Canadian Chemical News articles from November 2005

Canadian Chemical News archives from November 2005

Life is chemistry.(CHRONIQUEUR INVITE)(Editorial)
November 1, 2005... My term as ACCN editorial board Chair will end in December, and I want to thank board members and the magazine's staff for their contributions and service. ACCN has continued to improve in quality and content over the past several years, and...

Energy Innovation Network.(Industry)(Brief article)
November 1, 2005... The Energy Innovation Network (EnergyINet) has selected Michael Raymont, MCIC, as chief executive officer. Raymont is EnergyINet's first full-time CEO, and will replace interim CEO, Eddy Isaacs, ACIC, who was instrumental in the launch of this...

Alfred Bader, FCIC, received an honorary doctor of science degree from Simon Fraser University on October 6, 2005, during the university's fall convocation ceremony.(University)( honorary doctor of science degree from Simon Fraser University )(Brief article)
November 1, 2005... Alfred Bader, FCIC, received an honorary doctor of science degree from Simon Fraser University on October 6, 2005, during the university's fall convocation ceremony. Bader is a chemist and founder of Aldrich Chemicals (now Sigma-Aldrich), the...

Tomas Hudlicky, MCIC, of Brock University's department of chemistry is the recipient of the Brock University Award for Distinguished Research and Creative Activity.(University)(Brock University Award )(Brief article)
November 1, 2005... Tomas Hudlicky, MCIC, of Brock University's department of chemistry is the recipient of the Brock University Award for Distinguished Research and Creative Activity. This award recognizes a faculty member who demonstrates outstanding research...

International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics.(Government)(National Research Council )(Brief article)
November 1, 2005... Ian Smith, FCIC, is director general of the National Research Council Canada (NRC) Institute for Biodiagnostics in Winnipeg, MB. He has been elected president of the International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics (IUPAB). The IUPAB is a...

Canadian Association of Research Libraries.(Distinction)(Canadian Association of Research Libraries )(Brief article)
November 1, 2005... The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) recognized Howard Alper, FCIC, professor of chemistry and vice-president research at the University of Ottawa, as the winner of the 2005 CARL Award for Distinguished Service to Research...

University of Toronto's Mark Lautens, MCIC, was one of the recipients of the 2006 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards from the American Chemical Society.(Distinction)(2006 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards )(Brief article)
November 1, 2005... University of Toronto's Mark Lautens, MCIC, was one of the recipients of the 2006 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards from the American Chemical Society. The purpose of the award is to recognize and encourage excellence in organic chemistry.

Jian Pei, assistant professor in computing science at Simon Fraser University, received the Young Innovator Award.(Distinction)(Brief article)
November 1, 2005... Jian Pei, assistant professor in computing science at Simon Fraser University, received the Young Innovator Award, recognizing an individual under the age of 35 who has made a significant contribution to developing innovative science or...

Mario Pinto, professor of chemistry and vice-president of research at Simon Fraser University, received the Frontiers in Research Award recognizing an individual or small team whose innovative research has led to major new advances in scientific or technological knowledge.(Distinction)(Brief article)
November 1, 2005... Mario Pinto, professor of chemistry and vice-president of research at Simon Fraser University, received the Frontiers in Research Award recognizing an individual or small team whose innovative research has led to major new advances in...

Roy Pottier, MCIC, of the Royal Military College of Canada's department of chemistry and chemical engineering received the European Society of Photobiology (ESP) medal on September 6, 2005, at their annual conference in Aix-les-Bains, France.(Distinction)
November 1, 2005... Roy Pottier, MCIC, of the Royal Military College of Canada's department of chemistry and chemical engineering received the European Society of Photobiology (ESP) medal on September 6, 2005, at their annual conference in Aix-les-Bains, France....

Erratum.(PERSONALS / PERSONALITIES)(Correction notice)
November 1, 2005... The CIC offers an apology to H. G. McAdie, FCIC, who was mistakenly included in the list of 50-year members in the September 2005 issue of ACCN. McAdie has already passed this milestone and was saluted with his peers in 1999.

In memoriam.(PERSONALS / PERSONALITIES)(Obituary)(Brief article)
November 1, 2005... Vedette Smith. FCIC, died peacefully in his sleep on September 30, 2005 in Kingston, ON, after a long battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife Regina and daughter Stefanie. Smith received a BA degree in 1955 from Emory University, MSc and...

