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http://phil a del phia.sites.acs.org/ Vol ume 96, No. 2

HIGHLIGHTS

Chair's Column 28

FDA Website forReg u lated In dus tries 31

Fo cus on a Sec tionMem ber 34

Phil a del phia Sec tionon LinkedIn 36

2011 MARM 37

2011 Cal en dar 43

MARCH MEETING

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Edgar Fahs Smith LectureAda Yonath, Weizmann In sti tute of Sci ence

University of Pennsylvania

See the MARCH issue of the Catalyst for details, call the Sec tion Of fice at (215) 382-1589 or email [email protected].

A D V A N C E N O T I C E

Feb ru ary Meeting

Stu dent Poster Ses sion

Tem ple University

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEFRobin S. Davis

EDITORSNews Atoms: Alan WarrenProof Editors: Georgia Arbuckle-Keil

Marge MatthewsAlan Warren

ADVERTISING MANAGERVince Gale

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Chair: Marge MatthewsAnthony W. AddisonGeorgia Arbuckle-KeilRobin S. DavisVince GaleRobert GatesJudy Summers-GatesKendra LutherVictor TortorelliAlan Warren

Pub lished monthly ex cept July, Au gust and De cem ber by the Phil a del phia Sec tion of the Amer i -can Chem i cal So ci ety. All views ex pressed are those of the ed i tors and con tri bu tors and do notnec es sar ily rep re sent the of fi cial po si tion of the Phil a del phia Sec tion of the Amer i can Chem i calSo ci ety. Ed i to rial mat ters should be sent to the at ten tion of the Ed i tor-in-Chief c/o the Phil a del -phia Sec tion ACS, De part ment of Chem is try, Uni ver sity of Penn syl va nia, 231 South 34th Street,Phil a del phia, PA 19104-6323 or [email protected].

Ad ver tis ing: Vince Gale, MBO Ser vices, P.O. Box 1150, Marshfield, MA 02050

phone: (781) 837-0424; email: [email protected].

CON TENTS

March Ad vance No tice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Chair's Col umn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Poster Ses sion Judges Needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Feb ru ary Meet ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29News At oms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302011 Elec tion Re sults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31FDA Website for Reg u lated In dus tries . . . . . . . . . 31Seek ing Pre-Col lege Teach ing Award Nom i nees . 32Seek ing Un der grad u ate Teach ing Award Nom i nees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Fo cus on a Sec tion Mem ber: Kathy Shaginaw . . . 34Del a ware Val ley Sci ence Fairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Seek ing Sec tion Award Nom i nees . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Phil a del phia Sec tion on LinkedIn . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Seek ing Sum mer Po si tions for Un der grad u ates . . 362011 Mid dle At lan tic Re gional Meet ing . . . . . . . . . 37Chem i cal Con sul tants Net work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38NCW Poster Win ners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39His tor i cal Events in Chem is try. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Di rec tory of Ser vices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422011 Cal en dar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43


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John Tierney

FromTheChair

Feb ru ary sees the start of theevents for the In ter na tionalYear of Chem is try (IYC). I re -cently learned from an ar ti clein RSC News1 by Pro fes sorDa vid St. Clair Black that theidea for the In ter na tional Yearof Chem is try orig i nated fromthe Ko rean Chem i cal So ci ety.They made the pro posal in2006 and the idea was well re -ceived, and it was adopted byIUPAC Bu reau. Be cause the ti -tle had the word ‘In ter na tional’in it, ap proval was re quiredfrom the United Na tions. Inthis arena, Ethi o pia led thecharge through the United Na -tions Ed u ca tional, Sci en tificand Cul tural Or ga ni za tion(UNESCO). Hav ing gainedap proval there, the pro posalmoved on to a UN sub-com -mit tee re lated to sus tain ablede vel op ment. The idea gainedfi nal UN ap proval in De cem -ber 2008.

At an IYC kick off event lo -cally, the Sec tion will haverep re sen ta tion at a Sci enceCafé to be held on Feb ru ary1st, at the Chem i cal Her i tageFoun da tion. In ad di tion to this, the Sec tion has been work ing

in close co op er a tion with JoeTalento of the Frank lin In sti -tute. We have also part neredwith the Frank lin In sti tutewhich is spon sor ing the Phil a -del phia Sci ence Fair (April15-28). The Sec tion will behost ing hands on dem on stra -tions around the IYC themeof “Wa ter” at the Sci ence Car -ni val - part of the Sci ence Fair – to be held on April 16th.

At our Feb ru ary meet ing, un -der grad u ate and grad u ate stu -dents will pres ent theirre search at the An nual PosterSes sion, to be held at Tem pleUni ver sity’s Mit ten Hall, onFeb ru ary 10th.

