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Student winners with their mentors (from left) AlecLevine, Dr. Amber Charlebois, Katelyn Lewis, Dr.Ronald J. Doll and Randa Barsoom.

(Photo courtesy of Tom Krone)

Story on page 6; more pictures on page 7.

North Jersey SectionSixty-Sixth Annual

Undergraduate ResearchConference Winners

New York Section 62nd Annual URSSee story and pictures on pages 19-20.

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THIS MONTH IN CHEMICAL HISTORYHarold Goldwhite, California State University, Los Angeles • [email protected]

Kevlar, a synthetic fiber that has saved many lives, was discovered in the early1960s by the subject of this column, Stephanie L. Kwolek. Ms. Kwolek was born in1923 in a suburb of Pittsburgh, PA to Polish immigrant parents. Her father was akeen amateur naturalist. Though he died when she was only ten years old,Stephanie credited him with developing her interest in the natural world and in sci-ence. She originally hoped to go to medical school, but the family could not affordthe tuition and so she enrolled in Margaret Morrison College of Carnegie MellonUniversity and graduated with a degree in chemistry in 1946. She still hoped to entermedical school and decided to take a temporary job in the chemical industry to earnthe necessary funds. Jobs for women in chemistry were scarce but she was fortu-nate to be offered a position at DuPontʼs plant at Buffalo, NY. Her association withDuPont turned out to be anything but temporary. She was with the company for over40 years!

Kwolek moved to the Wilmington, Delaware DuPont headquarters in 1950. Thereshe worked with a polymer fiber group on researching new fibers and improvingDuPontʼs established fibers. (Nylon was discovered by DuPont chemist Carothers inthe 1930s). In 1959 the ACS recognized her popular publication on The Nylon RopeTrick by an award. Iʼm sure that most of my readers have either performed or seena demonstration of this interfacial polymer-forming experiment to produce a nylonfiber. In the early 1960s, searching for strong but lightweight fibers to reinforce tirewalls, Kovalek began investigating polybenzamide, poly-p-phenylene terephthalate(which could not be spun in the melt below 200 degrees C) and eventually the co-polymer poly-paraphenylene terephthalimide. The latter gave what was determinedto be a liquid crystal in solution – cloudy, opalescent, and unpromising. Still she didhave it tested by the spinnaret technician, and it produced a fiber that was not onlystronger than nylon, but weight for weight was five times as strong as steel. Kevlarwas born.

DuPont spent $500 million to develop this laboratory discovery into a marketableproduct. Initially designed as a tire reinforcement it soon became clear that therewere many other potential, and profitable, applications for Kevlar. By 1975 fabricsmade of the tough polymer were being used in vests for the protection of police – so-called bullet-proof vests. The military soon followed. Vests including many layers ofKevlar fabric plus ceramic plates are now standard military supplies. The polymerhas myriad other uses including sports equipment, and musical and audio equip-ment.

Stephanie Kwolekʼs achievements have been recognized by many awards. TheDuPont company awarded her the Lavoisier medal. She was the leader of DuPontʼspolymer research division until she retired in 1986. She was inducted into theNational Inventors Hall of Fame, the National Womenʼs Hall of Fame, and thePlastics Hall of Fame. Her inspiring story was the subject of a childrenʼs book byEdwin Brit Wykoff, published in 2013, entitled “The Woman Who Invented theThread That Stops the Bullets: The Genius of Stephanie Kwolek.” She is also one ofthe subjects of the Chemical Heritage Foundationʼs “Women in Chemistry” videoswhich you can access through the chemheritage.org website.

After her retirement Kwolek began tutoring high school students, encouraging moreyoung women to seek careers in science. She died earlier this year in June 2014.

[I am a co-author with Cathy Cobb and Monty Fetterolf of a new book “TheChemistry of Alchemy: From Dragonʼs Blood to Donkey Dung; How Chemistry WasForged” published by Prometheus Books in July 2014; it is available both as a hard-back and an ebook.]

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NEW YORK SECTIONFriday, September 9, 2014NY BoardSee page 12.

Wednesday, September 10, 2014Chemical Marketing & Economics GroupSee page 12.

Friday, September 19, 2014High School Teachers Topical GroupSee page 13.

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North Jersey Meetingshttp://www.njacs.org

NORTH JERSEY EXECUTIVECOMMITTEE MEETINGSection officers, councilors, committeechairs, topical group chairs, and sectionevent organizers meet regularly at the Exec -utive Committee Meeting to discuss topicsof importance to running the section andrepresenting the membership. All ACSmem bers are welcome to attend this meet-ing and to become more involved in sectionactivities. Dinner is joint with Project SEED.Date Monday, Sept 22, 2014Times: Dinner 6:00. Meeting 7:30Place: Univ. Center, Seton Hall Univ

Dinner: Main LoungeMeeting: Univ Club (Room 201)400 S. Orange Ave, S. Orange, NJ

For reservations please call (732) 463-7271or email [email protected] prior toWednesday, September 17, 2014.

Dinner cost is payable at the door; however,if you are not able to attend and did not can-cel your reservation, you are responsible forthe price of your dinner. Cost $25.

LCAREERS IN TRANSITION MEETINGSJob Hunting??Resume & LinkedIn writing and key wordsearch rules are changing. To be found, comeand utilize our latest insights. Our ACS trainedCareer Consultants offer assistance atStudents2Science to help members with theirjob search on the second Monday of eachmonth. Topics at this free workshop are:

• Techniques to enhance resume effectiveness

• Interview practice along with responding todifficult questions

• Networking to find hidden jobs

• Planning a more effective job search

Date: Monday, September 8, 2014Times: Meeting 5:30 - 9:00 PM

Pizza snack and soda 6:30 PM Place: Students 2 Science, Inc.

66 Deforest AvenueEast Hanover, NJ

Cost: $5.00 for pizza and soda

Reservations: at www.njacs.org/careers.html

A job board and networking assistance isoffered at most topical group meetings.Appointments with Bill can be arranged forpersonal assistance at (908) 875-9069 [email protected].

See www.njacs.org under the Career tab forJobs hidden from sight and relevant blogs.

x NORTH JERSEY MASS SPECTROMETRY DISCUSSIONGROUPVendor Show and Vendor SponsoredWorkshop

Speakers: Dr. Lucinda CohenMerck & Co.

and

Prof. Jonathan SweedlerUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

There will also be a special celebration torecognize the 25 year anniversary of theNJMSDG. Additional details will be postedon our website at http://www.njacs.org/topical-groups/mass-spectrometry.

Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2014Times: 2:30 - 8:00 PMPlace: Holiday Inn Somerset-Bridgewater

195 Davison AvenueSomerset, NJ

c DRUG METABOLISM DISCUSSION GROUP

Fall Symposium and Vendor Exhibition

Mark your calendars for the The NorthJersey Drug Metabolism Discussion GroupFall Symposium and Vendor Exhibition, tobe held at The Palace at Somerset Park,333 Davidson Avenue, Somerset, NJ08873, on Monday, October 13. Details willbe posted at http://www.njacs.org/topical-groups/drug-metabolism.

Date: Monday, October 13, 2014Place: The Palace at Somerset Park

333 Davidson AvenueSomerset, NJ

NMR TOPICAL GROUPAnnual NMR Symposium

Invited Speakers: Yawen BaiNIH

Robert GriffinMIT

Teresa FanUniversity of Louisville

Eric MunsonUniversity of Kentucky

Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2014Place: Rutgers Busch Campus

CABM

For more details and updates:http://www.njacs.org/nmr-spectroscopy-topical-group

+NORTH JERSEY CANDIDATES The Nominating Committee of the North Jersey ACS Section is pleased to presentthe slate of candidates listed below in alpha-betical order by category for election tooffices to begin in 2015.

Ballots will be distributed to members in thefall.

