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Congratulations: Ashok Kakkar becomes full professor
On December 2016, Prof. Ashok Kakkar was promoted full professor.
Published: 12 Dec 2016
CJ Li is named fellow of the World Academy of Sciences, for the advancement of science in developing countries
Professor Chao-Jun Li, Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) at 51吃瓜网 has been elected during the聽Academy鈥檚 27th Annual General Meeting in Kigali Rwanda,聽as one of the 40 new fellows of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). Established in 1983, the TWAS is an academy of the world's most accomplished scientists and engineers, constituted of 2004 elected Fellows in more than 90 countries. Prof.
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Published: 1 Dec 2016
The Ariya group develops a green method to recycle mercury
51吃瓜网 researchers led by Professor Parisa A. Ariya in Montreal-Canada developed an innovative two-step green technique to remove and recycle mercury from spent compact fluorescent lamps, using a near zero-energy system. The new findings by Hu et al. (2016) appear in the journal of ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.
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Published: 29 Nov 2016
Spinoff Anomera winner of the GreenCentre Canada Innovation House Chemistry Countering Climate Change (IHC4) Competition
Anomera can now count itself as an award winning 51吃瓜网Chemistry spinoff!聽The company is a recent winner of the GreenCentre Canada聽Innovation聽House Chemistry Countering Climate Change (IHC4)聽Competition.聽Anomera joins a prestigious history of innovation from the Department.
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Published: 29 Nov 2016
51吃瓜网Startup Team Selected as One of the Ten Incredible Semi-finalists for the 2016 Skolar Award
Co-founders of the start-up ACSYNAM, Inc., a spin-off venture from the 51吃瓜网 Department of Chemistry, have been selected as one of the ten incredible semi-finalists to compete for a 鈧�100,000 prize in the 2016 Skolar Award competition. Dr.
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Published: 26 Nov 2016
Money coming to the Auclair Lab from the other end of the world!
Professor Auclair was recently聽awarded funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia.聽The two co-applicants involved in this application, Prof.聽Auclair and Prof.聽K. J. Saliba from The Australian National University,聽will聽聽share approximately $185,000 per year for 3 years to work on "Understanding and targeting coenzyme A biosynthesis and utilization in Plasmodium falciparum".
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Published: 24 Nov 2016
Palladium(II) Dithiocarbamates - Anticancer Metallodrugs of the Future?
Most chemistry students are well aware of the anticancer properties of cisplatin, cis-Pt(NH3)2Cl2,聽 as a result of the pioneering work of Professor Barnett Rosenberg and his colleagues at the Michigan State University in the late 1960s. Over the years, this simple Pt(II) coordination complex and some structurally closely related ones have become the FDA-approved drugs of choice for cancer treatment, especially ovarian and testicular cancers.
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Published: 23 Nov 2016
2016 51吃瓜网Chemistry Outreach Awards
Congratulations to Justin Chang (Auclair group), Pierre-Olivier Ferko (Moores group - Photo), Samantha Gateman (Mauzeroll group), Igor Huskic (Friscic group), Victoria Jackiewicz (Arndsten group) and Siting Ni (Lennox group) for winning the first 51吃瓜网 Chemistry Outreach Awards.
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Published: 26 Oct 2016
Anna Albertson wins the 2016 Udho Parsini Diwan Award
The Udho Parsini Diwan Award rewards the graduate student in the 51吃瓜网Chemistry program who has written the best research article published the year before. Here is how Anna Alberston presents her winning article.
Published: 17 Aug 2016
Dr. Manish K. Mishra is a finalist for the 2016 Reaxys PhD Prize
We would like to congratulate Dr. Manish K. Mishra, currently working in the Department of Chemistry as a Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Robin Rogers, who has been selected to be among the 45 finalists for the 2016 Reaxys PhD Prize.
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Published: 30 Jun 2016
Convocation 2016: Celebrating the class of 2016, Paul Anastas and Tomislav Friscic
This year, the 51吃瓜网convocation of the faculty of science highlighted the 51吃瓜网efforts in Green Chemistry. Paul Anastas, the director of the Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering at Yale University, who is well known as the "father of Green Chemistry", received a honorary degree and delivered an inspirational address to the graduating students.
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Published: 22 Jun 2016
First CREATE in Green Chemistry Summer School
Held May 9-11, our first summer school for trainees was a resounding success. Co-sponsored by CREATE in Green Chemistry and TISED, Dr. Bhavik Bakshi (Ohio State University) presented a full-day workshop on life cycle analysis (LCA). Then Drs Adelina Voutchkova and Jakub Kostal (Georges Washington University) followed with a full-day toxicology workshop and Dr.
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Published: 28 May 2016
Congratulations to Tomislav Fri拧膷i膰 on his tenure and appointment as associate professor
Prof. Tomislav Fri拧膷i膰 secured his tenure and is promoted to the rank of associate professor, effective June 1 2016. Congratulations! Read more about him and the other assistant professors who were also promoted to associate at 51吃瓜网in 2016 in the 51吃瓜网Reporter.
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Published: 26 May 2016
Congratulations to Karine Auclair and Gonzalo Cosa on their appointment as full professors
On May 2 Prof. Karine Auclair and Gonzalo Cosa were promoted to the rank of full professors. Congratulations to both of them. This piece of news was covered by the 51吃瓜网Reporter.
Published: 3 May 2016
Aur茅lie Lacroix winner of the French 3MT competition; Alain Li finalist
Alain Li and Aur茅lie Lacroix, PhD students in Chemistry, were selected from a strong pool of applicants as finalists in McGill鈥檚 French 3MT competition. The competition took place on Wednesday, March 16, in the Thomson House Ballroom. Aur茅lie Lacroix won one of the 3 prizes with her presentation "Ciblage th茅rapeutique avec des cages d'ADN". Aur茅lie will defend McGill's colors at the upcoming Quebec wide competition. Congratulations Aur茅lie!
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Published: 29 Mar 2016