March Meeting
on
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
at
Beckett Ridge Country Club
with
the Dayton Section of the ACS
Sponsored by
Advanced Testing Laboratory
with
Featured Speaker Daniel Nocera
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Program:
6:00 – 7:00 pm: Registration
6:00 – 7:00 pm: Social Hour. The bar will be open from approximately 6:00 until the conclusion of Dinner. Each guest will receive 1 ticket, which they will be able to use for Beer or Wine. A cash bar will be available for those desiring to purchase an additional beverage. Soft drinks are available without charge.
7:00 – 8:00 pm: Dinner. Menu: Option 1: Grilled MahiMahi with Fruit Salsa and Rice Pilaf Option 2 : Chicken Cordon Bleu with Creamy Sage Sauce with Buttered Red Skin New Potatoes.
8:00 pm: Meeting and featured Speaker
“Personalized Energy for 1 (× 6 Billion)”
Daniel Nocera, MIT
Registration: Please register online at:
http://registration.acscincinnati.org/
If you are unable to register online, you may send your reservations by email to hershbss@muohio.edu. If it is absolutely impossible for you to make reservation via the internet, call 513-727-3438 (please leave name, affiliation, dinner option, a contact phone number and state if you are in one of the 1/2 price categories).
The cost of the meeting is $25 for members, or $15 for students, emeritus, new, and unemployed members.
Deadline for reservations is 12:00 noon on Friday, March 5.
Directions:
From North : Take I-75 South to Exit #19 (Union Center Boulevard). Turn right as you enter Union Center Boulevard and drive West (headed toward Fairfield) for ca. 2 miles to Beckett Road (stop light). Turn right onto Beckett Road and follow up hill (ca. 0.9 miles) to the next right which is Beckett Ridge Boulevard. Turn right onto Beckett Ridge Boulevard. The Country Club entrance is on the right approximately 1 mile from the intersection. Drive slowly and watch for the small Country Club sign on your right. The driveway into the Club runs up a steep incline and the main building is situated at the top of a hill. Ample parking is available just to the right of the main Clubhouse building.
From South : Basically the same as above. Take I-75 North to Exit #19 (Union Center Boulevard). Turn left as you enter Union Center Boulevard and drive West (headed toward Fairfield). Follow additional directions as given above.
September 20, 2009: Family and Friends Picnic @ Germania Park
October 18-24: National Chemistry Week
“Chemistry — It’s Elemental”
October 30, 2009: Oesper Award Activities at the University of Cincinnati
Susan Lindquist, MIT
December 3, 2009: At Xavier University
Sibrina Collins, College of Wooster
January 13, 2010:
Gary Reineccius, U. Minnesota
February 10, 2010: Chemist of the Year
March 10, 2010: Joint meeting with Dayton local section
April 14, 2010: At NKU
A. Jorgenson, U. of Toledo
May 2010: Party Night
Since the sun is out, and highway crews are doing a great job, there is no need to change plans. We look forward to celebrating our Chemists of the Year as planned. See you at the event. (Updated: February 10, 2010, 12:40pm)
Despite the inclement weather, the meeting will be held as scheduled. Please check back for further updates. (Updated: February 9, 2010, 4:15pm)
February Meeting
on
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
at
The elements Conference and Event Center
located at
11974 Lebanon Road, Cincinnati, OH 45241
Sponsored by Procter and Gamble
Honoring the 2010 Chemist of the year:
Professor Stephen J. Clarson
of the University of Cincinnati, Department of Materials Science & Engineering
and
Honoring the 2010 Research Associate of the Year:
Ms. Deborah (Debbie) Back
of the Procter & Gamble Company
Program:
6:00 – 7:00 pm: Registration and Reception. Fruits and Vegetables, Cheese and Crackers. Beer, wine and soft drink bar.
7:00 – 8:00 pm: Buffet Dinner. Round of Beef Au Jus, Chicken Marsala, Roast Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Honey Glazed Carrots, Sauteed Snow Peas, Assorted Breads and Rolls, Assorted Brownies and Cookies, Coffee. Vegetarian Lasagna available upon request.
8:00 – 9:00 pm: Presentation of the awards, lecture by Stephen J. Clarson
Cost: $25. $15 for students, emeritus, unemployed and new members.
Registration:
Please register online at:
http://registration.acscincinnati.org/
The deadline for reservations is 12 noon on Wednesday, February 3.
January 2010 Meeting
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
at
Givaudan Flavors
1199 Edison Dr., Cincinnati, Ohio
Sponsored by Givaudan Flavors
with aditional contribution from Iota Sigma Pi
Speaker: Dr. Gary Reineccius
Department of Food Science and Nutrition
University of Minnesota
Program:
5:30 – 7:30 pm: Registration
5:30 – 6:30 pm: National Chemistry Week Committee Meeting [CDR #1]
6:00 – 7:00 pm: Social Hour. Cheese with crackers and grapes, veggies with dip, punch, iced tea, soft drinks.