Chang ing the sub ject slightly,and mov ing to a more per -sonal note, I would like toshare the fact that I had theplea sure of meet ing Da vid St.Clair Black dur ing a visit toAus tra lia, in De cem ber 1989.The meet ing was ar ranged,with out my knowl edge, bymy cousin and his wife for atour of the chem is try de part -ment at the Uni ver sity of New South Wales. Af ter the tour,Pro fes sor Black in vited Ann,my wife, and I to his housefor din ner. We had a won der -ful day and eve ning. We methis fam ily and found out thathis son, An drew (who was inhigh school at the time),rowed for Syd ney Row ingClub. I gave An drew somePhil a del phia row ing shirts. Afew years later An drew wentto Har vard Uni ver sity and did

his PhD with Pro fes sorWhitesides. An drew also in -formed me about the rib binghe used to get from the row ers on the Charles River ev erytime he wore those Phil a del -phia row ing shirts. In an up -com ing piece I would like toex plore how the re la tion shipsthat are typ i cally forged be -tween the fac ulty men tors and the stu dents pre sent ing theirre search at the up com ingposter ses sion, and the type of meet ing that I had with Pro -fes sor Black, set the stage formak ing the chem is try com mu -nity the won der ful one that itis. These per sonal in ter ac tions are very im por tant ones andthey should not be for got ten.

(1) RSC News, De cem ber 2010 p. 7.

Poster Ses sion JudgesNeeded

Plan ning is once again un der -way for the an nual poster ses -sion. This year the event hasbeen sched uled for Feb ru ary10th.

We need peo ple to vol un teeras judges or sug gest in di vid u -als we can con tact about judg -ing. The more judges, thefaster and smoother the whole event can run.

Douglas B. Hausner, [email protected]

Chair, Phil a del phia ACSYCC, www.PhilaYCC.org

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FEBRUARY MEETING

THE PHILADELPHIA SECTION,

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

presents

Thursday, February 10, 2011

THE ANNUAL STUDENT POSTER SESSION

6:00 - 8:00 PM

Great Court, Mitten Hall Temple University

1913 North Broad Street Philadelphia 19122

Refreshments will be served

Reservations Required; cost: $15.00

RESERVATIONS should be made by calling Mrs. Libby Harper at the Section Office, (215) 382-1589, by 5:00 PM on Thursday, February 3rd. Cancellations, if necessary, cannot be accepted after NOON on Tuesday, February 8th. UNCANCELLED RESERVATIONS WILL BE BILLED. FREE PARKING is available in lot #1 between 15th and Broad Streets, south of Norris Street after 3:00 PM. For map and directions, see http://www.temple.edu/maps/ The Board of Directors will meet at 4:00 PM in Room 108A in Barton Hall.

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NEWS AT OMS

Vir gil Percec, P. Roy Vageloschair and pro fes sor of chem is -try at the Uni ver sity of Penn -syl va nia, will be one of theKavli Foun da tion spon soredspeak ers at the ACS na tionalspring meet ing. He will dis -cuss the syn the sis of com plexmo lec u lar sys tems as part ofthe In no va tions in Chem is trylec ture pro gram.

A Na tional Sci ence Foun da -tion grant has en abled the Uni -ver sity of Penn syl va nia andMerck and Co. to col lab o rateon a new High ThroughputEx per i men ta tion (HTE) lab o -ra tory in Penn’s chem is trybuild ing. The tech nol ogy re -duces the test ing time for a hy -poth e sis from one or two years to one or two weeks. The team of re search ers are postdocCor nell Stanciu, Penn’schem is try de part ment chairGary Molander, or ganicchemistry pro fes sor MarisaKozlowski, in or ganic chem is -try pro fes sor Pat rick Walsh,and Merck’s pro cess re searchde part ment’s Spencer Dreher.

DEATHSBritton Chance, re tired med i -cal re search di rec tor, No vem -ber 16, 2010 at 97. Dur ingWWII he in vented a ra dar sys -tem at MIT to de tect Ger mansub ma rines. He en gaged in pi -

o neer ing re search on en zymeki net ics at Cam bridge Uni ver -sity and the No bel In sti tute ofSwe den. He be came a fel lowof the Uni ver sity of Penn syl -va nia’s Eldridge Reeves John -son Foun da tion for re search in med i cal phys ics and was laternamed di rec tor of thefoun da tion.

His achieve ments in phys i calchem is try and bio phys ics ledto ex ten sive re search in thefield of bio med i cal op tics. Inthe 1990s he was di rec tor ofthe In sti tute for Bio phys i caland Bio med i cal Re search inthe Uni ver sity City Sci enceCen ter, and in 1998 he wasnamed pres i dent of the Med i -cal Di ag nos tic Re searchFoun da tion.