Candidates for Chair-Elect Luciano Mueller Matthew Mongelli

Candidates for CouncilorAmy BalijaAlan CooperRonald DollJacqueline EricksonJonathan HoMatthew Mongelli

Donald TrussMolly Warnke

+NORTH JERSEY SECTION —SIXTY-SIXTH ANNUAL UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHCONFERENCEThe Sixty-sixth Annual UndergraduateResearch Conference was held on FridayApril 25, 2014, at Kean University in theSTEM Buildingʼs Jules Irving SchwartzLecture Hall in Union, NJ. Five undergradu-

ate students from three local universities(Fairleigh Dickinson University, DrewUniversity, and William Paterson University)presented their research to an audience ofstudents, faculty and scientists from theNorth Jersey area. The three judges, Ms.Diane Krone, a retired high school chemistryteacher, Dr. Alan Cooper a retired medicinalchemist from Merck/Schering Plough, andDr. Ron Kong, the chair elect for the NorthJersey Section of the ACS, had the unenvi-able task of choosing their top three under-graduate student presentations. Each pre-senter represented their institution and gavesome insight into the research that is beingaccomplished at undergraduate institutionsin the North Jersey Section of the ACS.

First place and the Jean Asell DurannaAward were given to Ms. Katelyn Lewis, asenior at Fairleigh Dickinson University,whose presentation was titled, “Synthesis ofStercobilin — A Potential Biomarker forAutism.” Her research was conducted underthe direction of Dr. Amber F. Charlebois. Ms.Lewisʼs research was presented with bothskill and a bit of humor highlighting theemerging field of Autism biomarkers.

The second place award was given to Ms.Randa R. Barsoom, who is a senior at DrewUniversity working with Dr. Ronald J. Doll onthe topic, “Drug Discovery Efforts TargetingMutant p53 for the Treatment of Glio -blastoma.” Ms. Barsoom expertly presentedthe details of research conducted in thegroup involving both the synthesis and bio-logical studies of a class of potential drugmolecules.

The third place award was given to Mr. AlecLevine, a senior at Fairleigh DickinsonUniversity. His presentation was titled,“Kinetics of the Insertion of Cobalt intoTetraphenylporphyrin.” His research wasconducted under the direction of Dr. RonaldS. Strange. Mr. Levine confidently presentedhis research on the synthesis and kineticstudies of the complexes.

The award certificates were formally pre-sented to the top three student presenters atthe North Jersey Sectionʼs Annual AwardsDinner held on Tuesday, May 20, 2014 inLenfell Hall on the Fairleigh DickinsonUniversity campus in Madison, NJ.



Student winners and judges (front left), Dr. Amber Charlebois, Alec Levine, Dr. AlanCooper, Katelyn Lewis, Dr. Ronald J. Doll, Randa Barsoom, Dr. Ron Kong, andDiane Krone.

UndergraduateStudent Conferencewinners (from left)Alec Levine (FDU 3rd),Randa Barsoom (Drew2nd) and KatelynLewis (FDU 1st).

(Photos courtesy of Tom Krone)

SETON HALL WINS 1ST PLACEUndergraduate Competition for their Interactive Exhibit on Water Filtration

To celebrate Earth Day 2014, the NorthJersey Section of ACS partnered with TurtleBack Zoo in an event called “Party for thePlanet”. On Sunday, April 27, 2014, under-graduate student chapters from five localinstitutions participated in a competition forthe best interactive, hand-on demonstrationon the topic “Wonders of Water”. Studentsconveyed to the public the wonders of waterin an energetic and enthusiastic manner incarefully planned demonstrations. Therewere additional interactive presentations bygroups including NJACS Ambassadors andAlpha Chi Sigma. These delighted and edu-cated the zoo visitors on water surface ten-sion and refractive index, water purity, andpolymer clean up. A total of 4,100 peoplevisited the zoo on that day and were able toparticipate in the demonstrations. One of thestudent presenters, Craig Waitt fromMontclair State University, described hisexperience: “Everyone who came to visit ourstand had a great time. My favorite part waswatching the expression of the kids and par-ents as they touched the ʻoobleckʼ. It was anunfamiliar texture to them so they couldnʼtdetermine how to categorize it. It was a funexperience and I would enjoy doing it againnext year.”

The volunteer judges based their scores onitems including clarity, degree of interaction,

enthusiasm, and safety. The final pointtotals were very close, but Seton Hall tookfirst place for their superb demonstrationtitled “Water Filtration”; congratulations!!!Seton Hall was awarded the title “CCEDUndergraduate Student Chapter 2014” andthe grand prize of $175 for their educational,fun and interactive activity, which fascinatedboth kids and adults. The winners exhibitedwater filtration in action, demonstrating theeffect of particle and pore sizes and thepower of carbon powder in binding andremoving impurities. Fairleigh DickinsonUniversity was awarded second place and a$75 award for their well-loved demonstrationtitled “Turning water into wine/blood, hydro -phobic sand, & paper chromatography”.Congratulations FDU! Visitors learned aboutcapillary action while making beautiful but-terflies out of filter paper and abouthydrophobic interactions while playing withsilica coated sand and hydroscopic polymersnow. The other student groups who partici-pated in this competition were DrewUniversity with “Washed Down the Drain: AStudy of pH in the Suburbs", RamapoCollege with “Density and Pressure ofWater”, and Montclair State University with“The Mystery of Cornstarch and Water”.Congratulations to all Undergraduate Stu -ents who participated! NJACS CCED wouldlike to thank all students and judges and islooking forward to returning to Turtle BackZoo in 2015.


Pictured here 1st place winners:Seton Hall (left) and the CCEDUndergraduate Student Chapter2014 (below).

(More pictures on page 9)


Pictured above: Fairleigh Dickinson University (left), Drew (right).

(All photos courtesy of Nina Goodey)

Pictured above: Ramapo College (left), Montclair State University (right),

Pictured above: Alpha Chi Sigma (left), and NJACS Ambassadors (right).

NORTH JERSEY SECTIONCHEMAGINATION CONTESTOn April 10th, the North Jersey Sectionsponsored the Chemagination Contest forlocal high school students. Parsippany HillsHigh School hosted the event. Studentswere asked to “Describe a recent break-through or innovation in chemistry (and/orits applications) that has improved the qual-ity of peopleʼs lives today” by writing an arti-cle for ChemMatters, an educational maga-zine published by ACS that focuses on therole of chemistry in everyday life. The arti-cle was written as if the student was living inthe year 2039, looking back at innovationsthat have occurred since 2014. In additionto the article, students were asked to designa cover for the magazine. Contestants wereevaluated for their article, their poster pre-sentation, and interviews with judges.Awards were presented in the following categories: Alternate Energy Sources,Environment, Medicine/Health, and NewMaterials.

2014 1st Place Award Recipients are:

Category: Alternate Energy SourcesTitle: “Going Green” One Watt at a TimeTeam Members: Alex Jiang, Sagar ShahTeacher: Dr. Susanne Iobst

School: Passaic Valley HS

Category: EnvironmentTitle: Turning Over a New LeafTeam Members: ChangWon Lee, JoonSeok SeoTeacher: Mrs. Carrie JacobusSchool: River Dell Regional HS

Category: Medicine/HealthTitle: The Implantable Body ChipTeam Members: Andrea Berman, PriyaThakarTeacher: Mrs. Christine NagelSchool: Parsippany Hills HS

Category: New MaterialsTitle: The Energy Dri-FitTeam Members: Yasmine Ashour, EllenRenTeacher: Mrs. Christine NagelSchool: Parsippany Hills HS

The 1st Place Awardees were eligible tocompete at the MARM Competition held atPrinceton University in May. ChangWonLee and Joon Seok Seo (Environment)earned 1st Place Honors, Alex Jiang andSagar Shah earned 2nd Place (AlternateEnergy Sources) and, Yasmine Ashour andEllen Ren earned 2nd Place Honors (NewMaterials).


Alex Jiang and Sagar Shah withjudge Kelly Chladil. Alex and Sagarearned 1st Place in AlternateEnergy Sources at the NorthJersey contest and 2nd Place atMARM.

ChangWon Lee and Joon SeokSeo placed 1st at both the North

Jersey Section and MARMChemagination contests —

Environment Category with theirentry “Turning Over a New Leaf.”


Andrea Berman discusses her innovation with Dr. Amber Charlebois. Andrea andher partner, Priya Thakar earned 1st Place — Medicine/Health at the NJACS contest.

In the NewMaterials cate -gory, Yasmine

Ashour and EllenRen earned 1st

Place at the NorthJersey contest

and 2nd Place atMARM.

Cathy Jo Speidel and Christine Nagel,Parsippany Hills High School, werehosts for the contest.

