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Nakanishi Prize Awarded To Takeshi Yasumoto
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AKESHI YASUMOTO, PROFESSOR EMERI-
tus at Tohoku University, has been awarded the 2006 Nakanishi Prize for his "contribution to the chemistry of seafood poisonings and analytical study on dynamism of the causative toxic molecules among marine ecology." The prize recognizes work that extends chemical and spectroscopic methods to the study of important biological phenomena. Winners are selected by ACS and the Chemical Society ofjapan in alternate years. Yasumoto's research accomplishments include the elucidation of the structures of ciguatoxin and maitotoxin, two toxins involved in a type of fish poisoning. H e also identified dinoflagellates, a class of phytoplankton, as the producer of the toxins. Furthermore, he has shown that tetrodotoxin in pufferfish is a bacterial product. Since retiring from Tohoku University in 1998, Yasumoto has been serving as a technical consultant to Japan Food Research Laboratories. He is also a research director of a government program called "Collaboration of Regional Entities for the Advancement of Technological Excellence" in Okinawa, his home since 2002. Yashumoto has received several national and international awards, including the Paul J. Scheuer Award for Marine Natural Products Chemistry, the Purple Ribbon Medal from the government ofjapan, and the Imperial Prize from the Japan Academy.
National Academy Of Engineering Elects New Members
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Bhasin, Union Carbide; Samuel W. Bodman, U.S. Department of Energy; Menachem Elimelech, Yale University; Katharine G. Frase, IBM; Krzysztof Aleksander Matyjaszewski, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh; Devaraysamudram R. Nagaraj, Cytec Industries; Bernhard O. Palsson, University of California, San Diego; Nicholas A. Peppas, University of Texas, Austin; Lanny A. Robbins, Dow Chemical; Ricardo B. Schwarz, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Ching Wan Tang, Eastman Kodak; Ali Galip Ulsoy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Vaclav Vitek, University of Pennsylvania. New Foreign Associates: Man Mohan Sharma, Mumbai University Institute of Chemical Technology, India; Anthony P. F. Turner, Cranfield University, England.
Nominations For Geochemistry Medal
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HE ACS DIVISION OF GEOCHEMISTRY IS
soliciting nominations for the 4th Geochemistry Division Medal. The award is given biennially to an individual for outstanding accomplishment in any area of geochemistry and consists of a bronze medal and $2,000; it will be presented at the 233rd ACS national meeting in Chicago in spring 2007 The awardee will receive an allowance for travel to the award ceremony as well as registration costs. Nominations should include a detailed description of the nominee's outstanding accomplishments, relevant citations, and any other supporting information. Two letters from individuals other than the primary nominator are requested, but not required, by the committee. Nominees are considered for two award cycles. Applications should be sent to George W. Luther, College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware, 700 Pilottown Rd., Lewes, DE19958 byJune 1. For more information, visit online at membership.acs.org/g/geoc.
Edelstein Award To Peter Morris
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ing has elected 76 new members and nine foreign associates. They bring the total U.S. membership in NAE to 2,216 people and its foreign associate membership to 186 people. New members and foreign associates who are chemists or chemical engineers or who work in chemically related areas include the following: New Members: Mark A. Barteau, University of Delaware, Newark; Madan M. WWW.CEN-0NLINE.ORG
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search program at London's Science Museum, has been selected to receive the 2006 Sidney M. Edelstein Award for Outstanding Achievement in the History of Chemistry. The award is presented by ACS's Division of the History of Chemistry. Morris was selected from a group of international nominees primarily because of the breadth and quality of his research publications in the history of chemistry
and his contributions since 2001 as editor oiAmbix, the journal of the Society for the History of Chemistry. Morris' research publications include several books about the development of the chemical industry in Germany, the U.K., and the U.S. These books, some coauthored with other scholars in the U.K. and the US, have focused on rubber and other polymer industries, on 20th-century instrumentation for chemistry, and on biography. His entry in the "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" on British chemist ArcherJ. P. Martin was designated Editor's Choice for January 2006. During his five years as editor oiAmbix, the journal has expanded by 50% and an online edition was launched. Morris will receive the Edelstein Award during the ACS national meeting in San Francisco in September. The prize consists of an engraved plaque and a check for $3,500- It is supported by a gift from Ruth Edelstein Barish and family and by the Chemical Heritage Foundation.
