ACS NEWS
Guide to October local section meetings featuring ACS tour speakers As a service to society members and the public, C&EN publishes from fall to spring monthly guides to ACS tour speaker appearances at upcoming meetings. For general information about these events, which are open to all interested
persons, consult the alphabetical listing of cities and their corresponding local sections along with the topic/speaker key. For additional information, contact the local section or the ACS Speaker Service at (202) 872-4613.
Meeting city Local section
Meeting city Local section
Date (Oct.) Topic code
Meeting city Local section
Date (Oct.) Topic code
Date (Oct.) Topic code
Meeting city Local section
Date (Oct.) Topic code
Akron, Ohio 19/G Wooster/Akron P. LeBrun, (419) 289-5269 C. Schrader, (216) 945-5600
Cleveland 18/G Cleveland J. Murtagh, (216)232-3320, ext. 446
Kansas City, Mo. 18/H Kansas City E. Parente, (816)966-7138
Monroe, La. 19/K Ouachita Valley W.Godwin, (501)460-1866
Kilgore, Texas
Albany, N.Y. 25/Y Eastern New York F. Scuderi, (518)434-4546
Columbia, Mo. 25/EE University of Missouri S. Jurisson, (314)882-2107
Coot T P Y Q Q
R.Johnson, (903)753-0231, ext. 355
Moorhead, Minn. 20/M Red River Valley D. Johansen, (701)786-2301
Amarillo, Texas 16/W Panhandle Plains W. Hardin, (806) 477-4673
Corpus Christi, Texas 21/CC South Texas J. Sounik, (512)242-4117
Kingsport, Tenn. Northeast Tennessee S. Perri, (615)229-1484
Asheville, N.C. 18/AA Western Carolinas C. Bass, (803) 597-4631
Coventry, R.I. 17/HH Rhode Island J. Dain, (401)792-5942
Knoxville 17/V East Tennessee M. Buchanan, (615) 574-4868
Muskegon, Mich. 11/TBA Western Michigan E. Lenoir, (616)392-2375, ext. 2352
Ashtabula, Ohio 17/G Erie/Northeastern Ohio R. Gallivan, (814)868-3611, ext. 3254 D.Johnson, (216)357-3742
Decatur, III. 27/GG Decatur-Springfield C. Hockensmith, (217) 786-7476
LaCrosse, Minn. 17/KK LaCrosse-Winona J. Hedstrom, (319)382-8483
Nashville 19 Z Nashville M. Stone, (615)322-2589
Denver 5/LL Colorado R. Baldwin, (303) 273-3727
Lake Charles, La. 10/Q Southwest Louisiana M. Smith, (318)497-6419
New Wilmington, Pa. 20/G Penn-Ohio Border F. Koknat, (216)742-3668
Detroit 10/TBA Detroit O. Morel, (313)897-1314
Lake Jackson, Texas 18/E Brazosport L. Colegrove, (409) 238-9948
Norfolk, Va. Hampton Roads R. Ake, (804) 683-4097
Duluth, Minn. 16/11 Lake Superior J. Lane, (218) 722-3336, ext. 332
Laramie, Wyo. 6/X Wyoming D. Netzel, (307)721-2370
North Augusta, S.C. 16/AA Savannah River J. Krupa, (803) 725-5346
Dyersburg, Tenn. 20/V Kentucky Lake H. Fannin, (502) 762-2584
Lawton, Okla. 16/K Wichita Falls-Duncan A. Nalley, (405)581-2889
Omaha 17/FF Omaha D.Smith, (402)280-1898
Enfield/Hartford, Conn. 23/L Connecticut Valley
Lincoln, Neb. 16/FF Nebraska T. Dungan, (402)464-6311,
Oshkosh, Wis. 19/KK Northeast Wisconsin J. Mihalick, (414) 424-7095
Atlanta Georgia J. Mei, (404) 488-7945
17/AA
Baton Rouge 11/Q Baton Rouge A. Bayer, (504)642-1279 Beaumont, Texas 9/Q Sabine-Neches J. Colapret, (409) 880-8540 Big Spring, Texas 18/N Permian Basin V. McLean, (915)263-1498 Binghamton, N.Y. 20/U Binghamton C. Myers, (607) 777-2229 Bozeman, Mont. 7/LL Montana M. Waddington, (406) 657-2024 Bradford, Pa. 12/TBA Penn-York F. Mulcahy, (814) 362-7606 Burlington, Vt. 27/TBA Green Mountain LeRoy Butler, (802) 485-2353 Carbondale, III. 26/D Southern Illinois R. Hathaway, (314) 334-8817 Cedar Falls, Iowa
