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平特五不中 Startup Team Selected as One of the Ten Incredible Semi-finalists for the 2016 Skolar Award
Co-founders of the start-up ACSYNAM, Inc., a spin-off venture from the 平特五不中 Department of Chemistry, have been selected as one of the ten incredible semi-finalists to compete for a 鈧�100,000 prize in the 2016 Skolar Award competition. Dr.
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Published: 26 Nov 2016
Money coming to the Auclair Lab from the other end of the world!
Professor Auclair was recently聽awarded funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia.聽The two co-applicants involved in this application, Prof.聽Auclair and Prof.聽K. J. Saliba from The Australian National University,聽will聽聽share approximately $185,000 per year for 3 years to work on "Understanding and targeting coenzyme A biosynthesis and utilization in Plasmodium falciparum".
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Published: 24 Nov 2016
Palladium(II) Dithiocarbamates - Anticancer Metallodrugs of the Future?
Most chemistry students are well aware of the anticancer properties of cisplatin, cis-Pt(NH3)2Cl2,聽 as a result of the pioneering work of Professor Barnett Rosenberg and his colleagues at the Michigan State University in the late 1960s. Over the years, this simple Pt(II) coordination complex and some structurally closely related ones have become the FDA-approved drugs of choice for cancer treatment, especially ovarian and testicular cancers.
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Published: 23 Nov 2016
2016 平特五不中 Chemistry Outreach Awards
Congratulations to Justin Chang (Auclair group), Pierre-Olivier Ferko (Moores group - Photo), Samantha Gateman (Mauzeroll group), Igor Huskic (Friscic group), Victoria Jackiewicz (Arndsten group) and Siting Ni (Lennox group) for winning the first 平特五不中 Chemistry Outreach Awards.
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Published: 26 Oct 2016
Anna Albertson wins the 2016 Udho Parsini Diwan Award
The Udho Parsini Diwan Award rewards the graduate student in the 平特五不中 Chemistry program who has written the best research article published the year before. Here is how Anna Alberston presents her winning article.
Published: 17 Aug 2016
Dr. Manish K. Mishra is a finalist for the 2016 Reaxys PhD Prize
We would like to congratulate Dr. Manish K. Mishra, currently working in the Department of Chemistry as a Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Robin Rogers, who has been selected to be among the 45 finalists for the 2016 Reaxys PhD Prize.
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Published: 30 Jun 2016
Convocation 2016: Celebrating the class of 2016, Paul Anastas and Tomislav Friscic
This year, the 平特五不中 convocation of the faculty of science highlighted the 平特五不中 efforts in Green Chemistry. Paul Anastas, the director of the Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering at Yale University, who is well known as the "father of Green Chemistry", received a honorary degree and delivered an inspirational address to the graduating students.
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Published: 22 Jun 2016
First CREATE in Green Chemistry Summer School
Held May 9-11, our first summer school for trainees was a resounding success. Co-sponsored by CREATE in Green Chemistry and TISED, Dr. Bhavik Bakshi (Ohio State University) presented a full-day workshop on life cycle analysis (LCA). Then Drs Adelina Voutchkova and Jakub Kostal (Georges Washington University) followed with a full-day toxicology workshop and Dr.
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Published: 28 May 2016
Congratulations to Tomislav Fri拧膷i膰 on his tenure and appointment as associate professor
Prof. Tomislav Fri拧膷i膰 secured his tenure and is promoted to the rank of associate professor, effective June 1 2016. Congratulations! Read more about him and the other assistant professors who were also promoted to associate at 平特五不中 in 2016 in the 平特五不中 Reporter.
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Published: 26 May 2016
Congratulations to Karine Auclair and Gonzalo Cosa on their appointment as full professors
On May 2 Prof. Karine Auclair and Gonzalo Cosa were promoted to the rank of full professors. Congratulations to both of them. This piece of news was covered by the 平特五不中 Reporter.
Published: 3 May 2016
Aur茅lie Lacroix winner of the French 3MT competition; Alain Li finalist
Alain Li and Aur茅lie Lacroix, PhD students in Chemistry, were selected from a strong pool of applicants as finalists in 平特五不中鈥檚 French 3MT competition. The competition took place on Wednesday, March 16, in the Thomson House Ballroom. Aur茅lie Lacroix won one of the 3 prizes with her presentation "Ciblage th茅rapeutique avec des cages d'ADN". Aur茅lie will defend 平特五不中's colors at the upcoming Quebec wide competition. Congratulations Aur茅lie!
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Published: 29 Mar 2016
The Otto Maass building starred in a TV documentary
The style of architecture found on the 平特五不中 campus is fascinating, to the point where it was recently featured in the documentary series "Archi Branche" aired on the Canal Savoir channel (available only in French).
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Published: 18 Mar 2016
What's it like getting a chemistry PhD?
In a recent article in the 平特五不中 Tribune, PhD candidates from the Mittermaier and Cosa groups share their thoughts on study, research life and more. Read the article聽
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Published: 17 Mar 2016
Memorial Tribute 鈥� Denis F.R. Gilson (1934鈥�2016)
It is with great sadness that we announce the untimely passing of Emeritus Professor Denis聽F.R.聽Gilson, following a relatively short period of hospitalization. He was a close colleague of many of us in the Department of Chemistry at 平特五不中 and throughout the university. Prof. Gilson was educated initially in the U.K. at University College London, where he obtained a B.Sc. degree in Chemistry in 1957. He then moved to Canada to embark upon his M.Sc. and Ph.D.
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Published: 2 Mar 2016
Beautiful images of erbium hydroxide microflowers, Er2CO3(OH)2
As part of a collaboration between the Butler group in Department of Chemistry and the Kozinskli group in the Department of Mining and Materials Engineering at 平特五不中, Dr. Hassane Assaaoudi has investigated the effects of temperature, pressure, pH, residence time and reactant concentrations, as well as the presence or absence of CO2, on the size and morphology of erbium hydroxide particles synthesized in a hydrothermal batch reactor and a diamond-anvil cell reactor.
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Published: 17 Feb 2016