The Chemistry Main Office (Gilbert 153) will be closed Monday, July 3 & Tuesday, July 4 in observance of the Independence Day holiday. Please plan accordingly.
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Chem Stores Purchasing & Holiday Hours
Here is the update on the upcoming events pertaining to Chemistry’s Purchasing and Holiday Schedule. Note: I will be out on vacation Wednesday July 3rd.
July Events
- Saturday July 1st – Purchasing active again.
- Please send your orders requests and approvals in now so I may process them as soon as possible.
- Monday July 3rd – Chem Stores Closed
- Tuesday July 4th – Fourth of July Holiday
Purchasing active again: As you are no doubt aware, Purchasing has been shut down since June 16th for the fiscal year end. The new Fiscal Year begins Saturday July 1st. I will be in on Saturday July 1st to place current backlogged orders and continue as needed on Monday, July 3rd.
Note: I will be away Tuesday and Wednesday. July 4th: Holiday and, July 5th: Vacation Day.
Fourth of July Holiday: Tuesday July 4th is a national Holiday: U.S. Independence Day. As such the Chemistry Department and the University will be closed in observance of the Holiday.
Note: Chem Stores Personnel, making a long weekend, are on vacation Monday July 3rd. Therefore Chem Stores will be closed from 4:00 PM Friday 6/30/17 until 9:00 AM Wednesday 7/5/17. Please plan accordingly.
FREE Graduate Student & Faculty Summer Workshops
Check out the OSU Libraries’ free Graduate Student & Faculty Summer Workshops. There are new workshops on Git, ResearchGate, applying for Fulbrights – as well as some old favorites like Zotero, Qualtrics, and SPSS! Registration is encouraged, but not required. For complete session descriptions, visit:http://guides.library.oregonstate.edu/Library-Workshops-for-Grad-Students-Faculty Can’t make it to a session? Some of the sessions have handouts or online tutorials: http://guides.library.oregonstate.edu/WorkshopHandouts
Questions? Ask Hannah Rempel, hannah.rempel@oregonstate.edu
Mendeley
Tuesday, July 11, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m., Autzen Classroom
Getting What You Want Out of ResearchGate
Wednesday, July 12, 10:00 – 11:00 a.m., Autzen Classroom
Intro to Zotero: A Web-Based Way to Manage Your Citations
Wednesday, July 12, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m., Autzen Classroom
Intermediate/Advanced Zotero
Wednesday, July 12, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., Autzen Classroom
Basic EndNote Workshop
Thursday, July 13, 9:00 – 10:30 a.m., Autzen Classroom
Intermediate/Advanced EndNote
Thursday, July 13, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m., Autzen Classroom
Fulbright US Student Program: Study/Research Grant Workshop
Thursday, July 13, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m., Autzen Classroom
Copyright and Fair Use in Education
Wednesday, July 19, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. , Autzen Classroom
Intro to Qualtrics – Making Great Surveys
Thursday, July 20, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m., Autzen Classroom
Advanced Qualtrics
Thursday, July 20, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m., Autzen Classroom
Intro to LaTeX
Tuesday, July 25, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Autzen Classroom
How to Find and Use Dossier Metrics
Wednesday, July 26, 10:00 – 11:00 a.m., Autzen Classroom
Introduction to Git
Wednesday, August 2, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m., Autzen Classroom
Preservation and Curation of Your Thesis and Dissertation Research Data: Storage and Version Control
Monday, August 7, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., Autzen Classroom
Statistics Basics with SPSS
Wednesday, August 9, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m., Autzen Classroom
SPSS Intermediate
Thursday, August 10, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m., Autzen Classroom
Chemical Data Analysis and Curation Support at EPA
The EPA Environmental Research and Business Support Program has an immediate opening for a Chemical Data Analysis and Curation Support position with the Office of Research and Development at the EPA’s Research Triangle facility in Raleigh-Durham, NC. The National Center for Computational Toxicology (NCCT) is responsible for developing computational tools and solutions for improving environmental risk assessments and regulatory decisions pertaining to chemical safety and sustainability. The selected candidate shall provide data management, data curation and data analysis support to the ToxRefDB project. This is a combination of limited MySQL database management, file management, data curation and extraction, quality control, as well as performing qualitative and quantitative data analysis.
