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  • 17 Sep 2018 1:05 PM | Dr. Keith D. Wing (Administrator)

    From Joe Martino, ACS Philadelphia section

    Greetings to all!


    Here's the list of meetings for the month of October:


    October 8:  Delaware Valley Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group

    Time:  6:00 PM -- 8:00 PM

    Place:  Mendel Hall, Room 213

                 Villanova University

                 800 Lancaster Avenue

                 Villanova, PA 19085

    Speaker:  John McLean (Vanderbilt University)

    Topic:  "High dimensional molecular phenomics in systems, synthetic, and chemical biology"

    Cost:  Free

    Registration:  RSVP to Ron Shomo at rshomo@sisweb.com by October ???

    Website:  http://science.widener.edu/svb/msdg/


    October 8-11:  Association of Laboratory Managers 39th Annual ALMA Conference

    Place:  Courtyard by Marriott Philadelphia Downtown

                 21 N. Juniper Street

                 Philadelphia, PA 19107

    Agenda:  Workshops and seminars concerning chemical lab management and leadership in the chemistry laboratory.

    Cost:  $65.00 - $599.00, depending on category

    Registration:  On-line

    Website:  http://bit.ly/2NhFfkh


    October 11:  Baruch S. Blumberg Institute Research Seminar

    Time:  11:00 AM -- 12:00 PM

    Place:  Baruch S. Blumberg Institute (aka PA Biotechnology Center)

                 3805 Old Easton Road

                 Doylestown, PA 18905

    Speaker:  Homie A. Razavi (Center for Disease Analysis Foundation)

    Topic:  "The global prevalence of HBV, can we achieve the hepatitis elimination targets by 2030?"

    Cost:  Free

    Registration:  None

    Website:  http://blumberginstitute.org/conferences-seminars/research-seminar-series/research-seminar-schedule/


    October 11:  Joseph Priestly Society Meeting

    Time:  11:30 AM -- 2:00 PM

    Place:  Science History Institute

                 315 Chestnut Street

                 Philadelphia, PA 19106

    Speaker:  Katrine S. Bosley (Editas Medicine, Inc.)

    Topic:  Pharmaceutical Applications of CRISPR Technology

    Cost:  $25.00

    Registration:  On-line

    Website:  http://bit.ly/2oxVrj7


    October 16:  AIChE Delaware Valley Section Continuing Education Series

    Time:  5:00 PM -- 6:45 PM

    Place:  3rd Floor Main Conference Room

                 Two Ash St.

                 Suite 3000

                 Three Tower Bridge

                 Jacobs Engineering

                 Conshohocken, PA 19428

    Speaker:  Richard Skeirik, PE

    Topic:  "Kinetics & Reactor Design (Part 2):  Liquid Reactor Design"

    Cost:  $15.00 -- $30.00, depending on category

    Registration:  On-line

    Website:  http://bit.ly/2xjmymM


    October 19:  The 3 Big "Effectives" In Negotiation Skills

    Time:  9:30 AM -- 11:30 AM

    Place:  NJMEP Training Center

                 2 Ridgevale Avenue, #305

                 Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927

    Agenda:  A workshop on the art of negotiations, focusing on industrial sales.

    Cost:  $25.00

    Registration:  On-line

    Website:  https://www.njmep.org/events/3-big-effectives-negotiation-skills-2/


    October 23:  Sustainable Cosmetic Science

    Time:  4:00 PM -- 8:00 PM

    Place:  Chart House

                 Lincoln Harbor Pier D-T

                 Weehawken, NJ 07086

    Speakers:  James V. Gruber (Jeen International)

                        Christopher Johnson (Kinetik Technologies)

    Agenda:  Sustainability in cosmetics, focusing on biofermentation and formulation with green materials

    Cost:  Free to $70.00, depending on category

    Registration:  On-line

    Website:  http://bit.ly/2NtOYnE


    October 25:  40th Annual Princeton ACS Fall Organic Chemistry Symposium

    Time:  8:30 AM -- 6:00 PM

    Place:  Forsgate Country Club

                 375 Forsgate Drive

                 Monroe Township, NJ 08831

    Speakers:  Anna K. Mapp (University of Michigan)

                        Dan DiRocco (Merck & Co.)

