Dr. Malika Jeffries-EL named a 2018 American Chemical Society (ACS) Fellow
We are proud to announce that Professor Malika Jeffries-EL has been named one of the 2018 ACS Fellows. The purpose of the ACS Fellows Program is to recognize and honor members of the American Chemical Society for their outstanding achievements in and contributions to the science and the profession and for their equally exemplary service to the […]
Karen Allen Advises on Publishing Ethics for Research
Professor Karen Allen, an Associate Editor of Biochemistry, has contributed to the fifth episode of the American Chemical Society’s series, ‘Publishing Your Research 101.” The episode addresses “Ethical Considerations for Authors and Reviewers.” This series interviews experts such as Professor Allen to obtain their insights on practical, real world questions and issues facing authors of […]
Jasti Group Research on Nanohoops Featured on ACS Website
In its Noteworthy Chemistry page, the American Chemical Society website has highlighted the work of Professor Ramesh Jasti and his Research Group on the blue shift of Cyclo-p-phenylene emissions as a nanohoop size increases. The emission color of an inorganic semiconductor quantum dot shifts bathochromically with increasing particle size. Similarly, the luminescence color of a […]
Professor Allen Featured Speaker at “ACS on Campus”
Learning about the ins and outs of scholarly publishing is an important aspect of training as a scientist. For its September 2011 ACS on Campus event, “Basics of Peer-Review and Scholarly Publishing: From the Editors Themselves,” the American Chemical Society has invited Professor Karen Allen to speak on the topic of how to begin the […]
Professor Emeritus Hoffman meets Former Student at ACS
Professor Emeritus Morton Hoffman met his former CH111-112 general chemistry student, Elisa Miller (CAS ’05), at the 242nd ACS National Meeting in Denver at the end of August. Elisa served as a Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL) workshop leader in that course as a sophomore, and she conducted undergraduate research for two and a half years […]
BU Postdoctoral Researcher Receives ACS Fellowship
Christina Rodrigo Receives American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship. The goal of the American Cancer Society (ACS) fellowships is to provide talented postdoctoral research associates funding that will lead to an independent career in cancer research.
Tullius Research Featured in C&E News
The C&E News article, “Putting DNA in a Bind,” gave an overview of a symposium at the Fall ACS Meeting in Boston on how small molecules interact specifically with DNA and regulate gene expression.
Chemistry Alumnus Elected ACS President
Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, Professor of Chemistry and the William T. Evjue Distinguished Chair for the Wisconsin Idea at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was elected 2011 ACS President-Elect.
Wang Research Featured in Journal of Chemical Physics and Honored at the ACS National Meeting
The cover of the Aug. 28th, 2010 issue of the Journal of Chemical Physics, highlights a free-energy diagram calculated with a new enhanced sampling method developed by Professor Feng Wang and his Group (J. Chem. Phys. 113, 084101 {2010]). Their method mimics features of a coarse-grained simulation at the atomic scale. Recent validations performed by […]