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100 Years of Wise Women

In celebration of the 41st International Women’s Day, UBC’s first graduate degree awarded to chemist Ruth Vivian Fulton in 1919 was highlighted in the Vancouver Sun article on Monday, March 7th, 2016. Ruth’s thesis title was “A study of the estimation of iron and the separation of manganese from iron by phenyl-nitroso-hydroxylamine ammonium (cupferron)”.

UBC Centennial event taking place on March 9th, 2016 will cover questions that focus on equality...

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Congratulations to Dr. Katherine Ryan!

Congratulations to Dr. Katherine Ryan! Dr. Ryan has been awarded the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship. The Foundation makes grants to support original research and broad-based education related to science, technology, and economic performance; and to improve the quality of American life. The Foundation makes grants to support original research and broad-based education related to science, technology, and economic performance; and to improve the quality of American life. Of the 126...

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Congratulations to Dr. Curtis Berlinguette!

Dr. Berlinguette has been awarded the E. W. R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship as a recognition for his research and accomplishments. Up to six Steacie Fellowships are awarded annually to enhance the career development of outstanding and highly promising scientists and engineers who are faculty members of Canadian universities. Congratulations Dr. Berlinguette!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Burke, Dr. Zachary Hudson and Dr. Mark MacLachlan!

Dr. Sarah Burke. Dr, Zachary Hudson and Dr. Mark MacLachlan are among the 31 UBC Professors recently appointed as Canada Research Chairs.

Dr. Hudson and Dr. MacLachlan are the newly appointed Canada Research Chairs in Sustainable Chemistry and Supramolecular Materials respectively. Dr. Burke's position as Canada Research Chair in Nanoscience has been renewed.

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Congratulations to the Ryan Group for their publication in Nature Chemical Biology!

A pyridoxal phosphate-dependent enzyme that oxidizes an unactivated carbon-carbon bond

Enzymes use organic cofactors to facilitate diverse chemical transformations. One of these cofactors, pyridoxal phosphate (PLP), is best known for its ability to stabilize anions, which enables reactions such as transaminations, critical in the breakdown of amino acids. However, PLP is rarely known to react with oxygen or to catalyze reactions on unactivated carbons.

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Congratulations to Dr. Curtis Berlinguette!

Congratulations to Dr. Curtis Berlinguette! Dr. Berlinguette has been awarded the STREM Chemical Award for Pure or Applied Inorganic Chemistry for his outstanding contribution to inorganic chemistry while demonstrating exceptional promise. The award will be presented during the 99th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, which is taking place in Halifax from June 5-9, 2016. Congratulations Dr. Berlinguette!

 

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Congratulations to Dr. Michael Wolf!

Congratulations to Dr. Michael Wolf! Dr. Wolf has been awarded the Rio Tinto Alcan Award for his distinguished contribution to the fields of inorganic chemistry. The award will be presented during the 99th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, which is taking place in Halifax from June 5-9, 2016. Congratulations Dr. Wolf!

 

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Congratulations to Dr. Mark MacLachlan!

Congratulations to Dr. Mark MacLachlan! Dr. MacLachlan has been awarded the CSC 2016 Award for Research Excellence in Materials Chemistry. He has been awarded for his outstanding contribution to materials chemistry. The award will be presented during the 99th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, which is taking place in Halifax from June 5-9, 2016. Congratulations on winning this distinguished award!

 

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Congratulations to Des Lovrity!

Congratulations to Mechanical Engineering Supervisor, Des Lovrity! Des was recently awarded the President’s Staff Award for Creativity & Innovation. The President’s Staff Awards (Vancouver Campus) recognize the personal achievements and contributions of staff to UBC and to the vision and goals of the University. Two recent successful projects highlight Des’s ingenuity and these include: building a mobile research station to be deployed on Vancouver Island for a study on air quality and...

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Congratulations to Dr. Celine Rougeot!

Congratulations to Dr. Celine Rougeot, she is the recipient of the October 31, 2015 UBC Postdoctoral Fellows Travel Awards. This award will support the cost of attending the 2015 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, December 15-20, 2015, to present a poster presentation. Congratulations Celine!

