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The San Diego Chemist
American Chemical Society
Volume 26, Number 12
WEBSITE
San Diego Section
December 2014
NEWSLETTERS
EVENTS
CHEMPLOYMENT
Annual Meeting and Holiday Party
DATE:
Thursday, December 4, 2014
TIME:
6:00 PM
Social Hour
6:30 PM
Buffet Dinner
7:30 PM
Presentations
PLACE:
Mark Tichenor
2014 Chair
Butcher Shop Steakhouse
5255 Kearny Villa Road, San Diego, CA 92123
http://www.butchershop.signonsandiego.com/map.html
PRICE:
$20.00 per Dinner - $10.00 with student I.D.
RSVP:
Monday, December 1, 2014
http://sandiegoacsdec2014.eventbrite.com/
Ben Pratt
2015 Chair
If you are unable to register online, please use voice mail: 619-687-5570
Join us for our last big event in 2014! Come meet the San Diego Section Executive Committee
members and hear election results for new officers. Mark Tichenor, our 2014 Chair, will give
the year-end wrap-up, and Ben Pratt, Chair in 2015, will discuss his plans for the coming year.
This is a great meeting to attend if you have been thinking about becoming more involved in
SDACS activities!
Season's Greetings!
CHAIR NOTES
Dear ACS Members:
We are approaching the end of 2014, but two of our most important events of
the year were held in October. The 27th annual ChemExpo took place on
October 25th at Miramar College. About a thousand students from all over San
Diego County came to have fun and learn about science! There were booths
and stage demonstrations presented by local companies and universities to
teach the attendees about science. Thank you to our lead organizers, Paul
Bruinsma and Julann Miller, for planning this terrific event. ChemExpo is also
made possible by an army of volunteers who coordinate the many booths and
stage demonstrations.
On November 6th the ACS November monthly meeting was held at Janssen
Research & Development, LLC. The panel discussion "Chemist to Consultant"
featured Dr. Ruo Steensma, Dr. Thomas R. Beattie, Dr. Dave Matthews,
Dr. Ryan C. Smith, and Mr. Dinu Sen. Short introductions by the panelists
were followed by an engaging discussion with the audience, that continued past
the end of the event. Thank you to Ed Castellana for planning the meeting
and selecting the panelists. Additionally, thank you to American Laboratory
Trading, DiscoveRx, and Duane Morris for sponsoring the event.
Our final event of the year will be the annual ACS Holiday Party at The Butcher
Shop on December 4th. The evening will include a fantastic meal at a discounted
price and a year-end wrap-up presentation summarizing our activities for 2014.
This will be the perfect time to meet other ACS members, learn about the fun
events planned for 2015, and learn about opportunities to get involved. Our
2015 Chair Ben Pratt will be presenting his plans for next year. This is an
excellent time to meet him and give him any suggestions that you have. Ben is
full of energy and great ideas, and I am sure that he is going to bring a great
set of events to you in 2015. Thank you to David Wallace for planning the
party this year. Please register at http://sandiegoacsdec2014.eventbrite.com/.
I would like to thank Takeda Pharmaceuticals and Arena Pharmaceuticals
for contributing general sponsorships to help fund our extensive outreach
programs, including ChemExpo. Both companies also contributed a speaker and
venue for our monthly meetings this year. The generous support from our
corporate sponsors enables us to continue to produce high-quality programs.
I wish you a happy holiday season! As 2014 comes to an end, I would like to
thank you all for the opportunity to serve as the Chair of the San Diego Section
in 2014. I have enjoyed meeting many of our Local Section members and I
have learned a lot from this experience. I will see you at our Local Section
events next year!
Best Regards,
Mark Tichenor
2014 Chair
American Chemical Society – San Diego Section
E-mail: mtichenor@sandiegoacs.org
Web: www.sandiegoacs.org
CONSIDER SPONSORSHIP OF THE ACS SAN DIEGO SECTION
The San Diego Section of the ACS is looking for organizations that are
committed to advancing science and education in the greater San Diego area by
providing financial support. There are several ways to get involved and each
one comes with its own benefits and privileges.
