"There is evidence that the corrosion in the public attitude to climate
science has spread over to other areas of science." Ralph
Cicerone, president of the National Academy of Sciences (Feb 2010).
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Make a date with ACS Webinars! Join us every Thursday from 2-3pm ET. ACS Webinars
is a free weekly online live event serving to connect ACS members and scientific
professionals with subject matter experts and global thought leaders in
chemical sciences, management, and business. Each webinar is 60 minutes in length, comprising of a short presentation
followed by a Q&A opportunity with the speaker. Recordings of past webinars are also available online. Go to upcoming events page
 Online Monitoring for Water
and Wastewater Processes - Global Sustainability at Your Fingertips. Do you know that the global
market for water treatment products is a $44 Billion industry? The spending and
needs for products and experts in this field is expected to grow with the
escalation in global water demand and consumption. If you are interested in
learning about the latest in online monitoring equipment, how to meet water
regulatory requirements for your company, or to discuss new opportunities in
the area of global sustainability, you can not afford to miss this seminar.
Join us with our speaker Ed Askew, of
Askew Scientific Consulting, to
explore the latest trends in technology and learn best practices for online
water monitoring. Thursday, Mar 4, 2010, 2:00-3:00 PM ET
 Developing Career Skills to Compete in a Global Economy -
Observations of AMRI Operations in India,
Singapore, Hungary and the United States. Do you know how your skills compare to scientists
from other countries? Would you like to learn how to stay competitive in the
integrated global economy? The global business landscape for chemistry has
changed and scientists must adapt. Our speaker Michael Trova, Senior VP of Chemistry at AMRI, will share his observations of R&D operations in several
countries. Join us to learn how you can develop your career skills and be
competitive in this global era. Thursday, Mar 11, 2010, 2:00-3:00 PM ET
 Staying
ahead of the game: Recent innovations in computational methods for drug
discovery. Looking for new ideas in your research projects? Want to know if
computational methods can help? Knowing when to use a certain tool in
your research is as crucial as deciding whether you should use it. Advances in
computational methods have greatly sped up drug discovery, but it is not
without its setbacks. Our speaker Woody
Sherman, Vice President of Applications Science at Schrödinger Inc., will discuss the successes of
computational modeling and how to benefit from failures and avoid costly
mistakes. Join us as we probe the secrets of when to deploy computational
methods and how to get the innovations you want. Thursday, Mar 18, 2010, 2:00-3:00 PM ET.
 How to Grow Your Small Business into a
Large Corporation - The Story of SAIC and the Secret Sauce of Employee
Ownership. Want to
learn the secret to growing your business by empoweing your employees? Employee
ownership - giving employees a stake in the growing value of their company -
has been validated repeatedly as a strategy that gives companies a real
competitive edge. Of course, the concept is fairly simple. But how does it
actually work? Join us with Martin Staubus, Director of Consulting at the
Beyster Institute, to learn how small and medium sized companies, and their
employees, can create a system of employee ownership that is tailored expressly
for their individual needs. We will also learn how
SAIC has used the employee-owned model to grow from a small technology company
into an $8 Billion powerhouse. Thursday, Mar 25, 2010, 2:00-3:00 PM ET.
More information and registration...
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 ACS 2010 Spring National Meeting - Priestley Medal Address. The Awards Ceremony and Banquet will take place in San Francisco, CA
on the evening of Tuesday, March 23rd at the San Francisco Marriot Marquis,
Salon 7 & 8. This event will recognize individuals and team accomplishments
in diverse fields of the chemical sciences. Dr. Richard N. Zare, Stanford University, will deliver the Priestley
Medal Address. Although the banquet is a ticketed event, all registered meeting
attendees are welcome to come to the Priestley Medal Address at 9:30 PM, at no
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 C&EN Webinar on MIDA Boronate Building Blocks. Register for the
upcoming free C&EN Webinar on MIDA Boronate Building Blocks: Towards a general
platform for small molecule synthesis on March 23, 2010 LIVE from the ACS Spring
National Meeting at 2:00 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m. PT at http://cenwebinars.stream57.com/midaboronate/.
The webinar, sponsored by Aldrich Chemistry, discusses the many physical and
chemical features of MIDA boronates that underlie their widespread
utility. |
 Join Women In Bio Annual Dinner! Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 6pm ET at The National Press Club in Washington, DC, on the topic Innovation: New Discoveries & New Technologies. The speaker, Pamela R. Contag, Ph.D., can't seem to get enough as an entrepreneur. Dr. Contag founded Xenogen Corporation in 1995. In 2006, she founded Cobalt Technologies, Inc., a venture backed company that produces biobutanol from renewable feedstock. Dr. Contag currently serves as CEO of Cygnet BioFuels. In 2009, she became the CEO of ConcentRx, Inc. a biotechnology company developing a unique cancer therapy. Dr. Contag was named one of the "Top 25 Women in Small Business" by Fortune magazine. More information and registration... |
Calling all separation scientists! The American Filtration & Separation Society has its annual conference on March 22-25th, 2010, in San Antonio, TX. Learn more at http://www.afssociety.org/spring2010/ |
Foreigners Earning Science
and Engineering PhDs in U.S. Tend to Stay. Newly released data from the U.S. Energy
Department's Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education revealed that
most foreigners who came to the U.S. to earn doctorate degrees in science and
engineering stayed in the U.S. after graduation. Foreigners account for
approximately 40 percent of all science and engineering Ph.D. holders working in
the U.S. Read the complete report from CPST... |
Chemistry, Business, and the Movies
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 Have you come across movies featuring science and the contributions that scientists make everyday to the society? The movie Extraordinary Measures, starring Brendan Fraser and Harrison Ford, recounts the story of a father who raised $100 million and bucked the
medical establishment in a quest to save his children from Pompe
disease. This movie intersects science and business and highlights the scientific and business issues faced by entrepreneurs and companies to develop a new drug for a rare disorder. See if you can identify familiar issues raised in this movie including proof of concept, research funding, venture capitals, animal studies and human clinical trials, FDA, and insurance concerns. If you would like to recommend other movies to your scientific colleagues reading The Distillate, please send your suggestions to imp@acs.org. More information... |
 "As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free
to think what they will, freedom can never be lost, and science can never
regress." by ???
Who is the famous scientist attributed to the quote above? Send us your correct answer and win a reusable water bottle featuring ACS logo and National Chemistry Week. Perfect bottle companion for your Spring workout. Two winners will be selected for this month.
Email us (imp@acs.org) your answer by March 25, 2010 to be entered into the drawing. Answer and winners will be posted in next month's edition.
Congratulations to Charles Palmer of Ethox Chemicals for the correct answer to last month's quote contest "The synthetic chemist is more than a logician and strategist; he is
an explorer strongly influenced to speculate, to imagine, and even to
create" by E. J. Corey. His name was randomly selected from all the correct entries received. He will receive an autographed book Drug Truths: Dispelling the Myths About Pharma R&D by author John LaMattina. Thank you to all who entered the contest.
This month's quote was submitted courtesy of Carol McKillican.
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