Chance’s out stand ing ac com -plish ments were rec og nizedwith the Frank lin In sti tute’sFrank lin Medal, the Heine-ken prize for bio chem is tryand bio phys ics from the Neth -er lands Acad emy of Sci enceand Let ters, the BenjaminFrank lin medal of the Amer i -can Philo soph i cal So ci ety, theNa tional Medal of Sci ence,and the Chris to pher Co lum -bus Dis cov ery award in bio -med i cal re search from theNa tional In sti tutes of Health.

Chance loved sail ing andcom peted in the 1952 Olym -pics, win ning a gold medal.Even af ter re tir ing from theJohn son Foun da tion he con -tin ued to con duct re search and pres ent pa pers. He of ten rode

his 10-speed bike to his lab o -ra tory where he fre quentlyworked 12 hours a day, sixdays a week.

James Reeder, re tired qual ity con trol chem ist, No vem ber25th at 85. He was en gaged inqual ity con trol work with theDe fense Sup ply Agency inPhil a del phia for 30 years.

Jo se phine E. Pasternak, re -tired chem ist, No vem ber 26th

at 89. She worked in phar ma -ceu ti cal re search at Smith,Kline & French Lab o ra to ries.Af ter los ing a son in Viet nam, who wanted to be come ateacher, she en rolled at Tem -ple Uni ver sity and grad u atedwith a 4.0 av er age and a de -gree in ed u ca tion at the age of 60.

George Wash ing ton Woods,III, re tired qual ity con trol and en vi ron men tal ex ec u tive, De -cem ber 5th at 79. Af ter brieflyteach ing high school chem is -try and serv ing in the ArmySig nal Corps as a cer ti fiedcryp tog ra pher, he joined afoundry sup ply com pany andwas named qual ity as sur anceman ger af ter it was ac quiredby Com bus tion En gi neer ing.He di rected the qual ity con trol pro gram at seven CE plants.In 1994 he es tab lished USAEn vi ron men tal Man age mentto deal with as bes tos and leadpaint re moval for such cli entsas SEPTA, the Navy, and thePhil a del phia Hous ing au thor -ity. Woods was ac tive in many com mu nity or ga ni za tions in -


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clud ing NAACP, Ro tary, theBen Frank lin High SchoolBusi ness Re source net work,and served as a men tor in theChes ter County Prison andfor the Na tional Foun da tionfor Teach ing En tre pre neur -ship in mi nor ity ur ban areas.

Jessie Van Baalen Warms,re tired bio chem ist and ac -com plished ice dancer, De -cem ber 8th at 82. Fol low ingsev eral years as a re searcherin Penn’s med i cal school, she joined the re search staff ofFox Chase Can cer Cen ter in1963 where she worked as ase nior re search as so ci ate for28 years. She co-authoredmore than 25 tech ni cal ar ti -cles with Irwin Rose at FoxChase. When Rose re ceivedthe No bel Prize in chem is try,he ac knowl edged Jessie’scon tri bu tions in his FoxChase lab. As an ath lete,Warms en joyed ten nis andgym nas tics, and es pe ciallyice-danc ing where she com -peted in a num ber of ice-skat -ing events.

Note: News At oms seeks tore port on peo ple in the fieldof chem is try in the greaterPhil a del phia area. If you have news about new hires, sig nif i -cant pro mo tions, hon ors andawards, and those who havere cently passed away, send itby email to [email protected] or by mail to the Phil a -del phia Sec tion ACS.

2010 ELEC TION RE SULTS

2011 Chair: John Tierney

2011 Chair-Elect: Rick Ew ing

2011-2012 Trea surer Da vid Cichowicz

2011-2013 Di rec tors: Anne DeMasi

Thomas Straub

Kathleen Shaginaw

Cynthia Palmer

Douglas Hausner

2011 Di rec tors: John (J.P.) Northrop

Wil liam Smith

2011-2013 Coun cil ors: Deborah Cook

Ju dith Co hen

Ju dith Sum mers-Gates

Marge Matthews

FDA Launches Website to Help Reg u lated In dus triesSave Time, Re sources

Full in for ma tion at this link: FDA launches website to helpregulated industries save time, resources The US Food and Drug Ad min is tra tion in tro duced a new Webre source called FDA Basics for Industry to help com pa nies andoth ers save time and re sources in their in ter ac tions with theagency.

http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm239086.htm

http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm239086.htm

http://www.fda.gov/FDABasicsforIndustry


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EX TENDED DEAD LINE!

CALL FOR NOM I NA TIONS

The 20th An nual

Phil a del phia Sec tion, Amer i can Chem i cal So ci ety

Awards for Ex cel lence in Pre-Col lege Teach ing

The Phil a del phia Sec tion of the Amer i can Chem i cal So ci ety will honor two out stand ing sci enceteach ers from the Del a ware Val ley with its Awards for Ex cel lence in Pre-Col lege Sci ence Teach -ing. One award will be given to a full-time ed u ca tor in volved in teach ing sci ence in grades K-8. The sec ond award will be given to a full-time ed u ca tor at the sec ond ary level (grades 9-12) whoteaches chem is try. Nom i nees must teach in the Phil a del phia Sec tion’s geo graphic area (Phil a del -phia, Mont gom ery, Del a ware, Ches ter, Bucks, Burlington and Cam den counties).