PMSE Fellows Selected For 2006
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IVE FELLOWS FOR 2 0 0 6 HAVE BEEN
selected by the ACS Division of Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering. They will be inducted during an awards lunch at the ACS national meeting in Atlanta in March. The new class of fellows includes: Anne Hiltner, Herbert Henry Dow Professor of Macromolecular Science & Engineering at Case Western Reserve University. Hiltner has made major contributions in the area of structure-property relationships governing gas transport properties in polyesters and polyester blends, leading to new products in the food/beer packaging field. Robert D. Miller, manager of the advanced organic materials group at IBM's Almaden Research Laboratory. Miller's research activities have included basic photochemical processes and mechanisms, radiation-sensitive polymers and microlithography, new polymeric materials for nonlinear optics, and organic materials for magnetic storage. Donald J. Plazek, professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. Plazek is studying the rheology and viscoelastic properties of polymers and other organic glass-formers in addition to the structure-property relations of polymers. Richard S. Stein, Emeritus Goessmann Professor of Chemistry at the University of Massachusetts. Stein's research focuses on C&EN
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Call For Nominations For Mosher Award
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HE ACS SANTA CLARA VALLEY S E O
tion is seeking nominations for the 2006 Harry & Carol Mosher Award. This award was established in 1980 to recognize and encourage work in chemistry, to ensure advancement of chemistry as a profession, and to recognize service to ACS. Any scientist residing in the U.S. who is a member of ACS is eligible to be nominated for the award. Nominations should describe the nominee's contributions to the field of chemistry, advancement of the chemical profession, and service to ACS. Please forward a brief biographical sketch, a list ofpublications and patents, and specific identification of the work and service upon which the nomination is based by e-mail to nmcclure@drugregu latoryaffairs.com or by mail to Chairman, Mosher Award Committee, Santa Clara Valley Section, ACS, P.O. Box 395, Palo Alto, CA 94302 byJune 15. Nominations should also include a seconding letter.
Women Chemists Committee Announces Travel Award Recipients
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OURTEEN CHEMISTS HAVE RECEIVED
the ACS Women Chemists Committee Travel Awards to attend scientific meetings betweenJan. 1 andJune 30. Grant recipients are Lisa Marie Ambrosini of Providence College, in Rhode Island; Smruti Amin of Northwestern University; Lindsay Batory of Cornell University; Heidi Behrens of the University of Wisconsin, Madison; Andrea Benvin of Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh; Susan Billings of University of California, Irvine; Rozlyn Chambliss of Tuskegee University, in Alabama; Mai Elobeid of Arkansas State University, Jonesboro; Lindsay Legendre ofthe University of Virginia;Jayme Lentz of the University ofWest Florida, Pensacola; Christina Motzko of the University of
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Inamori Foundation Announces Kyoto Prize Laureates
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HE INAMORI FOUNDATION HAS NAMED
two scientists among the three recipients of its 21st Annual Kyoto Prizes. The international awards are presented to individuals and groups worldwide who have contributed significantly to humanity's betterment. George H. Heilmeier, chairman emeritus of Telcordia Technologies, received the 2005 Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology. The award recognizes his groundb r e a k i n g research in the field of liquid crystals and his direct contributions to the development of the liquid crystal display. Simon A. Levin, a professor of biology at Princeton University, received the 2005 Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences. The award recognizes his work in establishing the field of spatial ecology and expanding scientific understanding of the biosphere as a complex adaptive system. Each laureate received a diploma, a Kyoto Prize medal of 20-karat gold, and a cash gift of 50 million yen (approximately U.S. $460,000) during a week of ceremonies in November 2005 in Kyoto, Japan. The laureates will convene in San Diego, Calif, in April, to participate in the 2006 Kyoto Laureate Symposium.
Othmer Medal Goes To Ronald Breslow
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OLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR
Ronald Breslow has been selected by the Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) to receive the 2006 Othmer Gold Medal. The award will be presented during a ceremony at the annual Othmer Gold Medal Luncheon on May 18 in Philadelphia. Breslow is hailed as a groundbreaking researcher, an inspiring teacher, a tireless
leader, a prolific author, and an energetic spokesman for the world of chemistry. "An individual of multifaceted talents and great achievements, Ron Breslow combines a brilliance in research with a motivation to tell the story of chemical achievement to all who will listen," said CHF President Arnold Thackray. "He is the central architect of two major areas of research: biomimetic systems and nonbenzenoid aromatic chemistry. His work offers the promise of important breakthroughs in the fight against cancer, by modulating gene transcription in cancer cells." In addition to numerous honors and awards, Breslow also holds a National Medal of Science. He is the author of about 400 publications, including the book "Chemistry Today and Tomorrow: The Central, Useful, and Creative Science."
White Wins 2005 Hillebrand Prize
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ARTER T. WHITE, OF THE NAVAL RE-
search Laboratory (NRL), is the winner of the 2005 Hillebrand Prize of the Chemical Society of Washington (the ACS Washington, D.C., section). He is being honored for his pioneering contributions to the theory of carbon nanotubes and shockinduced chemistry and for the significant impact his theory has had on the research in these areas by numerous scientists at universities, government laboratories, and industrial laboratories. White and his colleagues were the first to establish that large-scale molecular dynamics simulations could be used to directly link discrete atomic-scale chemistry to the continuum theory of condensed-phase detonations. Over his career, W h i t e built the N R L Theoretical Chemistry Section from scratch and rose t h r o u g h the N R L ranks to become a senior scientist. He spent a year as a program director for condensed matter theory at the National Science Foundation. He has also served as a visiting scientist in the department of materials at the University of Oxford and as professor of physics and Westinghouse Distinguished Professor of Materials Science & Engineering at Washington State University. White will be honored on March 9 at a dinner meeting of the Chemical Society of Washington. • WWW.CEN-0NLINE.ORG