Pushing collaborative research--to the Max.(Simon Fraser University's IRMACS research center conducts research in computer sciences)
November 1, 2005... Move over creators of Max Headroom, Matrix, and Metropolis. What researchers can accomplish at Simon Fraser University's IRMACS Centre rivals the high tech feats of the most memorable futuristic films. The $14 million centre's acronym stands...

Chemical Computing Group releases new MOE Version 2005.06.(Molecular Operating Environment (MOE[TM]) software for computer-assisted drug discovery and design)(Brief article)
November 1, 2005... Chemical Computing Group, Inc. (CCG) has released the latest release of the Molecular Operating Environment (MOE[TM]) software for computer-assisted drug discovery and design. MOE 2005.06 contains new features and developments to its wide range...

Simulating molecules at Merck Frosst.
November 1, 2005... Scientists at the Merck Frosst Centre for Therapeutic Research use computational chemistry methods to speed up the process of producing compounds with desirable properties. Molecules can be designed and visualized on a computer screen and...

2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.(for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis)(Brief article)
November 1, 2005... The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly to Yves Chauvin of France and Americans Robert H. Grubbs and Richard R. Schrock "for the development of the metathesis method in organic...

UN chemicals meeting--attention all users.(United Nations)(Brief article)
November 1, 2005... At the United Nations (UN) talks this past September in Vienna, Austria, representatives of global business worked through the International Chamber of Commerce to support a risk-based approach to managing the use of chemicals. Following up on...

Pickering Unit 1--back in action.(Ontario Power Generation)(Brief article)
November 1, 2005... Ontario Power Generation synchronized Pickering Unit 1 to the electricity grid on Tuesday, September 27, producing its first electricity since its shutdown on December 31, 1997. Further testing and commissioning activities will continue on the...

Green Chemistry summer school is international draw.(McGill University hosts a conference)
November 1, 2005... The third annual summer school on green chemistry was held in Montreal, QC, on July 6-14. McGill University and chemistry professor Chao-jun Li, MCIC, hosted 57 graduate and post-doctoral students representing 17 countries for a week of...

Bioinformatics computer cluster helps virtual supercomputer.(Canadian Internet-worked Scientific Supercomputer)
November 1, 2005... A University of Saskatchewan (U of S) computer cluster was called into service as part of a virtual supercomputer project to trace the motion of tens of thousands of atoms in an effort to figure out how proteins fold. According to computer...

Teaching Nanochemistry--by the book.
November 1, 2005... From the author of the highly cited paper, "Nanochemistry: Synthesis in Diminishing Dimensions" (Advanced Materials 1992, 4, 612-649), comes the first teaching textbook on the subject entitled, Nanochemistry: A Chemical Approach to...

Lancement a l'UQAM de l'ouvrage Art et biotechnologies.
November 1, 2005... Louise Poissant, professeure a l'Universite du Quebec a Montreal (I'UQAM) et Ernestine Daubner, chargee de cours a la Concordia University, ont lance le 20 septembre 2005 a Montreal un livre intitule Art et biotechnologies, redige sous leur...

Aim high: synthetic opiates deliver surprising side effects.(CHEM FUSION)
November 1, 2005... Barry Kidston didn't think that studying chemistry was enough of a high. So in 1976, the University of Maryland graduate student filled a syringe with a drug he synthesized, and eager for euphoria, plunged it into his arm. Kidston had...

Pain and Profits--The History of the Headache and its Remedies in America.(Book review)
November 1, 2005... PAIN AND PROFITS--THE HISTORY OF THE HEADACHE AND ITS REMEDIES IN AMERICA Jan R. McTavish, Rutgers University Press, ISBN 08135-3441-0 The headache is one of the most common ailments that most people will surfer from in their lifetime. It...

Chemical shifts.
November 1, 2005... The minimalists' transistor--a styrene molecule and a negative charge While it is straightforward to make conductance or resistance measurements of bulk materials, it is understandably much more difficult to measure the conductance through...

Chemputing logs off.(Canadian Chemical News discontinues its computer column service)
November 1, 2005... This will be the final issue of "Chemputing." What resulted from a chance encounter, has continued through 17 years. Although "Chemputing" originated in Toronto, it did get around. Some of the reviews were prepared in Edmonton, St. John's,...

Thrifty PDFing.(using Microsoft Word for preparing documents, replacing PDF)(Column)
November 1, 2005... I frequently get calls from readers who want to make their reports, manuals, and theses into PDF files. Having become used to the Adobe Reader being free, they get stopped cold in their tracks when they discover the price for the full version...

