CINTACS Newsletter of the Cincinnati Section of the American Chemical Society October, 2009 Vol. 47, No. 2 Meeting Calendar OCTOBER MEETING Oct. 18-24 National Chemistry Week ‘Chemistry—It’s Elemental’ 29th Oesper Award Banquet, Poster Session and Symposium Oct. 30 Oesper Award Activities Susan Lindquist, MIT, at the University of Cincinnati Oesper Awardee @ University of Cincinnati October 30, 2009 Dec. 3 Sibrina Collins College of Wooster Great Hall, Tangeman University Center @ Xavier University University of Cincinnati Jan. 13 Gary Reineccius University of Minnesota Sponsored by the University of Cincinnati @ Givaudan Department of Chemistry Feb. 10 Chemist & RA of the Year This year’s Oesper Award honors Professor Susan Lindquist of the Mar. 10 Daniel Nocera, MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology for her contributions to un- Joint with Dayton section derstanding the consequences of protein misfolding in neurodegen- Apr. 14 Andy Jorgenson, Univ. of erative disease. Her symposium presentation is titled: “Prion Pro- Toledo; Education Awards teins: Surprising Conformations and Surprising Functions” Night @ NKU May Party Night [TBA] Poster Session, Reception and Award Banquet In this issue 5:30-7:00 PM: Oesper Student Poster Session, Social Hour and October mtg. announcement 1 Reception From the Chair 2 Susan Lindquist, MIT 7:15-9:30 PM: Banquet, Award Presentation and After Dinner Oesper Awardee 3 Address by Elaine Fuchs, The Rockefeller University “Stem cells: Elaine Fuchs, Rockefeller Univ. Biology and Promise for Regenerative Medicine” Oesper dinner speaker 4 Oesper events info overview 5 Dinner Choices which include salad, dessert and one drink are: Prof. Lindquist’s abstract 6 National Chemistry Week 7, 9-11 1. Chicken Chasseur, Chicken in a white wine sauce with Call for section meeting sponsors 7 mushroom and tomatoes, served with red skin mashed Website opinion survey 8 potatoes and sautéed green beans Call for section award nominations 8 Council Reports—ACS Nat’l Mtg. 8,12 (Continued on page 3) CINTACS NEWSLETTER 2 THE CINTACS NEWSLETTER From the Chair Vol. 47, No. 2 October, 2009 Since the September CINTACS went to press before the Au- Editor....................................Kevin Ashley gust national ACS meeting, here’s news from the meeting. The Advertising.......………. .…..Dan Esterline Cincinnati section was recognized with a ChemLuminary CINTACS is published eight times a year (September through May) by the Cincinnati Award for Industrial Involvement. Congratulations and thanks Section of the American Chemical Society. to Roger Parker (Past Chair) and all our industrial supporters The submission deadline will be early-mid November for the December 2009 issue for their generous support of our many section activities: Cog- (owing to early Dec. mtg.) Electronic submission is strongly preferred. All nis, Givaudan, Girindus, Procter & Gamble, and Sun Chemical materials should be sent to: for past National Chemistry Week support, and Advanced Test- Dr. Kevin Ashley ing Laboratories, Givaudan, Girindus, and Procter & Gamble, CDC/NIOSH 4676 Columbia Parkway as well as The University of Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky Mail Stop R-7 Cincinnati, Ohio 45226-1998 University, Xavier University, and Miami University and Dr. Tel.: (513) 841-4402 Milton Orchin for meeting support. In addition, Bill Heineman Fax: (513) 458-7189 E-mail: [email protected] and Ted Logan were recognized in the first class of ACS fel- ACS Cincinnati Section lows. October 18th to the 24th, we celebrate National Chemistry Week Chair: Susan Hershberger with the theme, “Chemistry – It’s Elemental! It’s not too late to (513)727-3438 get involve in the celebrations. So far, donations from Cognis, [email protected] Givaudan and Procter and Gamble are funding various aspects heard “National Chemistry Week of our public outreach. A hands-on chemistry activity is being 1stis the Vice best Chair week & Chair-Elect:of the year!” fromVictor one Arredondo child. Thanks for eve- published three days of National Chemistry Week in the Cin- ryone’s(513)626-0242 help in fostering that sen- cinnati Enquirer and distributed to schools as part of the News- [email protected] papers in Education program. The ACS insert entitled, timent. 