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The Novartis Lecture
“Short
Stories in Computational Medicinal Chemistry”
Presented by Dr. Lewis
Whitehead, Novartis
"Chemistry on the Brain:
Understanding the Nicotine Receptor"
Presented by Prof. Dennis
Dougherty, Caltech
Dr.
Lewis Whitehead, Novartis
(Lecture topic to be announced)
Hosted by Prof. Dalibor Sames
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Meet the Speaker at 1:00pm in The Miller Seminar Room, 328 Havemeyer
Tea & cookies at 3:00pm in The Miller Seminar Room, 328 Havemeyer
Seminars begin at 3:30pm in The Brian Bent Lecture Hall, Room 209 Havemeyer
**PLEASE NOTE UNUSUAL TIMES**
In memory of her late husband, George Fraenkel - a former
chemistry professor at Columbia and from 1968 to 1983 the dean of the Graduate
School of Arts and Sciences - Eva Fraenkel has established the George K.
Fraenkel Fund for Research in Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics to
support the research of junior faculty members appointed in the Department of
Chemistry. The fund will be endowed at least in part via a planned bequest by
Mrs. Fraenkel. If you wish to contribute to the fund, please contact
Cookie Neil, Director for Science Development, 212-851-7988,
cneil@columbia.edu.
Congratulations to chemistry graduate student Dan Treitler on receiving the 2010 Sigma-Aldrich Graduate Student Innovation Award (GSIA) and the Roche Excellence in Chemistry Award. Dan has been honored for his work in the laboratory of Professor Scott Snyder. He is one of just 5 recipients nationwide of the Aldrich Award and one of just 11 recipients of the Roche Award.
The Aldrich award includes a $5K stipend to be used for research consumables and travel and expense-paid travel to participate in a GSIA symposium and a tour of the Sigma Milwaukee facility. The Roche Award includes a crystal, an honorarium, and the opportunity to participate in a two-day Roche symposium highlighting the role of organic chemistry in pharmaceutical discovery.
More information about the work of Professor Snyder's research group can be found on the group website.
The department of chemistry is pleased to announce the appointment of two new faculty members: Dr. Wei Min and Dr. Luis Campos.
Dr. Min received his Ph.D. in chemistry from Harvard University, working on single-molecule enzyme biophysics under the supervision of Professor Xiaoliang Sunney Xie. He continued his postdoctoral work in Professor Xie's group, with his focus shifting to the development and application of novel multi-photon optical microscopy for bio-imaging. Dr. Min has contributed to the invention of novel bio-imaging techniques, notably, stimulated Raman scattering microscopy for label-free chemical imaging, stimulated emission microscopy for non-fluorescent fluorophore imaging, and super-resolution laser scanning microscopy through spatio-temporal modulation. You can learn more about the work of Professor Min on his group website.
Dr. Campos did his graduate work at UCLA under the direction of Professors M. A. Garcia-Garibay and K. N. Houk, where he studied light-induced processes in organic chemistry with emphasis on computational studies of the photochemistry of ketones, quantum mechanical tunneling, and the fabrication of plastic solar cells. Dr. Campos has also done postdoctoral work in the Materials Research laboratory of Professor C. J. Hawker at UCSB. Dr. Campos' research interests include understanding and controlling the factors that promote stem cell differentiation at the molecular level; exploiting fabrication techniques to improve the efficiency of solid-state lighting devices and organic solar cells; and employing highly efficient reactions for the synthesis and modification of polymeric systems. (Dr.Campos' group website coming soon!)