Nom i na tions for 2011 will be ac cepted un til Tues day, April 5, 2011. The nom i na tion pack ageshould con sist of a let ter of nom i na tion, the nom i nee’s re sume and at least two let ters of rec om -men da tion. Other sup port ing in for ma tion, such as stu dents’ com ments, is wel come. How ever,the to tal nom i na tion pack age should not ex ceed 30 pages. The nom i na tion pack age may beemailed to [email protected] or nine cop ies of the nom i na tion ma te ri als may be mailed to:

Dr. Wil liam R. Ew ing

Chair, Awards Com mit tee

Phil a del phia Sec tion, ACS

De part ment of Chem is try

Uni ver sity of Penn syl va nia

Phil a del phia, PA 19104-6323

For more in for ma tion, please con tact the Phil a del phia Sec tion, ACS of fice: phone: (215)382-1589 or email: [email protected]

Award re cip i ents will be hon ored at our May 2011 Sec tion meet ing with a cer tif i cate and anhon o rar ium.

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CALL FOR NOM I NA TIONS

The 9th An nual

Phil a del phia Sec tion, Amer i can Chem i cal So ci ety

Award for Ex cel lence in Un der grad u ate Teach ing inChem i cal Sci ences

The Phil a del phia Sec tion of the Amer i can Chem i cal So ci ety will honor an out stand ing un der grad -u ate teacher from the Del a ware Val ley with its Award for Ex cel lence in Un der grad u ate Teach ingin Chem i cal Sci ences. The award will be given to a full-time ed u ca tor in volved in teach ing anun der grad u ate course in the chem i cal sci ences (chem is try, bio chem is try). Nom i nees must teachin an in sti tu tion that is within the Phil a del phia Sec tion’s geo graphic area (Phil a del phia, Mont -gom ery, Del a ware, Ches ter, Bucks, Burlington and Cam den counties).

Nom i na tions for 2011 will be ac cepted un til Tues day, April 5, 2011. The nom i na tion shouldcon sist of a let ter of nom i na tion, the nom i nee’s re sume and at least two let ters of rec om men da -tion. Other sup port ing in for ma tion, such as stu dents’ com ments, is wel come. How ever, the to talnom i na tion pack age should not ex ceed 30 pages. The nom i na tion pack age may be emailed [email protected] or nine cop ies of the nom i na tion ma te ri als may be mailed to:

Dr. Wil liam R. Ew ing

Chair, Awards Com mit tee





For more in for ma tion, please con tact the Phil a del phia Sec tion, ACS of fice: phone: (215)382-1589 or email: [email protected]

The award re cip i ent will be hon ored at our May 2011 Sec tion meet ing with an hon o rar iumand a plaque.




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Fo cus on a Sec tion Mem ber – Dr. Kathleen ThrushShaginaw

Fre quently, in di vid ual sec tionmem bers, or board mem bersof the Phil a del phia Sec tion,take charge and com mit theirtime to the pro fes sion that insome way goes above and be -yond the call of duty. Thesein di vid u als are usu ally lauded for their de vo tion to duty with a short snip pet in the Sec -tion’s min utes – which maybe a fea ture that many read ers of the Cat a lyst gloss over.

I would like to take this op -por tu nity to high light, andthank, Kathy Shaginaw forher ef forts to pro mote sci enceand chem is try to young la -dies, spe cif i cally through theP.A.G.E.S.ä (Phil a del phiaArea Girls En joy ing Sci ence)pro gram.

I would also like to point outthat Kathy has taken on var i -ous lead er ship roles in chem -is try in the Phil a del phiare gion. Be sides be ing on theBoard of the Phil a del phiaACS Sec tion, she is also ac -

tive in the Amer i can As so ci a -tion of Uni ver sity Women ofthe Com mon wealth of Penn -syl va nia (AAUW). WithAAUW she pres ently has twooff board po si tions as ‘FundsChair’ and ‘Leader on LoanChair.’ Kathy has also beenac tive for a very long timewith the Del a ware Val ley Sci -ence Coun cil. In 2007, Dr.Shaginaw was or ga nizer forthe ses sion en ti tled “Men tor-ing and Net work ing Work -shop: Women Chem ists Com -mit tee,” at the 2007 MARM(Mid dle At lan tic Re gionalMeet ing - ACS). In 2008 shere ceived the “Eliz a bethBingham Award” at theAmer i can Women in Sci encemeet ing in Phil a del phia.

