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CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA SECTION AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Triad Chemical Times May, 2010 Volume 42, Number 5

CNC-ACS 2010 Officers Dr. Harry Gan Chair

Mr. Bill Eberle Chair-Elect

Ms. Janice Foushee Secretary-

Treasurer

In This Issue...

Committee Chairs 2

May Event Announced 3

Upcoming Meetings 9

ACS News 10

Job Opportunities 12

Directions 13

http://www.cnc-acs.sites.acs.org/

May Event Announced – see page 3!

May Section Meeting:

Friday, 7 May 2010

6:30 – 9pm

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2010 Executive Committee

Office Officer E-mail Phone

Chair Harry Gan ganh@rjrt.com 741-0903

Chair-elect Bill Eberle bill.eberle@syngenta.com 632-7569

Secretary/Treasurer Janice Foushee jfoushee@ashland.com 333-2738

Councilor (‘11) Robert Yokley TR6VOL@triad.rr.com 595-7530

Councilor (‘13) Tim Ballard tballard@en-cas.com 785-3252

Alternate Councilor (‘12) Paul Weller wellerp@elon.edu 278-6225

Alternate Councilor (’12) Gail Webster

Director (‘13) Kent Kabler kent.kabler@syngenta.com 632-6014

Director (‘11) Tim Ballard tballard@en-cas.com 785-3252

2010 Committee Chairs

Awards (11) Robert Yokley TR6VOL@triad.rr.com 632-2142

By-Laws & Job Manual (1) OPEN

Education (10) Yulia Basova ybasova@yahoo.com 834 -2335

ChemSense (10) OPEN

Nat'l Chemistry Olympiad (11) Janis McDonald janis.mcdonald@westchestercds.org 869-2128

Science Center Advisor (11) Jerry Walsh Jlwalsh@uncg.edu 334-5672

UNCG H. S. Lab Day (1) Jerry Walsh Jlwalsh@uncg.edu 334-5672

Environmental Affairs Dr. Gladys S. Van Pelt 288-1783

Earth Day Bill Nell nellw@rjrt.com 741-0919

Government Relations Edward Robinson erobinson@lortobco.com 335-6625

Hospitality (4) Pat Duffy pduffy@mendenhallcrc.com 841-0700

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Information Dissemination (1) Karl Sienerth sienerth@elon.edu 278-6217

Local Section Career Program Coordinator OPEN

Long Range Planning (3) Dave MacInnes dmacinne@guilford.edu

david_macInnes@guilford.com 316-2262

Member Education (2) Dennis Chesney 454-4184

Membership (4) OPEN

Minority Affairs (10) Julius Harp

National Chemistry Week (10)

Teresa Joy

Janice Foushee

tjoy@ashland.com

jfoushee@ashland.com

333-2738

Newsletter Editor (4) TJ Mayer thomas.mayer@syngenta.com 632-6079

Nominating (10) OPEN

Project SEED (3) Jill Harp Harpj@wssu.edu 750-2213

Professional Relations (3) OPEN

Analytical Sub-Group Bill Eberle bill.eberle@syngenta.com 632-7569

Public Relations & Publicity (2) Tim Ballard tballard@en-cas.com 785-3252

Public Affairs (Regs, Legis)(9) Edward Robinson erobinson@lortobco.com 335-6625

Sci. Advisor-Howard Coble Dave MacInnes dmacinne@guilford.edu

david_macInnes@guilford.com 316-2262

Sci. Advisor-Richard Burr Liliana Garcia garcial@wssu.edu 750-2548

Speakers Bureau (ad hoc) (2) OPEN

Student Affiliate Coordinator (2) Paul Weller wellerp@elon.edu 278-6225

Web Page (1) John Merle merlejo@wssu.edu

Women Chemists (1) OPEN

Younger Chemists Chair (9) OPEN

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CNC-ACS Section Meeting

Friday, 7 May 2010

Time 6:30-9:00 pm

Admission Free

Pizza- 2 slices and a drink (Adults/Kids)

RSVP to Pat Duffy (pduffy@mendenhallcrc.com) or

$3/2

Call 336.841.0700 x 2114

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CNC-ACS Section Meeting Highlights

Poster Vendor Night Draws Record Attendance

Over 200 colleagues attended the 10th Annual Poster Vendor Night Exhibit which was

held at Syngenta on April 13th. This event drew the largest attendance for a technical

meeting hosted by the Central NC Section of the ACS. Sixteen vendors displayed their

products and forty-eight posters highlighting chemical research in the Triad, RTP and

Charlotte regions were presented. The local section awarded prizes for the best student

posters. The judging process was difficult because of the high quality of all of the

student posters. Awards were given for:

First Place:

Human 2-keto-4-hydroxy-glutarate Aldolase (KHGA), a Promising New Target for

Modulating Oxalate Production in Primary Hyperoxaluria Patients ,Travis Riedel and

Dr. W. Todd Lowther, Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest University School of

Medicine

Second Place:

Effects of Resveratrol and Galangin on hCYP1A1 and hCYP1B1 Activation of

Benzo[a]Pyrene (B[a]P) and B[a]P(-)7,8-diol (BPD) to Toxic and Mutagenic

Metabolites, Patricia D. Durant1, Sandra Leone-Kabler

2, Alan J. Townsend

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1 Department of Molecular Medicine & Translational Sciences, Wake Forest University

School of Medicine, 2 Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest University School of

Medicine

Third Place:

Characterization of Protein Structure and Stability in the Presence of Ionic Liquids,