16/TBA
Iowa R. Vick, (319)366-3570 Chattanooga 18/Z Chattanooga A. Foster, (615)629-1405
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K. Golas, (203) 285-9694 Evansville, Ind. 19/R Indiana-Kentucky Border J. Seyler, (812)464-1923 Florence, S.C. 19/AA South Carolina K.Williams, (803)661-1447 Fort Wayne, Ind. 16/JJ Northeastern Indiana V. Maloney, (219)481-6295 Frostburg, Md. 10/P Western Maryland R. Larivee, (301)689-4091 Houston 19/CC Greater Houston J. Fefer, (713)467-0231 Joliet, III. 19/TBA Joliet L Kanta, (815)729-7320
17/K
16/Z
ext. 3989 Lubbock, Texas 17/W South Plains A. Headley, (806) 742-3091 Lynchburg, Va. 18/A Virginia Blue Ridge G. Schick, (703)231-8215 Memphis Memphis J. Bell, (901)332-1590
21/V
Meriden, Conn. 18/HH New Haven R. Martin, (203) 392-6268 Milwaukee 20/TBA Milwaukee B. Douthitt, (414)252-3550 Minneapolis or St. Paul 18/FF Minnesota M. Stankovich, (612) 624-1019
Morgantown, W.Va. 9/J Northern West Virginia A. Stolzenberg, (304) 293-3435
19/B
Peoria, III. 18/TBA Peoria K. Kolb, (309) 677-3028 Phoenix 20/N Central Arizona M. Pena, (602)965-0109 Pittsburg, Kan. 17/H Mo-Kan-Ok A. Bednekoff, (316) 235-4750 Plattsburgh, N.Y. 26/I Northern New York C. Ofslager, (518)297-8584 Pocatello, Idaho 2/C Idaho F. Hohorst, (208) 526-4542 Poughkeepsie or 19/HH Beacon, N.Y. Mid-Hudson D. Straus, (914) 257-3790
Meeting city Local section
Date (Oct.) Topic code
Meeting city Local section
Date (Oct.) Topic code
Provo, Utah 4/LL Central Utah S. Zimmerman, (801) 378-4100
San Antonio 17/CC San Antonio B.Taylor, (210)677-3818
Rock Island or 17/0 Monmouth, III. Illinois-Iowa G. Bailey, (319)383-8801
Say re or Towanda, Pa. 18/U Corning J. Toler, (607) 974-3024
Rockford, III. 20/TBA Rock River E. Conklin, (815)968-0747 Rolla, Mo. 23/D South Central Missouri N. Morosoff, (314) 341-4903 Salt Lake City 3/X Salt Lake T. Richmond, (801) 581-7487
Shreveport, La. 18/K Northwest Louisiana E. Blakeney, (318) 896-5230 Socorro, N.M. 19/W Central New Mexico R. Patterson, (505) 272-7009 South Bend, Ind. 17/R St. Joseph Valley L Murray, (219)262-7711 Springfield, Mo. 24/D Ozark A.Gordon, (417)836-5826
Meeting city Local section
Date (Oct.) Topic code
State College or 11/J Belief ο nte, Pa. Central Pennsylvania P. DeCusati, (814)231-9212 Stevens Point, Wis. 18/11 Central Wisconsin J. Adams, (715)359-2440 Syracuse 19/BB Syracuse K. Freer, (315)471-0503 TBA 28/TBA Maine J. McDaniel, (207) 778-7368 Terre Haute, Ind. 18/T Wabash Valley M.Mueller, (812)877-8310
Meeting city Local section
Date (Oct.) Topic code
Vermillion, S.D. Sioux Valley J. Vitt, (605) 677-6185
19/FF
Victoria, Texas 20/DD Texas Coastal Bend J. England, (512)572-2133 Waco, Texas 16/DD Heart o' Texas D.Jay, (817)771-4545 Wichita, Kan. 16/H Wichita M. Rumpel, (913)628-5322 Wilmington, N.C. 20/A Eastern North Carolina P. Varlashkin, (919) 707-7098 Worcester, Mass. 24/S Central Massachusetts D. Mierke, (508) 793-7220
Topic/speaker key: A.
Amber: Real and Fake. A. Shedrinsky, New York U
T.
B.
Application of Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography to the Materi als of Art and Archaeology. A. Shedrinsky
Molecular Transport and Reaction Kinetics at Liquid/Solid In terfaces. J. Harris
U.