(All photos courtesy of Diane Krone)


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NEW YORK SECTION BOARDMEETING DATES FOR 2014The dates for the Board Meetings of theACS New York Section for 2014 were cho-sen and approved at the September 2013Board Meeting. The meetings are openmeetings – all are welcome. If non boardmembers would like to attend the meeting,please let the New York Section office knowby emailing Mrs. Marilyn Jespersen [email protected] or calling theoffice at (516) 883-7510.

The 2014 Board Meetings will be held on thefollowing Fridays at 6:00 PM at the Collegeof Mount Saint Vincent, Benedicts(Founderʼs Hall), Riverdale, NY. Dr. PamelaK. Kerrigan will chair the meetings.

Friday, September 19Friday, November 21

More information will be posted in futureissues of the Indicator and on the New Yorkwebsite at http://www.NewYorkACS.org.

CHEMICAL MARKETING & ECONOMICS GROUPEvonik: Capturing Growth in SpecialtyChemicals

Speaker: John RolandoPresidentEvonik North America

How are Evonikʼs specialty chemicals prod-ucts and technologies addressing some ofthe worldʼs most critical issues, such asglobalization, and health and nutrition?

What Evonik core chemistries are expand-ing around the world?

What markets are being addressed in NorthAmerica?

Essen, Germany-based Evonik IndustriesAG is one of the worldʼs leading specialtychemicals companies. Around 80 percent ofsales come from market-leading positions,which the company is systematicallyexpanding. Evonik concentrates on high-growth megatrends, especially health, nutri-tion, resource efficiency and globalization.

With more than €12.5 billion in sales in2012, Evonik is in the midst of an ambitious€6 billion investment program squarelyfocused to grow its specialty chemicals busi-nesses around the world. Although youwonʼt find the companyʼs products on storeshelves, they are present in everyday itemsthat support modern life, from super -absorbent materials that keep babies andparents happier, to structural foams thatallow aircraft to fly lighter.

Cars consume less fuel thanks to tires thatare made more fuel efficient by Evonik silicaand biofuels enabled by Evonik catalysts.Cars are beautiful longer thanks to Evoniktechnology to make them more scratch-resistant. Living healthier lives is aided bypharmaceutical polymers from Evonik thatprotect tablets and capsules as they passthrough our bodies, precisely controllingwhen and where a drug is released.

Join us on September 10 to hear from JohnRolando, president, Evonik North America tolearn more about Evonikʼs specialty chemi-cals portfolio and its investments for growth.

Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2014Time: 11:30 AM - 2:00 PMPlace: The Penn Club

30 West 44th StreetNew York, NY

CM&E website: www.cmeacs.org


HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS TOPICAL GROUPSafety Policy and Procedure in the Science Classroom and Laboratory

Speaker: Lew [email protected]

The incident at the Beacon School inJanuary 2014 has stimulated a greateremphasis on what materials and proceduresare used in science classes. This sessionwill cover some things that are often over-looked or covered perfunctorily during annu-al RTK (Right To Know) training sessions.Our intent is to help teachers to choosesafer alternative materials and/or proce-dures for demonstrations and laboratoryexercises. We seek a balance betweenthose who would eliminate “hands on” expe-rience and those who would take significantrisks to motivate our students.

We expect to be joined by David Kazansky,United Federation of Teachers, director ofoffice of health and safety.

You are invited to submit questions and sug-gestions, in advance, about demonstrationsand lab procedures that should be dis-cussed at this session.

Date: Friday, September 19, 2014Time: Social and Dinner — 5:45 PMPlace: No reservations required

Georgeʼs89 Greenwich Street (at RectorStreet, South-east corner)New York, NY

Time Meeting — 7:15 PMPlace: United Federation of Teachers

52 BroadwayNew York, NY Check with security for room. Thisis just South of Exchange Placeand the Wall Street Station on the#4 & #5 subway lines. It is a shortwalk from the several other sub-way stations.

Security at UFT requires that you show apicture ID to enter the building.

In case of unexpected severe weather, callJohn Roeder, (212) 497-6500, between 9:00AM and 2:00 PM to verify that meeting is stillon; (516) 385-4698 for other info.

Note: Street parking is free after 7:00 PM.Off street, garage parking is available in thearea.

There is a “park and lock” garage onGreenwich Street at Edgar Street.

Public transportation is strongly recom-mended.

LONG ISLAND SUBSECTIONLearn the Chemistry of Wine Making

The Long Island Subsection of the New YorkAmerican Chemical Society is sponsoring avery special and interesting event open to allNew York ACS members. A trip to PalmerVineyards in Riverhead Long Island, NY onSaturday, September 20, 2014 from 1:00PM to 3:00 PM.

• Winemaker Miguel Martin will explain thescience behind the wine, discuss differentgrapes and viticulture practices, andexplain the wine making process fromgrapes to bottling.

• Participants will be treated to a vineyardtour and wine tastings.

• Participants must be age 21 or older.

• The event will cost $20 per person.

• There are only 30 spaces available, soparticipants will be selected on a firstcome first serve basis. Reserve your spotASAP!

Date: Saturday, September 20, 2014Times: 1:00 - 3:00 PMPlace: Palmer Vineyards

Riverhead, Long Island, NYCost: $20 per person

To register go tohttp://www.newyorkacs.org/meetings/LI/Winery.php

[ BIOCHEMICAL TOPICALGROUP — JOINT MEETINGWITH THE NYAS BIOCHEMICALPHARMACOLOGY DISCUSSIONGROUPElucidating GPCR FunctionalSelectivity: Novel Opportunities for Drug Development

Organizers: John Allen, PhDPfizer

Mercedes Beyna, MSPfizer

Jennifer Henry, PhDThe New York Academy ofSciences

Bryan Roth, MD, PhDUniversity of North Carolinaat Chapel Hill School ofMedicine

(continued on page 14)

Speakers: Robert J. Lefkowitz, MDDuke University Medical Center

Laura Bohn, PhDThe Scripps Research Institute

Marc G. Caron, PhDDuke University Medical Center

Michael Ehlers, MD, PhDPfizer

Terry Kenakin, PhDUniversity of North Carolina atChapel Hill School of Medicine

Bryan Roth, MD, PhDUniversity of North Carolina atChapel Hill School of Medicine

JoAnn Trejo, PhDUniversity of California-San Diego

Jonathan Violin, PhDTrevena, Inc.

Hear academic, industry, basic and transla-tional researchers, including Nobel LaureateRobert Lefkowitz (Duke University MedicalCenter) and discuss the development offunctionally selective GPCR-biased ligandsfor CV and CNS disease drug discovery.

Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2014Time: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM

(reception to follow)Place: The New York Academy of Sciences

7 World Trade Center250 Greenwich Street – 40th FloorNew York, NY 10007

Cost: This event is has reduced-rate reg-istration for ACS and NYAS mem-bers, at $30 or $15 (for studentsand post-docs). Please select theappropriate non-memberRegistration Category and use thePriority Code ACS. Non-membersmay attend for a fee of $85 (corpo-rate), $65 (non-profit or academic)or $45 (students and post-docs).

For more information and to register for theevent, go to: www.nyas.org/GPCRs2014

To become a Member of the Academy, visitwww.nyas.org/benefits

EMPLOYMENT AND PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSCOMMITTEE OF THE NEW YORKSECTIONTo Human Resources Departments inIndustry and Academia

The Employment and Professional Rela tionsCommittee maintains a roster of candidateswho are ACS members seeking a position inthe New York metropolitan area. If you havejob openings and would like qualified candidates to contact you, please send abrief job description and educational/experi-ence background required to [email protected].

Candidates from our roster who meet therequirements you describe will be asked tocontact you.

dLONG ISLAND SUBSECTIONFrom Molecules to Macromolecules toMaterials: Controlling Structure throughSynthesis

Speaker: Robert B. GrubbsStony Brook University

The control over structure facilitated bymodern synthetic techniques enables con-trol over the assembly of molecules andmacromolecules in functional materials. Wehave designed and synthesized severalclasses of block and star-block copolymerswith stimulus-responsive components.These polymers form assemblies withshapes and sizes that are dependent uponspecific conditions. For example, we haveinvestigated a range of synthetic systemsthat are designed to assemble in water intosmaller micellar aggregates at low tempera-tures and larger vesicles at higher tempera-tures. The structural shifts in these systemsunder specific conditions will be discussed.A number of factors, including block size andextent of interblock interactions, appear tobe important in controlling transformationrate. We will describe the design of theseand other systems and our efforts to betterunderstand the behavior of the resultingmaterials.