From my per spec tive, the re -ally no ta ble role that Kathyplays is her to tal in volve mentin the P.A.G.E.S.ä pro gram.This yearly event ex poses 6th

grade young la dies to sci encein a ‘hands-on’ en vi ron ment.

The pro gram typ i cally hasover 120 par tic i pants (andthere would be more if spaceal lowed) from ap prox i mately40 schools around the Phil a -del phia area. Kathy gar ners alarge band of will ing vol un -teers in or der to pull off theevent each year. In ad di tion to this she also has a group ofin dus trial and ac a demic spon -sors. The day spent at thisevent def i nitely im pacts theseyoung in di vid u als in a pos i -tive and pro found way. Theyoung la dies get to meet andlis ten to em i nent fe male sci -en tists, in di vid u als that theycan use as role mod els for any ca reer path that they maychoose. With out doubt,P.A.G.E.S.ä is the type ofpro gram that pro motes a goalof the Amer i can Chem i calSo ci ety to show youngwomen that a ca reer in sci -ence is vi a ble and in ter est ing.A truly great pro gram - ku dosto Kathy.—John Tierney,Chair

Del a ware Val ley Sci ence Fairs

Judg ing for the Del a ware Val ley Sci ence Fairs will be start ing in early March. Judges and men tors are al ways needed. Check the website www.dvsf.org for more in -for ma tion and to vol un teer.

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NOM I NA TIONS IN VITED FOR THE

2011 PHIL A DEL PHIA SEC TION AWARD, AMER I CAN CHEM I CAL SO CI ETY

The Phil a del phia Sec tion in vites its mem bers and re gional and top i cal groups to con sider rec om -mend ing can di date(s) for the Phil a del phia Sec tion Award.

This Award rec og nizes an in di vid ual, “who, by con spic u ous sci en tific achieve ment through re -search, has made im por tant con tri bu tions to man’s knowl edge and thereby aided the pub lic ap pre -ci a tion of the pro fes sion.” Any mem ber of the Amer i can Chem i cal So ci ety, Phil a del phia Sec tion, may be nom i nated for this award. Re cent awardees in clude: Eric Borguet (Tem ple Uni ver sity2009), John J. Baldwin (Vi tae Pharmaceuticals 2008), Rob ert J. Le vis (Tem ple Uni ver sity 2007).

IN STRUC TIONS FOR SUB MIT TING NOM I NA TION

(1) The nom i na tor should pro vide de tailed bio graph i cal data of the nom i nee, show ing ed u ca -tional and em ploy ment data, a list of pub li ca tions and a re cord of other ac com plish ments per -ti nent to con sid er ation for this award.

(2) One or two sec ond ing let ters (at least one of which should be from a per son in an or ga ni za -tion other than that of the nom i nee) should be re quested in sup port of the nom i na tion.

(3) Nom i na tors and sec ond ers should be iden ti fied with ad dresses and tele phone num bers so thatthey can be con tacted, if nec es sary, for ad di tional in for ma tion.

(4) Un suc cess ful nom i nees from pre vi ous years may be renominated. In fair ness to the nom i nee, how ever, renominations must be ac com pa nied by an up dat ing of the nom i nee’s bio graph i caldata and list of ac com plish ments in or der to make the nom i na tion com pet i tive. Un suc cess fulnom i nees who have been con sid ered three years in a row should not be renominated for thefourth year in suc ces sion with out prior con sul ta tion by the nom i na tor with the chair of theAwards Com mit tee.

Nom i na tion forms are avail able from the Sec tion Of fice. Con tact the Ad min is tra tive Sec re tary,Mrs. Libby Harper at:





(215) 382-1589; email [email protected]

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Phil a del phia Sec tion ACS Group on LinkedIn

As many mem bers of ACS are al ready aware, the website LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com)is an ex cel lent net work ing site ded i cated to keep ing work ing pro fes sion als in touch with one an -other. As a re sult, and in an ef fort to as sist in any way that we can, the Phil a del phia Sec tion ofthe ACS has es tab lished a group open for all to join. Within this group, dis cus sions can be fa -cil i tated as well as the op por tu nity for new jobs and in tern ships to be posted. If you al ready have a pro file in LinkedIn, feel free to go to the Groups Sec tion and search for“Amer i can Chem i cal So ci ety - Phil a del phia Sec tion.” Send a mes sage to the group ad min is tra -tor to be come a mem ber. If you are not al ready on LinkedIn, we highly rec om mend that youjoin. Es tab lish ing an ac count is free and easy to set up. For ad di tional in for ma tion or as sis -tance, please feel free to con tact J.P. Northrop, Li ai son Com mit tee, [email protected]

To join, please click on the fol low ing link:

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=3366988

SEEK ING SUM MER PO SI TIONS FOR UN DER GRAD U ATES

We are seek ing help from the mem ber ship of the Phil a del phia Sec tion of the ACS. In most cases, this would only re quire in di cat ing ap pro pri ate con tact people.