For further information please contact:
Gulin Erdogan, Chair, Fundraising Committee -- gerdogan@sandiegoacs.org
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interest to members of the ACS – San Diego Section? If so, please send your
announcement to our 2014 Chair Mark Tichenor at mtichenor@sandiegoacs.org.
Once approved, Mark will see that your announcement is published on our
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the event, in The San Diego Chemist newsletter. This is a free service of the
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Executive Committee Meeting Dates 2015
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Thursday
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Thursday
February
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The San Diego Section of the American Chemical Society would like to thank our Corporate Sponsors. Here are a few examples of
our annual outreach programs that are made possible by their generous donations:
Mad Science - Stage demonstrations for 4th and 5th graders which make science fun for kids! Last year the program was viewed by
over 8000 students in low-income areas and from military families.
ChemExpo - A science event for middle and high school students held in Balboa Park annually for the past 27 years. It features live
stage demonstrations and interactive booths that teach kids about applied science. Last year over 1000 local students participated!
Monarch Elementary School Program - This unique school accommodates children who are impacted by homelessness, and who
would otherwise have little or no exposure to hands-on science.
EarthFair – We participate in the world’s largest free annual environmental fair, held in Balboa Park.
2015 ACS PROJECT SEED
Requests for Funding Now Being Accepted!
The Executive Committee of the San Diego Section of the American Chemical Society has again approved limited funding for the ACS
Project SEED program in 2015.
This 46-year-old summer research internship provides economically disadvantaged high school juniors and seniors with an
opportunity to work side-by-side with scientist-mentors on research projects in local academic, government, and industrial
laboratories. Click here for more information about ACS Project SEED.
If you are an institutional coordinator or high school teacher and have an interest in applying for support from the ACS-San Diego
Section in 2015, please send details (including the level of funding requested) to:
Gulin Erdogan at gerdogan@sandiegoacs.org
The deadline for receipt of your request for funding is December 31, 2014. Student selection is the responsibility of the participating
institution(s).
Give a young student the unique chance to experience real-world scientific research!
JOIN US FOR A SOCIABLE AND LEISURELY BREAKFAST
For several years the San Diego ACS Section has had a quarterly breakfast. Our attendees have been mostly consultants, retirees,
semi-retirees and/or seniors. We have a core group of regular attendees and some others who attend whenever they fancy.
It’s an informal affair. People order from the regular breakfast menu whatever they wish and pay with individual checks. Some are
heavy eaters and others are not. The restaurant, Marie Callender’s, is conveniently located at Carmel Mountain Road, just east of
exit 21 of I-15 in the shopping center. For our next breakfast on Thursday, January 15, 2015, 9:30 – 11:00 am, we would like to
invite any of our Section members (with or without your spouse or significant other) to join us. We really don’t want to exclude any
of our members, so please come and join us if you are interested and have the time available.
For additional details, check with Tom Beattie (Beattietr@aol.com).
ACS-HACH PROGRAMS
ACS-Hach Professional Development Grant
The ACS-Hach Professional Development Grant supports high school chemistry teachers as they identify and pursue opportunities
that advance their professional development and enhance the teaching and learning of chemistry in their classrooms.
Applications are accepted annually until December 15.
ACS-Hach High School Chemistry Classroom Grant
Funds resources, activities, and laboratory equipment for the high school chemistry classroom.
Award Amount: Up to $1,500
Application period: February 1st – April 1st
CHEMISTRY JUDGES NEEDED
Judging by professional societies at the 60th Annual Greater San Diego Science & Engineering Fair will take place on Wednesday,
March 25th, at 12:15 pm in Balboa Park. If anyone is able to help choose exhibits for our Section’s chemistry awards or wants more
information, please contact Jim Shih at jimshih@earthlink.net
SPRING 2015 ACS NATIONAL MEETING
Please see updated information on the 249th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, which will be held March 22-26, 2015, in
Denver, CO. Call for Papers for the Fall 2015 National Meeting (Boston, August 16-20, 2015 ) opens mid-January 2015.
2014 MONARCH SCHOOL SCIENCE DAY
On November 12, 2014, for the third year in a row, the Women Chemists Committee (WCC) organized a science day with hands-on
chemistry demonstrations at Monarch School. A group of students from the 11-12th grades learned about redox chemistry and
colorful oxidation states.