- Full Time, $28.14 per hour,
- Have earned at least a Master’s degree in biology, toxicology, chemistry, bioinformatics, statistics, computational biology, math, physics, information science, or a closely related field of study from an accredited university or college within the last 24 months,
- Experience with chemical biology and toxicology,
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (i.e., Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook), Atlassian Jira,
- Proficiency with descriptive statistics to provide reports on curation progress,
- Experience with R-language programming (or other scripting language),
- Experience with MySQL database and MySQL workbench, and
- Experience with CDISC/SEND terminology.
For the full position description and to apply, visit our website: https://www.zintellect.com/Posting/Details/3389
Questions? Email EPAjobs@orau.org. To hear more about position openings like this, follow us on Twitter at @GovCareerPaths.
NMR Symposium
The OSU NMR Facility and BB Department will be hosting a one-day symposium on biological NMR spectroscopy here on campus on August 4th, 2017. The speakers invited will cover topics ranging from protein dynamics, NMR in drug discovery to metabolomics:
“We have assembled an exciting list of external speakers for the symposium. This will be a great opportunity for students, postdocs and faculty to network and learn more about biological NMR. To encourage students and postdocs to attend, we will be offering speaking opportunities for students and postdocs, a poster session with a best poster award, and a career panel. Registration includes coffee breaks, lunch and dinner. Please see the attached flyer for more information or visit our website.”
Reigistration is open already:
http://nmr.science.oregonstate.edu/stories/inaugural-bionmr-symposium
The deadline to register is July 21, 2017.
The cost is $30 per student and $50 per PI/staff scientist
This is a great opportunity to learn about what is possible with modern NMR technology, and get connected with the new NMR facility director Patrick Reardon, and facility manager Steve Huhn, to discuss how you might get started with using NMR in your research! They really have a broad expertise in applications.
Key Dates – June
June is slipping through my fingers and I need to broadcast 4 key dates for Building Management and Departmental Purchasing Events.
THIS WEEK!
- Thursday, June 8th, 9:00 AM – Fire Marshal’s Inspection of LPSC
Next Week,
- Friday, June 16th, 5:00 PM – Cutoff for placing departmental orders until July 1st.
The following week,
- June 18th, 6 p.m. – June 26th, 8 a.m. – Campus wide Steam Shutdown.
- June 21st, 7 a.m. – June 23rd, 3:00 p.m. – Fume Hood Shutdown Linus Pauling Science Center
Fire Marshal’s Annual Inspection of Linus Pauling Science Center; Thursday, June 8th, 9:00 AM. See the attached email from Jim Patton, Corvallis Fire Marshal. LPSC is scheduled to be inspected Thursday morning at 9:00 AM.
Ordering Cutoff of Departmental Purchases. In order to allow all invoices for purchases in FY17 to be received, we are cutting off placing new orders at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, June 16, 2017. You may continue to send in purchase requests (PO Forms) and approval emails. I will create shopping carts, if available, so after June 30th I can quickly place orders. If you have an emergency order that MUST be placed between June 17th and June 30th; please include the reason for the emergency and I will do what I can to get the material ordered and in quickly.
Undergraduate of the Quarter – Spring 2017 – Savinda Aponso
Savinda Aponso has been named one the Spring 2017 Undergraduate of the Quarter and we couldn’t be happier for him. Although he plans to graduate at the end of this year, he has spent most of his life in Corvallis and has been associated with Oregon State before he even decided where he wanted to go to college.
While Savinda was in high school he was part of ASE, the Apprenticeships in Science and Engineering, which during his junior year helped him get his first experience in a lab. He was selected to work in Dr. Subramanian’s lab. Along with the scholarships, he got to the school, his experiences in the lab helped him decide that OSU was his school of choice.
During his freshman year, he started working in Dr. Koley’s lab. His work focuses on sensors that detects bacterial metabolites and the interactions bacteria have with dental composites. He was trying to see how the smart dental composites react to changes in the local pH environment and how they work to prevent secondary cavities.
After he graduates at the end of this term, he is planning to apply to medical school and take a year off from school. During his year off he is hoping to finish his research projects for Dr. Koley and continue to be a researcher at least part-time. Savinda doesn’t know exactly what he wants to study to medical school, but he is interested in hematology.
