Pizza and Refreshments – Thursday April 5th – Chemistry and Biochemistry Grad Student Appreciation

Dearest Chemistry & Biochemistry Graduate Students,

In celebration of National Graduate-Professional Student Appreciation Week, we would like to invite YOU over for some Pizza and Refreshments! We are celebrating YOU and how much we all appreciate YOU! Tell your fellow Chemistry & Biochemistry grads!

Graduate Student Lounge

Urey Hall Annex 3060

Thursday, April 5^th, 2012

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

We need to know how much pizza to order, so please, PLEASE RSVP by Wednesday: http://che-mf.chem.ucsd.edu/mf/view.php?id=19

Thanks…YOU!

Wednesday Wellness Workshops for Graduate Students

This lunch-time series provides information on campus resources that support the mental, physical, social, and financial aspects of the graduate & professional student experience.

WEDNESDAYS, 12PM—1PM @ THE ZONE (LOCATED IN PRICE CENTER) FREE FOOD catered by Art of Espresso

RSVP to Iris Crowe-Lerma at icrowelerma@ucsd.edu
A minimum attendance of 5 students is required for workshop to take place.

Wellness Workshops for Grad Students – Spring 2012

Undergraduate Paid Summer Internship in Chemistry

Takeda California at San Diego

The internship is a laboratory position that involves the design, synthesis, and characterization of novel chemical compounds for drug discovery efforts. The intern will work closely with a medicinal chemist in a pharmaceutical research lab and learn synthetic organic reactions and techniques.

internship flyer

Special Seminar

UCSD-KACST Center of Excellence in Nanomedicine presents:

“Nanotherapy by self-assembling redox polymers”

Dr. Yukio Nagasaki, Ph.D., University of Tsukuba and the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitechtonics

Thursday, March 29 at 3pm in room 1186 Pharmaceutical Sciences

Oxidative stress, or an excess of reactive oxygen species (ROS), is involved in the pathogenesis of several diseases, including Alzheimer’s, ischemia-reperfusion injury following heart attack and stroke, and cancer. One approach to treating these conditions is to deliver agents that can scavenge ROS, thus preventing oxidative damage. A particularly effective group of such antioxidants are molecules containing nitroxide radicals; however, these agents cannot be delivered as free molecules because they are rapidly excreted and can induce apoptosis and decrease blood pressure. The Nagasaki group has developed a strategy to overcome these drawbacks: incorporating nitroxide radical as a side chain of the hydrophobic segment of an amphiphilic block copolymer and using the copolymer to form micellar nanoparticles.

Yukio Nagasaki Flyer

Postdoc Position on Nanoporous Materials Processing and Applications

A postdoc position is available in the Multifunctional Materials Research Laboratory (MMRL) in the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), under supervision of Professor Yu Qiao ( http://mmrl.ucsd.edu ). The postdoc will be involved in researches on processing of a wide variety of nanoporous materials, including nanoporous ceramics, carbons, metals/alloys, and polymers, as well as their novel applications in energy-related and/or mechanical devices. The appointment may start from summer, 2012. Candidates should have experience in processing and characterization of nanomaterials, preferably nanoporous materials.

Applications or questions can be directly sent to Prof. Qiao at yqiao@ucsd.edu.

Presentation: Graduate program at UCD

Are you interested in getting a PhD in Chemistry? Come learn more about the graduate program at UC Davis! Dr. William Jackson, Professor Emeritus at UC Davis, will be on campus on Thursday, March 22^nd. He will discuss the excellent UC Davis Chemistry Graduate Program, as well as share more information about the Sloan Fellowship Program which provides generous funding to selected students. Refreshments will be provided. We hope you will join us for this great opportunity to learn more about graduate school! Dr. Jackson’s presentation will be on Thursday, 3/22 from 2pm – 3pm in Pacific Hall 4501.

WHEN: Thursday, March 22^nd, 2pm – 3pm
WHERE: Pacific Hall 4501

Dr. William Jackson: http://www.chem.ucdavis.edu/faculty/cf-info.php?id=15

UC Davis Chemistry Graduate Program: http://www.chem.ucdavis.edu/

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: http://www.sloan.org/

The Sloan Fellowship
The UC Davis Chemistry Graduate Program is a member of the Sloan Minority Ph.D. Program, only one of two programs on the West Coast selected to participate in the program!

Special Seminar

UCSD-KACST Center of Excellence in Nanomedicine presents:

Dr. Emily Cranston, Ph.D. McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

Friday March 23, 2012 at 1:00pm in room 145 Telemedicine Building

Her research aims to engineer biologically based materials to replace those from non-renewable resources. Her seminar will cover their work with nanocellulose, which is optically clear, naturally abundant, as strong as Kevlar or steel, inexpensive, biodegradable and non-toxic.

Dr. Emily Cranston Flyer

Chemistry 87: Freshman Seminar on Undergraduate Research in Chemistry

CHEMISTRY 87: FRESHMAN SEMINAR
Preparing for Undergraduate Research in Chemistry
Spring 2012
Thursdays, 4‐4:50 PM, 4501 Pacific Hall

Why should I get involved in research?
What undergraduate research opportunities are available to me?
How do I select a research area/focus and a potential research mentor?
How should I inquire about a volunteer/for‐credit/paid position in a lab?
What if I don’t have prior research experience?

If you would like the answer to these questions and more about undergraduate
research, you are encouraged to enroll in Chemistry 87!

The course will include seminars on current and cutting‐edge research by
Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty, information sessions on campus programs
and resources, a tour of departmental research facilities and laboratories, and a
(optional) field trip to local industry.

Questions? Contact Chemistry Advising (chemadvising@ucsd.edu) or the Course Instructor
(Dr. Stacey Brydges, sbrydges@ucsd.edu)

Chemistry87 Registration

Celgene summer internship program

We are pleased to announce to the academic community our annual Summer Internship Program for undergraduate chemistry students. This is an excellent opportunity for motivated students in your department to expand their skill set and gain valuable, hands-on experience in different fields of chemistry.

Attached is our flyer that summarizes the program. Please feel free to make postings/announcements within your department to notify students of this opportunity.

We are excited about our Summer Internship Program and look forward to hearing from the talented students on your campus.

Best regards,
2012 Chemistry Summer Internship Committee

Celgene Chemistry Summer Internship-Flyer 2012

2012 Southern California Undergraduate Research Conference in Chemistry and Biochemistry

CSU Channel Islands wants to update you on their upcoming undergraduate research conference, coming up on April 7, 2012. The website for the meeting is:

http://chemistry.csuci.edu/ scurccb/index.htm

Please check it out, and note that they will begin accepting accepting abstracts on February 20.