After learning about the safety when it comes to performing a reaction, all students put on safety glasses, aprons and gloves. They
then watched orange-colored pennies change color reacting with zinc in front of their eyes for the first experiment - silver and gold
pennies. For the next experiment, they performed in groups of two, which gave them a better opportunity to ask questions and
interact with ACS volunteers. The oxidation of purple permanganate all way to brown manganese oxide excited them all.
In addition to performing or watching the redox experiments, students also learned the importance of keeping a lab notebook and
using them in the academic as well as the industry setting. The students each had a follow-up worksheet for each of the experiments
and were expected to complete them (in the style of a regular lab notebook). Everyone had a gold penny to take to share the fun of
chemistry.
Jayashree Srinivasan demonstrating the silver and gold pennies experiment
Silver pennies in NaOH solution with Zn dust
Several students actively participated by asking questions relevant to the topic of discussion and also relevant to the application of
the redox chemistry in real life. We plan to continue to promote such interest and enthusiasm through these interactive sessions.
Hopefully they were inspired to be future chemists.
Jason Lundy and Abhi Sharma working with students
Glenda Castro and Mario Navarro working with students
The demonstrations went smoothly and could not have been better without the amazing volunteers Jayashree Srinivasan, Glenda
Castro, Mario Navarro, Melissa Lokensgard, Abhi Sharma, and Jason Lundy. The WCC would also like to give special thanks to
Janssen Labs for the giveaway bags for the students.
Monarch is a unique school, the only one of its kind in the United States, a school focused on educating students who are homeless,
at risk of being homeless, or impacted by homelessness and helping to develop the necessary skills and experiences for personal
success. If you are interested in volunteering and/or donating, please visit www.monarchschools.org
Jayashree Srinivasan and Gulin Erdogan
Women Chemists Committee
.
Photo credits: Gulin Erdogan
SUMMARY OF THE SAN DIEGO SECTION
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
November 13, 2014
Treasurer’s Report - In the last month received $19K (Councilor travel reimbursement, donations, local section dues, etc.), paid
$13K (Awards Banquet, ChemExpo, YCC Happy Hour, etc.). Y-T-D spent $2,100 more than took in. Receivables $2,200+. Estimate
ending year at $3,500 over budget. Total financial assets $320K, up $25K over 1 year ago. Graeme Freestone to be Treasurer’s
backup next year. Will call for suggestions for investing $58K from CD which matures next March, and will request budget
projections for 2015 from committees & event organizers.
Awards Banquet - 92 attending, 35 of them students; Mark tried to get the students seated among professionals; this event raises a
concern in that students cost more to the Section; some of the students also attended Nov. meeting, indicating that attendance at
the Awards Banquet encourages students to attend other Section events.
ChemExpo – Holding event at Miramar College provides much more room, perhaps slightly fewer attending this year, estimated as
~900 attending compared with ~950 estimated for last year; more space allowed better discussions but impeded general
announcements; two weeks before the event were very hectic for organizers; Girl Scouts much happier with the larger space.
Nov. Monthly Meeting – Entrepreneurial panel discussion; Ed Castellana wrote IPG that provided seed funding, and raised another
$1,500, 70 attended, frank discussion.
Year-end Wrap-up – Butcher Shop, Dec. 4, food to be served at 6:30; contracted for 50 minimum, need to finalize count.
Mad Science – Motion: Allocate up to $8000 for 33 shows for 2015-2016 school year; past years funding works out to about $1.50
expended per student - Approved unanimously.
AATC - Section has paid for 6 chemistry teachers for membership in AATC; optimistic that we should encourage interactions with
teachers; National ACS says 1200 teachers currently enrolled in AATC.
National Entrepreneur – National ACS working to coordinate with entrepreneurs; helping arrange mentors and meetings with angel
investors for would-be entrepreneurs; one activity is a Webinar Dec. 16, 4 p.m. PST; wanting Section to arrange location with video
projector and refreshments.
Project SEED – Funding comes from Section, which would mean the need for greater funding in the coming year; Bill Szabo has
contact information for TSRI to serve as host; need coordinator from the Section to make the program successful; Gulin volunteered
as coordinator; deadline for National co-sponsorship is Jan. 31.