                        Jin-Quan Yu (Scripps Research Institute)

                        Frances Arnold (California Institute of Technology)

    Agenda:  A symposium on organic chemistry

    Cost:  $50.00 to $135.00, depending on category

    Registration:  On-line

    Website:  http://www.pacsfocs.org/


    October 25:  Philadelphia Organic Chemists' Club Meeting

    Time:  Social Hour with Pizza at 6:30 PM in Chemistry Building Atrium (down the staircase)

                Seminar at 7:30 PM in Carolyn Hoff Lynch Lecture Hall

    Place:  Chemistry Building

                 University of Pennsylvania

                 34th and Spruce Streets

                 Philadelphia, PA 

    Speaker:  Jamie McCabe Dunn (Merck Process Research and Development)

    Topic:  "Vignettes in Process Chemistry spanning Enabling Discovery Chemistry to Manufacturing Route Development"

    Cost:  $20.00 to join POCC

    Registration:  On-line to join POCC

    Website:  http://www.pocclub.org/


    October 26:  Capturing the R&D Tax Credit

    Time:  12:00 PM -- 1:30 PM

    Place:  NJMEP Training Center

                 2 Ridgevale Avenue, #305

                 Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927

    Agenda:  A 1½ hour workshop exploring how the R&D tax credit can be used.

    Cost:  $25.00

    Registration:  On-line

    Website:  https://www.njmep.org/events/capturing-the-rd-tax-credit/


    October 30:  Philly LRIG Annual Vendor Exhibition

    Time:  4:00 PM -- 8:00 PM

    Place:  DoubleTree by Hilton

                 301 West DeKalb Pike (US 202)

                 King of Prussia, PA 19406

    Agenda:  Vendor exhibition on laboratory robotics along with presentations on novel technology.

    Cost:  Free

    Registration:  On-line

    Website:  http://www.lrig.org/chapters/philadelphia/Events-PHL/phillysannualvendorshowoctober2018


    Cheers! Joe



  • 17 Sep 2018 1:03 PM | Dr. Keith D. Wing (Administrator)

    Chemistry Safety Video Contest

    Trenton ACS members and friends, the time is here for an event which will give you a chance to express your creativity, network with your peers, share and enhance your knowledge of Chemical Safety, and win great $$ prizes!

    The window for submission for Safety Video proposals will be open from September 15th to October 15th, 2018. Once a team or individual submits a proposal, they will have the opportunity to interact with chemical safety experts from the ACS, create a great video, and participate in a fun awards ceremony at which outstanding videos will be recognized in multiple categories including "best picture."

    The Trenton ACS invites members and friends of the ACS community to submit educational safety videos for the contest. Details and the submission form can be found on the Trenton ACS website (https://trenton.sites.acs. org/), News & Events. The submission form can also be found via this link to the Trenton ACS Video Safety Contest.

    We look forward to your submissions, and if you have any questions please contact the current Trenton ACS Chair, Matt Crowe (matthew.crowe@ingredion.com)


    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Danielle A. Guarracino, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor of Chemistry
    The College of New Jersey
    2000 Pennington Rd.
    Ewing, NJ 08628
    (609) 771-2416
    guarracd@tcnj.edu



  • 07 Aug 2018 11:45 AM | Dr. Keith D. Wing (Administrator)

    Coming Soon
    Trenton ACS Presents:
    A Chemistry Safety Video Contest

    Timeline of Events

    Call for safety video proposals – September

    Proposal review – October

    Video submission – October to December

    Award ceremony and viewing party – Jan/Feb 2019


    Explore your creative side

    Be mentored by safety professionals

    For more information contact:

    matthew.crowe@ingredion.com


  • 16 Apr 2018 9:25 AM | Dr. Keith D. Wing (Administrator)

    From Joe Martino of ACS Philly section

    Here's the list of meetings for May:

    May 2:  2nd Annual George Arbocus Education Course
    Time:  9:00 AM -- 3:00 PM
    Place:  Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum
                 6825-31 Norwitch Drive
                 Philadelphia, PA 19153
    Speakers:  Peter Lee (Southwest Research Institute)
                       Paul Harvath (General Motors Corporation)
                       Monica Beyer (The Lubrizol Corporation)
                       David Gray (Evonik Oil Additives USA, Inc.)
                       Lake Speed Jr. (Driven Racing Oil)
                       Antron Brown (Don Schumacher Racing)
    Agenda:  Talks focusing on the ways lubricants are being used to improve efficiency in the automotive industry.  Sponsored by the Philadelphia Section of the Society for Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers.
    Cost:  $85.00 to $125.00, depending on category and timing.  
    Registration:  On-line or at the door (cheaper on-line)
    Website:  http://philadelphia-stle.org/event/2nd-annual-george-arbocus-education-course/

    May 14:  Delaware Valley Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group Vendors Night
    Time:  5:00 PM -- 8:45 PM
    Place:  Radnor Hotel
                 591 E. Lancaster Avenue
                 Wayne, PA 19087
    Speaker:  Alan Marshall (Florida State University)
    Topic:  "Reading Chemical 'Fine Print':  The Key to Exploiting Nature's Compositional Complexity"
    Cost:  None
    Registration:  RSVP to Xi Qiu at XQiu2@ITS.JNJ.com by May 8, 2019 at 5:00 PM.
    Website:  http://science.widener.edu/svb/msdg/

