http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/ News and Events for the Department of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania en-en http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem//images/rss_logo.gif http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/ http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/news/?id=46 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/news/?id=46 Winner of the RSC Simonsen Lectureship, Professor Amos B. Smith III from the University of Pennsylvania, USA, will be delivering a lecture at a number of locations in the UK throughout November 2008.He won the award for his numerous outstanding contributions to the total synthesis of complex natural products. Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/news/?id=33 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/news/?id=33 Thursday, March 12, 2009: Edgar Fahs Smith Lecture (Paul Alivisatos,University of California, Berkeley)Tuesday, May 5, 2009: Madeleine M. Joullié Lecture (Stuart Schreiber, Harvard University) Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/news/?id=36 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/news/?id=36 Dr. Robin M. Hochstrasser, Donner Professor of Physical Sciences, has been elected to the Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE). He was recognized for being a quot;pioneer in the innovative use of lasers.quot; Fellows are elected in recognition of outstanding achievement in their fields and contribution to public service. Dr. Hochstrasser follows in the footsteps of distinguished predecessors such as Sir Walter Scott, Charles Da... Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/news/?id=34 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/news/?id=34 Congratulations to Prof. Tobias Baumgart. He has been selected to receive a 2008 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship. Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/news/?id=35 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/news/?id=35 Congratulations to Patrick Walsh. He has been named the Alan G. MacDiarmid Term Chair effective January 1, 2008. Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/news/?id=32 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/news/?id=32 E. James Petersson, NIH Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale University, has been appointed Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania. He aims to develop and utilize chemical biology approaches toward the study of protein conformational changes, with an emphasis on neuroscience. Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/news/?id=31 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/news/?id=31 2008 American Chemical Society Awards to Penn Faculty: Jeff Bode will receive an Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, William DeGrado will receive the Ralph F. Hirschmann Award in Peptide Chemistry, and Michael Klein will receive the Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry. Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/news/?id=20 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/news/?id=20 Ralph Hirschmann inducted into Medicinal Chemistry Hall of Fame! Inductees are recognized for their overall outstanding contribution to medicinal chemistry through a combination of research, teaching and service. Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/news/?id=18 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/news/?id=18 We are pleased to announce that Dr. Jeffrey W. Bode has joined the Chemistry faculty as Associate Professor. Jeff comes to us from the University of California, Santa Barbara where he has established a first-rate program in synthetic organic and bioorganic chemistry. In addition, Dr. Yoko Yamakoshi will also be joining the Penn faculty this year. Yoko's primary appointment will be in the Department of Radiology. Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/news/?id=14 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/news/?id=14 Professor Jeffrey Winkler receives the 2007 Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching of Organic Chemistry Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/news/?id=16 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/news/?id=16 Dr. Sally Mallory receives 2007 Dean's Award for Distiguished Teaching by Affiliated Faculty. Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/news/?id=12 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/news/?id=12 Andrew Rappe has been named a fellow of the American Physical Society. Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/news/?id=13 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/news/?id=13 Robin Hochstrasser is the 2007 Recipient of ACS Ahmed Zewail Award.The Ahmed Zewail Award in Ultrafast Science and Technology Award is sponsored by the Ahmed Zewail Endowment Fund, established by Newport Corporation. Its purpose is to recognize outstanding and creative contributions to fundamental discoveries or inventions in ultrafast science amp;amp; technology in areas of physics, chemistry, biology, or related fields. Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/news/?id=10 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/news/?id=10 Christopher B. Murray from the IBM research division has been named a Penn Integrates Knowledge (PIK) professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He will hold appointments in chemistry in the School of Arts and Sciences and in materials science in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. Dr. Murray will hold the Richard Perry University Professorship, named in recognition of a gift from Richard Perry, a Penn trustee and founder of the investment management firm Perry Capital. At ... Fri, 27 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/news/?id=6 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/news/?id=6 Dr. David W. Christianson, the Roy and Diana Vagelos Professor in Chemistry and Chemical Biology has been named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=135 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=135 Organic Seminars are held Mondays from 12:00-1:00 pm in the Carolyn Lynch Room (1st Floor, Chemistry Building, 231 S. 34th St.) unless otherwise noted. If you have any questions, contact Robert Wertz at 215-573-7887 (rwertz@sas.upenn.edu) or Gary Molander at 215-573-8604 (gmolandr@sas.upenn.edu). http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=167 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=167 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=169 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=169 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=385 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=385 Title: quot;Chartelline, Cortistatin, and Lactacystin: Solving Nature's Molecular Puzzlesquot; http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=391 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=391 Structural Biology1:00-1:45 Daniel Leahy, Johns HopkinsHedgehog Signaling: Sorting out Complex Interactions1:45-2:05 Julie Aaron, Christianson Lab, Department of ChemistryEpi-isozizaene synthase, a platform for the engineering of new terpenoid cyclization templates2:05-2:50 Youxing Jiang, UT SouthwesternStructural study of tetrameric cation channels2:50-3:10 Coffee Break3:10-3:55 Charles Lesburg, Schering-PloughEngineered PXR for Inverse Structure-Based Drug Design3:55-4:15 Alexei Polishchuk, De... http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=330 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=330 Catalytic Transformations of C-H Bonds, Carbon Dioxide, and Simple Olefins Organic Seminars are held Mondays from 12:00-1:00 pm in the Carolyn Lynch Room (1st Floor, Chemistry Building, 231 S. 34th St.) unless otherwise noted. http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=331 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=331 Title: TBA Organic Seminars are held Mondays from 12:00-1:00 pm in the Carolyn Lynch Room (1st Floor, Chemistry Building, 231 S. 34th St.) unless otherwise noted. http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=376 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=376 Title quot;Cationic main group Lewis acids - Anion sensing and redox propertiesquot; http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=386 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=386 Title: quot;Chemical Proteomic Tools to Investigate Protein Reactivityquot; http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=387 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=387 Title: quot;The Application of Peptide Catalysts Towards the Functionalization of Natural Products and Small Molecules and The Total Synthesis of Kapakahine F and B and Efforts Toward the Synthesis of Palau'aminequot; http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=384 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=384 Annual Department Holiday Party! Dinner, dancing, amp;amp; prizes! Tickets can be purchased in advance from Yvonne in the Chemistry Business Office. $5 now, $10 at the door. http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=350 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=350 Title: TBA Organic Seminars are held Mondays from 12:00-1:00 pm in the Carolyn Lynch Room (1st Floor, Chemistry Building, 231 S. 34th St.) unless otherwise noted. http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=388 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=388 Title: quot;Siderophore Biosynthesis in Plant Pathogens and Symbiontsquot; http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=389 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=389 Title: quot;Carbon- Hydrogen Bond Functionalization: Rh-Catalyzed Arylation and Alkylation of Heterocycles and Chemoenzymatic Elaboration of Monosaccharides using Engineered Cytochrome P450 BM3 Demethylasesquot; http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=351 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=351 Edgar Fahs Smith Seminar. Note: This seminar takes place on a Thursday.Title: TBA Organic Seminars are held in the Carolyn Lynch Room (1st Floor, Chemistry Building, 231 S. 34th St.) unless otherwise noted. http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=367 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=367 Title: TBA Organic Seminars are held Mondays from 12:00-1:00 pm in the Carolyn Lynch Room (1st Floor, Chemistry Building, 231 S. 34th St.) unless otherwise noted. http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=352 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=352 Title: TBA Organic Seminars are held Mondays from 12:00-1:00 pm in the Carolyn Lynch Room (1st Floor, Chemistry Building, 231 S. 34th St.) unless otherwise noted. http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=368 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=368 Title: TBA Organic Seminars are held Mondays from 12:00-1:00 pm in the Carolyn Lynch Room (1st Floor, Chemistry Building, 231 S. 34th St.) unless otherwise noted. http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=353 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=353 Title: TBA Organic Seminars are held Mondays from 12:00-1:00 pm in the Carolyn Lynch Room (1st Floor, Chemistry Building, 231 S. 34th St.) unless otherwise noted. http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=354 http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=354 Title: TBA Organic Seminars are held Mondays from 12:00-1:00 pm in the Carolyn Lynch Room (1st Floor, Chemistry Building, 231 S. 34th St.) unless otherwise noted.