chemical bond saint louis section–acs
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Chemical
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Volume 60Number 4April, 2009
St. Louis Section, American Chemical Society
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It’s time to plan for the
5th Annual Member Picnic
Saint Louis Section–ACS
Date: Saturday June 6, 2009
Time: 12 noon–5 pm
Location: Tilles Park (corner ofMcKnight and Litzsinger inLadue) at the Skow Shelter
Bring the family! Just $5 per person. Kids under 12 free.
Please reserve by June 1st so we can plan for food and drink,and crowd control.Questions and Reservations to Keith StineDepartment of Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of Missouri–Saint LouisSt Louis, MO 63121phone: (314) [email protected]
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Chemical BondVolume 60 No. 4 April, 2009
The Chemical Bond is published January through May and September through December by
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2 Section picnic: sign up, come, enjoy
4 Meetings and Seminars
5 Nominate for High School Teacher Award
7 Bond Briefs; Marcus Award reminder
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Spotlight on ... Monsanto
Awards Night reminder, reservation form
Fun with molecules
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Board of Directors
St. Louis Section–ACS Board ofDirectors meets the second Thurs-day of each month, usually at theGlen Echo Country Club (map avail-able on website). Meetings are opento all members, and all are encour-aged to attend. Elected officers andchairs of major committees vote onquestions put to the Board; others inattendance have voice but no vote.
If you want to attend for dinner,contact Bill Doub ([email protected] or 314.651.7514) at least aweek in advance. Usual cost of din-ner is $24. Members wishing tobecome active in section activitiesare welcomed for their first dinneras guests of the section.
Date: Apr 9Social hour: 5:30 pmDinner: 6:30 pmBusiness meeting: 7:15 pm
Future meetings: May 14; Sep 10
Saint Louis University
Seminars start at 4pm in Room 12Monsanto Hall, except as noted. AllApril topics were TBA at press time.For more information, contact theChemistry Department,314.977.2850.
Apr 3Piotr Kaszynski
Vanderbilt University
Apr 17Malika Jeffries-El
Iowa State University
Apr 24Cristina De MeoSIU–Edwardsville
SIU–Edwardsville
The 33rd William J Probst Lectures:
Mar 31William A Eaton
National Institute of Diabetes andDigestive and Kidney Diseases
(NIDDK)2 pm – Protein Folding Dynamics
7 pm – Searching for a Curefor Sickle Cell Disease
University of Missouri–St Louis
Fridays at 4 pm in 451 Benton Hall,unless otherwise specified. Refresh-ments 15 minutes prior to seminartime. For more information, contactthe Chemistry Department,314-516-5311.
Mar 30David Schultz
North Carolina State UniversityMagnetic Spin-Spin Interactions inComplexes of Semiquinone Ligands:
The Physical Organic Chemistryof Exchange Coupling
Apr 6Andrew Holder
University of Missouri–Kansas CityTBA
Apr 13V. Jo Davisson
Purdue UniversityTBA
Apr 20Janet Braddock-Wilking
University of Missouri–St LouisPreparation of Platinum Complexes
with Group 14-containingMetallafluorenes and Metalloles
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Apr 27Stephen Harvey
Georgia Institute of TechnologyAssembly Mechanisms
of Small DNA and RNA Viruses
May 422nd Distinguished Alumni Lecture
Don HesseUniversity of Missouri–St Louis
After Graduation: Fulfillingthe Scientist’s Desire to Experiment,
Discover and Solve
Washington UniversitySeminars are in McMillen 311 at4 pm unless otherwise noted. Formore information, contact Lev Gelb,[email protected]
Apr 2John D Norton
University of PittsburghTBA
Apr 9Janet Braddock-Wilking
University of Missouri–St LouisTBA
Apr 16Gary Sulikowski
Vanderbilt UniversityTBA
Did You Know?ACS members can nominate for the
High School Chemistry Teacherawards!
As a chemist, you are in a positionto recognize fantastic high schoolteachers.
Has your high school student hadan exceptional chemistry teacher?Have you met a great high schoolchemistry teacher through outreachor science fair activities?
Consider nominating a teacherfor the 2009-2010 High SchoolTeaching Award. While exemplify-ing excellence in teaching chemistryat the high school level, the nomineealso should have contributed toother aspects of teaching, such asprofessional growth, curriculumdevelopment, course materials prep-aration, workshop participation,chemical or educational research,publications and other activities. Acandidate must work within thegeographic region of the St LouisSection-ACS and may not not be apast winner of the award.
