The Cincinnati Local Section of the American Chemical Society

Party Night

On the Riverboat Deck of The Great American Ball Park

Cincinnati Reds vs. Florida Marlins

Wednesday, May 14

Game Starts at 7:10pm, Riverboat Deck Opens at 5:40pm.

Tickets for party night have been mailed to you on or before 5/2/08. If you have not received your ticket by May 10, please let John Janusz know (janusz.jm@pg.com, 622-3803). Payment can be made by cash or check to our treasurer, Beth Reno, when you arrive at the Riverboat Deck.

Cost is $30 per person which includes admission to the game and the Riverboat Deck and a buffet dinner which includes: Either Montgomery Inn Pulled Pork or Herb Roasted Chicken (alternate each game), Hot Dogs, Big Red Smokies, Sauerkraut, Peppers & Onions, Pasta Salad, Cole Slaw, Potato Salad, Vegetable Tray, Popcorn, Peanuts in the shell, Assorted Cookies, Buns & Condiments, Pepsi Products & Water, 2 Beers per person

Ninety seats are reserved for the Cincinnati local section on the Riverboat Deck in center field. The deck open 90 minutes before game time. Parking is on your own.

The Cincinnati Bell Riverboat Deck: See all the action from this prime spot beyond center field, where you can enjoy panoramic views of the Ohio River and the entire ballpark!

Registration: Registration is now closed.

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continue reading | No Comments | Posted: March 25th, 2008 at 9:00am

“Zymurgy: The Art and Science of Making Beer”

Tracy Hamilton

University of Alabama at Birmingham

“The Commercial Production of Craft Beers”

Ken Lee

Brewmaster at Boston Beer (Sam Adams), Cincinnati

Sponsored by Advanced Testing Laboratory, Inc.

Wednesday, March 19th

Program:

5:15-6:15 Joy Henderson, Cargill Flavor Systems. Career Services Discussion Group. Location: Room Northwest A.

“Brainstorming Session on Chemistry Careers”

5:15-6:15 Dr. Tom Brueggemeyer, US FDA, Forensic Chemistry Center. Analytical Discussion Group. Location: Room Northwest B.

“Pet Food Contamination 2007— a Multi-Faceted Analytical Investigation”

6:00-7:15 Social Hour

7:15-8:15 Dinner, Sequoia Rooms 1-3. ($20.00 or $10.00 for students, emeritus, unemployed new members). Specialty menu designed using Sam Adams products: Boston Marinated Pork Loin with Scotch Ale Sauce, Adams roast beef, herb roasted potatoes, roasted summer vegetables with Sam Adams vinaigrette. Vegetarian option: vegetable pasta roll toped with a marinara or alfredo sauce.

8:15-9:15 Featured Speakers

Registration: Please register online HERE. The deadline for reservations is Friday, March 14 The deadline for reservations has been extended to Monday, March 17 at 2:00pm.

Great Wolf Lodge

5688 Kings Island Drive

Mason, Ohio 45040

Phone: (513) 336-7614

Website: http://www.greatwolf.com

continue reading | No Comments | Posted: February 21st, 2008 at 8:18am

Practical HPLC for Pharmaceutical Analysis

Kim Huynh-Ba, Instructor

Monday May 5, 2008

Mason Business Center — P&G

8700 Mason-Montgomery Road, Mason Ohio

Who Should Attend:

This course focuses on reversed-phase analysis of drug substances and drug products (small molecule). It is designed for managers and researchers who currently use, supervise, or need to learn more about HPLC method development and method validation in a pharmaceutical or regulated (cGMP) laboratory. To get the most out of the course, it is highly recommended that you have at least two years of hands-on HPLC experience.

Key Topics You’ll Learn About:

Conduct method validation by phases of development

Maintain validation through method life cycle

Discuss regulatory expectations through warning letters

How You’ll Benefit from this Course:

Become more successful in pharmaceutical assays and ICH impurity testing

Learn method development strategies

Learn key concepts in reversed-phase HPLC

Understand regulatory aspects for HPLC assays

Design your method validation in compliance of regulations

Monitor impurities according to ICH guidelines

About the Instructor:

Kim Huynh-Ba is the Technical Directory of Pharmalytic Consulting and Training Services (www.pharmalytik.com). With over twenty years of experience in various analytical areas of pharmaceutical development and a primary focus in stability sciences, she specializes in analytical development, stability, outsourcing and technology transfer management. She has been involved with several projects harmonizing and optimizing analytical best practices in several companies, including those under Consent Decree.

