Canadian Chemical News articles from October 2005

Canadian Chemical News archives from October 2005

Fall lobbying meetings start again: CIC members are encouraged to communicate with their MPs.(GUEST COLUMN / CHRONIQUEUR INVITE)
October 1, 2005... Traditionally and continually, The Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC) has made a point of actively communicating the interests and concerns of chemists, chemical engineers, and chemical technologists to the federal government. The CIC, through...

Maria DeRosa.(University)(Brief article)
October 1, 2005... Maria DeRosa, MCIC, is a new assistant professor in chemistry at Carleton University. She just completed a post-doctoral Fellowship at the California Institute of Technology where she researched in the field of bionanotechnology. "The challenge...

McMaster University.(University)(Brief article)
October 1, 2005... Andrew Hrymak, MCIC, has been appointed director of the newly established School for Engineering Practice at McMaster University. The school was created by the faculty of engineering in response to the growing need for engineers to manage...

Derek Pratt.(University)(Brief article)
October 1, 2005... Derek Pratt, MCIC, is a new assistant professor of bioorganic and physical organic chemistry at Queen's University. He holds a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in the department of chemistry at Queen's. Pratt works alongside Gino DiLabio, MCIC, on...

Jean-Francois Legault.(Government)(Brief article)
October 1, 2005... Jean-Francois Legault, MCIC, has been awarded the Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (DCDS) Commendation for his significant contributions to the advancement of chemical and nuclear defence. Legault has been credited by the Canadian Forces with...

Harold M. Schwartz.(Government)(2005 Canadian Association for Environmental Analytical Laboratories (CAEAL))(Brief article)
October 1, 2005... Harold M. Schwartz, MCIC, a manager with First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Health Canada, has won the 2005 Canadian Association for Environmental Analytical Laboratories (CAEAL) Serge Villard Award for his exceptional commitment to the...

Nova Scotian Institute of Science.(Distinction)(Brief article)
October 1, 2005... Stuart Grossert, FCIC, was elected president of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science at their 144th general meeting. Grossert is in the department of chemistry at Dalhousie University.

Joe Schwarcz.(Distinction)(2005 Sanford Fleming Medal from the Royal Canadian Institute)(Brief article)
October 1, 2005... Joe Schwarcz, MCIC, director of the McGill Office for Science and Society, has won the 2005 Sanford Fleming Medal from the Royal Canadian Institute for outstanding contributions to the public understanding of science.

Brian Wagner.(Distinction)(one of ten recipients of the 2005 3M Teaching Fellowship Award)(Brief article)
October 1, 2005... Brian Wagner, MCIC, associate professor and chair of chemistry at the University of Prince Edward Island, is one of ten recipients of the 2005 3M Teaching Fellowship Award. Up to ten Fellowships are presented each year to university faculty...

Editor's note.(Distinction)
October 1, 2005... Thomas T. Tidwell, FCIC, wrote the report entitled, "Canadian Chemistry and IUPAC," on p. 28 of the July/August 2005 issue of ACCN.

Canadarm of nanotech.
October 1, 2005... Imagine a robot that's able to grip atoms and handle particles 100,000 times smaller than a single human hair. Now imagine that the same robot can create new molecules to treat illnesses more effectively, and can help in the development of...

PM's stint at NINT.(Prime Minister Paul Martin)(National Institute of Nanotechnology)(Brief article)
October 1, 2005... Prime Minister Paul Martin got an up-close look at the world of the very small during a recent visit to the National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT). Martin and Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan toured laboratories, met researchers and...

New soda recovery process.(Thynside Holdings Ltd.)
October 1, 2005... Paprican and Thynside Holdings Ltd. have reached an agreement for the commercialization of a process for soda recovery in non-wood pulp mills. The process was originally developed by Paprican to debottleneck recovery-limited kraft mills and was...

Nano dictionary.
October 1, 2005... It's basically been a free-for-all in the world of nanotech terminology. Quantam dots, nanoshel]s, anopeapods--nanoscientist s have been inspired by everything from Polish dumplings to Inuit landmarks when naming new nanomaterials. But without...

