Sleep, the black box of biology, is regulated by three key genes that are not in the brain, but in peripheral tissues. The findings demonstrate that sleep is all about protein homeostasis: endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and downregulation of protein biosynthesis in peripheral tissues trigger pathways that induce sleep. 

ER PROTEOSTASIS REGULATORS CELL-NON-AUTONOMOUSLY CONTROL SLEEP

KAWANO, TAIZO ET AL. CELL REPORTS, 42(3), 112267.  :https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112267

Here is an webinar published by Velope-Koneig Law concerning about the ChatGPT and potential IP issues. You can e-mail: vkwebinars@vklaw.com to request a recording link.

The Intersection of Chatbots and Intellectual Property

Professor Andrew Bocarsly

Department of Chemistry, Princeton University

“An Insulator, a Dirty Carbon Surface, and the Electrocatalytic Formation of True Organics from CO₂: Not a Textbook Synthesis”

Frick Chemistry Laboratory, Taylor Auditorium, Princeton University

Mixer (in Atrium) 6:30 pm; Lecture 7:00 pm

Reservations: There is no fee to attend the meeting but reservations are required. To register, go to our website at: PACS June 7 Meeting. 

Meet a dozen industrious young scientists who are trying to solve formidable global problems by fighting disease, harnessing solar energy, and exposing the inequalities of air pollution exposure.

James Chan will be presenting a Zoom talk on "Working Smarter" to IMC Philadelphia on March 31 from 8:30-10:00 am.    Registration and information can be found here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/working-smarter-tickets-547799843077

Virtual Meeting of the Princeton & Trenton ACS Sections

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EST

“Driving and Deriving Molecular Energetics across the Periodic Table

Angela K. Wilson

John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Michigan State University and 2022

President, 2023 Past-President of the ACS

Reservations: For more information and to register (required) for the virtual meeting register here.

James Chan will be presenting a talk "From Feast to Famine to Financial Independence" to IMC Philadelphia on October 27 from 5:30 to 8:30 pm at Bonefish Grill in King of Prussia.  Information can be found here: 

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/from-feast-to-famine-to-financial-independence-tickets-411457158437

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022  

Carolyn R. Bertozzi  (Stanford University, CA)

Morten Meldal (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

K. Berry Sharpless (Scripps Research, La Jolla, USA)

"for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry"

Meeting of the Princeton ACS Section

Wednesday, September 28, 2022 

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

 at the

 Princeton Public Library

 “Where were Women in Chemistry in the 1600s?”

Michelle DiMeo, PhD, Science History Institute

To register go to the PACS website at https://www.princeton-acs.org/events/pacs-september-28-meeting

Meeting of the Princeton ACS Section 

Thursday, August 25, 2022

 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM via GoToMeeting

First-row Transition Metals: Polishing Diseases to Augmenting Molecular Diagnostics

 Varsha Kelkar Mane, Ph.D., FRSC., FICS

Professor and Head, Department of Biotechnology

University of Mumbai, India 

To register, go to our website at https://www.princeton-acs.org/events/pacs-august-25-virtual-meeting.