Date: Thursday, October 2, 2014Times: Social 5:30 PM

(Light refreshments)Seminar Start 6:00 PM

Place: Queensborough Community CollegeScience Building, Room S-112


BIOCHEMICAL TOPICALGROUP (continued from page 13)


* * * * *Surface Crystal Growth and Stabilizationof Amorphous Pharmaceutical Solids

Speaker: Daniele MusumeciYork College - CUNY.

Glasses are amorphous materials that com-bine the mechanical stability of solids withthe microscopic spatial uniformity of liquids,making them ideal for many applications,including electronics, bio-preservation anddrug delivery. Amorphous solids, however,are inherently unstable, and can crystallizeover time, sometimes surprisingly fast.Recent studies have discovered that asorganic liquids are cooled to become glass-es, crystal growth at the free surface can besubstantially faster than in the interior. Thisphenomenon is uncommon for inorganicmaterials and it is generally terminated asthe glasses are heated to become liquids.We have applied scanning electronmicroscopy (SEM) and real-time atomicforce microscopy (AFM) to investigate thesurface crystal growth on glassyindomethacin (IMC), an anti-inflammatorydrug, in the alpha and gamma polymorphs.The high-resolution microscopies providedcomplete micro-structural details of surfacecrystal growth. We observed that surfacecrystals rise hundreds of nano-metersabove the amorphous surface as they growlaterally, and are surrounded by depletionzones. Upon heating above the glass transi-tion temperature, the onset of liquid flowembeds upward-growing surface crystalsand terminates their growth, but this effect isremarkably mild for the gamma polymorphof IMC. This effect arises because the veloc-ity of liquid flow exceeds the growth frontvelocity, causing the wetting and embeddingof upward-growing surface crystals. Thesefindings are important for understanding andpredicting the stability of amorphous drugs.

During the seminar, we will discuss the edu-cational pathways and the career opportuni-ties provided by the B.S. degree program inPharmaceutical Science at York College.

Date: Thursday, November 6, 2014Times: Social 5:30 PM

(Light refreshments)Seminar Start 6:00 PM

Place: Queensborough Community CollegeScience Building, Room S-112

CHEMICAL MARKETING & ECONOMICS GROUPSpeaker: James H. Huntsman

Division PresidentHuntsman Advanced Materials

What propels the business of advancedmaterials?

Why is global functional alignment criticalto competitiveness?

What is the future of advanced material solutions?

With annual sales over $1.3 billion and theheritage of pioneering epoxy and poly -urethane-based polymer products, theHuntsman Advanced Materials Division iscommitted to driving a culture of growth andsector leadership.

Huntsman's rapid innovation has been keyin the commercialization of products withsuperior performance and durability. In thecase of structural adhesives for composites,the weight reduction, energy savings andlower environmental footprint gains areenabling the next generation of aircraft,automobiles, advanced structures and elec-tronic devices.

However, tepid economic growth, risingfixed costs and volatility in the cost of rawmaterials have driven Huntsman to imple-ment a bold transformational program thatincreases the alignment of global resourceswith attractive higher-growth markets. Byaccelerating the development of solutions,improving manufacturing efficiencies andenhancing commercial effectiveness, thecompany expects benefits in excess of $70million annually by seizing opportunities inaerospace, adhesives, high-performancecoatings, power generation, green electron-ics and large-scale engineering projects.

Join us on October 2 to hear the uniquevision and insights of James Huntsman onthe fascinating world of light, durable andhighly efficient materials.

Date: Thursday, October 2, 2014Times: 11:30 AM - 2:00 PMPlace: The Yale Club

50 Vanderbilt AvenueNew York, NY

CM&E website: www.cmeacs.org


WESTCHESTER CHEMICAL SOCIETYTentative fall, 2014 schedule

Special Seminar – “Micro-Tools to StudySingle-Cell Immunology”

Speaker: Qing SongDepartment of Chemical andBiomolecular EngineeringPolytechnic Institute of New York University

Single-Cell Immunology:

The frequencies of antigen-specific CD4+ Tcells in samples of human tissue have beendifficult to determine accurately ex vivo, par-ticularly for autoimmune diseases such asmultiple sclerosis or type 1 diabetes.Conventional approaches involve theexpansion of primary T cells in vitro toincrease the numbers of cells, and a subse-quent assessment of the frequencies of anti-gen-specific T cells in the expanded popula-tion by limiting dilution or by using fluores-cently labeled tetramers of peptide-loadedmajor histocompatibility complex (MHC)receptors. Here we describe an alternativeapproach that uses arrays of subnanoliterwells coated with recombinant peptideloaded MHC class II monomers to isolateand stimulate individual CD4+ T cells in anantigen-specific manner. In these experi-ments, activation was monitored usingmicroengraving to capture two cytokines(IFNγ and IL-17) released from single cells.This new method should enable direct enu-meration of antigen-specific CD4+ T cells exvivo from clinical samples. This method willbe applied to identify, quantify and charac-terize the cancer stem cells.

Concurrent Detections of Multiple Proteins on the Single-cells to RevealCell-Cell Heterogeneity

Single biological measurements are notcapable of truly characterizing even the sim-plest systems. Proteins constitutively func-tion within networks, pathways, complexesand families. The activity of an individualprotein depends not only on its quantity butalso on the interacting networks. To under-stand complex molecular outcomes, it isnecessary to determine how individual partsare integrated in time and space to performcomplex, dynamic cellular functions. Thelevel of complexity, with numerous variablesacting at the same time, requires multi-para-metric and dynamic investigation of a largenumber of single cells. We applied multi-spectral imaging and achieved concurrent

multiple protein detection (up to ten proteinssimultaneously). Gaussian distributionswere found to fit the histograms of expres-sion levels of proteins of interest. Noise andnoise strength of histograms were influ-enced by the inflammatory stimulation con-ditions. Quantitative measurements ofnoise, noise strength and correlation coeffi-cients revealed the cell-cell heterogeneity.

Qing Song is an Industry AssistantProfessor of Department of Chemical andBiomolecular Engineering at NYU-POLY.She received her Ph.D. in ChemicalEngineering at City College of New York,City University of New York in 2004. Sheconducted her postdoctoral trainings withProfessor Martin Yarmush at MassachusettsGeneral Hospital and Professor J.Christopher Love at MIT prior to joining theUniversity of New Hampshire in 2009. Dr.Songʼs current research focus on usingmicrotools to characterize secretomicimmune profiles of single cancer stem cellscollaborated with Professors George Millerand Iannis Aifantis at NYU Medical Center.

Date: TBD (Early October, 2014)Times: Refreshments 5:30 PM

Lecture 6:00 PMPlace: Westchester Community College

Gateway Building, Room 11075 Grasslands RoadValhalla, NY

Cost: Free and Open to the Public

Further Information: Paul [email protected](914) 393-6940

*** Additional Lectures ***

Special Seminar – TBD

Speaker: TBD

Date: TBD (Early November, 2014)

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Special Seminar – “Whatʼs Beyond theLithium-Ion Battery”

Speaker: Lin-Feng Li, Ph.D.Bettergy Corp.Peekskill, NY

Date: TBD (Early December, 2014)Times: Refreshments 5:30 PM

Lecture 6:00 PMPlace: Westchester Community College

Gateway Building, Room 11075 Grasslands RoadValhalla, NY

Cost: Free and Open to the PublicFurther Information: Paul [email protected](914) 393-6940


NEW YORK NANOSCIENCE DISCUSSION GROUP

2014-2015 Sessions

Speakers to be announced

Hosted by: New York UniversityDepartment of Chemistry

The NYNDG is an ACS Topical Group thatmeets in the New York UniversityDepartment of Chemistry. Sessions featurethree 30-minute presentations on nano -science, one each with strong orientation inbiology, chemistry, and physics/appliedmathematics. Presen ta tions will be focusedon discussion of recent work, althoughspeakers will place the work in a contextunderstandable to a broad audience.

