Chemistry Newsletter - 05/10/1999

 

University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Chemistry Newsletter

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XXXIV No. 19

May 10th, 1999

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Congratulations to Professor Hyuk Yu

Hyuk Yu will receive the1999 Langmuir Award by the Colloid and Surface Chemistry Division of ACS, and will deliver the Langmuir Award Lecture at the National Meeting of ACS at New Orleans in August. Congratulations Hyuk!!!

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Congratulations to Professor Larry Dahl

Congratulations to Professor Larry Dahl who won the Willard Gibs Medal of the ACS Chicago Section. Larry will receive the Medal at the May 21^st, meeting of the ACS Chicago Section. Congratulations Larry!!!

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Congratulations to Professor Dan Rich

Congratulations to Professor Dan Rich who won the 1999 Merrifield Award of the American Peptide Society. Congratulations Dan!!!

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Summer Hours

The Newsletter will be published bi-weekly during the summer months starting with this newsletter. Newsletters will be published on the off weeks only if there is an emergency announcement that comes up. Thank You.

Bruce Goldade - Duplicating Manager.

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Organic Chemistry Cumulative Exam Schedule, 1999.

Thursdays, 7:30 p.m., room B371 Chemistry Building.

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ATTENTION GRADUATE STUDENTS

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IMPORTANT DATES:

MINOR AGREEMENT FORMS: The Graduate School requires that the minor program be outlined in an agreement which is approved by the Department no later than halfway through completion of the sequence of minor courses. The minor requirement is expected to be completed by the end of the third year of graduate school. Minor agreement forms are available in Room 1221.

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General information on the commencement ceremonies (when/where, etc.) may be obtained from Mary Kay in Room 1221 Chemistry.

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SEMINARS

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Thursday, May 13^th, 1999 - Analytical Sciences Seminar, 12:05 p.m., Room B371 Chemistry Building. Lei Yang - Grad Student.

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Thursday, May 13^th, 1999 - Chemical Engineering Seminar. 3:55 p.m., Room 1227 Engineering. Glenn Frederickson, University of California-Santa Barbara. "Recent Advances in the Theory of Reactive Blending"

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**PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE** Friday, May 14^th, 1999 - PharmSci Lecture. 2:30 p.m., Dr. Pim Stemmer, Maxygen Inc. "DNA Shuffling"

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Monday, May 24th,1999 - Seminar. Noon, Biotechnology Auditorium, 425 Henry Mall. Professor Garland Marshall, Washington University, St. louis. "Bound Conformations for Ligands for G-Protein Coupled Receptors"

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Recent Publications

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Yi SS; Reichert EL; Weisshaar JC.

Bimolecular reaction dynamics of Co+(F-3(4)) plus acetone reaction in real time.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY 1999, Vol 187, pp 837-846.

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Skinner JL; Friedrich J; Schlichter J.

Spectral diffusion in proteins: A simple phenomenological model.

JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A 1999, Vol 103, Iss 14, pp 2310-2311.

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Krause J; Scalf M; Smith LM.

High resolution characterization of DNA fragment ions produced by ultraviolet matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization using linear and reflecting time-of-flight mass spectrometry.

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 1999, Vol 10, Iss 5, pp 423-429.

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Moore JW.

Peer review and the Journal of Chemical Education.

ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 1999, Vol 217, pp U312-U312.

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Stanitski C; Eubanks LP; Middlecamp C; Stratton W.

Chemistry in context: Looking to year 2000.

ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 1999, Vol 217, pp U325-U325.

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Stanitski C; Moore JW.

Integrating organic and biochemistry into general chemistry.

ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 1999, Vol 217, pp U528-U528.

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Ni HH; Charles CF; Record MT.

Binding of divalent ligand to polyelectrolyte: A novel method to calculate the binding free energy and the salt dependence of free energy.

ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 1999, Vol 217, pp U689-U689.

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Penn RL; Zhang HZ; Banfield JF.

Adsorption of organic acids to titania surfaces: Particle size dependence.

ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 1999, Vol 217, pp U833-U833.

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Ball ES; Kemnitz CR; McMahon RJ.

Photochemistry of CpMn(CO)(3), and related compounds: Observation of both (CpMn)-Cp-1(CO)(2) and (CpMn)-Cp-3(CO)(2).

ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 1999, Vol 217, pp U962-U962.

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Singer SW; Casey CP; Powell DR; Hayashi RK.

Mechanistic studies of a Ru(II) hydroxy-hydride hydrogenation catalyst.

ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 1999, Vol 217, pp U1077-U1077.

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Casey CP; Fisher JJ; Fagan MA; Hallenbeck SL.

An investigation of the energetics of d(0)-yttrocene-alkyl-alkene complexes.

ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 1999, Vol 217, pp U1151-U1151.

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Reynolds GW; Taylor JW.

Factors contributing to sidewall roughness in a positive-tone, chemically amplified resist exposed by x-ray lithography.

JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B 1999, Vol 17, Iss 2, pp 334-344.

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Copyright � 1998 Institute for Scientific Information

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Earn money and increase your teaching experience!