    May 24:  Philadelphia Organic Chemists' Club Meeting
    Time:  Social Hour with pizza at 6:30 PM
                Seminar at 7:30 PM
    Place:  Chemistry Building
                 University of Pennsylvania
                 34th and Spruce Streets
                 Philadelphia, PA
    Speaker:  Dean G. Brown (AstraZeneca)
    Topic:  "Current and future perspectives on molecular screening libraries and synthetic methods in drug discovery"
    Cost:  $20.00 to join POCC
    Registration:  On-line to join POCC
    Website:  http://www.pocclub.org/

    May 2018:  Catalysis Club of Philadelphia Spring Symposium
    Time:  9:00 AM -- 5:00 PM (approximate)
    Place:  DoubleTree Hotel
                 4727 Concord Pike
                 Wilmington, DE 19803
    Speakers:  Omar Abdelrahman (University of Minnesota)
                       Robert J. Davis (University of Virginia)
                       David Flaherty (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
                       Raymond J. Gorte (University of Pennsylvania)
                       Rajamani Gounder (Purdue University)
                       Lars C. Grabow (University of Houston)
                       Jennifer D. Lee (University of Pennsylvania)
                       Loredana Mantaroşie (Johnson Matthey Technology Centre)
                       Jinsuo Xu (Dow Chemical Company)
    Agenda:  Symposia on catalysis.
    Cost:  $50.00 to $100.00, depending on category and timing
    Registration:  On-line
    Website:  http://catalysisclubphilly.org/symposium/


  • 13 Apr 2018 2:02 PM | Dr. Keith D. Wing (Administrator)


    Princeton ACS Meeting and Chemists Celebrahttp://chemists.princeton.edu/pacs/monthly-meeting/princeton-acs-meeting-thursday-april-19-2018/te Earth Week Celebration – Thursday, April 19, 2018

    Professor Maurie Cohen, Professor of Sustainability Studies, and Director of the Program in Science, Technology, and Society, New Jersey Institute of Technology will speak on:

    “The Story of Stuff – A Discussion”


  • 04 Mar 2018 12:09 PM | Dr. Keith D. Wing (Administrator)

    Dr. Xinqiao Jia (Department of Materials Science and EngineeringUniversity of Delaware)

    Date: March 21, 2018

    Time: 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

    Location: DuPont Country Club

     CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

    DELAWARE SECTION OF THE ACS 100th ANNIVERSARY


  • 24 Feb 2018 11:02 AM | David Henry Vahlsing

    As the name of our group suggests, networking is a key to consulting success.  This link provides a few suggestions on ways to improve your networking skills and results:

    https://www.thebalance.com/networking-tips-for-introverts-2061377

  • 24 Jan 2018 12:12 PM | Dr. Keith D. Wing (Administrator)

    At the Chemical Heritage Foundation, now re-named the Science History Institute.  Panelists will represent chem industry, environmentalists, the press and the regulatory perspective.  Please share with anyone willing to participate in a civil discussion.  https://www.chemheritage.org/event/joseph-priestley-society-symposium-march2018

  • 15 Jan 2018 3:15 PM | Dr. Keith D. Wing (Administrator)

    Members of the CCN Steering Committee met with folks interested in the ins-and-outs of starting a chemically-related consulting business.  Arve Holt and Keith Wing gave an introductory talk.  A good time was had by one and all, including lunch and informative conversation.  

  • 15 Jan 2018 1:24 PM | Dr. Keith D. Wing (Administrator)

    February 1:  ISPE Delaware Valley Chapter 28th Symposium and Exhibition
    Time:  3:00 PM -- 10:00 PM
    Place:  Lincoln Financial Field
                 1 Lincoln Financial Field Way
                 Philadelphia, PA 19148
    Agenda:  Very large exhibition for pharmaceutical engineers, with a career fair and tours of the stadium.
    Cost:  Free
    Registration:  On-line
    Website:  http://ispe-dvc-symposium.org/
            
    February 22:  Philadelphia Organic Chemists' Club Meeting
    Time:  Social Hour with Pizza at 6:30 PM
                Seminar at 7:30 PM
    Place:  Social Hour in Chemistry Building Atrium
                 Seminar in Carolyn Hoff Lynch Lecture Hall
                 All in:  Chemistry Building
                             University of Pennsylvania
                             34th and Spruce Streets
                             Philadelphia, PA
    Speaker:  Mary P. Watson (University of Delaware)
    Topic:  "Harnessing Alkyl Amines and Alkyl Alcohols for Nickel-Catalyzed Cross Couplings via C-N and C-O Bond Activation"
    Cost:  $20.00 to join POCC
    Registration:  On-line to join POCC
    Website: http://www.pocclub.org/

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