59-410 Undergrad Defences - April 29-30

59-410 final defences and research presentations for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry take place on April 29-30, 2013 in Room 186 Essex Hall.

The schedule is available online at:

http://chem410.cs.uwindsor.ca/Schedules/index.html

The seminars are open to the public, so you can invite family and friends.
Hope to see you there!

Rob Schurko, 59-410 coordinator.

ChemProm MMXIII - Friday May 3, 2013

The biggest social event of the year happens at ChemProm, Fri. May 3, 2013 starting at 7 p.m. at the Caboto Club.  Tickets are available from the main office, or from Chris, Gyllian and Corey (from the Chem Club).  Be there, or be square planar.

Two three-minute thesis winners from Chemistry!

A sweep for science: Biology student Rebecca Williams and chemistry students Chris Allan and Heather Filiatrault claimed all the hardware at UWindsor’s inaugural Three Minute Thesis Competition, Monday in the CAW Student Centre.

Congratulations to Chris Allan (Macdonald group) and Heather Filiatrault (Carmichael group) for winning first place and the people's choice awards, respectively, in the Three-Minute Thesis Competition.

From the Daily News:

Winning the University’s inaugural Three Minute Thesis Competition was a little overwhelming for Chris Allan, but he is already looking ahead: “I am really excited to be going to Kingston,” he said.

The doctoral student in chemistry will represent Windsor in the province-wide competition, April 18 at Queens University, after taking top local honours Monday with his presentation “From your TV to the lab: Exploring the reactivity of indium.” He also will receive a $1,000 cash award.

Joining Allan in Kingston will be runner-up Rebecca Williams, a biology student whose presentation “Great Lakes Undercover: Can fish evolve to survive pollution?” was good for the $500 second-place prize.

And crowd favourite Heather Filiatrault won the people’s choice award and $250 with her précis “Stretchable electronics cast in a new light.”

Dean of graduate studies Patti Weir said the competition highlighted the excellent research conducted by graduate students across campus.

“This has been an awesome three days!” she said.

Click here to see the original article.

Undergrad researchers successful at SOUSCC

21 students from the 59-410 research project class attended the 41st Southern Ontario Undergraduate Student Chemistry Conference (SOUSCC) at McMaster University.  

Congratulations to all who presented their work, and also to our five prize winners:

Biological-Cell Chemistry
1st place - Yousif Atwan (Mutus)
2nd place - Hyder Ali Khan (Mutus)

Organic Materials
1st place - Hi Taing (Eichhorn)

Physical Chemistry - Materials and Spectroscopy
1st place - Mike Jaroszewicz (Schurko)

Physical Chemistry
3rd place - Paul Prochazka (Carmichael)

For more information on the 59-410 project course, visit our website.

Nov. 9-11, 2012 - Quebec Ontario Minisympsium in Synthetic and Bioorganic Chemistry (QOMSBOC)

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Windsor is hosting the 23rd annual QOMSBOC (Quebec Ontario Minisympsium in Synthetic and Bioorganic Chemistry) from November 9-11, 2012. The conference will be held on the campus of the University of Windsor.  

The plenary speakers include Dr. Mukund Sibi (North Dakota State University), Dr. Jeff Aube (University of Kansas), and Dr. Carl Decicco (Bristol-Myers Squibb).

We invite both oral and poster presentations for the conference; normally the vast majority of these are from graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. The deadline for both oral and poster contributions is Oct. 17, 2012. The early registration deadline is also Oct. 17.  

For more information, please see the website for the conference:
http://www.uwindsor.ca/qomsboc/

Dennis Ma is awarded a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship

Dennis Ma pulls a tray of experimental cancer cell samples out of a liquid nitrogen tank in his Essex Hall lab.

Congratulations to Dennis Ma!


All of the dedication and commitment Dennis Ma has put into his research are beginning to pay off, both in his academic career and the progress he’s made in finding new ways to fight cancer.

“I’ve never worked harder in my whole life than I have in the past few years,” said Ma, a PhD student in Chemistry and Biochemistry and the recent recipient of a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship. “A lot of times we’re here at 7 a.m. and don’t get home until after midnight. It’s been a lot of hard work and a lot of long hours.”

Ma was one of 156 doctoral students from 29 Canadian universities to receive one of the scholarships, which provide $50,000 per year in funding over a three year period. The successful recipients were announced at a reception last week in Kingston, Ontario.

Click here to read the whole story in the Daily News.

Windsor Welcome Week - Sept. 5 at 10 a.m.

Welcome Week Chemistry/Biochemistry orientation will be held on Wed, 5 September 2012,
at 10:00 a.m. in Toldo 200.  All first year students should attend.  This year, we will focus on "What is required for success in first year chemistry and biochemistry."

For additional information, contact Prof. Lana Lee.