The Phil a del phia Sec tion of the Amer i can Chem i cal So ci ety has de vel oped a web site that willpost sum mer po si tions avail able in a lab o ra tory set ting for un der grad u ate stu dents ma jor ing inchem is try or re lated ar eas.

We are seek ing com pa nies, gov ern men tal agen cies and non-profit in sti tu tions that have sum merpo si tions avail able for the afore men tioned group of un der grad u ates. These po si tions can be in ei -ther a re search or a non-re search lab o ra tory en vi ron ment. We would like to post the in for ma tionabout these po si tions on the Phil a del phia Sec tion of the Amer i can Chem i cal So ci ety’s website:http://philadelphia.sites.acs.org/internshipquestionnaire.htm. There is no cost to post a po si tion;there is no ob li ga tion to con tinue this po si tion from one year to the next; you may have it re -moved at any time; and the or ga ni za tional con tact for ap pli cants may be an in di vid ual or re fer ralto the com pany web site.

If you hire un der grad u ates in chem is try or re lated ar eas to work in a lab o ra tory set ting, we urgeyou to go to our website and com plete the ques tion naire. Or, if you know of the per son in youror ga ni za tion who over sees such an un der grad u ate pro gram, ei ther urge them to post the po si -tion(s) on our website or email me (see be low) with their con tact in for ma tion. If you have anyques tions please con tact: Shel don L. Miller, PhD: email: [email protected] or call at (215)248-7175.

Thank you for your par tic i pa tion.

Shel don L. Miller

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THE 2011 MID DLE AT LAN TIC RE GIONAL MEET ING

The 2011 Mid dle At lan tic Re gional Meet ing (MARM) of the Amer i can Chem i cal So ci ety will beheld May 21-24, 2011 on the cam pus of the Uni ver sity of Mary land, Col lege Park, hosted by theChem i cal So ci ety of Wash ing ton. This meet ing will fea ture na tional and in ter na tional lead ers inthe chem i cal sci ences and will in clude a broad se lec tion of sym po sia in BIO CHEM IS TRY, OR -GANIC CHEM IS TRY, IN OR GANIC / MA TE RI ALS CHEM IS TRY, AN A LYT I CAL / PHYS I -CAL / THE O RET I CAL CHEM IS TRY, and CA REER, ED U CA TION and PRO FES SIONALar eas. Sev eral Work shops are planned, and there will be events that fea ture ca reer de vel op ment,fund ing op por tu ni ties, and ed u ca tion.

Re search pre sen ta tions are open to all, and sym po sia will in clude con trib uted pa pers se lectedfrom those sub mit ted that best rep re sent the sym po sium topic. In vited speak ers for each sym po -sium will in clude na tional and in ter na tional lead ers. Grad u ate stu dents, post doc toral as so ci ates,and young pro fes sion als are en cour aged to come to in crease their vis i bil ity, and un der grad u atestu dents will find am ple op por tu nity to learn about em ploy ment and grad u ate school op por tu ni -ties. There will be ac tiv i ties for se nior chem ists, who will also be avail able to ad vise and in formyoun ger chem ists.

The website is http://www.marm.acs.org

http://www.marm.acs.org


CHEMICAL CONSULTANTS NETWORK

FEBRUARY 9, 2011 MEETING

Visit our website at www.chemconsultants.org Date & Time: Wednesday, February 9th, at the Cynwyd Club, Bala Cynwyd, PA; Networking, 5:30 PM; Dinner, 6:30 PM; Talk and Business Session, 7:30 PM.