Oxygen Chemistry: From Green Plants to Silver-Catalyzed Epoxidation to Cytochrome P-450 Oxygenation of Hydrocar bons. D. Sawyer, Texas A&M U
V.
Pandora's Box: The Science Revolution. J. Christman, Loy ola U (retired)
W.
Plutonium: An Element for All Seasons. G. Choppin
X.
Recent Red-Tide Research. D. Martin
Y.
Science and Health Is More Than Taking Medicine When You're Sick. H. Free
Z.
Serendipity: Luck in Scientific Discovery. J. Christman
C.
Aquatic Weeds: $0.50 a Foot in Woolworth's and $500 a Mile in Your Canal. D. Martin, U of South Florida
D.
Atoms and Ethics. R. Marcus, Moon Oak
E.
Biochemical Role of Cholesterol: Good Guy or Bad Guy? J. Vinson, U of Scranton
F.
Canceled.
G.
Chemical Magic from the Grocery Store: Dispel Chemophobia. A. Sae, Eastern New Mexico U
H.
Chemistry and the Invention of Photography. A. Winston, West Virginia U
I.
Chemistry: Contributions to the Quality of Life. H. Free, Miles Laboratories Inc.
J.
Chemistry in the Sherlock Holmes Stories. J. O'Brien, Southwest Missouri State U
K.
Chemistry of Oil Shale: America's Largest Alternative Energy Source for Liquid Fuels. R. Heistand
L.
Chemistry: The Perception of the Public. H. Free
EE. Ethics of Limited Horizons: Alternative Cultures, Universes, Time Lines. R. Marcus
M.
Clusters Galore: Halides of the Early Transition Metals. J. Corbett, Iowa State U
FF. First Step to New Materials: Exploratory Synthesis and the Joys of Discovery. J. Corbett
N.
Environmental Behavior of Plutonium. G. Choppin, Florida State U
O.
European History of Chemistry Museums and Exhibits. J. Wotiz, Southern Illinois U
P.
Famous Mad Hatters. J. O'Brien
Q.
Global Warning: Sorting the Myths from the Facts. M. Parsons, West Coast U
R.
Harnessing the Coherence of Laser Radiation for Spectro scopic Applications. J. Harris, U of Utah
LL. Why Don't We Live Longer? D. Martin
History of Diagnostics Industry. H. Free
TBA.To Be Announced
S.
AA. Application of Chemistry to the Examination of Works of Art. S. Lomax, National Gallery of Art BB. Biological Chemistry of Dioxygen: A Unique Natural Product. D. Sawyer CC. Chemistry and Biochemistry of Atherosclerosis. J. Vinson DD. Chemistry of Marijuana in Man. J. Vinson
GG. Practice of Chemistry in Japan. R. Marcus HH. Use and Misuse of Scientific Evidence (Sherlock Holmes Makes Mistakes). R. Henderson, Southeastern Research Laboratories II.
Those Wonderful, Useful Carbohydrates. J. BeMiller, Purdue U
JJ.
Time-Resolved Spectroscopic Monitoring of Photoinitiated Processes. J. Harris
KK. Utilization of Biopolymers. J. BeMiller
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ACS NEWS
Other local section meetings in October For further information about any of the following events, call the local section contacts at the telephone numbers given. Meeting city Local section
Meeting site Date/time
Topic/spea/cer/affiliation
Cincinnati Cincinnati
Embassy Suites Blue Ash 18/6 PM
Are Alternate Fluorocarbons Really Safe? J. Francisco, Purdue U
D. Ashing
Philadelphia Philadelphia
Franklin Institute 9/6 PM
Science-in-Fiction Is Not Science Fiction—Is It Autobiography? C. Djerassi, Stanford U
L. Harper (215) 382-1589
Contact Telephone No.
(513)576-3124
MEETINGS
Conference on Recent Advances in Fermentation Technology
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he Society for Industrial Microbiology and the ACS Division of Biotechnology are cosponsoring the special conference "Recent Advances in Fermentation Technology/' Nov. 4-7, at the Town & Country Hotel in San Diego. The conference will be a forum for scientists and engineers from various disciplines to exchange information and ideas on the latest advances in fermentation technology. Five symposia, one poster session, and a roundtable discussion will be presented during the three days of sessions. Vincent Gullo of Schering Plough Research Institute is the conference chairman. Program cochairmen are Robert Schwartz of Abbott Laboratories and Randolph Greasham of Merck Research Laboratories.