Mark your Calendars!

Dates: Tuesday, October 7, 2014Tuesday, November 11, 2014Tuesday, February 3, 2015Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Times: Refreshments at 7:00 PMScience at 7:30 p.m.

Place: NYU Silver CenterRoom 1003 (10th floor)31 Washington Place(between Washington SquareEast and Greene Street)New York, NY

For more information, contact: James Canary ([email protected])

Topical Group History: ttp://www.nyu.edu/projects/nanoscience

COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORYOF THE NEW YORK SECTIONThe Division of the History of Chemistry ofthe American Chemical Society sponsorsthe Citations for Chemical BreakthroughAwards, which honors publications, patentsand books that have made breakthroughs inchemistry and the molecular sciences thathave been revolutionary in concept, broad inscope, and long-term in impact. On June4th, former Rockefeller University scientistsOswald Avery, Colin MacLeod and MaclynMcCarty were honored for their paper“Studies on the Chemical Nature of theSubstance Inducing Transformation ofPneumoccal Types”, which was published inProceedings of the Journal of ExperimentalMedicine, 1944, 79, 137. The research inthis paper showed that DNA and DNA alonewas the material with genetic properties.This finding was a direct challenge to thethen-current dogma that only proteins exist-ed in the multitude of forms needed to storethe genetic blueprint for an entire organism.

Members of the Committee on the History ofthe New York Section participated in thisevent.

Further information on the Citations forChemical Breakthrough Awards may befound on the ACS Division of the History ofChemistry website.

Left to right: MarcTessier-Lavigne,President of TheRockefeller University;Barry S. Collier,Physician in Chief, TheRockefeller UniversityHospital and VicePresident for MedicalAffairs, TheRockefeller University;Jean Delfiner, NewYork Section Boardand Committee mem-ber; Marge MacCarty,wife of MaclynMacCarty; and John B.Sharkey, representingACS HIST.

(Photo courtesy ofZach Veilleux,

The RockefellerUniversity)


QUEENSBOROUGH COMMUNITYCOLLEGE HOSTS THE 14TH ANNUAL CHEMISTRY CHALLENGEThe 14th Annual LI-ACS ChemistryChallenge was held on Friday, April 25, 2014at Queensborough Community College. Theevent was attended by students from bothtwo- and four-year institutions including:Hofstra University, Nassau CommunityCollege, St. Johnʼs University, KingsboroughCommunity College, Queens College,Adelphi University, Long Island UniversityPost, York College, and QueensboroughCommunity College. The event began with a“social hour” that included dinner anddessert. After dinner, 22 student teams rep-resenting the various universities partici -pated in the Chemistry Challenge. TheChallenge itself consisted of forty-five multi-ple choice questions testing concepts fromGeneral and Organic Chemistry.

Awards were given to the top three teams ineach student category (2- and 4-year teamswere created based on studentsʼ standing).The prizes included medals and USB flash

drives. The top teams in the 4-year categorywere: Hofstra University (First Place),Queens College (Second Place), and YorkCollege (Third Place). The top teams in the2-year category were: KingsboroughCommunity College (First Place), QueensCollege (Second Place), and Queens -borough Community College (Third Place).The moderators for the event were PaulSideris and Sujun Wei. The event was spon-sored by the LI-ACS and cosponsored byIsland Powersports and the followingQueensborough Community College (QCC)Student Clubs: Chemistry Club, STEMAcademy, STEM Research, ScienceResearch Alliance, Biology Club, MotorClub, ASAP, College Discovery, Phi ThetaKappa, International Student Club, CSTEP,Newman Club, Muslim Student Association,and Future Teacherʼs Society. TheChemistry Challenge could not have beenpossible without the assistance of the QCCChemistry Department and specifically thefollowing people: Luis Vargas, Pete Irigoyen,Andrew Xu, Frank Romano, and ParisSvoronos.

For more pictures, please visit: http://www.qcc.cuny.edu/chemistry/chemchallenge2014.html

WESTCHESTER CHEMICAL SOCIETYPeter Corfield Presentation

The treasurer and long-time board memberof the Westchester Chemical Society, PeterW. R. Corfield presented a poster, “TheSearch for New Polymeric CuI/CuII CyanideComplexes,” based on his research alongwith colleagues, Michael A. Chernichaw,Emma M. Cleary, Julie H. Thoubboron andJoseph F. Michalski at the Department ofChemistry, Fordham University, Bronx, NYat the meeting of the American Crys tallo -graphic Association in Albuquerque, NM inMay.

bNEW YORK ACS STUDENT ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE2014 Annual Undergraduate ResearchSymposium (62nd URS)

The Student Activities Committee of theNew York Section held its 62nd Annual URSon Saturday, May 3, 2014, at St. JohnʼsUniversity, Queens, NY. Around 152 papers,146 oral and 6 posters, from 31 different col-leges and universities were presented in 28

concurrent sessions. The areas coveredwere analytical, biochemistry, environ -mental/green, inorganic, organic, nano- andsurface chemistry, physical and polymerchemistry.

Opening remarks were given by RobertMangione, Pamela Kerrigan, Alison Hyslopand Sharon Lall-Ramnarine to begin theprogram. Joseph Serafin then introducedthe keynote speaker, Dr. Tina Iverson fromVanderbilt University and a St. JohnʼsUniversity alumnus. Dr. Iversonʼs keynoteaddress was titled – Structure-facilitated bio-engineering of antivirals and antibiotics tocombat global health threats.

The lunch speaker, Dr. Issa Salame of CityCollege of New York, discussed the benefitsto students and faculty of online homeworksolutions. Sponsors, ACS, PEPSIco, LouisStokes Alliance for Minority Participation(LSAMP), St. Johnʼs University, PearsonEducation, Anasazi, Royal Society ofChemistry, On Assignment, CengageLearning, McGraw Hill Education, WileyPublishing, and Kaplan, were representedand additionally supported a raffle of Wiley,McGraw Hill textbooks and a free KaplanMCAT/GRE prep course.

(See next page for more photos.)


Keynote speaker, Tina Iverson, and 2014 URS Committee (left to right: Paul Sideris,Yolanda Small, Tina Iverson, Joseph Serafin, Sharon Lall-Ramnarine)

(Photos courtesy of Arpi Pap of Pap Studio)


PRESENTATION HIGHLIGHTS (photos 7-9)

62ND URS STUDENT HIGHLIGHTS (photos 1-6)

WESTCHESTER CHEMICAL SOCIETY DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIST AWARDOn Thursday, May 1, 2014, at PaceUniversity in Pleasantville, NY, the West -chester Chemical Society presented itsDistinguished Scientist Award to James J.Wynne, PhD for “discovering excimer laser

surgery, thefoundation forLASIK andPRK surgery,and for leader-ship in en -hanc ing thescience edu-cation ofWest chesterCounty stu-dents.” Dr.Wynne is theProgram Man -ager, LocalEd u ca tion Out -reach (LEO) atthe IBM T. J.Watson Re -

search Center in Yorktown Heights, NY. Dr.Wynne obtained his AB, MA and PhD, all inPhysics, from Harvard University. His thesiswork, on nonlinear optics, was done underthe supervision of Professor NicolaasBloembergen. He started work on nonlinearspectroscopy using lasers while still atHarvard and continued this type of workafter joining IBM. His research has covereddifferent aspects of using lasers to explorenovel phenomena (e.g., resonantly-en -hanced ionization), to analyze matter (e.g.,atomic spectroscopy), and to process mate-rials (e.g., laser etching of biological speci-mens). More specifically, he has investigat-ed nonlinear optics of semiconductors andinsulators, coherent infrared and vacuumultraviolet generation in atomic vapors, mul-tiphoton ionization spectroscopy of atomicvapors, nonlinear optical measurements ofatomic oscillator strengths, applications ofmultichannel quantum defect theory, novellaser systems, excimer laser etching of bio-logical tissue, laser-induced-fluorescencedetection of arterial lesions, and cluster sci-ence. Since 1990, he has been ProgramManager, Local Education Outreach –http://www.watson.ibm.com/leo, at theIBM Thomas J. Watson Research Labora -tory. In this capacity, he marshals theresources of the IBM Research Center to