Program Agenda:

Check-in will begin at 7:45 am. The course will be taught from 8:00am to 5:00pm. If you have technical questions about the course, contact Kin Huynh-Ba at kim.huynhba@pharmalytik.com.

Date and Site:

May 5, 2008, this is a 1-day course. Location: Mason Business Center (formerly Health Care Research Center) — The Procter & Gamble Company, 8700 Mason-Montgomery Road, Mason, Ohio 45040.

Registration and Fees: REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED. The course fee will be $500 for ACS members and $600 for non-members (compare to $895/$995 at the National ACS meeting). The fee includes course materials, continental breakfast, lunch, and refreshment break, and a copy of Modern HPLC for Practicing Scientists, by Dr. Michael Dong (Wiley-Interscience, 2006). Seating will be limited.

To Pay by Check:

Make check payable to: “Cincinnati Section ACS” and send to

Dr. Rick White

The Procter and Gamble Company

Mason Business Center

8700 Mason-Mongtomery Road

Mason, OH 45040

continue reading | No Comments | Posted: February 20th, 2008 at 1:00pm

The WCC 2008 Joint Reception
and Committee Open Meeting

“Rebuilding Rich Connections”

Saturday, April 5, 2008

New Orleans Marriott on Canal

5:00pm to 6:30pm

Highlights of this event include:

WCC Chair, Amber Hinkle, will provide a brief update on the status of WCC programs

Information on events of interest to women at the National ACS Meeting

Poster display and discussion of innovative programs

Music played by local chemists in partnership with AiChE

Please join us to share good food and non-alcoholic beverages. This meeting is the perfect opportunity to network with fellow women scientists and engineers from around the country.

All women scientists and engineers are invited to attend to see posters and participate in discussions of innovative programs.

continue reading | No Comments | Posted: February 20th, 2008 at 7:33am

Reception Honoring Nobel Laureate Professor Harold Kroto

of Florida State University

Friday, April 11th, 2008

University of Cincinnati

The graduate students at the University of Cincinnati are organizing a special event for Nobel Laureate Professor Harold Kroto of the Florida State University. His visit concludes with a buffet style banquet in his honor which will be held on Friday, April 11th, 2008.

Program:

5:00 – 6:00pm Registration and Cocktail Hour (cash bar).

6:00 – 7:30pm Dinner: A buffet dinner to include Steamship Round of Beef, Breast of Chicken Marsala, Vegetable Lasagna, Garden Salad, Caesar Salad, Herb-Roasted Vegetables, Roasted Redskin Potatoes, Sponge Cake with Fruit, German Chocolate Cake, Coffee and Iced Tea.

7:30 – 8:30pm Presentation: Professor Harold Kroto, Florida Sate University. “My ‘world’ Line”.

Registration: Please register by sending an email to Sayandev Chatterjee at rasayan@gmail.com. The banquet will be limited to 100 guests. The cost for Students is $5, and others $10 to be collected at the door.

Location:

850 Lindner Center

University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, OH 45211

Dr. Kroto will also give a seminar entitled “Science, Society, and Sustainability” on Thursday April 10th at 4:30pm in the Zimmer Auditorium with a reception following in the Zimmer Roof Garden.

continue reading | No Comments | Posted: February 19th, 2008 at 6:08am

“Biomass Energy Without Hype”

Professor Emeritus Henry Bungay

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

February Monthly Meeting

Wednesday February 20, 2008

Cincinnati Museum Center, Union Terminal

Joint Meeting with the American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Sponsored by Ted J. Logan

Co-sponsored by Iota Sigma Pi (Women Chemists’ National Honor Society)

Program:
5:15-6:15 Colloid Discussion Group, in the Collett Galley.

“Post-Polymerization Modification of Polymer Brushes”

Steve Diamanti, Wright Patterson Air Force Base

5:15-6:15 Chemical Information Discussion Group, in the Newsreel Theater.