Ottawa invests in Petrobank's heavy oil recovery.(Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd.)(Brief article)
October 1, 2005... David L. Emerson, Minister of Industry, says Ottawa's $9-million investment could revolutionize heavy oil production in Canada and around the world. The Technology Partnerships in Canada (TPC) investment is part of a $44.7-million development...

NINT scientist in new Canada--Japan exchange.(National Institute for Nanotechnology)(Canada-Japan Women in Science, Engineering and Technology )
October 1, 2005... NINT's Jillian Buriak, MCIC, was selected as the first scientist to participate in a high-profile international exchange program. The Canada-Japan Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (WISET) Program organizes international exchanges of...

Novel antioxidants.(National Institute for Nanotechnology)(Brief article)
October 1, 2005... NINT's Gino DiLabio, MCIC, along with co-discoverers Derek Pratt, MCIC, (Queen's University), and Luca Valgimigli (Universita di Bologna), have been awarded a U.S. patent for a new class of antioxidant compounds based on 5-pyrimidinol and...

Nano plastic sees in the dark.
October 1, 2005... Researchers at the University of Toronto (U of T) have invented an infrared-sensitive material that could shortly turn these possibilities into realities. Ted Sargent, Nortel Networks Canada Research Chair in Emerging Technologies at U of T,...

Biopharma pilot plant in Quebec.(Brief article)
October 1, 2005... Medicago has announced the opening of its pilot plant in Quebec City. The 14,000 square-foot current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) facility will accelerate the company's product development programs, providing the necessary capacity to...

Fund finder.(Canadian Subsidy Directory)(Brief article)
October 1, 2005... Canadian Publications is offering to the public a revised edition of the Canadian Subsidy Directory, a guide containing more than 3,000 direct and indirect financial subsidies, grants and loans offered by government departments and agencies,...

McGill hosts NanoForum Canada.
October 1, 2005... More that 250 researchers, students, and policy wonks gathered in Montreal in June for the second annual NanoForum Canada. This year the three-day agenda included thirty-two scientific talks on the latest discoveries at the nano-scale and panel...

One click shows all.(CHEM PUTING)(Product/service evaluation)
October 1, 2005... My first task, after recently purchasing a new computer, was to get it loaded up with all the software I needed. Which programs will I continue to use? Which will I drop? I chose to drop WordPerfect as the only component of the WP package I...

Fit to be fried.(CHEM FUSION)(cancer research)(Column)
October 1, 2005... The wienerschnitzel was so large it hung off the plate. Topped with a sprinkling of chopped parsley and lemon juice, it was an absolute treat. I was introduced to the delights of the veal cutlet in the 1950s at my aunt's restaurant, the...

The Harmonious Universe: The Beauty and Unity of Scientific Understanding.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... THE HARMONIOUS UNIVERSE: THE BEAUTY AND UNITY OF SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING By Keith J. Laidler, FCIC, Prometheus Books, ISBN 1-59102-187-1 Keith J. Laidler, FCIC (1916-2003), was a pioneer in chemical kinetics and the physical chemistry of...

Little goes a long way: block copolymers on their way to nanodevices.
October 1, 2005... Block copolymers are made by joining covalently polymer chains of different types. The simplest block copolymer is a diblock [A.sub.n][B.sub.m] consisting of n consecutive A and m consecutive B units joined in a head-to-tail fashion. Block...

Optical projection lithography--enabling nanolithography: photolithography has played the central role in microlithography for decades. Now it is the choice for manufacturing integrated circuits at the nanometre regime.
October 1, 2005... Photolithography is one of the technologies that operate in the nanometre regime and has had a tremendous influence on our society during the last few decades. Invented by Alois Senefelder in Bohemia in 1798, lithography has quickly become...

Geared up for nano: people, ideas, and infrastructure--the essentials of a world-class environment for nanoscience and nanotechnology research at Ecole Polytechnique and the Universite de Montreal.(Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal)(NanoQuebec)
October 1, 2005... Nanoscience and nanotechnology present tremendous opportunities to develop new knowledge and to translate such knowledge into innovative materials, products, and services that will profoundly affect our daily lives and sustain our economies....