enhance science and mathematics educa-tion in our local schools. He serves as aleader, originator, communicator, catalyst,matchmaker, organizer, and facilitator,opening up pathways of communicationbetween the employees of his laboratoryand the educational community. Further -more, he keeps traffic flowing in both direc-tions along these pathways. To further hisobjective of helping all young Americans tobecome technically literate throughimproved science and mathematics educa-tion, he has become involved in nationaleducation reform activities through his membership and activities on the EducationCommittee and Forum on Education of theAmerican Physical Society, the EducationCouncil of the Optical Society of America,the Mathematics Sciences Education Boardof the National Research Council, theAdvisory Board to the US Physics Team, theAmerican Association of Physics Teachersand the National Council of Teachers ofMathematics. Since 2004, he has served asglobal coordinator for IBMʼs participation inEngineers Week (recently renamedDiscoverE - http://www.discovere.org), aninternational promotion of the engineeringprofessions. IBMʼs primary focus forEngineers Week is to interact with pre-college school students to introduce them tothe opportunities of careers in engineering,technology and science. For the 2012EWeek campaign, more than 5400 technicalprofessionals were sent into classroomsaround the world, where they engaged over200,000 students. These numbers wereexceptional, although they were exceededduring the 2008 EWeek campaign, whenIBM served as Corporate co-chair forEWeek, and more than 6500 IBM technicalprofessionals engaged over 250,000 stu-dents. Dr. Wynne has won numerousawards including the Eastern New YorkIntellectual Property Law Association Award2001 Inventor of the Year, the OpticalSociety of America 2004 R.W. Wood Prize,the New York Intellectual Property LawAssociation 2009 Inventor of the Year, the2010 Rank Prize for Opto-Electronics, the2011 National Medal of Technology andInnovation (for the pioneering discovery ofexcimer laser ablative photodecompositionof human and animal tissue, laying the foun-dation for PRK and LASIK, laser refractivesurgical techniques that have revolutionizedvision enhancement), the National Academyof Engineering 2013 Fritz J. and Dolores H.


Dr. James J. Wynne

(Photo courtesy ofDr. Wynne)



Russ Prize (for the development of laserablative photodecomposition, enablingLASIK and PRK eye surgery), as well as atleast five internal IBM awards. In 2002 hewas inducted into the National Inventors Hallof Fame. He has more than 75 publicationsand more that 15 patents (issued or appliedfor).

Dr, Wynne gave an interesting awards lec-ture entitled “Excimer Laser Surgery - TheFoundation for Laser Refractive Surgeryand Future Applications.” Dr. Wynne is thediscoverer, in 1981, of excimer lasersurgery, the foundation for the laser refrac-tive surgical procedures, LASIK and PRK,procedures which more than 25 million peo-ple have undergone to correct myopia,astigmatism, and hyperopia. He discussedthe physico-chemical basis of these proce-dures, which utilize far ultraviolet radiation

from an argon fluoride (ArF) excimer laser,This radiation fails to remove (ablate) tissueafter bleeding commences. This is becausethe ArF laser radiation is strongly absorbedby an aqueous salt solutions, such as foundin blood, through the process of electronphotodetachment from hydrated chlorideions. Such an electronic excitation does notproduce heat. Thus, such radiation can beused to debride necrotic tissue associatedwith burns, decubitus, venous stasis, andneuropathic ulcers, without causing collater-al damage to adjacent and underlying viabletissue allowing the development of a “smartscalpel,” enabled by the intrinsic advantageafforded by non-thermal absorption of ArFlaser light by aqueous chloride ions.

In addition to the Distinguished ScientistAward, the Westchester Chemical Societyalso presented the following thirteen under-graduate Student Awards:

Carolyn Allain, Fordham University(Faculty: Diana Bray)

WESTCHESTER CHEMICAL SOCIETY(continued from page 21)

Rolande Hodel Presenting Awards to James Wynne (left) and Jody Reifenberg (cen-ter), and with Helga Weisburger (right). Below: The Student Awardees with RolandeHodel and Peter Corfield.

(Photos courtesy of Rolande Hodel)

Rafat Basheer, Bronx Community College(Faculty: Anthony Durante)

Sue Ellen Evangelista, Iona College(Faculty: Louis Campisi)

Amy Guzman, Westchester CommunityCollege (Faculty: Jody Reifenberg)

Ronika Jacobs, College of New Rochelle(Faculty: Elvira Longordo)

Megan Jenesky, Ramapo College of NJ(Faculty: Sarah Bolton)

Shadi Khayyo, College of Mount St.Vincent (Faculty: Andrea Minei)

Joseph Mozdzierz , Manhattan College(Faculty: John Regan)

Linh Nguyen, Pace University, Pleasantville(Faculty: Ellen Weiser)

Wilman Orellana, Purchase College, SUNY(Faculty: Elizabeth Middleton )

Leguci Prena, Mercy College (Faculty: CarlEmbola )

Alexander Swan, New York University(Faculty: Mike Ward)

Isaac Vargas, Manhattanville College(Faculty: Sangamithra Chingapalli)

We thank Dr. Peter Corfield of our board andFordham University for his considerableefforts in the selection of the studentawardees.

Additionally, Dr. Rolande Hodel, chairman ofthe Westchester Chemical Society Board ofDirectors, presented our Service Award, ASalute to Excellence to Dr. Jody Reifenberg“in recognition of Outstanding Service andExtraordinary Commitment to the New YorkSection of the American Chemical Society.”

Dr. Reifenberg is a long-time board memberand our program liaison with WestchesterCommunity College, where we hold most ofour meetings.

Finally, and quite importantly, this year'sDistinguished Scientist Award is being grant-ed in memory of John H. Weisburger, PhD(1921-2014). Dr. Weisburger was researchprofessor of pathology in the GraduateSchool of Basic Medical Sciences at NewYork Medical College, in Valhalla, NY. Hisresearch focused on cancer, particularly car-cinogenesis and chemoprevention. He wasa long-time supporter of the WestchesterChemical Society and a former (1995)Distinguished Scientist awardee. He passedaway February 17, 2014. His widow, Mrs.Helga Weisburger attended the awards pre-sentation and dinner.

Almost sixty attendees enjoyed the awardspresentations, Dr. Wynne’s lecture, a deli-cious dinner, and socializing with each other.

The awards dinner is cosponsored by WCSand the Department of Chemistry & PhysicalSciences of Dyson College of Arts andSciences, Pace University (with thanks totheir Dr. Ellen Weiser). We gratefullyacknowledge financial support for this eventfrom the Departments of Chemistry at BronxCommunity College, Fordham University,Mercy College, and Manhattan College.

bGLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGENovember 1, 2014, Global Climate ChangeSymposium at St. Johnʼs University.

Program and details will be forthcoming.



USMMA CELEBRATES GREEN EARTH DAY 2014WITH HANDS-ON ACTIVITIESFor the third year in a row, the U.S. MerchantMarine Academy (USMMA) celebrated 2014 GreenEarth Day with fun-filled and “green” focused sci-ence demonstrations, displays, and hands-onexperiments on Saturday, April 26 and Sunday,April 27. The program, free and open to the public,took place at Great Neck Library, Parkville Libraryand USMMA Chemistry Laboratory and engagedmore than 150 boy scouts, students in grades K-11,their parents, and their troop leaders with twentyearth-friendly activities. Forty-eight USMMA faculty,staff and midshipmen and Great Neck Library staffcontributed to the program. The events, hosted by the USMMA Math & Science Department, theGreat Neck Library (GNL), and the New York Section of the American Chemical Society (ACS), werewell received by all who were involved. The USMMA Academic Dean, Shashi N. Kumar, attended theevent and took photos with the volunteers.

USMMA faculty and midshipmen demonstrate how a toy car can be made to run with sea water,a lightbulb light up with ocean wind energy and a toy boat move with solar power. The eventprovides students with an opportunity to learn about the importance of searching for and usingalternative energies to help preserve the Earth.

“Watch how I make my message appearthen disappear!”, one student exclaims.Through a number of colorful andaction-filled water activities, studentsget to see how chemistry and scienceare used to convert the ocean water todrinkable and usable water. The eventpromotes an appreciation of our blueplanet, encourages its sustainabilty,and educates the local youth about theimportance of taking care of the environment.