Are you interested in being an instructor to 4 middle school students? The Summer Enrichment Program (SEP) is a program for 7th through 9th grade minority students, and provides a hands-on laboratory experience for these students. If you're interested, please contact Tony Jacob as soon as possible at the Chemistry Learning Center, 265-5497 or atjacob@facstaff.wisc.edu , or drop off a note in my mailbox in the Chemistry Department. The salary will be at least $340/week (20 hours/week). Typically, instructors work one or two weeks depending on their schedule and the needs of the program. The tentative schedule is: June 21-25 in the mornings, June 14-18 in the afternoons, and either June 7-11 or June 14-18 in the mornings.

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For Industrial Positions, see the Chemistry Placement Newsletter at:

http://www.chem.wisc.edu/placement/7news.html

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FACULTY POSITIONS/TEMPORARY FACULTY/ACADEMIC POSITIONS

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Position available at our chemistry department; a C-1 (corresponding to assistant professor) position has to be filled by October first. The successful candidate should have a Ph D. in either Chemistry/Biology or Physics and detailed experience in either NMR or mass spectrometry. Developing of NMR or MS methods, some scientific service on a 600 MHz NMR or a 7 Tesla ICR spectrometer and participation in teaching students are the main tasks of this position. The position is for three years with another period of three years renewal possible. Candidates should aim for a university carrier (Habilitation). Further details may be enquired from me. Applications with the usual documents (closing date July 1th) to: The Dean of Chemistry, Prof. Dr. H. Papp, Talstr. 35 D-04103 Leipzig.

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Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin Colleges, UWC-Baraboo/Sauk County Campus. Lecturer in Chemistry (80%) Academic year 1999-00. Master's Degree in Chemistry. Previous teaching experience at the college level preferred. Fall: Teach Chemistry 125 (Introductory Chemistry, 5 credits) and Chemistry 145 (General Chemistry, 5 credits). Spring: Teach Chemistry 125, Chemistry 155. Starting date is August 25^th, 1999. Send vitae, transcripts and the names of three recent references to: Dean Aural Umhoefer, UW Baraboo/Sauk County, 1006 Connie Road, Baraboo, Wi 53913, Telephone: 608-356-8351 ex. 221. Application Deadline: May 10, 1999.

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POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AND/OR JOBS

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PhD studentship funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is available from October 1st, 1999 in the group of Dr Andreas A. Danopoulos at the University of Southampton, United Kingdom. The project is concerned with the development of late and early/late transition metal based catalysts for the (co)polymerisation of alkenes and related compounds. The project involves design, synthesis and characterisation of the catalysts and/or catalyst precursors and the study of their polymerisation properties. Applicants must be European Union citizens and are expected to hold a BSc (2.1 or higher) or MChem (2.2 or higher) or equivalent degree in chemistry. For further information please contact Dr A. Danopoulos, e-mail ad1@soton.ac.uk or to the address given below. To apply please send a full CV together with the names of two academic referees to Dr Andreas Danopoulos or Dr Jeremy Kilburn to: Dr Andreas Danopoulos, Department of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ UK, Tel (+44) 01703 594116, Fax (+44) 01703 593781, e-mail: ad1@soton.ac.uk .

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Dr. Robert P. Hanzlik, University of Kansas. Postdoctoral Position in Medicinal Chemistry. Opportunity for synthetic medicinal/organic chemist to diversify into enzyme inhibition (cytochrome P450, cysteine proteinases) and/or structural analysis of cellular proteins modified covalently by chemically reactive metabolites in vivo. Requires experience in organic synthesis plus an interest in downstream biochemical and/or bioanalytical applications. Experience with protein purification, gel electrophoresis, use of radioisotopes, enzyme kinetics, HPLC, and/or mass spectrometry would be helpful but not required. Projects begin with a synthetic component and progress into biochemical / bioanalytical applications. For further information contact: Dr. Robert P. Hanzlik, Dept. of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-2506 USA tel 785-864-3750 fax 785-864-5326 E-mail: rhanzlik@ukans.edu .

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Center for Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, University of Illinois at Chicago. Postdoctoral position available Sept. 99, to study the Role of Molecular Chaperones in assisted Protein Folding. The ideal candidate should have a PhD in Biochemistry or related field, and background in protein structure/function and molecular biology. Send curriculum vitae, statement of research interests and three reference letters to: Sylvie Blond, PhD, Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (M/C870), University of Illinois at Chicago, Molecular Biology Research Building, 900 South Ashland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois; E-mail: Blond@uic.edu . For fullest consideration, submit application by 06/30/99.

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Professor Amy S. Mullin is seeking a bright, energetic and experienced postdoctoral candidate to join her research group at Boston University. Her work is aimed at investigating the collisional and reactive dynamics of highly excited molecules that are important to a wide range of combustion, high temperature and unimolecular decomposition processes. This work is funded by the NSF, the ONR, the Henry Luce Foundation, and most recently, the Dreyfus Foundation. Potential candidates should note that our techniques for studying chemical dynamics in high-energy environments can be applied to a wide number of interesting chemical systems involved in combustion and atmospheric chemistry. I believe the skills learned in my labs will be excellent training for candidates with a future interest in establishing a research program in atmospheric or environmental chemistry. Interested applicants should send me a vitae, list of publications and arrange for two letters of recommendation to be sent to: Amy S. Mullin, Clare Boothe Luce Professor, Boston University, Metcalf Center for Science and Engineering, Department of Chemistry, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, Fax (617) 353-6466 Phone (617) 353-8477, e-mail: mullin@chem.bu.edu . I am hoping to fill this position within the next 6 months.

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DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE IN ROOM 1380.

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