As part of UBC's ongoing efforts to support its young research talent, the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and UBC Science offer a...

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Congratulations to Dr. Stephen Withers!

Congratulations to Dr. Stephen Withers! Dr. Withers has been awarded the 2016 CIC Medal.  This award is presented as a mark of distinction and recognition to a person who has made an outstanding contribution to the science chemistry in Canada, this is the CIC’s top award. Dr. Withers joins the ranks of the following most recent previous recipients, Axel Becke, Douglas Stephan, Mark Lautens, Raymond Andersen, Adi Eisenberg, to name a few. Congratulations!

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Congratulations to Dr. Allan Bertram!

Congratulations to Dr. Allan Bertram! Dr. Bertram has been awarded the CIC 2016 Environment Division R&D DIMA Award.  This award is presented for distinguished contributions to research and/or development in the field of environmental chemistry. Dr. Bertram joins the ranks of previous recipients Frank Wania, William Cullen, Janusz Pawliszyn & Jon Abbatt. Congratulations!

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Congratulations to Dr. Roman Krems!

Congratulations to Dr. Roman Krems! Dr. Krems has been elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society, “For developing numerical tools for the description of molecular collisions at cold and ultra cold temperatures and their control using external electric and magnetic fields.” He will receive his fellowship certificate at an upcoming meeting of the APS. Congratulations!

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The Gates Group’s Manuscript Cover Featured on Angewandte Chemie International

The Gates Group’s Manuscript Cover Featured on Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2015 – volume 127, issue 39, page 11746

This featured cover depicts the synthesis of a poly(p-phenylenediethynylene phosphane), which, upon irradiation with ultraviolet light, exhibits strong blue emission when the phosphorus centers within the p-conjugated backbone are oxidized. For more information on this paper by Rawe and Gates, please go to: ...

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Congratulations to Victoria Bass

Congratulations to Victoria Bass, who was awarded the best undergraduate oral presentation award in the Chemistry Education division at the CSC 2015 in Ottawa (supervisor: Jackie Stewart)

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Congratulations Dr. Dan Bizzotto!

Congratulations to Dr. Dan Bizzotto! Dr. Bizzotto has been selected as the winner of the Prix Jacques Tacussel, in recognition of his contribution to the development of in situ electrochemical fluorescence microscopy and its application to molecular and biomolecular adsorption. The prize will be presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting in Den Haag, Netherlands, where Dr. Bizzotto will be delivering an award lecture to illustrate main achievements of his work. Congratulations!

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Congratulations to Rhett Baillie!

Rhett Baillie Named Recipient of the 2015 Edward Piers Memorial Award in Organic Chemistry

This annual award is offered in memory of Dr. Edward Piers and in celebration of his distinguished career in the Department of Chemistry.  It is awarded to a graduate student in any branch of organic chemistry (including synthetic, bioorganic, organometallic, or materials) who demonstrates qualities of academic excellence, experimental skill, and dedication to the field through...

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The Ryan Group's Manuscript Featured on Cover of ACS Synthetic Biology

Work from the Ryan Group on the cover of ACS Synthetic Biology

The Ryan Group’s manuscript describing the combinatorial engineering of biosynthetic genes to generate new molecules is currently featured on the cover of ACS Synthetic Biology.

Link to article:  http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/sb5003218

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Congratulations to Dr. Melanie Higgins!

Congratulations to Dr. Melanie Higgins!

Dr. Higgins, a postdoctoral fellow in the Ryan group, received a 2015 Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) Trainee Award in the Biomedical Division. She was awarded funding for the development of new antibiotics for the treatment of MRSA.

Michael Smith Foundation Health Research Trainee Awards are awarded in four divisions of health research to provide support to up-and-coming researchers across British Columbia.

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Congratulations Dr. Roman Krems!

Congratulations Dr. Roman Krems! Dr. Krems has been named a Kavli Fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences at the Korean-American Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium on June 16-18, 2015 in Jeju Island, Republic of Korea. The Kavli Frontiers of Science bring together young researchers who have already made recognized contributions to science, including recipients of major national fellowships and awards and who have been identified as future leaders in science. Since its inception in...

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