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Organic Chemistry Faculty Position Open
The Department of Chemistry invites applications for a tenure-track position in organic chemistry (broadly defined) beginning Fall 2010 at the rank of assistant or associate professor.
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The Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce the promotions of Mark C. Lonergan to Professor and Darren W. Johnson to Associate Professor with tenure.
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David Tyler Named First Recipient of the
Charles J. and M. Monteith Jacobs
Professorship in Chemistry
October 15, 2009
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Congratulations to Chemistry Department Professor David Tyler who was named as the first recipient of the Charles J. and M. Monteith Jacobs Professorship in Chemistry in a ceremony late this afternoon. |
Boron-Based Compounds Trick a Biomedical Protein
September 2, 2009
Dr. Shih-Yuan Liu reported in the Journal of the American Chemical Society his lab's synthesis of boron-nitrogen compounds with electronic and structural similarities to fundamentally important benzene molecules. That synthesis suggested a new tool for possible use in biomedical research as well as in materials science.
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How an Enzyme Tells Stem Cells Which Way to Divide
June 2009
When stem cells divide, they become polarized so that differentiation factors are properly segregated. Biochemist Ken Prehoda's group has discovered how an enzyme directs stem cell polarization during division. Dr. Prehoda is a member of the Institute of Molecular Biology.
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University of Oregon's Community Based Green-Chemistry Database Sees Growth Spurt
A database designed to "build community" and reduce barriers when adopting green chemistry has doubled in size in the last two years, its creator told professional colleagues at the national spring meeting of the American Chemical Society.
"We now have more than 100 items in the GEMs database that are available for educators," said Julie Haack, assistant head and senior instructor in the University of Oregon's chemistry department.
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