Motion: Bill Szabo $5000 toward Project SEED, 7 yes 1 no 4 abstaining.
San Diego Science and Engineering Festival – Mar. 21, Petco Park, registered for a booth for SDACS.
UCSD STEM – Section has sponsored $250 for a career fair.
2015 Event planning – Jan. 2015 Monthly Seminar: Mike Burkart UCSD; Jim working on Science Café; Jackie Trischman working on
HS Chemistry Experience; Mark Tichenor volunteered to organize Oct. Awards Banquet, June Picnic and possibly Keeling Curve
National Historic observance, looking for environmental, biofuels/biomaterials seminars; Ben open to other ideas that can be
submitted via e-mail (Ben no longer at Dart after tomorrow).
Greater SD Science and Engineering Fair – Jim Shih volunteering as coordinator in place of Ken P.
MedChem – Tom Beattie relinquishing leadership, Mark Tichenor and David Wallace volunteering to be co-chairs.
Election Nominations – Jim and Renate discussing with Jackie re: who are candidates and sending ballots.
Monarch School – Presentation involved older students than previously, only had opportunity for one experiment; seeking
opportunities to present program at other schools.
Closing remarks – Mark expressed appreciation for opportunity to chair the Section and for help from ExComm and Section.
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CHEMPLOYMENT 772
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CHEMISTRY FOR YOU AND YOUR KIDS
A Coloring Conundrum
Some of the most common food additives are chemicals used to color certain foods. You have probably used or
helped an adult use food coloring in cake or cookie icing or to color some other food. In this activity, you will see that
coloring certain foods isn't as easy as you might think.
You will need
Safety glasses • Cooking oil • Food coloring (red or blue) • 6 small paper or plastic cups • Egg yolk •
2 spoons for stirring • Flour
1.
Place one tablespoon of oil into one of your cups. Add one drop of food coloring and mix thoroughly. How does the
food coloring look in the oil? Does the food coloring do a good job of coloring the oil?
2.
Let's see if putting food coloring in water and then adding this to the oil will help color the oil. Do you think this
will work? Put one tablespoon of water in another cup and add one drop of coloring. Mix thoroughly.
3.
Put on tablespoon of oil into another cup and add the colored water and mix thoroughly. Did adding the water
help color the oil? Look closely at the oil and colored water together. Do the two liquids mix? How about adding a
little flour to the oil and then adding some food coloring? Maybe that will work.
4.
Put one tablespoon of oil into a separate cup. Add 1/4 teaspoon of flour and mix thoroughly/ Add one drop of food
coloring and mix. Toes the oil seem to be getting more colored than before? Put this cup aside and check it again
in 5 minutes to see if the oil stays colored.
5.
One more try! Put one teaspoon of water into a separate cup. Ask your adult partner to help you separate the yolk
from the rest of an egg. Add 3 or 4 drops of yolk to the water and mix. Put one tablespoon of oil into a separate
cup and add the yolk and water mixture and stir.
6.
Add one drop of food coloring to this mixture and stir thoroughly. Does the mixture seem to get colored? What do
you think made the difference?
Excerpt: "The Best of WonderScience," pg. 165, Delmar Publishers, 1997
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There are two kinds of truth: the truth that lights the way
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- Raymond Thornton Chandler
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UPCOMING EVENTS
HOLIDAY PARTY
The Butcher Shop Steakhouse
5255 Kearny Villa Road, San Diego, CA 92123
Thursday, December 4, 2014
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DR. MATTHEW BIO
Director of Process Research, Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA
Venue TBA, Tuesday, January 13, 2015
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SENIORS/RETIREES/CONSULTANTS/ ETC. BREAKFAST
Marie Callender's Restaurant & Bakery, 11122 Rancho Carmel Dr., San Diego, CA 92128
Thursday, January 15 , 2015
9:30 AM
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DR. MICHAEL BURKART
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemist and Associate Director, California Center for Algae Biotechnology
University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Venue TBA,Tuesday, February 10, 2015
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2015 SAN DIEGO FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
FESTIVAL WEEK: March 14-21, 2015
EXPO DAY at PETCO Park: Saturday, March 21, 2015
https://www.lovestemsd.org/
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249TH ACS NATIONAL MEETING & EXPOSITION
Denver, Colorado
March 22-26, 2015
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60th ANNUAL GREATER SAN DIEGO SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR
Balboa Park Activity Center (2145 Park Blvd.)
