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International Chemical Congress Of Pacific Basin Societies Call For Papers
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he 3rd International Chemical Con gress of Pacific Basin Societies will be held in Honolulu, Dec. 17-22, 1995. The conference will be sponsored by the American Chemical Society (ACS), the Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ), the Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC), the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry, and the Royal Australian Chemical Insti tute (RACI). Chemists and chemical engi neers in countries bordering the Pacific Ocean are invited to contribute papers in oral or poster format. More than 400 symposia are planned. Sessions will be scheduled for contributed papers in all topical areas. The congress will also include an exposition of books, software, and instrumentation; tours, both
AREA 01-AGROCHEMISTRY (Including agriculture, cellulose, pulp, and paper) 006. New Product-Ingredient Development for Food Science. Hideo Okai (CSJ) 058. Free-Radical Scavengers in Food and Biological Systems. Toshihiko Osawa (CSJ) 501. Development of Recombinant and Wildtype Viruses for Agricultural Pest Control. Bruce Hammock (ACS) 506. Biotechnology of Foods and Flavors. Roy Teranishi (ACS) 520. Pretreatment and Hydrolysis of Lignocellulosics. Jack Saddler (CSC) 524. Immunochemical Methods for Residue Analysis in Agricultural Samples: Food Safety, Environmental Quality, and Worker Exposure. Larry Stanker (ACS) 526. Phytochemical Pest-Control Agents. Paul A. Hedin (ACS) 538. Chemical Modification of Lignocellulosic Materials. David N-S. Hon (ACS) 568. Process-Induced Chemical Changes in Foods. Fereidoon Shahidi (CSC) 576. Structural Changes in Lignocellulosics during Pulp Production. Donald R. Dimmel (ACS) 620. Macromolecular Interactions. Nicholas Parris (ACS) 631. Chemical Implications of Energy Uses for Agricultural and Forestry Resources. Howard Rosen (ACS)
cultural and ecological, of the island of Oahu; plenary lectures by respected inter national experts; and social events. Preand postconference tours, as well as a field trip to the Hawaii Volcano National Park, will also be arranged. Discounted hotel ac commodations and air travel will be an nounced in June 1995. The deadline for receipt of abstracts is March 31, 1995. Three copies of a short abstract (original on the Congress Ab stract Form) and two copies of a long ab stract of 1,000 words plus critically im portant tables are required. The official language for all congress materials is En glish. Abstract forms may be obtained from the Congress Secretariat, c/o ACS Meetings Department, 1155—16th St.,
042. Chemical Sensors. Noboru Yamazoe (CSJ) 048. Future Directions in Electroanalytical Chemistry. Koichi Aoki (CSJ) 050. Recent Advances in Separation Science for Biotechnology. Shigeru Terabe (CSJ) 051. Future Generations of Analytical Re agents. Makoto Takagi (CSJ) 052. Trace and Ultratrace Analysis of Metals and Metal Complexes by HPLC and HPCE. Takao Yotsuyanagi (CSJ) 055. Synchrotron Radiation in Analytical Chemistry. Yohichi Gohshi (CSJ) 544. Lasers in Analytical Chemistry. Edward S. Yeung (ACS) 561. Analytical and Biochemical Aspects of Seafood Safety and Nutrition. James M. Hungerford (ACS) 572. Solid Phases in Analytical Chemistry. Joe A. Vinson (ACS) 599. Atomic Spectroscopy: Picogram and Beyond. James D. Winefordner (ACS) 602. Role of the Interface in Liquid-Liquid Separations. Henry Freiser (ACS) 622. Ordered Media (Micelles. Cyclodextrins, etcetera) and Analytical Chemistry: A Suc cessful Marriage. Willie L. Hinze (ACS) 623. Chemical Analysis with Micromachining and Miniaturized Systems. D. Jed Harri son (CSC)
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[email protected]. The Congress Organizing Committee will provide a limited number of travel grants for young chemistry scholars from developing Pacific Basin countries. Details and eligibility requirements may be ob tained from the Congress Secretariat. The following symposia are being planned. Authors may request to have their papers considered for inclusion in one of the symposia. Papers not sched uled as part of symposia will be sched uled in general sessions by topical area. Symposium organizers and the associa tions with which they are affiliated are listed.
