http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Chemistry/news.html Chemistry News en-us Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:03:38 EST Duke University Faculty Database System 2000-01-01T00:00:00-0500 2 hourly http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-7-0-0-3663 for receiving the 2009 Distinguished Lecturer Award from the <a href="http://ncacs.sites.acs.org/">NC section of the American Chemical Society</a>. Janet R Rosenthal Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:56:58 EST Congratulations to <a href="http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Chemistry/faculty/alvin.crumbliss">Alvin Crumbliss</a> http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-7-0-0-3662 together with <a href="http://www.coherent.com/">Coherent, Inc.</a>, is organizing a three-day meeting in French Family Science Center, December 14-16, 2009. The first half of the meeting (CMBI) is "New Directions in Microscopy: Janet R Rosenthal Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:41:31 EST <a href="http://www.cmbi.duke.edu">The Center for Molecular and Biomolecular Imaging</a>, http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-7-0-0-3661 for the <a href="http://www.aps.org/units/dls/index.cfm">Division of Laser Science</a> of the <a href="http://www.aps.org/">American Physical Society</a>. He is also a member of the <a href="http://www.laserfest.org/about/index.cfm">Laserfest Technical Advisory Committee</a>, which is coordinating the yearlong worldwide activities celebrating 2010 as the fiftieth anniversary of the invention of the laser. Janet R Rosenthal Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:03:38 EST <a href="http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Chemistry/faculty/warren.warren">Professor Warren</a> has assumed the chair position http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-7-0-0-3660 <p>Dr. Alex Shestopolav, a postdoctoral fellow in the Toone lab, has accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Rochester.<p> Janet R Rosenthal Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:32:04 EST Three Duke Chemistry alumni start their independent academic careers: http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-7-0-0-3617 is one of only eight new faculty members (out of 275) featured in this year's <a href="http://news.duke.edu/2009/10/therien.html">new faculty profile</a> at Duke. Janet R Rosenthal Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:48:34 EDT <a href="http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Chemistry/faculty/michael.therien">Professor Michael Therien</a> http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-7-0-0-3469 The Department of Chemistry, Duke University, cordially invites you, your students, and families to The 5th Annual Evening of Chemistry Demonstration Program, Tuesday, September 29, 2009 (Oct. 1 Rain Date), 7:15 – 8:30 PM, on the front lawn of the French Family Science Center, 124 Science Drive. Janet R Rosenthal Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:59:35 EDT The 5th Annual Evening of Chemistry Demonstration Program http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-7-0-0-3467 <a href="http://www.chem.duke.edu/~dewey/labgroup/McCaffertyLab_Home.html">Maria M. Bednar</a> is the recent recipient of the C.R. Hauser Fellowship for her research on the enzyme Chlamydial Protease/Proteosome-like Activity Factor (CPAF). CPAF has been identified has one of the main factors in Chlamydia infection and survival. CPAF is involved in both Janet R Rosenthal Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:13:06 EST C.R. Hauser fellowship http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-7-0-0-3457 <a href="http://www.chem.duke.edu/~brs/labgroup/">Mariam Lucila Sharaf</a> is the recent recipient of the Kathleen Zeilik and the CR Houser Fellowships from the Duke Chemistry department at Duke University for her research in boranophosphate modified RNA as potential anticancer therapies. Borane (*--BH_3 *) chemistry offers Janet R Rosenthal Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:13:31 EST Kathleen Zeilik and the CR Houser fellowships http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-7-0-0-3456 <a href="http://www.chem.duke.edu/~dewey/labgroup/McCaffertyLab_Home.html">Meghan Blackledge</a> is the recent recipient of the Burroughs Wellcome fellowship for her research on the synthesis and mechanistic studies of WAP-8294A2. WAP-8294A2 is a novel cyclic depsipeptide antibiotic active against gram-positive pathogens such as S. aureus. Janet R Rosenthal Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:14:11 EST Burroughs Wellcome fellowship