“Itʼs a wonderful feeling to see kids ̓eyes light up with excitement and to hear parents expresstheir gratitude for the things they learn from us at the event”, one midshipman volunteerexpresses. Children, parents, and the presenters alike obviously enjoy their time spent togetherexploring topics relating to the oceans, one of our Earthʼs most valuable natural resources.Participants are also awarded Green Earth Day Everyday Challenge Certificates for expressingtheir resolution to “turn off the sink when not using it when brushing teeth”, “turn off lightbulbsand computer when not using them”, “ride bike more often”, “save paper”, “recycle”, and“install solar panels”, for instance. The Green Earth Day event is held to promote the conceptsof recycle, reuse, reduce and restore.


OthersSINO-AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICALPROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION(SAPA)22nd Annual Conference — “Shapingthe Medicine of Tomorrow”

Keynote Lecture: “Adventures with Molecular Beams: from Chemical Dynamics to Weighing Proteins”

Keynote Speaker: Dudley HerschbachNobel Laureatein ChemistryHarvard University

Other confirmed speakers include CathrynClary (Chief Scientific Officer, Novartis), JoeCamardo (Senior Vice President, Celgene),Nic Dracopoli (Global Biomarker Head,JNJ), and Stu Peltz (CEO, PTCTherapeutics).

Date: Saturday, September 13, 2014Times: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PMPlace: McDonnell Hall

Princeton University Cost: Registration fee is $35 which

includes conference material,breakfast, lunch, and refreshments.

Please sign up at www.sapaweb.org.

~ASSOCIATION OF CONSULTINGCHEMISTS & CHEMICAL ENGINEERS (ACCCE)The Importance of Science and Engineering to Agriculture and NowFeeding 9.5 Billion People

Speaker: Dr. Richard L. SchauerIndependent Consultant

By 2050, the world population is projected tobe 9.5 billion people. To feed all of thesepeople, current crop production levels mustdouble. So, a major challenge is to doubletodayʼs food “availability” while simultane-ously minimizing any environmental harmcaused by agriculture. Compounding theproblem are the loss of farmland to expand-ing cities to house people migrating fromrural areas, the publicʼs fear of geneticallymodified crops, legal challenges by environ-mental groups to restrict new technologiesand increasing government regulations.

Topics to be discussed include:• Where will population growth occur?• 5 steps to solve the worldʼs food dilemma• Impact of climate change on agriculture• Having enough irrigation water• Creating new technologies• Overcoming publicʼs fear of

“Frankenfoods”• Convincing consumers that their food

supply is safe• Moving foods from areas of abundance

to areas of starvation• Curbing overzealous environmentalists• Enacting common sense regulations• American farmers are excellent environ-

mental stewards

Dr. Richard L. Schauer has been working inthe chemical industry for 50 years. He hasbeen an employee of two major chemicalcompanies working in the chemical regula-tory area. Dr. Schauer has been a consul-tant since 1992 as a chemical regulatoryspecialist and is an ACCCE member. Hehas traveled to 45 countries and currentlyrepresents many domestic and overseasclients.

Having been reared on a farm in centralNew Jersey and working on developing newpesticides for many years, Dr Schauerremains keenly interested in agriculturethroughout the world. As a scientist, he isdeeply disturbed by the lack of knowledgepossessed by the general public as to whatis required to get food to their tables.

Date: Thursday, September 18, 2014Times: Council meeting 5:00 PM

Dinner and speaker 6:00 PMPlace: Top Hat Tavern

Grand Summit HotelSpringfield Avenue(near Morris Avenue)Summit, NJ

Cost: Registration: $35 for membersand non-members

Please contact Dr. John Bonacci atACC&CE: email:[email protected], phone or fax:(908) 464-3182 or regular mail: P.O. Box902, Murray Hill, NJ 07974-0902. Pleaseregister by September 15.

Learn more about theAmerican Chemical Society at

www.acs.org

Call for Volunteers

ChemExpo 2014 Date: Saturday, October 18, 2014

On Saturday October 18th, the North JerseySection of ACS will be holding its 20thChemExpo in celebration of NationalChemistry Week at Liberty Science Center,Jersey City, New Jersey. Please help usmake a difference!

The theme for this year is "The Sweet Sideof Chemistry- Candy”. Join us to make thisevent a fun-filled day of hands-on sciencechemistry activities that will engage visitorsin exploring the positive impacts of chem-istry. The activities should be geared for 6 to12 year olds. Check out the NationalChemistry Week web page athttp://portal.acs.org/ to get some ideas forhands-on activities that you might be inter-ested to present.

To minimize duplication of the presentations,please email us the list of activities thatyou/your team would like to present prefer-ably by September 15th, 2014. Individualscontacting us first with their idea(s) will begiven priority. We would like the students tobe able to redo these experiments at homeand/or at school so please be thorough inyour presentation and explanations.

Thanks very much for all of your help. TheSection is most appreciative of your efforts.

Mita Chaki - [email protected]

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Volunteer Form

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Call for Sponsorship

ChemExpo 2014 Date: Saturday, October 18, 2014

On Saturday, October 18, the North JerseySection of ACS will be holding its 20thChemExpo in celebration of NCW (NationalChemistry Week) at Liberty Science Center,Jersey City, New Jersey. Please help usmake a difference! The theme for this year is"The Sweet Side of Chemistry- Candy”.

We are looking forward to financial supportto help cover many of the expenses associ-ated with the Sectionʼs NCW activities. Adonation of $500.00 indicates GoldSponsorship, a $250.00 gift indicates SilverSponsorship and a $100.00 gift indicates aBronze Sponsorship. We would appreciate itif you would forward this information to theappropriate representatives within yourcompany.

Checks should be made out to:“NJACS” (The North Jersey Section ofAmerican Chemical Society) with a memoof “NCW”.

Sent to:Jacqueline Erickson33 Ronald RoadLake Hiawatha, NJ, 07034-1121.

Thanks very much for all of your help. TheSection is most appreciative of your efforts.

Mita Chaki and Monica Sekharan

Please fill out the information below and return the form to Bobbi Gorman [email protected].

Sponsorship Form

My company would like to support these efforts at the _____________ (indicategold, silver, or bronze) level.

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Call for Nominations

2015 LEO HENDRIK BAEKELAND AWARDThe North Jersey Section of the AmericanChemical Society is soliciting nominationsfor the 2015 Leo Hendrik Baekeland Award.The Award consists of a gold medal and a$5,000 honorarium. The Section presentsthe Award biannually to commemorate thetechnical and industrial achievements of LeoHendrik Baekeland and to encourageyounger chemists to emulate his example.

The Award is given in recognition of accom-plishments in pure or applied chemistry toan American chemist as characterized bythe initiative, creativeness, leadership, andperseverance of the individual (indicated bypublished or unpublished evidence) andwho will be under the age of 40 as ofJanuary 1, 2015.

Nominations for the Award should include aletter describing the nomineeʼs achieve-ments, a brief biography, and a list of thenomineeʼs more important publications.Successful nomination packets include twoto three recommendation letters supportingthe candidate.

Re-nominations are encouraged, providedthe age requirement is still met.

Please submit materials by December. 31,2014, to:

Dr. Les McQuireACS North Jersey Section Awards Chair17 Crown Drive,Warren NJ 07059


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Call for Presentations

LABORATORY ROBOTICSINTEREST GROUP — MIDATLANTIC CHAPTERDate: November 2014 Meeting

The View From the Bench

The Mid Atlantic Chapter of the LaboratoryRobotics Interest Group is seeking presen-tations for their November meeting.Presentations about new and innovative lab-oratory technologies are being sought espe-cially those involving some aspect ofautomation or robotics. Other topics of inter-est include informatics, nanomaterials, pharmaceutical dosage form testing,autonomous data collection using, andnovel analytical procedures. We expectapproximately 100 persons to attend theNovember meeting and a student posterevent will be held in conjunction with thetechnical program.

At press time, the meeting date and locationhave not been set.

