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▸ Chemists win NIH Director’s Award Three chemists are among the winners of the 2017 NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award, which provides support for exceptionally innovative and unconventional research projects. Anne M. Andrews is a professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences and chemistry and biochemistry at the University of California, Los Angeles, and an associate editor for ACS Chemical Neuroscience. Her research is on the use of in vivo neurotransmitter monitoring to understand the serotonin systems. Daniel T. Chiu is a professor of chemistry at the University of Washington. His research is on developing new tools for interfacing with biological systems at the nanometer scale. Joshua C. Vaughan is an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Washington. His research focuses on methods and probes for nanoscale biological imaging.—LINDA WANG
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▸ Blavatnik Foundation presents regional awards Two chemical scientists are among the winners of the 2017 Blavatnik Regional Awards for Young Scientists, given annually by the Blavatnik Family Foundation to outstanding postdoctoral scientists from institutions in New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut. Chao Lu of Rockefeller University is being honored for his work in identifying chromosomal modifications leading to tumor formation. Andrew Ilott of New York University is being honored for his development of magnetic resonance imaging techniques to better understand mechanisms of battery failure. Each winner will receive $30,000 in unrestricted funds.—LINDA WANG
▸ Organic division presents awards The ACS Division of Organic Chemistry has named the winners of the 2017 Technical Achievements in Organic Chemistry Award, which recognizes outstanding con-
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Peter J. Dunn Award to Lipshutz and Handa Bruce Lipshutz, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Sachin Handa, assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Louisville, are the recipients of the Peter J. Dunn Award for Green Chemistry & Engineering Impact in the Pharmaceutical Industry. The award, presented by the ACS Green Chemistry Institute Pharmaceutical Roundtable, recognizes outstanding implementation of green chemistry and engineering in the pharmaceutical industry that have led to improvements, such as in safety or to Handa Lipshutz the environment. Lipshutz and Handa are being honored for their work in developing environmentally friendly catalysts that reduce the amount of palladium needed to carry out cross-coupling reactions for pharmaceutical applications. Palladium is not only expensive, but it is also considered to be an endangered metal. The pair will be honored at the 22nd Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference in June 2018. The award includes up to $2,500 for travel expenses to attend the meeting.—LINDA WANG
tributions to the field of organic chemistry from bachelor’s or master’s chemists pursuing careers in industry or government. The winners are Ann M. Buysse of Dow AgroSciences, Kenneth J. DiRico of Pfizer, Junying Fan of Bristol-Myers Squibb, William Farrell of Pfizer, Pete Johnson of Dow AgroSciences, Toufike Kanouni of Celgene Quanticel Research, Ryan Linder of Eli Lilly & Co., John C. Murray of Pfizer, Sean Neville of Gilead Sciences, John K. Pratt of Abbvie, Jeffrey G. Varnes of AstraZeneca, Cheng Wang of Merck & Co., and Leonard L. Winneroski of Eli Lilly & Co. Nominations for the 2018 awards are due Jan. 15, 2018. For more information, visit www.organicdivision.org/taoc.—LINDA
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▸ Chemists elected to National Academy of Medicine Six ACS members were elected last month to the National Academy of Medicine. The newly elected chemists are Charles Lieber of Harvard University; Christopher N. Bowman of the University of Colorado,
Boulder; Arup Chakraborty of Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Ben Cravatt of Scripps Research Institute California. They are among 80 new members elected this year. The National Academy of Medicine addresses critical issues in health, science, medicine, and policy.—LINDA WANG
▸ Patterson-Crane Award available The ACS Dayton and Columbus Sections seek nominations for the 2018 Austin M. Patterson-E. J. Crane Award for outstanding contributions to chemical information. The award includes a $3,000 honorarium. Nominations must include a one- to three-page letter highlighting contributions by the nominee to the field of chemical information, biographical information about the nominee, a bibliography of publications and presentations relevant to the award, and a seconding letter. Nominations must be received by Jan. 31, 2018, and should be sent to
[email protected].—LINDA WANG
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