Talented flowers: women in chemistry--a century of progress?
October 1, 2005... Women have actively contributed to the field of chemistry for over 100 years. Though conditions have changed, our studies on the history of women in chemistry (1) have shown that many deep-rooted problems and challenges remain. (2) Awards...

Jean Belanger elected CIC honorary fellow.(CIC BULLETIN ICC)(Chemical Institute of Canada )
October 1, 2005... Jean M. Belanger, HFIC, is the latest CIC member to be granted the title of Honorary Fellow. Belanger's feuille de route is quite extensive and impressive and his achievements have been recognized both nationally and internationally. ...

Illuminating chemistry--reports on the 88th Annual CSC Conference and Exhibition: a note from the conference chair.(CSC BULLETIN SCC)
October 1, 2005... The 88th annual Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference and Exhibition was held in Saskatoon, SK, May 28 to June 1, 2005. The theme of the conference, "Illuminating Chemistry," was chosen to highlight both the lustrous history of the chemical...

CSC conference highlights.(CSC BULLETIN SCC)
October 1, 2005... The chemistry of strained E-cycloalkenones was described by Andre Beauchemin, MCIC, from the University of Ottawa in the New Frontiers in Chemical Synthesis symposium organized by Frederic West, MCIC, and Dale Ward, MCIC. These intermediates,...

Gold/or.(NCW NEWS / NOUVELLES DE LA SNC)
October 1, 2005... CIC Chemical Education Fund Dow Chemical Canada Inc. Merck Frosst Centre for Therapeutic Research

Silver/argent.(NCW NEWS / NOUVELLES DE LA SNC)
October 1, 2005... Anachemia Science Boehfinger Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd. Cognis Canada Corporation H.L. Blachford Ltd. L.V. Lomas Ltd. Rhodia Canada Rohm and Haas Canada Inc. Syncrude Canada

Bronze.(NCW NEWS / NOUVELLES DE LA SNC)
October 1, 2005... Atofina Canada Inc. Canadian Chemical Producers' Association Diagnostic Chemicals Ltd. John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd. MDS Sciex Recochem Inc. Seastar Chemical Syngenta Crop Protection (Canada) Inc.

2005 Pestcon winner.(STUDENT NEWS / NOUVELLES DES ETUDIANTS)(Brief article)
October 1, 2005... Patricia Keen, MCIC, is the 2005 Pestcon Graduate Scholarship recipient. The Scholarship has been established in support of post-graduate work in pesticide and contaminant research. Keen is currently in her third year of PhD study at The...

CSChE 2005 Student Award winners.(STUDENT NEWS / NOUVELLES DES ETUDIANTS)(Edmonton Chemical Engineering Scholarship)(Canadian Scholarship for Chemical Engineering)
October 1, 2005... Edmonton Chemical Engineering Scholarship Bourse de genie chimique d'Edmonton Sponsored by / Parraine par The Edmonton CSChE Local Section / La section locale d'Edmonton de la SCGCh The Edmonton Chemical Engineering Scholarship is...

Canadians go bronze.(STUDENT NEWS / NOUVELLES DES ETUDIANTS)(Brief article)
October 1, 2005... Team Canada has returned from the 2005 International Chemistry Olympiad in Taiwan in July 2005 with three bronze medals. Team members Diane Quan, Joel Tousignant-Barnes, Kuan-Chieh Tseng, and Adam Lerer competed for Canada. Congratulations...

UVIC hosts Western Canadian Undergraduate Chemistry Conference.(STUDENT NEWS / NOUVELLES DE ETUDIANTS)
October 1, 2005... On May 5-7, 2005, the University of Victoria played host to the Western Canadian Undergraduate Chemistry Conference (WCUCC)--themed "new perspectives." The conference was a showcase of undergraduate talent representing 14 different universities...

Events / evenements.(Calendar)
October 1, 2005... Canada 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,...