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Graduate Research Symposium

The Division of Organic Chemistry announces a new program entitled the Graduate Research Symposium, which provides an opportunity for 50-75 graduate students in organic chemistry to interact with leaders from academia, industry, various funding agencies, and publishers at a single venue. This three-day symposium will take place on July 15-18 at Boston College in Boston, MA. There will be a number of invited speakers from industry and academia, and the invited students will have the opportunity to give an oral communication, a flash presentation, or present a poster. Workshops and additional opportunities for round-table discussions will be organized to inform students about opportunities available in the field and to gain important perspectives on their post-graduate school careers

Attendance at the Symposia will be restricted to 50-75 graduate students that will be chosen using the following criteria:

• Eligibility will be restricted to those individuals completing their fourth year of graduate study and must be members of the Division of Organic Chemistry.
• No more than one person per research group and up to three people per institution may attend
• Departments may nominate up to five individuals, taking into account diversity within the Department.
• The Chair and Co-Chair of the Symposium will select participants on the basis of a résumé, a synopsis of research accomplishments and letters of recommendation.
• The Division of Organic Chemistry Fellowship winners are eligible, but will only be allowed to give a poster and/or a flash presentation.

The Division of Organic Chemistry will reimburse travel costs and will provide gratis registration and accommodation. Applications (Available Here) for the program are due March 1, 2010.

For questions contact Gary Molander (215-573-8604) or Andy Evans (44 (0)151 794-3523)

Symposia Proposals requested for Spring 2011 National ACS Meeting

Proposals for symposia for the Spring ACS National Meeting in Anaheim are requested. The deadline for submission is March 1, 2010. See the Symposia Proposals Page for details.

The 2009-10 DOC Graduate Fellowship Winners 2009-10

The Division of Organic Chemistry congratulates the following 11 graduate students who are the 2009-10 DOC Fellows. The Division also gratefully acknowledges the corporations that sponsored these awards this year and in the past. This program is in its 28th year and has awarded at least 360 fellowships. You can view brief bios and essays of this year's Fellows by clicking on the names of the students. To see the entire list of fellowship winners since inception, visit the Previous DOC Fellows page.

Student	Univ.	Advisor	Company Sponsor
Judy Chen	Columbia Univ.	Nicholas Turro	Org. Syn./Org. React.
Alison Donnelly	Univ. of Kansas	Brian Blagg	Roche
Brett Fors	Mass. Institute of Technology	Stephen Buchwald	Boehringer Ingelheim
Stephen Lathrop	Colorado State Univ.	Tom Rovis	Sanofi Aventis
Jeremy Lenhardt	Duke Univ.	Stephen Craig	Schering Plough
Connor Martin	Univ. of Calif., Irvine	Larry Overman	Amgen
Jason Schmink	Univ. of Connecticut	Nicholas Leadbeater	GlaxoSmithKline
Ellen Sletten	Univ. of Calif., Berkeley	Carolyn Bertozzi	Genentech
Kara Stowers	Univ. of Michigan	Melanie Sanford	Eli Lilly
Joann Um	Univ. of Calif., Los Angeles	Kenneth Houk	Novartis
Kathy Woody	Georgia Institute of Technology	David Collard	Org. Syn. Nelson J. Leonard Fellow

Election Results for the 2009-10 Officers

Chair-Elect: Gary Molander
Councilor: Christopher J. Welch
Alternate Councilors: Cynthia Maryanoff, Ned A. Porter
Members-at-Large: Janis Louie, Bruce D. Dorsey, Paige E. Mahaney, Duane A. Burnett

Inaugural ACS Fellows

A new page on the ORGN website has been created to honor the 43 members of the Division of Organic Chemistry that were selected as Inaugural ACS Fellows

"Powering the World with Sunlight", from the 2009 Chemical Sciences and Society Symposium (CS3)

The CS3 series, hosted by the funding agencies and chemical societies of the US, Germany, China, Japan and the UK, convenes eminent researchers from each participating country to explore frontier chemistry research and its potential application to global challenges. Each meeting in the CS3 series is to focus on a particular key societal challenge. The 2009 meeting "Powering the World with Sunlight" includes advice to policymakers highlighting the role of chemical research in reaching solutions to energy challenges and offering advice on promising research directions for advancement in solar energy. The available white paper summarizes the main issues and outcomes of this year's CS3, with an emphasis on the four areas of solar energy science: Chapter I focuses on the conversion of solar energy into chemical fuel (i.e, water-splitting and CO₂ fixation), chapter II the conversion of biomass into biofuel, chapter III the conversion of solar energy into electricity (i.e., PV, or solar cells), and chapter IV the storage of solar energy.

11th Annual Florida Heterocyclic and Synthetic IUPAC-Sponsored Conference

Date/Location: March 7-10, 2010, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Poster/lecture Submission Registration: to cdennishall@aol.com by Feb. 1, 2010
Website: http://www.arkat-usa.org

The 2009 Edward Leete Award to Madeleine Joullié

The 2009 Edward Leete Award for outstanding contributions to teaching and research in organic chemistry was presented to Professor Madeleine Joullié, Ph.D. of the University of Pennsylvania at the 238th National Meeting ACS Fall Meeting in Washington, D.C. You can view a video interview of Professor Joullié on the Eminent Organic Chemist's Website (Click on Chemists)

Travel Awards

The Division is offering Travel Awards for Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, and Faculty at Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions for travel to ACS National Meetings. To learn more, see the Organic Division's Travel Award page.

Videos: Eminent Organic Chemists, The Human Side

Who are Ron Breslow, Madeleine Joullie, K. C. Nicolaou, and Peter Stang? Of course, we know these as eminent organic chemists. But who are they as human beings? What do they have to say about such topics as: What's the best advice they've ever received? What does "balance" and "excellence" mean to them? How do they choose their projects? What is the source of their energy? What brings them the greatest joy? Have they ever been afraid and of what? Who are their heroes?

These and other insights are now revealed as part of a series of short video produced as part of ORGN's Centennial celebrations in 2008. Chemical historian Jeffrey I. Seeman conducted a series of video interviews with 10 prominent organic chemists. One goal of these interviews was to reveal the human side of these scientists. Another goal was to contribute to the archives of organic chemistry. And, according to Seeman, another goal is "simply, to have fun. To enjoy and explore our range of values, breadth of experiences, and wonderful complexity as human beings."

The videos can be seen at: http://www.layingthegroundwork.com/chemists/

Top 200 Brand-name and 200 Generic Drug Posters for 2008

Prof. Njaroarson and his research group at Cornell have released posters detailing the stuctures of the top 200 brand-name and the top 200 generic drugs for 2008. The new posters can be downloaded from: http://www.chem.cornell.edu/jn96/outreach.html along with the old ones. His group plans to update these posters each year.

Contact with ORGN Members

The primary means of communication with division members is via the web. Please check this web page often or subscribe to the RSS feed (See: http://www.organicdivision.org/DOC_RSS.html for more details). This web page is updated frequently, but we rarely send the entire membership an e-mail because of spam concerns.