537. Natural Product Metabolism by Plant Cell Cultures. James P. Kutney (CSC) 555. Advances in Bioprocess Engineering. Steven S. Lee (ACS) 559. Biosynthesis of Natural Products. John C. Vederas (CSC) 574. Regulation and Metabolic Engineering of Secondary Metabolite Biosynthesis. Wei-Shou Hu (ACS) 587. Enzyme Mechanisms. John A. Gerit (ACS) 589. Macromolecular Structure and Function. Gregory A. Petsko (ACS) 590. Proteins in Extreme Environments. Al exander M. Klibanov (ACS) 591. Racemases and Epimerases. George Kenyon (ACS) 593. Ribozymes and Antisense Mechanism. Morio Ikehara (CSJ) 596. Molecular Diversity Approaches in Biol ogy and Chemistry. James A. Wells (ACS)
AREA 04-CHEMICAL ECONOMICS & BUSINESS 562. Changing Chemical Scene in the Pacif ic Basin. J. Kenneth Craver (ACS) 636. Technology Development and Transfer in Biotechnology in the Asia-Pacific Re gion. Henry Wang (ACS)
(Including microbial and pharmaceutical)
AREA 02-ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (Including clinical, electrochemical, and trace analysis) 040. Kinetic and Mechanistic Aspects in An alytical Chemistry. Takuji Kawashima (CSJ)
025. Antibody Engineering. Tadayuki Imanaka (CSJ) 059. Advanced NMR Techniques and Biomolecular Structure. Masatsume Kainosho (CSJ) 510. Invertebrate Hemoglobins. C.N.A. Trotman (RACI) 534. Altered Proteins: New Applications in Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Medicine. Ronald Kluger (CSC)
AREA05-CHEMICAL EDUCATION 640. How To Reform Introductory Chemistry. Toshihisa Yoshida (CSJ) 641. Innovations in Teaching Chemistry. Zafra Lehrman (ACS) 642. Computers for Molecular Graphics, In teractive Learning, and Communication in Chemical Education. Howard Yeager (CSC)
AREA 06-ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 002. Safety and Environmental Effects of Organometallics. Shigeru Maeda (CSJ) 010. Catalysis as Applied to Environmental Issues. Masakazu Iwamoto (CSJ) 032. C0 2 Fixation and Efficient Utilization of Energy. Yutaka Tamaura (CSJ) 509. Biogenic Hydrocarbons in the Atmo sphere. Daniel Grosjean (ACS) 518. Technology and Environmental Chemis try of Organometallics. Robert Pellenbarg (ACS) 525. Environmental Applications of Ionizing Radiation: Water, Wastewater, Industrial Waste. William J. Cooper (ACS) 531. Environmental Biomonitoring and Spec imen Banking. K. S. Subramanian (CSC) 532. Analytical Reference Materials for Envi ronmental Science and Technology. Larry Keith (ACS) 533. Protecting Drinking Water Quality and its Sources: Monitoring, Treatment, and Assessment. Β. Κ. Afghan (CSC) 535. Phaseout of CFCs: The End of One Era, the Beginning of Another. Leo Manzer (ACS) 578. Remediation of Chemically Contaminat ed Water and Soils. Murray Moo-Young (CSC) 583. New and Emerging Environmental-Ana lytical Methods for Environmental Monitor ing. V. Dean Adams (ACS) 594. Formation and Control of CombustionGenerated Pollution. Andrzej W. Miziolek (ACS) 603. Volcano-Atmosphere Interactions. Rob ert Andres (ACS) 633. Quality Assurance and Quality Control: A Dynamic Partnership of Global Dimen sions. Guy Simes (ACS) 637. Environmental Chemistry 1995: Prob lems and Prospects. Donald L. Macalady (ACS)
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AREA07-INORGANIC CHEMISTRY (Including nuclear and geochemistry) 004. Recent Developments in Structure, Bonding, and Applications of Inorganic Fluorine Compounds. Tsuyoshi Nakajima (CSJ) 009. Sulfur-Coordinated Transition-Metal Complexes: Biological and Industrial Significance. Kazuko Matsumoto (CSJ) 011. Advanced Material Design and Characterization in Microporous Space. Masaru Ichikawa (CSJ) 014. Multi-Electron-Transfer Processes for Molecular Conversion. Eishun Tsuchida (CSJ) 015. Polyoxometalate Chemistry: Synthesis. Structure, and Reactivity. Toshihiro Yamase (CSJ) 016. Activation and Utilization of Small Molecules. Masanobu Hidai (CSJ) 019. Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine: Natural and Synthetic Approaches. Shigenobu Yano (CSJ) 033. Recent Developments in Solution Coordination Chemistry. Kiyoshi Sawada (CSJ) 054. Electron-Transfer Reactions in Bioinorganic Molecules. Isao Taniguchi (CSJ) 505. Metal Complexes of Carbon: The Coordination Chemistry of Cx Ligands. John A. Gladysz (ACS) 507. Research with Radioactive Nuclear Beams. John D'Auria (CSC) 508. Advances in the Chemistry and Properties of Novel Low-Dimensional and Conducting or Superconducting Solids. Jack M. Williams (ACS) 512. New Techniques in the Chemical Analysis of Coal. Paul C. Lyons (ACS) 514. Inorganic Photochemistry: Applications in Bioinorganic Chemistry. Energy Conversions, and Catalysis. Peter C. Ford (ACS) 546. Chemical Effects of Ultrasound. Kenneth S. Suslick (ACS) 548. Solid Superacids. Clarence D. Chang (ACS) 550. Applications and Advances in MainGroup Element Chemistry. Anthony J. Arduengo III (ACS) 558. Role of Spectroscopic Methods in Modern Inorganic Chemistry. Ian S. Butler (CSC) 563. New Developments and Directions in the Organometallic Chemistry of the Late Transition Metals. Clifford P. Kubiak (ACS)
584. Separation and Purification by Crystallization. Gregory D. Botsaris (ACS) 608. Geochemistry of Nonmarine Source Rocks and Petroleum. Ron A. Noble (ACS) 614. Chemistry of Early Transition-Metal/ Group-15.16 Compounds. Douglas W. Stephen (CSC) 616. Chemical and Nuclear Properties of Actinides. J. R. Peterson (ACS) 617. Environmental Radiochemistry. Heino Nitsche (ACS) 618. Nuclear Medicine. M. Welch (ACS) 619. Nuclear Science in 2020. Darlene Hoffman (ACS) 621. Transition-Metal Carbides and Nitrides: Preparation, Properties, and Catalytic Reactivity. S. Ted Oyama (ACS) 632. Environmental Geochemistry of Oxic-Anoxic Interfaces. Donald D. Adams (ACS) 635. Chemical Terminology Involved in Materials Science: A Multidisciplinary Opportunity. Charles E. Gragg (ACS)
AREA08-MACRO MOLECULAR CHEMISTRY 005. Design of Polymers with Controlled Architecture. Shohei Inoue (CSJ) 007. Silicon-Based Polymers. Itaru Mita (CSJ) 024. Biomedical Functions and Biotechnology of Natural and Artificial Polymers. Toshiyuki Uryu (CSJ) 044. Supramolecular Order in Polymer Colloids and Surfaces. Takuhei Nose (CSJ) 045. Polymers for Microelectronics and Photonics. Seiichi Tagawa (CSJ) 502. Environmental Polymer Biodégradation. Richard A. Gross (ACS) 517. High-Performance Polymers. Paul M. Hergenrother (ACS) 522. Kinetics and Modeling of Polymerizations. Michael Cunningham (CSC) 528. Polymer Alloys and Blends. Hsinjin Yang (ACS) 557. Solid-State NMR: Polymer Spectroscopy and Materials Imaging. A. D. English (ACS) 564. Polymer Photophysics and Photochemistry. J. E. Guillet (CSC) 569. Radiation Chemistry of Polymers. David J. T. Hill (RACI)
581. Reactive Melt Processing. Warren E. Baker (CSC) 607. Flow-Induced Structure Formation in Polymer Systems. Robert A. Weiss (ACS)
AREA09-ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 001. Reactive and Unusual Molecules. Matt Platz (ACS) 008. Biocatalysis in Organic Synthesis. Hiromichi Ohta (CSJ) 026. Organo-Molecular Transformation by Electrochemical Activation. Kenji Uneyama (CSJ) 039. Mechanisms for Aliphatic Substitution Reactions. Yuho Tsuno (CSJ) 043. Fullerenes. Eiji Osawa (CSJ) 503. Recent Advances in Organic Photochemistry. Howard E. Zimmerman (ACS) 511. Organometallics in Organic Transformations. Synthesis, and Asymmetric Catalysis. P. Wyn Jennings (ACS) 523. Phthalocyanines. C. C. Leznoff (CSC). 536. New Directions in Drug Discovery. W. A. Denny (RACI) 539. Molecular Recognition and Supramolecular Assemblies. Allison Butler (ACS) 540. Marine and Unusual Microbial Natural Products. Richard E. Moore (ACS) 543. New Organic Compounds: Novel Structures, Novel Properties. Philip E. Eaton (ACS) 545. Microwaves and Chemical Synthesis. Raymond L. Giguere (ACS) 547. Phase-Transfer Catalysis. Martin J. O'Donnell (ACS) 552. Ketene Chemistry. Thomas T. Tidwell (CSC) 553. Fluorine in Biological Chemistry. John T. Welch (ACS) 556. Organic Radical Chemistry. Martin Newcomb (ACS) 566. Artificial Intelligence in OrganicMedicinal Chemistry. David Winkler (RACI) 573. Arachidonic Acid Metabolism in Health and Disease. Michael J. Gresser (CSC) 577. Anti-Infective Agents. D. Liotta (ACS) 598. Molecular-Based Magnetic Materials. Mark M. Turnbull (ACS) 639. Natural Products Chemistry and Synthesis. Amos B. Smith III (ACS)
