Here is a resource for finding Chemistry and other REU's

REU stands for Research Experience for Undergraduates

http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_search.jsp

These are typically 10-week programs where a student gets a valuable experience working in a lab, and you typically receive a stipend (most are between $3-6K for the summer).

These are competitive programs, so you should apply early and often!

:)CSM

Found this from Scientific American...

Why so jittery, large amounts of caffeine in food and beverage products.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/media/inline/why-so-jittery_3.jpg

Nice video on Bomb Calorimetry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxkzTCb1suE

New ACS Webinar-Vroom!

Thursday, October 24, from 2-3pm

http://acswebinars.org/motorcycles-and-cars#

ACS Webinar on YouTube

Students, let me know if you wish to watch this and count for extra credit Webinar!

Chemistry and the Art Detective:

http://youtu.be/eBHhIMEdCy8

PhET simulations on gas properties

My General Chemistry students should take a look at this!

http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/gas-properties

Interviews with "Eminent" Organic Chemists

See the link provided for these videos!

http://www.organicdivision.org/videos

Student presentation

Please come and listen!

Chemistry Nobel Prize?

My chemistry students should be watching for this!

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2013/

My guess? I'll put it in a sealed envelope and we'll see if I am correct! :)

46th Southeast Undergraduate Research Conference

Some of our students might be interested in this!

https://www.chem.utk.edu/2014-SURC

ACS Webinar: Will Your Application Snag an Interview

This is Tuesday, October 8 beginning around 6:20pm. I plan to provide some refreshments, and there will be at least 1-2 small prizes drawn amongst attendees. The location is Shely Science Center room 104.

My CHE 111 students can gain up to 5 extra credit points for simply attending the whole event!

Here is whom came, don't they look happy to have learned more about resumes?

 

American Physiological Society fellowships

I learned about this from talking to Dr. Cloherty. The flyer is posted outside her office, if you are interested in applying you should definitely check it out!

Nobel prize week is ALMOST here!

Stay tuned...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybmN4jHxT58

http://www.nobelprize.org/

Reactants, Products, and Leftovers

I'm quite sure that some of my CHE 111 students would benefit greatly from spending some time playing with this applet/simulation!

http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/reactants-products-and-leftovers

HYDROGEN BONDS VISUALIZED

I found this on C&E News, kinda cool!

http://www.cendigital.org/cendigital/20130930/?pg=7&pm=0&u1=friend&sub_id=DQzjO4zBGEWZo#pg7

Notice the original research article (primary literature) is in the journal Science (DOI:10.1126/science.1242603).

25 Best Chemistry Blogs-Besides this one...

:)

http://www.onlinedegrees.org/25-best-chemistry-blogs-for-college-students/

Why I am a Chemist:
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/the-curious-wavefunction/2012/07/16/why-i-am-a-chemist/

Beautifully done...

I talked to these folks at the ACS meeting in Indy, perhaps some of my students would be interested?

Michigan State University Bioeconomy Institute in Holland, MI
http://bioeconinst.msu.edu/

Dr. Kevin Williams, from Western Kentucky University, will be at CU today to present a seminar and talk to students interested in graduate school!

Here is his abstract:

Tailoring platinum(II) complexes to biologically relevant targets

Cisplatin and oxaliplatin are platinum(II) complexes that are FDA-approved anticancer drugs.  Both of these complexes cross-link DNA leading to distortion of the double helix that eventually leads to programmed cell death.  However, platinum(II) has an inherent affinity for sulfur over nitrogen, and thus significant protein reaction can occur particularly at methionine residues.  These protein reactions may be involved in drug resistance, drug uptake, or a variety of other processes.  Our lab has been studying analogs of cisplatin and oxaliplatin that vary in size, shape, and leaving ligand type.  Varying the ligands attached to the platinum can direct the platinum towards different biological targets, potentially altering the amount of protein or DNA adducts formed and thus altering the biological activity.

Alton Brown about science communication

Very well done, everyone should watch this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azS5RWLrzcM

Alton Brown, C&E News 90th anniversary reception

Pretty packed in here, announced the winner of the Everyday Chemistry video winner...

Anxious

Getting some fresh air and Waiting to give my presentation in the "Advances in Teaching Organic Chemistry" symposium...

Cameron's poster

ACS on Facebook

You might be interested in the webinar on Chemistry of speed/racing at the ACS webinars page, check it out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/acswebinars?directed_target_id=601049169911151

Name this molecule!

Kavli lectures at the ACS meeting

I hope to attend both the Martin Burke (http://vimeo.com/72362325) and the Harry Gray (http://vimeo.com/72742181) talks on Monday afternoon!

Missed most of the Burke talk, but waiting to hear Harry Gray talk about solar energy research. He is always a fun talk to hear...for my students: who can name the school he attended as an undergrad?

To entice you: I will offer 1 bonus point on the first exam to the first CHE 111 student to email me the correct answer!

Sunday evening

Going to see some posters tonight, updates coming.

Seen outside the Convention Center today...

Alan Alda discussing "How to get beyond a Blind Date with Science"

This was fascinating...

Planning to see/hear (and smell the cooking of?) world-famous chef Alton Brown at the Indy ACS meeting...will post on this and other exciting happenings while at the meeting! Stay tuned!

http://cen.acs.org/AltonBrown.html

Well, it is almost the end of August, another glorious fall term awaits...AND I still have to get my presentation ready for the fall ACS meeting in Indy...OMG, I need to get to work!

American Chemical Society fall 2013 mtg in Indianapolis

"In deep thought about upcoming semester!"

Welcome!

It's great to now be in the midst of another exciting Spring term...I hope my Gen Chem II students are getting acclimated to the blogosphere!