Chemistry and Biochemistry Canned Food Drive

Chemistry and Biochemistry Canned Food Drive

All Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty, Staff, PDF, Grad and 410 Students:

Bring in your unexpired can goods or non perishable food items.

You are being challenged - lets set a record and beat the other departments in the Faculty of Science.  If we win, we get to share a coffee break!  

There is a box set up in the main office.   Contest runs from Nov. 1-30, 2015

Details below.

Red Hot Chili Peppers….

…are often added to the chilis found at the

The 2nd Annual Chili Cook Off takes place on Friday, February 14, 2014 in 273 Essex Hall, and is open to all students, staff and faculty!

See Marlene in the main office if you would like to register for this great event!

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.

Welcome back! Important notices for incoming undergraduate students

Welcome back!
Important notices for undergraduates in Chemistry and Biochemistry programs:

1. All lab manuals and caution cards will be sold out at the University Bookstore starting in Fall 2009.

2. Lab coats and glasses go on sale starting Sept. 14, 2009. Click here for more information.

3. Windsor Welcome Week activities for first year students take place on Sept. 7 and 8, 2009.

4. Classes officially start for the Fall 2009 term on Sept. 9, 2009.

5. New hours for the Science Resource Centre are now posted. Click here for more information.

The faculty and staff of the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry hope that you have an enjoyable and productive fall term.

NMR workshop, May 20 and 21

NMR Workshop Announcement:
On May 20 and 21 from 9:00 am until 12:00 p.m., the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry NMR Facility at the University of Windsor is offering a workshop entitled "An Introduction to Practical Aspects of NMR Data Acquisition and Processing".

This introductory workshop, which runs over two mornings, is geared toward incoming summer students and/or graduate students with little or no NMR experience, but who are expected to make use of the NMR spectrometers as part of their summer project. The workshop is meant as supplement to the "one on one" training that new students receive and will allow an opportunity to go into greater depth on many topics.

There will be mixture of lecture sessions and hands on learning opportunities for the participants. In addition to myself, Rob Schurko, Aaron Rossini and Hayam Hamaed will helping with the sessions. The topics covered include:

• Preparation of NMR Samples
• Set up of 1D 1H and 13C NMR Experiments
• Processing and Presentation of NMR Data

Click here to see the schedule and register for the workshop.

The workshop is free of charge to members of the Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry; however, enrollment is limited, so please register soon!

Brianna Binder honoured by Ontario Athletic Union

Congratulations to Brianna Binder, who is currently enrolled in Honours Chemistry, for being recognized at the Sixth Annual Women of Influence Luncheon for top female student/athletes in the OUA. Brianna has been a member of the Lancers volley team for the past four years and is recognized as one of Ontario's top players. She has also maintained a full course load and high grades, and has received numerous honours and awards for her efforts. Check out the Windsor Star story listed below.

Binder leads by example - Lancer honoured by OUA
from the Windsor Star - February 11, 2009

Brianna Binder took one more trip as a University of Windsor student/athlete Tuesday and the ride up the 401 to Toronto took her through four years of memories.

The 21-year-old Maidstone resident was Windsor’s representative at the sixth annual Women of Influence Luncheon, which recognizes the top female student/athletes in the OUA.

"It’s an honour to be recognized for what you’ve accomplished," said Binder, who has starred for the Lancers women’s volleyball team the past four years including leading them to an OUA title in 2005-06.

"You realize your efforts and all your hard work have been noticed. You’re a role model for the younger kids coming into the program." While many athletes shun the idea of being a role model, Binder embraces it, making her a perfect selection for the luncheon.

That wasn’t always the case. Binder said it’s been her personal growth in that area that has enriched her university experience.

"I do actually (think of myself as a role model)," said Binder, who will graduate with an honours degree in chemistry with a thesis.

"Not so much in my early years in high school because I was more focused on my own life and where I wanted to go. I stressed about that.

"Now, that I’m in university and accomplished some of the things I wanted, I do relish that role."
"I like it because I look at it as helping the kids coming behind me along their journey."
Ironically, it’s a journey that nearly didn’t get started at Windsor after Binder had been a multi-sport star at Essex High School.

Unlike her father Dave and brothers Karl, Nathan and Dave, who all starred in university sports, Binder was planning to sacrifice her passion for athletics to make sure she’d excel in the classroom.

"I wasn’t going to play volleyball because I was so focused on making the transition from high school to university," said Binder, who won the DeMarco Award last year as Windsor’s top student/athlete.

That’s when Lancers women’s volleyball coach Marilyn Douglas, who Binder lists as the most influential person in her life outside of her own family, invited her for a chat.

"I was skeptical," said Binder, who finished fifth in the OUA this season in points per game.

"She really encouraged me to try out. She always believed I could do more than I believed myself."

"I would’ve missed a lot if I hadn’t played volleyball."

Her fears of losing the balance in her life proved unfounded.

She admits she’s earned a Ph.D. in subject of life lessons balancing all the demands of the past four years.

"That’s why this honour means a little more to me because it’s not just about sports," Binder said.

"There’s more to sports than just playing games."

"It’s about your attitude and how you’ve developed as a person."

"If you can succeed and create that balance in your life while getting the benefit of playing sports and doing well academically in university, then you can succeed in creating that balance in all aspects of your life."

New NMR website

New NMR manager, and new website...

Dr. Matthew Revington, our new NMR manager, has launched our new departmental NMR Facility website.


Click here to visit the website, or cut and paste the following link into your browser:


http://www.uwindsor.ca/nmr