To submit a presentation abstract, pleasecontact Kevin Olsen at Montclair StateUniversity, [email protected]

The chapter web site is: http://my.lrig.org/LRIGChapterMidAtlantic/home/

Press Releases

MR SOLUTIONS OVER-WHELMED BY INTEREST INTHEIR CRYOGEN FREE, 7TPRECLINICAL MRI SCANNERAT MEETINGS IN EUROPE ANDTHE USDelegates from academia and industryflocked to see the worldʼs first commercial,cryogen free, 7.0T, preclinical MRI imagingsystem, which went on display for the firsttime at the recent joint ISMRM/ESMRMB*meeting in Milan, Italy and the SNMMI*meeting in St Louis, United States.

The meetings were a huge success for MRSolutions who not only showcased thebrand new 7.0T scanner to hundreds of vis-itors from across the world. Visitors to the

shows were also surprised to learn that soonone machine could undertake a variety ofimaging techniques, including MRI, SPECT,and PET with MR Solutions accessing itsimaging systems with in line or ʻin the boneʼmodalities.

*ISMRM is the International Society forMagnetic Resonance; ESMRMB is theEuropean Society for Magnetic Resonancein Medicine and Biology; SNMMI is theSociety of Nuclear Medicine and MolecularImaging.

Contact Information:MR Solutions Ltd.VP, Global Sales & Marketingwww.mrsolutions.com

4THREE GLOBAL WARMINGSKEPTICS WIN AWARDSRecipients were recognized at the 9thInternational Conference on ClimateChange for Speaking Truth to Power,Whistleblowing, and the Defense ofScience, July 7-9 at Mandalay Bay inLas Vegas (ICCC9).

The award winners:

Speaks Truth to Power Award: PatrickMoore, co-founder of Greenpeace

Presented by the EarthFree Institute

Patrick Moore, Ph.D. is an internationallyrenowned ecologist and environmentalist.Beginning his career as an activist/leader inthe Greenpeace movement, he now con-centrates on collaborative efforts aimed atfinding environmental solutions. He speaksand lectures frequently at universities, com-munity meetings, and conferences.

Through books such as Green Spirit - TreesAre the Answer and Confessions of aGreenpeace Dropout, Dr. Moore is knownaround the world as an eloquent voice forsensible environmentalism.

Climate Science Whistleblower Award:Alan Carlin, EPA economist (retired)

Presented by the Donʼt Tread on MyBusiness Foundation

Alan Carlin, Ph.D., now retired, was a careerenvironmental economist at EPA when theCompetitive Enterprise Institute broke thestory of his negative report on the agencyʼs



proposal to regulate greenhouse gases inJune 2009. Dr. Carlinʼs supervisor hadordered him to keep quiet about the reportand stop working on the global warmingissue.

EPAʼs attempt to silence Dr. Carlin becamea highly publicized embarrassment to theagency, especially given Administrator LisaJacksonʼs and President Obamaʼsannounced commitment to transparencyand scientific integrity. Since 2009, Dr.Carlin has been an active and influentialwriter and speaker on the climate changeissue.

In response to the award, Dr. Carlinexpressed his great appreciation and saidhow important it is to oppose EPAʼs new pro-posed power plant regulations resulting fromthe 2009 Endangerment Finding since theywould have adverse economic and environ-mental effects and are based on invalid science and an attempt by EPA to rewritethe Clean Air Act itself.

Courage in Defense of Science Award:Willie Soon

Presented by the George C. MarshallInstitute

Willie Soon, Ph.D., an astrophysicist andgeoscientist, is a leading authority on therelationship between solar phenomena andglobal climate. His discoveries challengecomputer modelers and advocates who con-sistently underestimate solar influences oncloud formation, ocean currents, and windthat cause climate to change.

Dr. Soon has faced and risen above unethi-cal and often libelous attacks on hisresearch and his character, becoming one ofthe worldʼs most respected and influentialvoices for climate realism.

“Science and its practice are no longer freeand willing today but instead are constantlyterrorized by research funding gravy trainsand group thinking,” Soon said. “This is whyscience needs defending and it takescourage to cleanse science from those can-cerous elements and to bring her forward inits rightful place again. I am humbled andhonored by this recognition.”

For more information about The HeartlandInstitute and the 9th InternationalConference on Climate Change, contact

Director of Communications Jim Lakely [email protected] or (312) 377-4000.

8UH CHEMISTʼS WORK COULDIMPACT DISEASE MANAGEMENT,TREATMENTSChemical Reactivity Research Receives$600,000 NSF CAREER Award

A University of Houston (UH) chemist hopeshis work will one day impact the treatment ofsuch diseases as cancer and malaria by bet-ter understanding how molecules react andhow atoms come together to form bonds.

Jeremy May, an assistant professor ofchemistry at UH, received a five-year,$600,000 National Science Foundation(NSF) CAREER Award to develop syntheticstrategies to increase the efficiency andyields of chemical reactions. Often requiringa sequence of 30 to 40 different reactions,the process of complex chemical synthesescan be slow, with plenty of waste and notmuch yield.

“If we can develop chemical transformationsthat do more in each individual step, thenthat allows us to use a lot fewer reactions tomake the end product,” said May, who spe-cializes in synthetic organic chemistry atUHʼs College of Natural Sciences andMathematics. “I see similarities between mywork and other increases in efficiency. Inauto manufacturing, for instance, if you cando three welds at once, itʼs going to be fasterthan if you do one weld at a time on a carframe.”

The grant covers the development of a reac-tion strategy that can form multiple molecu-lar rings within a single transformation. Thisleads to more complex compounds in lesstime with greater yield.

“If they are looking to block the actions thathelp a cancer cell replicate, they can screenall the chemical compounds in the library tosee if one shuts down the mode of action,”May said. “Our work wonʼt go directly into aclinic or directly tackle a disease, but we willkick off the chain of events.”

To receive UH science news via email, signup for UH-SciNews at http://www.uh.edu/news-events/mailing-lists/sciencelistserv/index.php.


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BRAIN OF WORLDʼS FIRSTKNOWN PREDATORS DISCOVERED

TUCSON, Arizona – An international team ofpaleontologists has identified the exquisitelypreserved brain in the fossil of one of theworld's first known predators that lived in theLower Cambrian, about 520 million yearsago. The discovery revealed a brain that issurprisingly simple and less complex thanthose known from fossils of some of the ani-mal's prey.

The find for the first time identifies the fos-silized brain of what are considered the toppredators of their time, a group of animalsknown as anomalocaridids, which translatesto "abnormal shrimp." Long extinct, thesefierce-looking arthropods were first discov-ered as fossils in the late 19th century butnot properly identified until the early 1980s.They still have scientists arguing over wherethey belong in the tree of life.

"Our discovery helps to clarify this debate,"said Nicholas Strausfeld, director of theUniversity of Arizonaʼs Center for InsectScience. "It turns out the top predator of theCambrian had a brain that was much lesscomplex than that of some of its possibleprey and that looked surprisingly similar to amodern group of rather modest worm-likeanimals."

Strausfeld, a Regents' Professor in theDepartment of Neuroscience in the UACollege of Science is senior author on apaper about the findings, which appear inthe July 17 issue of Nature.

The brain in the fossil, a new species giventhe name Lyrarapax unguispinus – Latin for"spiny-clawed lyre-shaped predator" – sug-gests its relationship to a branch of animalswhose living descendants are known asonychophorans or velvet worms. Thesewormlike animals are equipped with stubbyunjointed legs that end in a pair of tinyclaws.

Onychophorans, which are also exclusivelypredators, grow to no more than a few inch-es in length and are mostly found in theSouthern Hemisphere, where they roam theundergrowth and leaf litter in search of bee-tles and other small insects, their preferredprey. Two long feelers extend from the head,attached in front of a pair of small eyes.

The anomalocaridid fossil resembles theneuroanatomy of today's onychophorans inseveral ways, according to Strausfeld andhis collaborators. Onychophorans have asimple brain located in front of the mouthand a pair of ganglia – a collection of nervecells – located in the front of the optic nerveand at the base of their long feelers.

"And – surprise, surprise – that is what wealso found in our fossil," Strausfeld said,pointing out that anomalocaridids had a pairof clawlike grasping appendages in front ofthe eyes.

The fact that the brain of the earliest knownpredator appears much simpler in shapethan the previously unearthed brains of itscontemporaries begs intriguing questions,according to Strausfeld, one of which iswhether it is possible that predators drovethe evolution of more complex brains.


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