The rubber handbook enters the computer age.(The Handbook of Chemistry and Physics)
November 1, 2005... The Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (a.k.a. "The Rubber Handbook") has to be one of the most widely used data sources. As we old-timers did in our day, today's students still purchase one early on in their studies. I checked around and was...

Modelisation moleculaire theorie et/ou experience.(molecular modeling theory and experience)
November 1, 2005... L'histoire des sciences a toujours ete ponctuee par une perpetuelle interaction entre l'experience et la theorie. L'experience devancait generalement la theorie. Toutefois, comme dans le cas de la relativite, c'est le cas inverse. Cette...

The Chemical Institute of Canada report of the Chair: 60th anniversary: looking back and looking backward.(association issues report of past accomplishments)(Organization overview)
November 1, 2005... 2005 marked the 60th anniversary of The Chemical Institute of Canada, an occasion to celebrate our past accomplishments and to plan for a successful future. A 60th anniversary logo was designed and reproduced on stationery and in publications...

CIC board of directors' nominations (2006-2007).(Chemical Institute of Canada, Christian Detellier, Catherine Cardy)
November 1, 2005... The Nominating Committee appointed under the terms of CIC By-law Article X, Section 1, has proposed the candidates listed below to serve as The Institute officers for 2006-2007. Further nominations are solicited from the membership for the...

From big to small: a brief report on the 32nd Canadian High Polymer Forum.
November 1, 2005... The 32nd Canadian High Polymer Forum was held in Aylmer, QC, August 19-21, 2005. The conference was organized by Ian Manners, FCIC (University of Toronto), Yue Zhao (Universite de Sherbrooke), and Jianfu Ding (NRC). The organizing committee put...

Pulp and paper enters the 21st century.(CIC BULLETIN ICC)
November 1, 2005... A unique, brilliantly stimulating, and intellectually challenging symposium occurred in Montreal, QC, at the McCord Museum in the J. Roland Bombardier Theatre from August 24 to 25, 2005. Owners, managers, and research scientists from the pulp...

CSC board of directors' nominations (2006-2007).(Canadian Society for Chemistry)(Dave W. Schwass, Russell Boyd, Gregory Jerkiewicz)
November 1, 2005... The Nominating Committee appointed under the terms of CSC By-law Article X Nominations and Elections has proposed the candidates listed below for election to the Board of Directors in 2006-2007. Members are reminded of the provision of By-law...

CSC visits Kuwait University: CSC accreditation of undergraduate chemistry programs goes international.(Canadian Society for Chemistry )
November 1, 2005... In May of 2004, a message was received by e-mail from the vice-president of Kuwait University requesting that the CSC initiate an accreditation of their undergraduate chemistry program. This department had some history with the Canadian...

7th World Congress of Chemical Engineering: todays breakthrough and tomorrows challenges.
November 1, 2005... The 7th World Congress of Chemical Engineering (WCCE7), held July 10-14 at the Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow, Scotland, drew more than 2,000 participants from more than 80 countries. The program, organized by the U.K.-based...

Creo Achievement and CIC 3rd-Year Awards presented to top Vancouver region Chemistry students.(STUDENTS NEWS / NOUVELLES DES ETUDIANTS)
November 1, 2005... In order to honour top chemistry students and promote chemical education at public post-secondary institutions that teach chemistry or chemical technology within the Vancouver CIC Local Section, the Creo Achievement Award in Chemistry and the...

Historical importance of scientific translators revealed at Vancouver CIC dinner meeting.(LOCAL SECTION NEWS / NOUVELLES DES SECTIONS LOCALES)(Chemical Institute of Canada)
November 1, 2005... On June 9, 2005, members of the Vancouver CIC Local Section held their annual dinner meeting. After enjoying a buffet dinner at the Simon Fraser University Diamond Centre and presenting the Creo Achievement Awards in Chemistry and CIC 3rd-Year...

Canada.(Events / Evenements, Chemical Engineering Conferences)(Calendar)
November 1, 2005... Conferences May 9-12, 2006, Climate Change Conference, Ottawa, ON. Web site: www.csche2006.ca. May 27-31, 2006. 89th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition. Halifax, NS. Web site: www.csche2006.ca. October 15-18, 2006. 56th...

U.S. and overseas.(Events / Evenements, Chemical Engineering)(Calendar)
November 1, 2005... December 15-20, 2005, Pacifichem 2005 Conference, Honolulu, HI. Web site: www.pacifichem.org. June 26-29, 2006. Balticum Organicum Syntheticum 2006 (BOS06), Tallinn, Estonia. Contact: Krista Voigt, chemistry department, Queen's University:...