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Department of Chemistry Department of Chemistry In academic year 2011–2012, the Department of Chemistry had 27.5 full-time faculty (one dual faculty appointment with Biological Engineering): four assistant, three associate, and 20.5 full professors. Three of our faculty (Professors Drennan, Klibanov, and Stubbe) have a secondary appointment in Biology or Biological Engineering. Three additional faculty (Professors Chakraborty, Imperiali, and Tannenbaum) have a secondary appointment in chemistry. Of the department’s 12 emeritus professors, two are Institute Professors. In addition to research in biological, inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry, the Chemistry Department continued its strong programs in undergraduate and graduate education, with 221 graduate students, 125 postdoctoral researchers, and 77 undergraduate chemistry majors. Effective July 1, 2012, Troy Van Voorhis assumed the rank of full professor, and Alexander Klibanov became the Firmenich professor of chemistry and bioengineering. John Essigmann, the William R. and Betsy P. Leitch professor in residence and a professor in the Departments of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, was appointed the next director of the Center for Environmental Health Sciences. His appointment was effective April 2012. Matthew Shoulders joined the faculty as an assistant professor on July 1, 2012. Shoulders was an American Cancer Society postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of professor Jeffery Kelly at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA.As a Department of Homeland Security and ACS medicinal chemistry graduate fellow, Shoulders worked under the guidance of professor Ronald Raines to obtain his PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2009. Shoulders graduated summa cum laude with a BS in chemistry from Virginia Tech in 2004, where he performed undergraduate research in the laboratory of professor Felicia Etzkorn. In his new lab, Shoulders is particularly interested in developing and applying chemical biology tools and bioorthogonal chemistry to elucidate how cells dynamically adjust the molecular identities of proteins in response to dysregulated protein homeostasis. His group’s initial focus will be on cancer-related and stress-induced post-translational protein modifications such as N- and O-glycosylation. His lab will also work to understand the etiologies of and develop new therapeutic strategies for incurable orphan diseases that derive from missense mutations to extracellular matrix proteins, such as osteogenesis imperfecta. These disorders are powerful models for entire categories of protein folding- related diseases. As they discover and characterize pathways involved in cellular protein folding, researchers in the Shoulders group will also develop new chemical entities that modulate those pathways for treatment of protein folding-related diseases. MIT Reports to the President 2011–2012 1 Department of Chemistry In Remembrance—Robert J. Silbey A celebration of the life of Robert J. Silbey, Class of 1942 Professor of Chemistry, former head of the Department of Chemistry, and dean of science from 2000 to 2007, took place on March 17, 2012, in the atrium of the Brain and Cognitive Sciences building. Professor Silbey died on October 27, 2011, after a battle with chronic lymphatic leukemia. He asw 71. The atrium was a fitting venue to honor this remarkable chemist who, during his tenure as dean of science, oversaw the construction of the Brain and Cognitive Sciences building project, the Physics in-fill building, the renovation of Building 18, and the beginning plans for the new Koch Center for Integrative Cancer Research. Family members, colleagues, and many friends filled the beautiful airy space to pay tribute to a remarkable man. Touching tributes, both poignant and entertaining, were delivered by all the speakers. Silbey’s daughters, Jessica and Anna, regaled mourners with stories of their delightful childhood with a wonderfully attentive and loving father. They spoke of his devotion to their mother, Susan, and the joy and love he felt for his grandchildren. Susan Hockfield, president of MIT; former president Charles est;V and former provost Robert Brown spoke of Silbey’s extensive service to the Institute and his unpretentious excellence as an administrator. Susumu Tonegawa, Picower professor of biology and neuroscience, with whom Silbey worked closely during the establishment of the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, delivered a heartfelt tribute to his colleague. Sylvia Ceyer, John C. Sheehan professor and head of the Department of Chemistry—to whom Silbey was a close friend, colleague, and mentor for over 30 years—talked of their wonderful friendship and spoke about how much his presence is missed in the Department of