale\, USGS \nBio and Abstract and BPT link yet to be provided.  Stay tuned! \nMercury
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/mercury-magic-mining-and-menace/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Dinner Meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210414T030000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210414T040000
DTSTAMP:20260425T083521
CREATED:20210308T225844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210327T015948Z
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SUMMARY:Wastewater-based Epidemiology (WBE) During the COVID-19 Pandemic  and into the Future
DESCRIPTION:Register to attend this event \nAbstract\nWastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is quickly gaining traction globally as a tool to assess the COVID-19 pandemic and to inform public health decision-making. With the medical practicalities of testing for SARS-CoV-2 on an individual basis being limited for a variety of reasons\, WBE constitutes one potential tool that allows for rapid\, comprehensive and recurring data collection to inform evidence-based decision-making. Our team modeled and analyzed the feasibility\, economy\, opportunities and challenges of tracking COVID-19 locally and globally using WBE\, taking into account as key variables factors including air temperature\, average in-sewer travel time and per-capita water use. An Arizona case study illustrates that effective surveillance and public health response may occur in a two-step process in which WBE helps to identify and enumerate infected cases\, whereafter clinical testing then serves to identify infected individuals in WBE-revealed hotspots. Data provided here demonstrate this approach to save money and be broadly applicable worldwide. WBE brings with it an interesting collaborative\, as sewer and water districts are forming new partnerships with public health agencies and medical professionals to aid in the management of public health priorities\, thereby helping to accelerate the local\, regional\, national and global recovery from the pandemic. \nSpeaker bio\nProfessor Rolf Halden of Arizona State University (ASU) is Founding Director of the Biodesign Center for Environmental Health Engineering\, the nonprofit OneWaterOneHealth\, and the ASU startup company\, AquaVitas LLC.  He has authored over 230 research papers\, patents\, monographs\, and the 2020 popular science book\, Environment. Dr. Halden has been invited to brief the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)\, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)\, the National Academies\, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\, and members of U.S. Congress on environmental health and sustainability challenges.  As an expert in wastewater-based epidemiology for tracking harmful chemicals and infectious disease agents\, he has lent his expertise to studying the causative agent of the COVID-19 pandemic\, SARS-CoV-2.
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/wastewater-based-epidemiology-wbe-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-and-into-the-future/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Dinner Meeting
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SUMMARY:Why Commercial Tomatoes Have No Taste: The Biochemistry and Genetics of Flavor Preferences
DESCRIPTION:Professor Harry Klee of the University of Florida will address the oft heard query in the vegetable section of the supermarket\, “Why don’t commercial tomatoes have any taste?” in his talk on the biochemistry and genetics of flavor preferences. Dr. Klee strives to understand the chemical and genetic make-up of “flavor” in fruits and vegetables. His talk will describe how he and his group identify the genes that control syntheses of the flavor volatiles. He’ll then explain how they use this knowledge to produce a better-tasting tomato\, thus trying to push the flavor calendar back decades to recapture the characteristics that were present in tomatoes in the first half of the 20th century. \nFlyer: Why-Commercial-Tomatoes-Have-No-Taste (PDF)
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/why-commercial-tomatoes-have-no-taste-the-biochemistry-and-genetics-of-flavor-preferences/
LOCATION:Virtual
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SUMMARY:Tackling Imposter Syndrome
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\n“I don’t deserve to be here\, and everybody knows it.” This is the constant messaging of impostor syndrome – whether you’re starting a new position\, winning an award\, or being asked to speak at a conference. While few of us talk about it\, most of us experience it at some point in our careers. And\, the struggles brought on by COVID-19 have only made this worse. However\, with the right tools\, we can fight back against impostor syndrome and help our friends and colleagues to do the same. This talk will explore the mechanisms by which thoughts of impostor syndrome can form\, and how we can work to dismantle them. \nSpeaker bio\nJen Heemstra received her B.S. in Chemistry from the University of California\, Irvine\, in 2000. At Irvine\, she performed undergraduate research with Prof. James Nowick investigating the folding of synthetic beta-sheet mimics\, which instilled in her a love of supramolecular  chemistry.  Jen  then moved to the University of Illinois\, Urbana-Champaign\, where she completed her Ph.D. with Prof. Jeffrey Moore in 2005 studying the reactivity of pyridine-functionalized phenylene ethynylene cavitands. After a brief stint in industry as a medicinal chemist\, she moved to Harvard University to pursue postdoctoral research with Prof. David Liu exploring mechanisms for templated nucleic acid synthesis. In 2010\, Jen began her independent career in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Utah and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2016. In 2017\, Jen and her research group moved to the Department of Chemistry at Emory University. Research in the Heemstra lab is focused on harnessing the molecular recognition and self-assembly properties of nucleic acids for applications in biosensing and bioimaging. \nOutside of work\, Jen enjoys spending time with her husband and two sons\, as well as rock climbing\, cycling\, and running. Jen has gained a cult following for her mentoring style on Twitter. Learn more about her in her C&EN column and send her your questions at cenm.ag/office hours. \nFlyer: Tackling-Imposter-Syndrome (PDF) \n 
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/tackling-imposter-syndrome/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Dinner Meeting
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