Consultant Opportunities in Patent Law

Peter Mlynek

Abstract: Companies of all sizes in technical fields such as chemistry, chemical engineering, pharmaceutics and biotechnology are typically well versed in intellectual property including trade secrets, patents, and trademarks. Consultants need to be aware of intellectual property issues that may be encountered during the execution of an engagement with such client companies, not only the sake of the client vis-à-vis the client’s competitors, but also to be aware of any pitfalls related to the inventorship and ownership of rights to new products invented during the engagement. A consultant’s familiarity with patent law is also very helpful when seeking opportunities with law firms as experts in the area of opinion preparation or legal discovery, or as an expert witness during a litigation. This presentation will also analyze new trends in patent law, provide information on what attorneys look for in an expert witness, and if obtaining patents can help your consulting practice. . Biography: Dr. Peter D. Mlynek is an attorney with the Philadelphia office of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellot where he has spent most of his time addressing the patent needs of chemical, pharmaceutical and biotech companies. The focus of his practice has been on evaluating inventions and potential products from business and legal views, preparing and prosecuting patent applications, preparing invalidity opinions, freedom to operate opinions, infringement opinions, and pharmaceutical litigation. Before entering the patent field 10 years ago, Peter worked as a development scientist in the polyurethane industry. He has a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry from University of Wisconsin-Madison, MBA in Finance, Investment and Banking from UW-Madison, and JD from Rutgers. Location: The Cynwyd Club, 332 Trevor Lane, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004. From I-76, drive S on City Line Ave. (US Rte. 1). Turn right on Conshohocken State Rd. (Rte. 23); stay in right lane. After second light watch for white left-turn arrows painted on street (about 0.14 mile). Do not follow Rte. 23 left at turn but instead go straight ahead onto Llandrillo Rd. (passing to the right of Valley Press printing). After one block bear left onto Trevor Lane at stop sign. Clubhouse and parking are on the left. Please park in lot if space is available; otherwise park on Trevor Lane. If lost, call the club at 610-667-4524, ext. 2. MAP Reservation: To make or cancel a dinner reservation, e-mail [email protected] or call the ACS office at 215-382-1589 (leave message on voicemail if necessary). Fee, including food and beverages (wine, beer & sodas), is $25 by the deadline, Thursday, February 3, $35 afterwards. Late reservations and walk-ins subject to availability. No-shows will be invoiced. Please advise of any special food requirements. There is no charge for talk only; registration is suggested using contact information above.

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Lights! Cam era! Ac tion! NCW!

Na tional Chem is try Week 2010 started with bang be cause the theme of this year’s event was“Be hind the Scenes with Chem is try,” and it high lighted chem is try’s role in the en ter tain ment in -dus try, such as in pro duc ing the spe cial ef fects seen in mov ies and on tele vi sion. While these ef -fects can ap pear to be “mag i cal,” they are re ally the re sult of solid sci ence and un der stand ableba sic chem is try.

Phil a del phia Lo cal Sec tion’s poster con test win ners this year were:

9th -12th Grade

1st Place: “Mon ster Face” by Grace Mulcahy, Gwynedd Mercy Acad emy High School,

Teacher: Dr. Yvonne Brendley

2nd Place: “Chem is try in Fire works” by Katelynn Sundheim, Gwynedd Mercy Acad emy HighSchool, Teacher: Dr. Yvonne Brendley

3rd Place: “The ater Go ing El e ments” by Em ily Crispell, Bris tol High School,

Teacher: Dr. Bill Smith

No en tries were re ceived in the lower grade cat e go ries this year.

Our lo cal win ners went shop ping for mer chan dise of their choice in the ACS store and their post -ers are be ing dis played on the Phil a del phia Sec tion Website so that all our mem bers can en joytheir cre ative in ter pre ta tions of this year’s theme. (http://Philadelphia.sites.acs.org)

Con grat u la tions and thank you for par tic i pat ing in Na tional Chem is try Week!

Win ners of the Na tional Con test: http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/88/8850cover1.html

Click on the first tab to see the names/lo cal sec tions of the win ners and on the sec ond tab to seetheir win ning poster en tries…

http://Philadelphia.sites.acs.org

http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/88/8850cover1.html

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Feb ru ary His tor i cal Events In Chem is tryby Leopold May

Feb ru ary 3, 1900 Crompton & Knowles, Inc., was in cor po rated on this date.

Feb ru ary 5, 1914 Alan L. Hodg kin in 1963 shared the No bel Prize in Phys i ol ogy or Med i cinewith J.C. Eccles and A.F. Huxley for ionic mech a nisms in volved in ex ci ta tion and in hi bi tion in the pe riph eral and cen tral por tions of the nerve cell mem -brane. He was born on this date.

Feb ru ary 8, 1777 Two hun dred years ago, Ber nard Courtois, who dis cov ered io dine (I, 53) inthe li quor from the lix ivi ation of kelp, was born on this date.

Feb ru ary 11, 1894 Izaac M. Kolthoff, who was born on this date, per formed im por tant re searchin an a lyt i cal chem is try. His book writ ten with E. B. Sandell is a stan dard ref -er ence in this field.

Feb ru ary 14, 1961 Fifty years ago, Law ren cium (Lr, 103) was pro duced at Uni ver sity of Cal i for -nia, Berke ley, on this date.

Feb ru ary 16, 1886 One hun dred and twenty-five years ago, Rob ert R. Wil liams, Jr., was born onthis date. He was a tele phone com pany re searcher who, in his spare time, de -vel oped ways to syn the size vi ta mins. He was a mem ber of the Hall of Fameof In ven tors for the Pro cess for Ob tain ing Vi ta mins, Pat ent Num ber2,049,988. He iso lated thi a mine in crys tal line form in 1933 and syn the sizedvi ta min B.