“New Proposed Changes to Patent Law”

Edlyn Simmons and Clem Luken

5:30-7:00 Registration, Cincinnati Dining Room

6:00-7:00 Social Hour (cash bar), Cincinnati Dining Room

7:00-8:00 Dinner, Cincinnati Dining Room ($20.00 or $10.00 for students, emeritus, unemployed & new members). Buffet with Caesar Salad, grilled Boneless Chicken Breast with Balsamic Demi-Glace, Sliced Roast Pork Loin with a Warm Apple Chutney, Penne Pasta with Assorted Grilled Vegetables and tossed in a Creamy Gorgonzola Sauce, Seasonal Steamed Vegetables, Fresh Baked Rolls and Butter, Chocolate Torte and Cheesecake, Lemonade, Ice Tea and Coffee.

8:00-9:00 Professor Emeritus Henry Bungay, Department of Chemical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, “Biomass Energy without Hype”

Dinner Reservations: Make reservations online now by following the reservation link HERE. If it is impossible for you to register online, call Beth Reno at 513-622-1346. Registration is now closed.

continue reading | No Comments | Posted: January 18th, 2008 at 7:06pm

Awards Night:

Cincinnati Chemist of the Year: Vern Hicks, Ph.D., NKU and

Research Associate of the Year: Harold Vaughn, P&G

January Monthly Meeting

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Sharonville Convention Center

Sponsored by Givaudan Flavors

Program:

5:15 – 6:15pm: Board Meeting, Room 108

5:15 – 6:15pm: Women Chemists Workshop. Video and discussion, Tina Engel, “Communications Styles-Understand Them and Use Them.” Room 107

5:30 – 7:00pm: Registration, Room 110

6:00pm – 7:00pm: Social Hour(cash bar), Room 110

7:00 – 8:00pm: Dinner, Room 110. $20 or $10 for students, emeritus, unemployed & new members. Choice of : Beef Stroganoff with Paprika Noodles, Chicken Alouette or Vegetarian Pasta. All served with salad, vegetable, starch, dessert, rolls & butter, coffee & tea.

8:00 – 9:00pm: Awards presentations and talk.

Please register online HERE. If it is impossible for you to register online, please call Beth Reno at 513-622-1346 to register. Registration is now closed.

continue reading | No Comments | Posted: December 13th, 2007 at 1:57pm

December Monthly Meeting

December 11th, 2007

Conaton Board Room, Room 201 Schmidt Hall

Xavier University

Joint Meeting with the National Society for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE)

Featured Speaker:

Professor Matt Platz, The Ohio State University

Register Online: Please register online HERE. Alternatively, you may email the webmaster at webmaster@acscincinnati.org to register. Registration is now closed.

Program:

5:15 – 6:15pm:

Organic Discussion Group

Matt Platz, “Ultrafast Studies of Reactive Intermediates.” Albers Hall Room 107

Biochemistry Discussion Group

Stefan Paula, “Virtual screening for Novel Calcium ATPase Inhibitors by Computational Docking.” Logan Hall Room 105

5:30 – 7:00pm: Registration, Conaton Board Room, 2nd floor Schmidt Hall

6:00 – 7:00pm: Social Hour (cash bar) Conaton Board Room.

7:00 – 8:00pm: Dinner. Conaton Board Room ($20.00 or $10.00 for students, emeritus, unemployed & new members). Menu: Pan Seared Chicken Breast with Hunter Sauce, Garden Greens Salad with Italian Vinaigrette, Wild Rice Pilaf, Fresh Seasonal Vegetable Medley, Fresh Baked Bread, Chocolate Mousse with Raspberry Sauce, Whipped Cream and Chocolate Shavings, Coffee, Tea. Vegetarian entree available upon request when making reservations.

8:00 – 9:00pm: Speaker, Prof. Matt Platz: “Making the Blood Supply Safer by Applications of Physical Organic Chemistry – Sterilizing Blood Products with Riboflavin and Light”

Directions to Meeting Venue:
The Xavier University Conaton Presidential Board Room is located on the second floor of Schmidt Hall. Parking is provided free with this parking pass (.pdf) at the F&W Center on Dana Avenue across the street from Schmidt Hall. A map of Xavier University with directions can be found HERE (.pdf).

continue reading | No Comments | Posted: November 22nd, 2007 at 8:13am
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