2nd Vice Chair: “Celebrating Chemistry” is also inserted into newspapers going Jeff Seeley to the schools. Our dedicated branch library volunteer demon- (513)626-1889 strators (too many to name but still appreciated) coordinated by [email protected] Heather Bullen and Keith Walters are presenting the live ex- Secretary: citement and experience of chemistry in over 25 presentations Rich Mullins at libraries in southwest Ohio, northern Kentucky and western (513)745-3361 Indiana. Another group of volunteer demonstrators coordinated [email protected] by Gloria Story will be presenting the excitement of chemistry Treasurer: at the Museum Center in Cincinnati all day Friday and Satur- Ed Hunter day , October 23 and 24. This issue of CINTACS contains the (513)556-9215 information on the national poster contest open to students from [email protected] kindergarten to grade 12 to motivate and inspire other students Trustee (Chair): about the elements of the periodic table, their history and uses. George Rizzi Please pass the information to local students and educators that (513)761-0816 you know. At one library last year, I [email protected] (Continued on page 13) CINTACS NEWSLETTER 3 (Continued from page 1) 2. Beef Filet in a red wine sauce served with mushrooms and tomatoes, red skin mashed Susan potatoes and sautéed green beans 3. Vegetarian/Vegan option: Peppers stuffed Lindquist with a lentil ragu and served with sautéed green beans 2009 Oesper Banquet price is $20.00; Emeritus, students, K-12 Awardee teachers, unemployed and first time members are ½ price. The meeting reservation form is at: http:// registration.acscincinnati.org/ This is the best and easiest way to register. As an alternative, you may The Department of Chemistry at the University of Cin- send your reservations by email to Kim Carey at cinnati, and the Cincinnati Section of the ACS will [email protected]. If absolutely impossible to present the 2008 Oesper Award to Professor Susan make reservation by internet, telephone 513-556- Lindquist from Massachusetts Institute of Technology 0293. Deadline for reservations is 12:00 noon on at the Oesper Banquet and Symposium at UC, October October 21, 2009. Include your name, affiliation, 30, 2009. dinner choice and state if you are in the ½ price category. If you decide you must miss a meeting Susan Lindquist received her PhD in Biology from after you have registered, please call to cancel. If Harvard in 1976 and was a postdoctoral fellow of the you do not cancel, the Section will charge you be- American Cancer Society. She is a member, and for- cause it will have been charged by the University. mer Director, of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedi- cal Research. She is also a Professor at the Massachu- Directions: setts Institute of Technology and an investigator in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. If you approach via I-75, take the Hopple Street exit and turn left at the light. You will pass over the Lindquist is an expert in protein folding, studying the highway. At the next light, go straight (straight here biological phenomena that influence the different is actually about a 45 degree turn to the left). You shapes that proteins take. Her groundbreaking work are now on Martin Luther King Drive. Continue up has shown how changes in protein conformation affect King to the 4th traffic light. You will reach the first processes such as stress tolerance, neurodegenerative one quickly, the second one about ½ mile after that, disease and heredity, and has highlighted the impor- the third (Clifton Ave.) after going up a long hill, tance of molecular chaperones, proteins whose func- and the 4th as you continue eastward with the cam- tion is to assist other proteins in achieving proper fold- pus on your right. Turn right at this 4th traffic light ing. Her group has pioneered the use of yeast as a dis- onto campus, and then right into the Wood- covery platform for new chemical and genetic thera- side Garage. pies for neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s and Huntington’s diseases. She has used a yeast model If you approach Cincinnati coming south on I-71, that recapitulates many of the cell biological conse- get off at the Taft Street exit (exit 3). After the light quences of Parkinson’s disease to discover several at the end of the off-ramp, continue straight (west) genes that may underlie an important mechanism of on Taft for about 1.3 miles. At this time, Hughes neurodegeneration in that condition. Previously she High School is directly in front of you, and you was the Albert D. Lasker Professor in the Department must turn. Turn right onto Clifton Avenue. The of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of University is now on your right side. Continue on Chicago. She was elected to the National Academy of Clifton to King; turn right (eastbound) on King and Sciences in 1997 and the Institute of Medicine in 2006. follow to the first light. Turn right onto campus, Lindquist’s honors also include the Dickson Prize in and then right into the Woodside Garage. Medicine, the Sigma Xi William Procter Prize for Sci- Contact Heather Trenary at 513-556-9304, Kim entific Achievement, the Centennial Medal of the Har- Carey at 513-556-0239, or Susan Hershberger 513- vard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 523-5037 for additional information. The Otto-Warburg Prize, (Continued on next page) CINTACS NEWSLETTER 4 (Continued from previous page) The Genetics Society of America Medal, and the FASEB Excellence in Science Award. Dr. Lindquist has mentored many highly successful young scien- tists and has been particularly active in her efforts to support talented young women scientists.