Matthew Van Vorst, Jonathan Trullinger and Joanna Krueger, Department of

Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Activities coordinated by the Central NC section do not happen by themselves and Poster Vendor Night

is no exception. Special thanks goes out to the PVN Organizing Committee (Bill Eberle, Kent Kabler,

TJ Mayer, Johanna Mazlo and Robert Yokley), Poster Coordinator (Johanna Mazlo), Poster Judges

(Kathryn Bergman, Cecil Dharmasri, Dana DiDonato, Amber Goetz, Evangelia Kotsikorou, Dan

Minnema, Jeff Perine, Sameer Tyagi and Cherilyn Strader), and to volunteers (Patricia Duffy, Janice

Foushee, Doug Linebarrier, Mary Katsikas, Carol McKillican and Rebecca Roberts). The CNC-ACS

would also like to express a special thank you to Syngenta for providing the facilities for our venue.

Syngenta’s support for the past ten years has been instrumental in the success of Poster Vendor Night.

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CNC-ACS Section Meeting Highlights

Poster Vendor Night Pics

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CNC-ACS Section Meeting Highlights

Poster Vendor Night Pics – Continued.

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CNC-ACS Highlights

The CNC-ACS stream clean was a success!

Participants were: T.J Mayer (Syngenta Crop Protection), Henry Mayer, Gracie Mayer

Ron Hampton (Syngenta Crop Protection), Chloe Hampton

Chris Wainscott (VF Corporation), Madeleine Wainscott

Sherry Little (Guilford College)

Gail Webster (Guilford College), Caroline Webster (Southwest Guilford High School)

Mario Richardson (Guilford College)

Garrett Tanner (Guilford College)

Virginia Shutler (Guilford College)

Coy Eakes (Guilford College)

Dennis Burnes (UNC-G)

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CNC–ACS Upcoming Meetings

Friday

7 May, 2010

SciWorks

Winston-Salem

Section Meeting: Family Day

(6:30 pm - 9:00 pm)

Thursday

24 June, 2010

Bur-Mil Park

Greensboro

Section Meeting: Summer Picnic

(7:00 pm – 9:00 pm)

Tuesday

21 September, 2010

(TBD)

Section Meeting: Dr. Gerald DeMenna

“Nutritional Labeling LIES”-Reading

what you “eat”!

(TBD)

17-23 October, 2010

National Chemistry Week ”Behind the Scenes with Chemistry”

Thursday

13 October, 2010

Syngenta

Section Meeting: Dr. Lisa Balbes

“Nontraditional Career for Chemists:

New Formulas for Chemistry Careers”

(TBD))

Thursday

November, 2010

Syngenta

Section Meeting: (TBD)

Thursday

2 December, 2010

The Hawthorne Inn

Section Meeting: CNC-ACS Christmas

Banquet

(7:00 pm – 11:00 pm)

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CNC-ACS - News

American Chemical Society

Central North Carolina Section Janis McDonald Chair, Olympiad Committee

Olympiad Committee Chairperson, Janis McDonald 336-869-2128 janis.mcdonald@westchestercds.org

LOCAL STUDENTS WIN CHANCE TO QUALIFY FOR INTERNATIONAL CHEMISTRY OLYMPIAD

The Central NC Section of the American Chemical Society has announced the names of 9 outstanding high school chemistry students. The students participated in a national exam that may qualify them to become members of the U. S. National Chemistry Olympiad team that will compete in the 42nd International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) in Tokyo, Japan, July 19-28, 2010. The students are:

Jacob Simon and Ben Stallworth, Forsyth Country Day School (Peter Funk, teacher), Jay Kennedy, Westchester Country Day School (Janis McDonald), Kenan Courtney and Lewis

Brown, Grimsley High School (Sandra Strubinger), Steven Sauer and Nicholas Lenze, Northern Guilford (Patricia Plump), Sam Wilson, RJ Reynolds (Joshua Bragg), Heming Ge, Mt. Tabor

(Taryn Kendig).

The IChO involves a series of theoretical exams, laboratory exercises, and other activities aimed at identifying the best chemistry students from participating nations from around the world. The 9 local nominees are among nearly 1,000 nationwide that took the national qualifying exam. These students took their exam at High Point University on April 23. Twenty students will be identified and will undergo intensive training June 1-16 at the U. S. Air Force Academy in Colorado. The top four will be chosen to represent the U.S. in the 42nd IChO competition. Founded in 1876 and chartered by Congress, the American Chemical Society is a nonprofit scientific and educational organization dedicated to the advancement of chemistry in the public interest. The Central North Carolina Section is one of 190 across the nation serving more than 160,000 members.

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CNC-ACS - News

CNC-ACS High School Science Olympiad Team

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CNC-ACS – Job Opportunities

NMR Research Operations Manager

The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of North Carolina at

Greensboro is seeking a Research Operations Manager for their NMR facility, which

includes 500 MHz JEOL and 300 MHz Bruker instruments. In addition to upkeep,

training, and supervision of instruments, the Manager will work with faculty, postdocs,

and students (BA, BS, MS and Ph.D.) on the design and development of experiments and

interpretation of results for research and teaching. The minimum requirements for this

position are an MS in Chemistry, Biochemistry or related discipline and 3-5 years NMR

experience. The application deadline is May 10th

. For additional information on

available UNCG staff positions and information on how to apply, please see the website:

http://jobsearch.uncg.edu. If you have questions regarding the application process, please

call 336-334-5009. EEO/AA

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Directions

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