http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-7-0-0-3445 <a href="http://www.chem.duke.edu/%7Etoone/labgroup/shestopalov.html ">Alexander Shestopalov</a> is the recent recipient of the CR Hauser and J.T. Adams fellowships for his research in Catalytic Microcontact Printing. With other members of Eric Toone's group, he has developed several inkless catalytic microcontact printing techniques that achieves accurate, Janet R Rosenthal Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:12:30 EST CR Hauser and J.T. Adams fellowships http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-7-0-0-3450 <a href="http://www.chem.duke.edu/~dewey/labgroup/McCaffertyLab_Home.html">Leigh Allen</a> is the recent recipient of the Burroughs Wellcome fellowship for her research on a novel enzyme involved in the peptidoglycan recycling pathway. This pathway shows promise as a potential target for new antibiotics. Recently, the de novo crystal structure of the enzyme Janet R Rosenthal Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:14:24 EST Burroughs Wellcome fellowship http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-7-0-0-3446 <a href="http://www.chem.duke.edu/~brs/labgroup/">Marcus Cheek</a> is the recent recent recipient of the CR Hauser and Hobbs Endowment fellowships for his research in antiviral alpha-P-borano modified triphosphates. Alpha-/P/-Boranotriphosphates, where the alpha-phosphoryl oxygen is substituted by a borane (BH3) group, have been shown to exhibit Janet R Rosenthal Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:14:38 EST CR Hauser and Hobbs Endowment fellowships http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-7-0-0-3444 <a href="http://www.chem.duke.edu/~rwidenho/groupindex.html">Timothy Brown</a> is the recent recipient of the Burroughs Wellcome and Kathleen Zielik fellowships for his research in gold(I) pi-activation catalysis. His reseach is aimed at better understanding the mechanisms of gold(I)-catalyzed hydrofunctionalization reactions Janet R Rosenthal Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:14:51 EST Burroughs Wellcome and Kathleen Zielik fellowships http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-7-0-0-3440 <a href="http://www.chem.duke.edu/labs/franz/">Marina Dickens</a> is the recent recipient of the C. R. Hauser and Kathleen Zielik fellowships for her research in developing prochelators to minimize oxidative stress. She recently developed a new boronic ester masked prochelator called QBP which is activated under conditions that mimic Janet R Rosenthal Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:15:04 EST C. R. Hauser and Kathleen Zielik fellowships http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-7-0-0-3436 Congratulations to <a href="http://dynamicchemistry.wordpress.com/about/jeremy-lenhardt/">Jeremy Lenhardt</a>, who has been awarded the 2009-2010 Schering Plough Fellowship from the <a href="http://organicdivision.org/fellowships.html">ACS Division of Organic Chemistry</a>. These national awards are highly competitive and fellowship winners are selected based on their academic record, Janet R Rosenthal Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:16:53 EST Jeremy Lenhardt Wins ACS Fellowship http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-7-0-0-3433 <a href="http://www.chem.duke.edu/labs/charbonneau/">Kai Zhang</a> is the recent recipient of the P. M. Gross fellowship for his study of modulated phases. He uses Monte Carlo methods and thermodynamic integration to calculate the free energy and phase diagrams of modulated phases, Janet R Rosenthal Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:16:14 EST P.M. Gross fellowship http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-7-0-0-3432 <a href="http://www.chem.duke.edu/labs/coltart/">Emily Tarsis</a> is the recent recipient of the PM Gross fellowship for her research on the development of methods for the asymmetric alkylation of ketones. In her current project, Janet R Rosenthal Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:15:50 EST P.M. Gross fellowship http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-7-0-0-3431 <a href="http://www.chem.duke.edu/~wwarren/">Elizabeth Jenista</a> is the recent recipient of the Krigbaum Memorial fellowship for her research in advanced applications in magnetic resonance imaging. Liz's research focuses on developing new methods for contrast enhancement by extracting endogenous contrast (generated by manipulating the inherent physics of the system) or through development of exogenous contrast agents using hyperpolarized carbon. Janet R Rosenthal Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:16:42 EST Krigbaum Memorial fellowship