Savinda’s favorite film is Monty Python and the Holy Grail. He loves to eat sushi since it is his favorite food. His ideal vacation would be traveling through Europe. His favorite class was the Experimental 460 labs that he worked with Dr. Pastorek.
Students like Savinda are a huge part of what makes our Department so great. We wish him well in the future, and cannot wait to see what his next big adventure is.
Undergraduate of the Quarter – Spring 2017 – Matt Clark
Matt Clark has been awarded with the title of Spring 2017 Undergraduate of the Quarter and we couldn’t be happier for him. Although he plans to graduate by the end of this term, his experiences at Oregon State have left a lasting impact on him.
During Matt’s undergraduate career at Oregon State, he has been a part of an integrative lab which has helped him define his career path. After joining Michelle Dolgos’s lab during his sophomore year, he has been immersing himself with research dealing with lead free piezoelectric materials. After winning the URISC grant for his summer research and working with graduate students and Michelle, he is finally at the end of his project and is looking forward to a publication about his work.
However, even though it seems like he was destined to pursue Chemistry, that wasn’t always the case for Matt. When he first came to OSU, he was majoring in Mechanical Engineering because he liked to build and be hands-on with his work. All of that changed once he started to become fascinated with Chemistry and soon he switched his major to Chemistry with a Materials option.
Being a part of an integrated lab has helped Matt to gain a deeper understanding of concepts and he recommends other undergraduates to become a part of an integrated lab because it really increases the proficiency and understanding of the course. Some of Matt’s favorite courses were the graduate courses, CH 513 and CH 616, he was able to take because he enjoyed the applied concepts and also really enjoyed both the instructors, Dr. Subramanian and Dr. Dolgos.
After he graduates, he is planning on pursuing one of the opportunities that have been offered to him in hopes of continuing to apply his knowledge in his field of work. He has been offered opportunities from all over the country such as California & Virginia just to name a few. He is excited to get into the industry and hopes to continue his path in working on leading us to a better world.
When Matt’s not working long hours at the lab, he likes to unwind by watching one of his favorite classic movies, Star Wars: New Hope. He enjoys watching the movie multiple times and fondly remembers the times when he watched it on VHS tapes.
Students like Matt Clark are a major part of what makes our Department so great! We wish him well for all of his future endeavors and cannot wait to hear about all of his accomplishments.
Commercialization Catalyst
https://jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/43878
Hi All,
We have revamped our program manager position into one we are calling our Commercialization Catalyst. The position reports to Mark and I but will also be helping OCCD and the Research Office. Salary range is between $45k – $65k with benefits.
Could you help us get the word out?
Thanks,
Karl
Karl Mundorff
Director | OSU Advantage Accelerator/RAIN Corvallis I Lead PI OSU NSF I Corps Site
200 SW 4th Street, Suite 201 | Corvallis, OR 97331-2140 | 503.880.7002
End of Fiscal Year Ordering
Chemistry Department,
June 16th is the last day to place orders until July 1, 2017.
We are quickly coming to the end of 2017 Fiscal Year. The last day of the Fiscal Year is June 30th. As most of you are aware, we, Purchasing, stop placing orders the last two weeks of the year to allow Vendors’ Invoices to clear the business centers. This year, the last day that orders will be placed is Friday June 16th. After June 16th, only ‘emergency orders will be placed and will require a written explanation on why an order is an “emergency”. If you place your own orders, please hold them between June 17th to June 30th.
We will build shopping carts and order list so that we can place orders quickly the first week of July. Note: That the first week in July includes the Fourth of July Holiday and will be a short work week.
As far as other Fiscal year purchasing closures here is the letter from Alex Sims for other purchasing milestones.
There are few year end close deadlines that are fast approaching that I wanted to draw attention to.
- Last day to submit current year requisitions over $150,000 5/12/2017
- PYAREDs Opens for redistributions 6/1/2017
- YEC Process Training 6/6/2017
- Last day to submit current year requisitions between $25,000 – $149,000 6/9/2017
The complete YEC schedule will be released by the end of next week, along with details about training opportunities.
Thank you,
Alex Sims
Manager of Vendor Payment Operations
100B Kerr Admin Building, Corvallis, OR 97331