Papers for Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting Papers are being solicited for the 29th Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting to be held May 24-26, 1995, in Washington, D.C. The meeting, which will be hosted by the Chemical Society of Washington, will be held on the campus of American University. Technical papers and poster presentations are invited from all areas of chemistry including analytical, biological, inorganic, organic, polymer, and physical chemistry and chemical education. Technical symposium topics include DNA imaging, chromatography, chemical health and safety, chiral chromatography, good laboratory practices, carbohydrate chemistry, cosmetic chemistry, history of chemistry, chemical education, and medicinal chemistry. The program will be highlighted by the presentation of the E. Emmet Reid Award to recog58
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nize excellence in teaching chemistry at a liberal arts college and the award for the Excellence in High School Chemistry Teaching for the Middle Atlantic Region. Other events planned include student affiliate activities; an exhibition of scientific equipment, instruments, and products; and a Regional Employment Clearing House. Send camera-ready original abstracts on a standard ACS Abstract Form and three copies to Frederick Carson, MARM, Department of Chemistry, American University, Washington, D.C. 20016-8014; phone (202) 885-1750. The deadline for receipt of abstracts is Feb. 1, 1995. The symposium chairman is Mary Trucksess, Food & Drug Administration, HFS-346, 200 C St., S.W., Washington D.C. 20204; phone (202) 2054429. For more information, contact the
AREA 10-PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 003. Solvation Dynamics: From Ions to Protein. Fumio Hirata (CSJ) 013. Molecular Interaction in Solution from the Macroscopic and Thermodynamic Viewpoints. Hiroyasu Nomura (CSJ) 021. Recent Progress in Photoelectrochemistry and Its Application to Energy, Information, and Environmental Technologies. Yoshihiro Nakato (CSJ) 022. Recent Developments in Vibrational Spectroscopy. Mitsuo Tasumi (CSJ) 027. High-Resolution Solid-State NMR: Progress and Applications. Hazime Saito (CSJ) 028. Chemical Applications of Synchrotron Radiation. Yoshihiko Hatano (CSJ) 030. High-Temperature and Pressure Solution Chemistry. Toshio Yamaguchi (CSJ) 031. Frontiers of Mathematical Chemistry. Haruo Hosoya (CSJ) 034. Design, Characterization, and Performance of Advanced Catalytic Materials. Tsutomu Seimiya (CSJ) 035. Low-Dimensional Molecular Systems on Solid Surfaces. Tsutomu Seimiya (CSJ) 036. Supramolecular Assembly at Surfaces and in Solutions. Tsutomu Seimiya (CSJ) 037. Biosurfactants and Biosurfaces. Tsutomu Seimiya (CSJ) 038. Dispersed Systems and Effect of Added Polymer. Tsutomu Seimiya (CSJ) 041. Advances in Cluster Science. Koji Kaya (CSJ) 046. Computer-Aided Prediction Techniques in Chemistry. Hidetsugu Abe (CSJ) 504. Small Particles in Organized Media. Neil Furlong (RACI) 516. Structure, Dynamics, and Control of Excited States. Jaan Laane (ACS), Andre Bandrauk (CSC) 521. Electron Spectroscopy and STM-AFM Analysis of the Solid-Liquid Electrochemical Interface. Gregory Jerkiewicz (CSC) 529. Computational Quantum Chemistry: A Viable Partner to Experiment in Chemical Research. Russell J. Boyd (CSC) 530. Excited-State Molecular Association. Yuan L Chow (CSC) 606. Advances in Quantum Monte Carlo. James B. Anderson (ACS)
general chairwoman, Nina Roscher, Department of Chemistry, American University, Washington D.C. 20016-8014; phone (202) 885-1750. For information on exhibiting, contact Patricia Thorstenson, Department of Chemistry, University of the District of Columbia, 4200 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20008; phone (202) 274-7425. Π
Notice to members wishing to resign ACS members who wish to resign their membership at the end of 1994 should do so now by letter to the ACS executive director. Bylaws spec ify that anyone who fails to resign by Dec. 31 will be carried on the rolls in 1995 as a member and will be re sponsible for dues. Failure to pay dues does not constitute resignation.
