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”

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

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

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

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.  

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/

Chemical Consultants Network webpage membership renewal dues for 2018 are now payable for the CCN dues year that runs from Jan 1st to December 31st

Some members pay dues to support the group and do not wish to have a web presence.  Perhaps you are one of those folks.   However, if you are not and do wish to have your data displayed on our site, please log on to the CCN site and complete the membership application form as though you were a new member or review and update your existing page, if you are already a web page member. You will then begin sharing in the benefits your web can provide.

If have been a web page member and you have not been getting much action from your web site, please consider adding more information to it as this will help search engines find you. We have provided helpful suggestions on this CCN website (http://www.chemconsultants.org/resources.html) regarding how to improve your web page results.

Our best to you in 2018!

Dave Vahlsing

CCN Membership

January 8:  Delaware Valley Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group Meeting
Time:  6:00 PM -- 8:00 PM
Place:  Mendel Hall, Room 154
             Villanova University
             800 Lancaster Avenue
             Villanova, PA 19085
Speaker:  Nathaniel Snyder (Drexel University)
Topic:  "Bioanalytical techniques to study compartmentalized metabolism."
Cost:  None
Registration:  RSVP to XQui2@ITS.JNJ.com by January 4.
Website:  http://science.widener.edu/svb/msdg/ 
Please Note:  Please look at the website for instructions on parking, as there is heavy construction on Villanova University's campus.

January 10:  Chemical Consultant Network Meeting
Time:  11:00 AM -- 2:00 PM
Place:  Right Management
            200 Bellevue Parkway
            Wilmington, DE 19089
Speaker:  Arve Holt (Chemical Consultants Network)
Topic:  "Introduction to CCN & How to Launch a Consulting Business"
Cost:  Free
Registration:  On-line
Website:  http://www.chemconsultants.org/event-2737486

January 11:  Joseph Priestly Society Symposium
Time:  10:30 AM -- 2:00 PM
Place:  Chemical Heritage Foundation
             315 Chestnut Street
             Philadelphia, PA 19106
Speakers:  Yury Gogotsi (Drexel University)
                   M. Stanley Whittingham (SUNY Binghamton)
Topic:  "New Energy Storage Technologies for Enabling Renewables"
Cost:  $25.00
Registration:  On-line
Website:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/joseph-priestley-society-symposium-tickets-37068083636

January 11:  STLE Philadelphia Section January 2018 Technical Session
Time:  11:30 AM -- 4:00 PM
Place:  Sandy Run Country Club
             200 E. Valley Green Road
             Oreland, PA 19075
Speakers:  Bill Downey (Novvi LLC)
                   Paul Benn (NYNAS INC.)
                   Robert Evans (Quaker Chemical Corporation)
                   Luke Nowlan (Villanova University)
Agenda:  Base Oil Program
Cost:  $15.00 to $30.00, depending on category.
Registration:  On-line
Website:  http://philadelphia-stle.org/event/january-2018-technical-session/

January 12:  DelawareBio BioBreakfast:  Epigenetic & Bioinformatics
Time:  7:30 AM to 9:30 AM
Place:  Incyte
             1801 Augustine Cut Off
             Wilmington, DE 19808
Speakers:  Jeb Connor (Genome Profiling, LLC)
                   Erin Crowgey (Nemours)
                   Cathy Wu (University of Delaware)
Agenda:  Networking with life science professionals coupled with brief talks on epigenetics and bioinformatics
Cost:  Free to $50.00, depending on category
Registration:  On-line
Website:  http://delawarebio.org/events-list/biobreakfast-jan2018/

January 17:  Technology Forum of Delaware 2018 Emerging Technologies
Time:  5:30 PM -- 7:30 PM
Place:  Delaware Biotechnology Institute
             15 Innovation Way
             Newark, DE 19711
Speaker:  Jim Lee (Strategic Foresight Investments)
Topic:  "The Future of Cities"
Cost:  $25.00 to $40.00, depending on category
Registration:  On-line
Website:  http://techforumde.org/event-2739039

January 16:  Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania BioPharma Networking Group Meeting
Time:  6:00 PM -- 9:00 PM
Place:  Ben Franklin Tech Ventures
             116 Research Drive
             Bethlehem, PA 18015
Speaker:  Charles Kelly (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
Topic:  "Corporate Espionage"
Cost:  Free
Registration:  On-Line
Website:  http://bit.ly/2kfJxeS

January 22:  ACS Princeton Section Monthly Meeting
Time:  Mixer at 5:30 PM, Lecture at 6:30 PM followed by dinner
Place:  Frick Laboratory
             Princeton University
             Princeton, NJ
Speaker:  Barbara Ameer (Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School)
Topic:  "Grapefruit Juice -- Drug Interactions:  Curiosity or Cause for Concern?"
Cost:  $10.00 to $20.00, depending on category
Registration:  RSVP to Louise Lawter at louise.lawter@gmail.com by January 16th.
Website:  http://chemists.princeton.edu/pacs/news/aliquotes/aliquotes-n27v7-for-december-2017-january-2018/

January 25:  Catalysis Club of Philadelphia Meeting
Time:  5:30 PM -- 8:30 PM
Place:  Crowne Plaza Wilmington North
             630 Naamans Road
             Claymont, DE 19703
Speaker:  Jing Lu (Johnson Matthey, Inc.)
Topic:  "Siliceous Zeolite-supported Palladium Catalysts for Methane Oxidation"
Cost:  $20.00 to $40.00, depending on category
Registration:  On-line
Website:  http://catalysisclubphilly.org/

January 25:  Philadelphia Organic Chemists' Club Women in Chemistry Lecture
Time:  Social Hour with Pizza at 6:30PM
            Seminar at 7:30 PM
Place:  Chemistry Building
             University of Pennsylvania
             34th and Spruce Streets
             Philadelphia, PA 
             Social Hour in Chemistry Building Atrium (at the bottom of the stair case in the main lobby)
             Seminar in Carolyn Hoff Lynch Lecture Hall
Speaker:  Ruth R. Wexler (Bristol-Myers Squibb)
Topic:  To be determined
Cost:  $20.00 to join POCC
Registration:  On-line to join POCC
Website:  http://www.pocclub.org/

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