Weihong Tan will be presenting a seminar titled, “The Foundation of Molecular Medicine: A Chemical Biology Approach” in LPSC 402 at 4pm, Monday, March 31, 2014.
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Weihong Qiu Seminar
Weihong Qiu will be presenting a seminar titled, Shining Light on the Molecular Mechanism of Microtubule Motors on April 1, 2014 at 4pm in LPSC 402.
February Food Drive Final Totals
Thanks to all your generous donations, Chemistry was able to collect the equivalent of 300 pounds of food!
Jeff Mihailoff (Fortebio) Seminar
April 8, 4pm seminar LPSC 402 followed by pizza reception:
Jeff Mihailoff (Fortebio) “Fortebio’s Octet Red Biosensor Technology for OSU”
Sandra Loesgen (OSU) “Viral Sweet spots – biosensor technology to identify inhibitor binding to Hepatitis C surface proteins”
Chem Program Offers Internship Opportunities to Undergrads
Good morning. I would like to alert you to a new program we have set up for our undergrads to provide internship opportunities in companies throughout Oregon for them during the summer. We hope to continue to grow this list to become the “one stop” shopping for our majors when looking for summer internship experiences using their chemistry skills.
http://chemistry.oregonstate.edu/content/osu-chemistry-internship-2014-summer-program
Please alert any Chemistry majors that are interested in this opportunity to the website. The deadline for summer 2014 applications from students is April 15.
If you are aware of a company looking for interns who is not listed, please direct them to the website where there is information on how to get their information listed.
Research Opportunities Week for Postdoctoral Researchers
I would like to inform you about the TUM Research Opportunities Week for postdoctoral researchers, which will take place October 20th through 24th 2014.
This event, which is fully financed by TUM, offers up to 50 postdocs from around the world the opportunity to get to know faculty and explore research facilities at our university during a five days stay in Munich. The most promising participants will be offered a TUM University Foundation Fellowship to spend one year as a postdoc at our university. Application deadline is May 30th 2014.
If you can think of any young researchers of your acquaintance that might be interested in this, please spread the information:
http://www.tum.de/en/research/postdocs/research-opportunities-week/
For more information, please contact Dr. Christiane Haupt – Tel.: +49.89.289.25235, email:
haupt@zv.tum.de.
Limited Submission Funding Opportunity: NSF – SNM 2014
The Research Office, Office for Research Development is requesting letters of intent for the NSF – Scalable Nanomanufacturing (SNM) program.
Deadline to submit letters of intent to the Research Office: Monday, April 21, 2014
Synopsis of Program:
NSF announces a fourth year of a program on collaborative research and education in the area of scalable nanomanufacturing, including the long-term societal implications of the large-scale implementation of nanomanufacturing innovations. This program is in response to and is a component of the National Nanotechnology Initiative Signature Initiative: Sustainable Nanomanufacturing – Creating the Industries of the Future (http://www.nano.gov/node/611.) Although many nanofabrication techniques have demonstrated the ability to fabricate small quantities of nanomaterials, nanostructures and nanodevices for characterization and evaluation purposes, the emphasis of the scalable nanomanufacturing program is on research to overcome the key scientific and technological barriers that prevent the production of useful nanomaterials, nanostructures, devices and systems at an industrially relevant scale, reliably, and at low cost and within environmental, health and safety guidelines. Competitive proposals will incorporate three elements in their research plans:
- A persuasive case that the nanomaterials, nanostructures, devices or systems to be produced have or are likely to have sufficient demand to justify eventual scale-up;
- A clearly identified set of research issues for science and engineering solutions that must be addressed to enable the production of high quality nano-enabled products at low cost; and
- A compelling research plan with clear research objectives and approaches to overcome the identified research issues.
Proposals submitted to this program should consider addressing aspects of the nanomanufacturing value chain:
- Novel scalable processes and techniques for large-area or continuous manufacturing of nano-scale structures and their assembly/integration into higher order systems;
- Fundamental scientific research in well-defined technical areas that are compellingly justified as approaches to overcome critical barriers to scale-up and integration; and
- Design principles for production systems leading to nanomanufacturing platforms; identification of metrology, instrumentation, standards and control methodologies needed for process control and to assess quality and yield.
Competitive proposals are expected to address the training and education of students in nanomanufacturing. While not required, the involvement of an industrial partner or partners is strongly encouraged and has the potential to significantly strengthen a proposal.
Guidance for preparation of letters of intent to the Research Office: http://oregonstate.edu/research/incentive/nsf-snm
NSF – SNM program information: http://nsf.gov/pubs/2014/nsf14544/nsf14544.htm
Information: Mary Phillips, Director, Office for Research Development at mary.phillips@oregonstate.edu
Submit letters of intent electronically to Debbie Delmore at debbie.delmore@oregonstate.edu
International Students at OSU: A Faculty Guide
This guide for faculty is the first in a suite of resources to help you in supporting international students, both inside and outside the classroom.
On Thursday, May 22, 2014, panel sessions entitled “Tips for working with International Students in your Classroom” and “Tips for working with International Students in Advising” will be held at the Center for Teaching and Learning’s Spring Symposium. [Details regarding the Symposium will appear on the CTL web site as they become available: http://oregonstate.edu/ctl/]
If you have questions about the Toolkit, please contact CTL@oregonstate.edu. You may view an electronic version of this faculty guide at http://oregonstate.edu/ctl/international-students-oregon-state-university-faculty-guide.
Living in a New, Colorful Materials World
College of Science Chemistry Professor Mas Subramanian will discuss the discovery of new pigments with energy-saving applications in the 2014 F.A. Gilfillan Memorial Lecture May 6 at 6:15 pm at the LaSells Stewart Center. Subramanian is the 2013 recipient of the F.A. Gilfillan Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Science recognizing College of Science faculty who have a record of distinguished scholarship and scientific accomplishments.
Hero Awards
Do you know someone who’s a hero here at OSU because of the extra effort that they put forth or the extra moment they take to make your day pleasant? Here’s a great way to celebrate them. Professional Faculty Leadership Association is always seeking nominations for “Our Heroes” awards. Neither you or the nominated individual need to be members. Build up your karma bank by celebrating the heroes that help us every day.