Please contact Virginia Kirwin toobtain nomination forms and to ver-ify eligibility: [email protected] or636.225.5513.
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Judge at a Fair
Science Fair season is upon us.Sheryl Loux, coordinator for theSaint Louis Section, is seeking vol-unteers to judge science fair projectsin chemistry. Your participation as ajudge would be greatly appreciated!To volunteer, contact Sheryl J Louxat 636.237.5149 or [email protected].
Upcoming events are:
Tuesday, May 5Greater St Louis
Elementary Science FairQueeny Park Recreation Complex
Ballwin, MO 63011
6 to 8:30 pm—Participation Awardsdistributed to chemistry related pro-jects. No judging.
Wednesday, May 6Greater St Louis
Secondary Science FairQueeny Park Recreation Complex
Ballwin, MO 63011
3 to 8:30pm—judgingFree dinner for judges on site.
Marcus Award competitionto be held at SLU
The 2009 Leopold Marcus Awardcompetition will be held Wednes-day, April 1 at 4 pm in the PereMarquette Gallery on the campus ofSaint Louis University. The galleryis located on the second floor ofDuBourg Hall.
The award is administered by theDepartment of Chemistry at SaintLouis University and the St. LouisSection–ACS. The competition con-sists of presentations based on theundergraduate research projects ofsenior chemistry majors at SaintLouis University. The winner of theaward is determined by vote of theprofessional chemists in the audi-ence.
All ACS members are invited toattend. Refreshments will be avail-able after the competition. For fur-ther information, contact BruceKowert at 314.977.2837 [email protected].
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8680 Tyler Boulevard, Mentor, OH 44060
Phone: 440-255-2211 Fax: 440-255-8397
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Spotlight on Saint Louis: MonsantoMany St. Louis area chemists may
be surprised to learn that Monsantois a relatively new company.
While Monsanto shares the nameand history of the companyfounded in St. Louis in 1901 byEdgar M. Queeny, today’sMonsanto, created in 2000, isentirely focused on agriculture andsupporting farmers around theworld in their mission to feed, clotheand fuel our growing population.Today’s Monsanto applies innova-tion and technology to help farmersworldwide produce more while con-serving more.
Monsanto’s Sustainable Yield Ini-tiative focuses on increasing globalfood production in the face of grow-ing demand, limited naturalresources, and a changing climate.The company also establishies newpartnerships with businesses, citizengroups, and governments to helpincrease food, feed, fuel and fiber.By helping farmers grow yieldsustainably, they can be more suc-cessful, produce healthier foods,better animal feeds and more fiber,while also reducing agriculture’senvironmental impact.
Monsanto’s seeds and traits busi-nesses work to meet farmer demandby offering seeds with the best pos-sible germplasm, or improvedgenetics, for a higher yield. Thecompany sells both national andregional seed brands for large-acrecrops such as corn, cotton, soy andcanola, as well as small-acre cropssuch as vegetable seeds. Monsantoalso broadly licenses its seed andtrait technologies so farmers haveaccess to its products in brands theyprefer.
Monsanto’s Agricultural Produc-tivity segment consists primarily of
crop protection products and resi-dential lawn-and-garden herbicideproducts. The Roundup® family ofagricultural herbicides is the flag-ship of Monsanto’s agriculturalchemicals business. Roundup agri-cultural herbicides and otherglyphosate products are used as partof an environmentally responsibleweed control program and fit withthe vision of sustainable agricultureand environmental protection.These products complementMonsanto’s seed business and playa vital role in improving productiv-ity for farmers.
Monsanto’s Industrial, Turf andOrnamental Group provides inte-grated weed control solutions toindustrial and large non-farm opera-tions, such as parks, golf courses,zoos, and roadsides.
For more information, visitwww.monsanto.com.
The Saint LouisSection gratefullyacknowledgesMonsanto’s generousgift in support of theSaint Louis Award.
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Awards Night 2009Monday, April 20: A banquet honor-
ing the winners of the High SchoolChemistry Contest, the Leopold MarcusAward, the High School Teaching Award,the Chemical Science and TechnologyAward, and the outstanding juniorchemistry students at area colleges.
CJ Muggs, 101 W Lockwood Ave,Webster Groves.
5:30 social hour, 6:30 dinner, 7:30 program. Please return the reservationform by April 15th.
Awards Night Reservation FormMember name: _________________________________
Number attending _______ × $20 = ____________ (amount remitted)
Please make check payable to: Saint Louis Section–ACSand mail with form by April 13th to:
Pat Burrell-Standley1716 Eldon Ridge CourtSt Louis, MO 63017
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