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DED UN 18 O 98 F http://www.nesacs.org N Y O T R E I T H C E N O A E S S S L T A E A C R C I N S M S E E H C C TI N December 2012 Vol. XCI, No. 4 O CA N • AMERI Monthly Meeting NESACS Small Epigenetic Targets A Medicinal Chemistry Symposium at Genzyme/Sanofi, Business Symposium Waltham, MA The presentation of Arthur Obermayer and a report by Jack Driscoll Report from Rochester: Henry Aaron Hill Who was Henry A. Hill? NERM 2012 By Larry Powell By Morton Z. Hoffman Small Chemical Business Symposium A report by Jack Driscoll, NESACS Public Relations Chair Waltham, MA, Oct.11, 2012- When Nova Biomedical Corp. in Waltham, MA agreed to host the 926th meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society (NESACS), we asked whether we could add an afternoon sympo- sium to the venue and received an enthusiastic “yes.” Our section, NESACS, is the largest of the 187 sections of the ACS with 7,500 members mostly in the greater Boston area. Most people are surprised to hear that. The symposium program is described in the link below. http://www.scribd.com/doc/109009584/Updated-Small-Chem-Biz-Symposium-Info The program included a summary of Madeleine Jacobs, Executive Director for small businesses in the early 80’s. This the ACS programs for Entrepreneurs, pro- & CEO of the American Chemical Society, became the NSF SBIR programs. He then grams available from the Massachusetts the world’s largest scientific organization worked with Senators Bayh and Dole on Small Business Development Center, the with 164,000 members talked about jobs the Bayh-Dole Patent Act. startup of Nova in the 1970s, conventional and ACS programs for entrepreneurs, Pam Randhawa of the Movie “21” and Small Business Association (SBA) described at http://www.acs.org/ei . fame (about MIT entrepreneurs who devel- financing. Other subjects included the We had a number of our NESACS oped a system to predict the cards in black- advantages of executive education for tech members describe “True Stories of Chemi- jack) and a serial entrepreneur described entrepreneurs, non-dilutive and dilutive cal Entrepreneurs.” The first, by 60-year four of her new ventures in biofuels, drug equity funding and an enlightening talk on ACS member, Arthur Obermayer, discovery, etc. the advantages of tweeting and other social described how he worked with Senator The last true story told by NESACS media for marketing your business. Kennedy to get government R&D funding Continued on page 13 Photos from the Cape Cod Science Café by Morton Z. Hoffman (l-r) Tom Gilbert, NESACS Councilor; Jennifer- Jack Driscoll (PID Analyzers), Chair of the Café presenters: Shirley Corriher (recipient of Maclachlan, co-organizer of the Café; Ruth NESACS Public Relations Committee, introduc- the 2013 ACS James T. Grady-James H. Stack Tanner, NESACS Chair; Shirley Corriher, pre- ing the Science Café. Award for Interpreting Chemistry for the Pub- senter at the Café; Diane Slater, presenter at the lic), at left, and Diane Slater (Cape Cod Pack- Café; Anna Singer, NESACS Administrative sec- age Store) discussing how food changes the way retary; Jack Driscoll, co-organizer of the Café. wine tastes. 2 The Nucleus December 2012 The Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society, Inc. Contents NESACS Office Anna Singer, 12 Corcoran Road, NESACS Small Business Symposium 2 Burlington, MA 01803 _______________________ (Voice or FAX) 781-272-1966. By NESACS Public Relations Chair, Jack Driscoll e-mail: secretary(at)nesacs.org http://www.NESACS.org Photos from the Cape Cod Science Café ____________________2 Officers 2012 by Morton Z. Hoffman Chair Ruth Tanner Report from Rochester: NERM 2012_______________________4 Olney Hall 415B Text and Photos by Morton Z. Hoffman Lowell, MA 01854 University of Mass Lowell Monthly Meeting 5 Ruth_Tanner(at)uml.edu _______________________________________ 978-934-3662 A Medicinal Chemistry Symposium on Epigenetic Targets. Chair-Elect To be held at Genzyme/Sanofi, 151 Second Street, Waltham, MA Liming Shao Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. Announcements ______________________________________6,7 84 Waterford Drive Sunney Xie receives the Harrison Howe Award, ACS Climate Science Marlborough, MA 01752 lshao(at)fas.harvard.edu Toolkit, Travel Grants-in-Aid Immediate Past Chair Statement on the ACS vs. Leadscope Settlement 7 Patrick M. Gordon _____________ 1 Brae Circle NESACS Small Business Symposium 8 Woburn, MA 01801 _______________________ Patrick.gordon65(at)gmail.com A presentation by Arthur Obermayer-October 11, 2012 Secretary: Michael Singer Henry Aaron Hill ______________________________________10 Sigma-Aldrich Who was Henry A. Hill? 3 Strathmore Rd, Natick, MA 01360 774-290-1391, michael.singer(at)sial.com by Larry Powell (1991) Treasurer: On Receiving the 2012 Henry A. Hill Award ________________11 James Piper 19 Mill Rd, Harvard, MA 01451 By Michael P. Filosa 978-456-3155, piper28(at)attglobal.net Photos from the October Meeting 12 Auditor: ________________________ Anthony Rosner By Morton Z. Hoffman Archivist Tim Frigo Cover: The cover photo was taken at the October NESACS Meeting. Pictured Trustees: left-to-right: Madeleine Jacobs, ACS Executive Director and CEO, Arthur Ober- Peter C. Meltzer, Esther A. H. Hopkins, mayer, presenter at the NESACS Small Business Symposium and 60-year mem- Michael E. Strem Directors-at-Large ber, Mukund Chorghade, and Dr. Jack Driscoll, Co-organizers of the symposium. David Harris, Stephen Lantos, James Phillips, Additional photos from the meeting are shown on Page 11 of this issue (Photo Ralph Scannell, Alfred Viola, John Burke by Morton Z. Hoffman) Councilors Alternate Councilors Term Ends 12/31/2012 Editorial Deadlines: February 2013 Issue: December 15, 2012 Amy E. Tapper Jerry P. Jasinski March 2013 Issue: January 15, 2013 Catherine E. Costello Gary R. Weisman Patricia A. Mabrouk Norton P. Peet Dorothy J. Phillips Edward J. Brush Ruth Tanner Michael Hurrey Term Ends 12/31/2013 Thomas R. Gilbert Alfred Viola The Nucleus is published monthly, except June and August, by the Northeastern Section of the American Michael Singer Sophia R. Su Chemical Society, Inc. Forms close for advertising on the 1st of the month of the preceding issue. Text Robert Lichter Kenneth C. Mattes must be received by the editor six weeks before the date of issue. Mary Shultz Tim Frigo Leland L. Johnson, Jr. Raj (SB) Rajur Editor: Michael P. 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Box 1150, Marshfield, MA 02050, All Chairs of standing Email: Manager-vincegale(at)mboservices.net; Tel: 781-837-0424 Committees, the editor Contributing Editors: Morton Hoffman, Feature Editor; Dennis Sardella, Book Reviews of THE NUCLEUS, and Calendar Coordinator: Sheila Rodman, email: serodman(at)hotmail.com the Trustees of Section Photographers: Morton Z. Hoffman and James Phillips Funds are members of the Board of Directors. Any Proofreaders: Donald O. Rickter, Vivian K. Walworth, Mindy Levine Coun cilor of the American Chemical Soci- Webmaster: Roy Hagen ety residing within the section area is an ex Copyright 2012, Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society, Inc. officio member of the Board of Directors. The Nucleus December 2012 3 Report from Rochester: Corporate Patrons $2000 - or more AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals NERM 2012 Eisai Pharmaceuticals Morton Z. Hoffman, Boston University [[email protected]] EMD Serono NESACS Representative to the Board of Directors, Northeast Region of the ACS, Genzyme Corp. Inc. Johnson Matthey ACS President, Cathleen Crudden Merck & Co. Novartis (Queen’s University), CSC President, The 38th Northeast Pfizer Inc. Thomas Smith (Rochester Institute of Regional Meeting Schering Corp. (NERM), 100 Years Technology), and Deryn Fogg (Univer- Strem Chemicals, Inc. of Creating a Better sity of Ottawa) about areas of common Vertex Pharmaceuticals Future Through cross-border interest and potential activities. $1000-$1999 Chemistry, which Boehringer Ingelheim was hosted by the Rochester Local GlaxoSmithKline Section, was held on Sunday-Wednes- Irix Pharmaceuticals day, September 30-October 3, 2012, at Lyophilization Services of NE the Radisson Hotel Riverside on the Sundia Meditech banks of the Genesee River in down- Yes Bank town Rochester, NY. Richard Hart- $300-$999 mann (Nazareth College) and Terry Cambridge Major Labs Bluhm (Xerox, retired) served as Gen- Girindus eral and Program Chairs, respectively. Merrimack Consultants For a complete listing of the NERM Organix 2012 technical program, go to PCI Synthesis <http://nerm.sites.acs.org/>. Sigma Aldrich With 341 abstracts and 661 partic- Joint ACS/CSC Presidential Event: (l-r) Bassam Waters Corp. ipants, including undergraduate stu- Shakhashiri, ACS President; Thomas Smith, Wilmington PharmaTech dents, the meeting featured oral and Rochester Institute of Technology; Richard Hartmann, NERM 2012 General Chair; Deryn