Chemistry. Bruce Berne, Higgins professor of chemistry and professor of chemical engineering at Columbia University, a life-long friend of Silbey (going back to their childhood and education in the Brooklyn public schools together), spoke fondly of the treasured relationship his wife and he enjoyed with Robert and Susan Silbey for over 50 years. Professor Jean Pierre Boon of the Center for Nonlinear Phenomena and Complex Systems, University of Brussels, who attended the University of Chicago with Silbey, spoke about their deep friendship and subsequent collaboration. James Kinsey, D. R. Bullard-Welch foundation professor of science emeritus at Rice University, chairman of the Welch Foundation scientific advisory board and former head of the Department of Chemistry at MIT (who was largely responsible for hiring Silbey as an assistant professor in 1966), spoke of their long friendship and collaboration. Alberto Suárez, professor of computer engineering at the Autonomous University of Madrid and a former graduate student of Silbey’s, related the tremendous impact Silbey had had on his life and spoke of the precious last months they spent together when Suárez was able to assist him with his scientific writing. All spoke of Silbey’s wonderfully successful scientific career, his deep love for his family, his terrific sense of humor, and his joie de vivre. Memorial for H. Gobind Khorana A weekend of memorial events was held March 31 and April 1, 2012, in honor of the late H. Gobind Khorana, Alfred P. Sloan professor of biology and chemistry emeritus, who died on November 9, 2011. Uttam RajBhandary, Lester Wolfe professor in molecular MIT Reports to the President 2011–2012 2 Department of Chemistry biology, organized the Saturday scientific symposium held at the Stata Center, where friends and colleagues traveled from as far away as India and Japan to honor Khorana. A short welcome by professor Chris Kaiser was followed by talks by friends and former colleagues. Many of the speakers were alumni from Khorana’s years at MIT, including Judith Klein-Seetharaman, who was a PhD student in the Department of Chemistry. The talks included a mixture of descriptions of research in the speakers’ laboratories along with reminiscences and remembrances of their experience working with Khorana. Many talked about his mentorship and guidance and how it influenced them in their scientific careers. The session chairs and speakers included Sidney Altman, Yale University; Aseem Ansari, University of Wisconsin; Richard Calendar, University of California, Berkeley, who also read a tribute from Paul Berg, Stanford University; Nico Callewaert, Ghent University, Belgium; Marvin Caruthers, University of Colorado, Boulder; Parul Chakrabarti, Bengal Tuberculosis Association, India; Simon Chang, Louisiana State University; David Farrens, Oregon Health Sciences University; Hans-Joachim Fritz, University of Göttingen, Germany; Hara Ghosh, McMaster University, Canada; Hikoya Hayatsu, Okayama University, Japan; John Hwa, Yale University; Judith Klein-Seetharaman, University of Pittsburgh; Daniel Oprian, Brandeis University; Li Niu, State University of New York, Albany; Philip Reeves, Essex University, UK; Marsha Rosner, University of Chicago; Robert Sauer, MIT; Dieter Söll, Yale University; Sriram Subramaniam, National Cancer Institute; and Robert Wells, Texas A&M University. The talks can be accessed at http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/biology:2698. Following the talks, a dinner was held in the biology building for about 70 friends and family. A wonderful collection of slides from Khorana’s scientific career was collected and presented at dinner. Speakers at the dinner included Chris Kaiser and Khorana’s son Dave. On pril 1, a memorial service to celebrate Khorana’s life was held at the Tang Center. He was eulogized in an uplifting ceremony, with music by the Axis String Ensemble, who played pieces from Mendelssohn’s Songs Without Words and a postlude by J. S. Bach. Speakers included Robert Randolph, chaplain to the Institute, and remembrances from Irving Goldberg, Uttam RajBhandary, and Marsha Rosner. Thomas Sakmar sent a wonderful tribute video. Alok Khorana, his great-nephew, and Julia Khorana, his daughter, shared their remembrances. Faculty Awards and Honors Professor Jianshu Cao was appointed the Singapore research professor of biological physics for a one-year term beginning January 1, 2012. Robert Griffin, professor of chemistry and director of the Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory, was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. One of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies, the academy is also a leading center for independent policy research. Members contribute to academy publications and studies of science and technology policy, energy
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