7:00 – 8:00 pm: Buffet Dinner. Carved beef, stuffed chicken breast, potatoes and vegetables, rolls and assorted cheesecakes.
Cost: $25. $15 for students, emeritus, unemployed, and new members.
8:00 pm: Speaker.
“Flavonomics–A ‘New’ Tool in Flavor Research”
Prof. Gary Reineccius
Registration: Please register online at:
http://registration.acscincinnati.org/
Alternatively, you may email the webmaster at webmaster@acscincinnati.org to register, or call Susan Hershberger at 513.727.3438.
The deadline for registration is 12:00 noon on Friday, January 8.
Directions to Givaudan:
From 1-75 North: take the Towne Street exit. Go right at the end of the exit. Turn left at the light onto Paddock Rd. At the first light, turn left onto Edison Drive and enter the TechSolve Research Park.
Givaudan Flavors is on the left; however, continue on Edison past the visitors entrance and park in the employee parking lot, which is behind the building. Use the entrance near the south end of the parking lot. The entrance will be marked.
From I-75 South: take the Paddock Rd. exit and turn left at the end of the exit onto Paddock Road. Turn right at the third stoplight onto Edison Drive and continue as above.
December 2009 Meeting
December 3, 2009
at
Xavier University
Conaton Board Room, Room 201 Schmidt Hall
Joint Meeting with the National Society for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE)
Featured Speaker:
Dr. Sibrina Collins, College of Wooster
Program:
5:15 – 6:15pm: Board Meeting (Location TBA)
5:30 – 7:00pm: Registration, Conaton Board Room, 2nd floor Schmidt Hall
6:00 – 7:00pm: Social Hour, Conaton Board Room
7:00 – 8:00pm: Dinner: Conaton Board Room ($25 or $15 for students, emeritus, unemployed & new members).
Menu: Pan Seared Chicken Breat with hunter Sauce, Garden Greens Salad with Italian Vinaigrette, Wild Rice Pilaf, Fresh Seasonal Vegetable Medley, Fresh Baked Bread, Chocolate Mousse with Rasberry Sauce, Whipped Cream and Chocolate Shavings, Coffee, Tea. Vegetarian entree available upon request when making reservations.
Please register online here: REGISTRATION HAS NOW CLOSED.
http://registration.acscincinnati.org/
8:00 – 9:00pm: Speaker
“African American Contributions in Science”
Dr. Sibrina Collins
Directions:
The Xavier University Conaton Presidential Board Room is located on the second floor of Schmidt Hall. Parking is provided free with the parking pass in the December issue of CINTACS at the F&W Center on Dana Avenue across the street from Schmidt Hall. A map of Xavier University with directions can be found at:
http://www.xavier.edu/about/Maps-Directions.cfm/map.pdf
Address of Xavier University:
3800 Victory Parkway
Cincinnati, OH 45207
From I-71:
Exit at the Dana Avenue Exit. Proceed west on Dana Avenue past Ledgewood Drive. As the road begins a slight turn, the Alumni Center parking area will be on the left before you reach Victory Parkway.
From I-75:
Exit at Mictchell Avenue. Proceed east on Mitchell Avenue, crossing over Reading Road. Continue to Dana Avenue and turn left. Just after crossing Victory Parkway, the entrance to Alumni Center parking area will be on the right.
From Route 562:
Exit the Norwood Laterial at Reading Road. Continue in the left lane of Reading Road to Victory Parkway. Merge left onto Victory Parkway at the light. Continue to Dana Avenue. Turn left onto Dana Avenue. the entrance to Alumni Center parking area will be on the right in about half a block.
The Department of Chemistry of the University of Cincinnati and the
Cincinnati Section of the American Chemical Society
present
The 2009 Ralph and Helen Oesper Banquet & Poster Session
honoring
Susan Lindquist
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
on
Friday, October 30, 2009
at
The Great Hall, Tangeman University Center, University of Cincinnati
Program:
5:30 – 7:00pm: Local Cincinnati Poster Session/Social Hour
7:15 – 9:30pm: Oesper Banquet and Award Presentation
Featured after dinner speaker:
Elaine Fuchs
Head of the Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development
The Rockefeller University
Registration: The banquet price, which includes salad, dessert and one drink, is $20 (1/2 price for emeritus, students, K-12, unemployed and new members) is payable at the door.
Please register online at:
http://registration.acscincinnati.org/
Registration has closed.
THE DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS OCTOBER 21st. (Earlier than normal)
Dinner choices are:
1. Chicken Chausseur (chicken in a white wine sauce with mushrooms and tomatoes) and served with red skin mashed potatoes and sauteed green beans.