SATURDAY 6:00 PM—Keynote Address: Metabolic engineering of new fermentation processes. J. E. Bailey
J. E. Bailey, professor of biotechnology at the Institute for Biotechnology, Zurich, will present the keynote address, "Metabolic Engineering of New Fermentation Processes/' on Saturday, Nov. 4 at 6 PM. A reception for all conference attendees will follow. The conference reception and banquet will take place on Monday, Nov. 6, starting at 6 PM. The deadline for advance registration and housing is Oct. 4, after which a $50 late charge will apply. Rooms at the convention rate cannot be guaranteed after the deadline. Breakfast and lunch on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday and Monday's banquet are included in the conference registration fee. Special conference rates at the Town &
9:30—3. Computer-aided design in bioprocess estimation and control. A. Cheruy 10:30—4. Metabolic flux balancing: Basic concepts, scientific and practical use. A. Varma, B. O. Palsson 11:00—5. Integrating fermentation control objectives with downstream operations. I. D. L. Bogle, M. Gregory
Country Hotel have been arranged. Nightly rates are $75, $85, and $95 plus tax, single occupancy, or $85, $95, and $105 plus tax, double occupancy, depending on the location of the room in the hotel. Contact the hotel directly at (800) 772-8527 to make reservations. In addition, arrangements have been made with United Airlines to offer special fares for all meeting participants. A 5% discount off the lowest applicable fare, including first class, or 10% off the midweek fare is available. CaU (800) 521-4041 and refer to meeting No. 589NX. Avis and Alamo are offering 10% discounts off applicable automobile rental rates when reservations are made in conjunction with United Airlines reservations. Ground transportation is available via Cloud 9 Shuttle. Call (800) 9-SHUTTLE from the airport courtesy information board in the baggage claim area. Inside California, call (619) 278-8877. Major credit cards are accepted on the shuttle.
4:00—10. High-cell-density fermentations for the production of a peptide-based therapeutic in Escherichia coli using a concatemeric expression vector construct. M. Rosenberg, J. Doinikova, L. Eaton Session 3: Poster Session and Reception 5:30-7:00 PM
Session 2: Scale-Up of Recombinant Protein Expression
9:00—12. Recent progress in monitoring high-cell-density perfusion systems. K. Konstantinov, Y. Tsai, R. Matanguihan, S. Yoon, C. Karunatilake, J. Thrift, S. Ozturk, J. Blackie, D. Naveh 9:30—13. Rapid monitoring of glycoprotein quality in bioprocesses. B. J. Harmon, X. Gu, D. I. C. Wang 10:30—14. Biologically inspired engineering design of molecular sensors. H. Bright 11:00—15. Fluorescence-based sensors for on-line monitoring. G. Rao
M. Rosenberg, Organizer
SUNDAY Session 1: Computer-Assisted Fermentation Optimization and Control
J. O. Neway, C. P. Kenyon, Organizers 8:30 AM—1. Complete computer monitoring and control system for laboratory- and pilot-scale Escherichia coli fermentations. R. S. Blackmore, J. S. Blome, J. O. Neway 9:00—2. Glucose control of high-cell-density Escherichia coli fermentations. W. R. Strohl, G. L. Kleman
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1:30 PM—6. Recombinant protein labeling in Escherichia coli. A. R. Bernard, A. E. I. Prooudfoot, J. P. Shaw 2:00—7. Scale-up/scale-down issues in cell culture and microbial fermentation systems. P. Galliher 2:30—8. Fermentation optimization of expression of recombinant proteins in Escherichia coli using a T7 RNA polymerase transcription system. J. V. Blackwell, S. M. Rapko, R. C. Doten 3:30—9. Deamidation of DNase in CHO cell cultures: Base mixing, scale-up, and kinetics. J. Trask, R. Kiss, D. Ward, T. Stapp, M. Croughan
Session 5: Pathway Engineering
MONDAY
M. Finkelstein, J. Liao, Organizers Session 4: Recent Developments in Monitoring Technology
G. Rao, Organizer 8:30 AM—11. technology in microbial Junker, J. Greasham
On-line and in situ monitoring for cell-density measurement and animal cell cultures. B. H. Reddy, K. Gbewonyo, R. L.
1:30 PM—16. Physiological perturbations caused by alterations of central metabolism in Escherichia coli. J. C. Liao, S-Y. Hou, R. Spitzer 2:00—17. Engineering of the aromatic amino acid pathway of Escherichia coli for the production of biochemicals. A. Berry, T. Dodge, G. Whited 2:30—18. Enhanced production of dicarboxylic acids through metabolic engineering. C. S. Millard, L. Stols, J. C. Liao, M. Donnelly 3:30—19. Transgenic polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) production technology. O. P. Peoples, U. T. Gerngross, G. W. Huisman