Feb ru ary 17, 1838 Friedrich K. Beilstein, who pub lished what is now known as the stan dard ref -er ence work on or ganic chem is try and has been up dated ever since 1880, wasborn on this date. It can now be ac cessed on line.

Feb ru ary 19, 1764 Two hun dred years ago in 1811, Gottlieb Sigismund Kirchhof ap plied the first con trolled cat a lytic re ac tion to pro duce glu cose from starch. He de vel oped amethod for re fin ing veg e ta ble oil and es tab lished a fac tory in St. Pe ters burgca pa ble of pro duc ing two tons per day. Also, he ex per i mented with brew ingand fer men ta tion and was born on this date.

Feb ru ary 20, 1836 One hun dred and sev enty-five years ago, Isaac Ad ams, Jr., who was born onthis date, was a pi o neer in ven tor in nickel plat ing.

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Feb ru ary 23, 1886 One hun dred and twenty-five years ago on this date, Charles M. Hall was thefirst to pro duce elec tro lytic alu mi num in his wood shed lab o ra tory at his fam -ily’s home.

Feb ru ary 26, 1903 Giulio Natta, who was born on this date, dis cov ered and elu ci datedstereospecific poly mer iza tion and stereoregular poly mers; de vel op ment ofcom mer cially im por tant poly mer iza tion.

Feb ru ary 28, 1896 Philip Hench shared the No bel Prize in Med i cine in 1950 with Ed ward Cal vin Kend all and Tadeus Reichstein for their dis cov er ies re lat ing to the hor monesof the ad re nal cor tex, their struc ture and bi o log i cal ef fects. He was born onthis date.

Ad di tional his tor i cal events can be found at Dr. May’s website,

http://faculty.cua_Hlt188259233_Hlt188259236_Hlt188259245_Hlt188259251.BM_1_BM_2_BM_3_BM_4_edu/may/Chemistrycalendar.htm..

http://faculty.cua.edu/may/Chemistrycalendar.htm

http://faculty.cua.edu/may/Chemistrycalendar.htm


DI REC TORY OF SER VICES

Ad ver tis ing: Vince Gale, MBO Ser -

vices, P.O. Box 1150, Marshfield,

MA 02050; phone: (781) 837-0424

email: [email protected]

AD VER TIS ING IN DEX

ACS 39, 42

CHEMSPEC USA 26

EMD Chem i cals Inc. 37

Huffman Lab o ra to ries 42

Mass-Vac, Inc. 41

Mi cron Inc. 42

NuMega Res o nance Labs, Inc. 42

Rob ert son Microlit Labs 42


PHILADELPHIA SECTION, ACS

2011 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Date Event Locations

Tuesday, February 1 International Year of Chemistry (IYC) Launch: Panel Discussion: Global Challenges/Chemical Solutions

Chemical Heritage Foundation Philadelphia, PA http://www.chemheritage.org

Tuesday, February 8 American Institute of Chemical Engineers CEO Lecture: Terri Kelly, President & CEO, W. L. Gore

The Union League Philadelphia, PA http://aiche-philadelphia.org

Wednesday, February 9 Chemical Consultants Network: Peter Mlynek, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellot: Consultant Opportunities in Patent Law

The Cynwyd Club Bala Cynwyd, PA www.chemconsultants.org

Thursday, February 10 Student Poster Session Temple University Philadelphia, PA

Monday, February 14 Delaware Valley Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group: Steven Seeholzer, CHOP: Phosphoproteomics

Villanova University Villanova, PA http://science.widener.edu/svb/msdg/

Thursday, February 10 Student Poster Session Temple University Philadelphia, PA

Thursday, February 24 Philadelphia Organic Chemists Club: Jon C. Antilla, University of South Florida: New Developments in Chiral Phosphate Based Catalytic Asymmetric Methodology

University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA http://www.pocclub.org

Thursday, March 17 Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Lecture: Ada Yonath, Weizmann Institute of Science

University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA

March 27-31 Spring National Meeting Anaheim, CA

Saturday, April 9 P.A.G.E.S.™ Program for Sixth Grade Girls Chestnut Hill College Philadelphia, PA http://www.pagesprogram.org/

Wednesday, April 13 Chromatography Forum of the Delaware Valley: Microfluidics and Microchip Technology Short Course

Fort Washington Holiday Inn Fort Washington, PA www.cfdv.org

Thursday, April 14 Chromatography Forum of the Delaware Valley: Spring Symposium including exhibition

Fort Washington Holiday Inn Fort Washington, PA www.cfdv.org

Thursday, April 21 Scholastic Achievement Awards TBA

Thursday, May 19 Section Teaching Awards TBA

May 21-24 Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting (MARM) University of Maryland College Park, MD

Thursday, June 16 Honoring our 50-Year Members TBA

August 28-September 1 Fall National Meeting Denver, CO

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