2. Filet in a red wine sauce and served with red skin mashed potatoes and sauteed green beans.
3. Vegetarian/Vegan Option: Peppers stuffed with a lentil ragu and served with sauteed green beans.
About the speaker:
Elaine Fuchs is the Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor in Mammalian Cell Biology and Development at The Rockefeller University. She is also an Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Fuchs has published >250 papers and is internationally known for her research in skin biology and associated human genetic disorders, which include skin cancers and life-threatening genetic syndromes such as blistering skin disorders. Fuchs’ current research focuses on the molecular mechanisms that underlie how multipotent stem cells respond to external cues, change their program of gene expression, exit their niche and adopt specific fates to make the epidermis, sebaceous glands and hair follicles of the skin.
Fuchs received her Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Princeton University, and after her postdoctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she joined the faculty at the University of Chicago. She stayed there until 2002 when she relocated to The Rockefeller University. Fuchs’ awards and honors include the Presidential Young Investigator Award, the Richard Lounsbery Award from the National Academy of Sciences, the Novartis-Drew Award for Biomedical Research, the Dickson Prize in Medicine, the FASEB Award for Scientific Excellence and the Beering Award. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, and she holds honorary doctorates from Mt. Sinai/New York University School of Medicine and from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Fuchs is also a past President of the American Society of Cell Biology and in summer 2009, she will be President-Elect of the International Society for Stem Cell Research.
6th ANNUAL FAMILY AND FRIENDS PICNIC
Sunday September 20, 2009 from 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Activities and entertainment will include food, drinks, music, liquid nitrogen ice cream, chemistry puzzles, chemistry demonstrations and a cornhole competition. Celebrate the end of summer and the beginning of fall by connecting with your old friends and meeting new friends.
Bring your family! Germania Park has a playground for children and playing fields for various sports. Conveniently located just north of Cincinnati, the park has a covered pavilion so it will be fun rain or shine. Bring your friend or cornhole partner! You might win a unique artist designed chemistry-themed cornhole game.
1:00 – 2:00 pm: Registration
2:00 pm: Food will be served
Food/Potluck: The section will provide grilled hot dogs, hamburgers, brats, metts, and chicken as well as condiments and drinks including beer, soft drinks and juice boxes.
Attendees are cordially requested to bring a dish to share. If your last name start name starts with A-M please bring a side dish or salad for 6. If your last name starts with N-Z bring a desert for 6.
Cost: $10 for individual members or $15 for members with their family or friends. $5 for individual retired members, first time chemists, K-12 teachers, students and unemployed members or $10 for the same with family or friends.
Reservations: Please register online at:
http://registration.acscincinnati.org/
The deadline for registration is Wednesday, September 16, 2009. REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.
As a last resort you may send your reservation by email to Beth Reno at reno.ea@pg.com. If it is impossible to make your reservation online or via email, call Beth at 513-622-1346: leave your name, affiliation, number of people attending, a contact phone number and state if you are retired, a first time attendee, unemployed, a K-12 teacher or a student.
Directions to Germania Park:
3529 West Kemper Road
Cincinnati, OH 45251
From I-275: Take the Colerain Avenue exit and go north on Colerain (Rt. 27) for about 2.5 miles. Take the Kemper Road exit and turn right on to kemper. Germania park is on the right after about 1.3 miles.
From I-275 W: Take exit #36 toward Mt. Healthy. Turn right on to Hamilton Avenue (Rt. 127) and go north about 0.8 miles. Turn left on to West Kemper Road. Germania Park is on the left after another 1.6 miles.
Party Night
at the Cincinnati Zoo
Sponsored by Dr. Milton Orchin
Friday, May 15, 2009
Program:
Come explore the wild side with Cincinnati ACS at party night at the Zoo!
We have scheduled the Cincinnati Zoo CREW plaza for party night on Friday May 15 from 5:30 – 9:30 pm. This is an after-hours, private event.
Tours of the CREW facilities will be available for us to learn more about their research efforts in saving species with science. A CREW scientist will guide groups of 15-20 on a 20-minute tour throughout most of the evening, with tours starting at 5:30 pm.
The Zoo’s indoor exhibits will be open for your viewing as well as any outdoor exhibits that have animals out at night.
The lodge will be our backup-up facility in case of rain.
Dinner will be at 6:30pm on the plaza. Dinner is an Italian Buffet: Classic tossed salad, with ranch and balsamic vinaigrette dressings, bow-tie or rotini pasta with 3 sauces – marinara, pesto, or spinach-onion cream. Sauteed peppers and mushrooms, steamed broccoli and baby carrots. Coffee, tea, and cash bar.
Registration: Please register online at:
Alternatively, you may email the webmaster@acscincinnati.org or call Roger Parker at 513.771.3613. The deadline to register is Tuesday, May 12.
Parking:
Please park in the Safari Lot near the CREW Plaza.
Directions:
ZooDirections (.pdf)
Signs will be posted to direct attendees to the ACS EVENT at CREW location. Inform the gate attendant that you are with Cincinnati ACS to receive ticket.