For information please see http://www.gsdsef.org/
March 24 - 29, 2015
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EARTH DAY - EARTHFAIR 2015
Balboa Park, San Diego, CA
http://www.earthdayweb.org/
Sunday, April 19, 2015
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SUMMER PICNIC
San Dieguito County Park, Solana Beach
Sunday, June 28, 2015
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FIFTY- AND SIXTY-YEAR MEMBER RECOGNITION LUNCHEON
Venue TBA, Sunday, July 12, 2015
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250TH ACS NATIONAL MEETING & EXPOSITION
Boston, Massachusetts
August 16-20, 2015
THE SAN DIEGO SECTION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
WELCOMES ITS NEW MEMBERS
Pius Adelani
Eric Birnbaum
Shawn Carter
Yao Chen
Evan Christman
Suzy Dorn
Joseph Genereux
Marriah Green
Erin Imsand
Kiyun Kim
Zachary Kovach
Darren Li
Mang Lin
Matthew Marney
Joy Murphy
Darlene Nguyen
Carlos Nowotny
Levi Pierce
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Wayne Pletcher
Louise Robinson
Janos Sagi
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Eric Schmelz
Simranjeet Singh
Frederick Stults
Laura Valdez
Jingxin Wang
Yingsong Wang
Michael Welch
Derek Wessar
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Jiajun Zhang
Zhenjie Zhang
2014 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE & COMMITTEE MEMBERS
SAN DIEGO SECTION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chair
Mark Tichenor, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., mtichenor@sandiegoacs.org
Chair-Elect
Ben Pratt, Akarna Therapeutics, bpratt@sandiegoacs.org
Past Chair
Erica Campbell-Conroy, econroy@sandiegoacs.org
Secretary
William Tolley, Seacoast Science, Inc., b_tolley@juno.com
Treasurer
Bill Szabo, bszabo@sandiegoacs.org
Councilors
Thomas R. Beattie
(2015)
Hui Cai, WuXi AppTec
(2016)
Desiree Grubisha, CSUSM
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John Palmer, UCSD
(2014)
Ken Poggenburg
(2016)
David Wallace, Wallace Scientific Consulting
(2015)
Alternate Councilors
Paul Bruinsma, Hewlett-Packard Company
(2014)
Surya K. De, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
(2016)
Julann Miller, Waters Corporation
(2014)
John Schindler
(2016)
Jim Shih, Eli Lilly & Co
(2014)
Ruo Steensma, Steensma Consulting, Inc.
(2016)
Members-at-Large
Ryan Clark, Inception Sciences, Inc.
(2014)
Graeme Freestone, Dart NeuroScience LLC
(2014)
Mark Rosen, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(2014)
Patrick Andrew Staley
(2015)
Jean Wang, IriSys Inc.
(2015)
STANDING & SPECIAL COMMITTEES
Awards Nomination Committee
Thomas R. Beattie (Chair)
ChemExpo
Paul Bruinsma (Chair), Hewlett-Packard Company
Julann Miller, Waters Corporation
Communications Committee
Paul Bruinsma, (Chair), Hewlett-Packard Company
Surya K. De, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
Desiree Grubisha, CSUSM
Ken Poggenburg
David Wallace, Wallace Scientific Consulting
Renate Valois (Newsletter Editor)
Education Committee
Haim Weizman (Chair), UCSD
EarthFair
Julann Miller, Waters Corporation
Finance Committee
Bill Szabo (Chair)
Tom Beattie
Ben Pratt, Dart NeuroScience LLC
Fundraising Committee
Gulin Erdogan (Chair), Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Government Affairs Committee
Hui Cai, WuXi AppTec (Chair)
Ken Poggenburg
Law Committee
Open
Mad Science Program
Thomas R. Beattie
MedChem Symposium
Mark Tichenor (Co-Chair), Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
David Wallace (Co-Chair), Wallace Scientific Consulting
Membership Committee
Mark Rosen, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Nominations Committee
Jim Shih, Eli Lilly & Co.
Picnic Committee
Jim Shih, Eli Lilly & Co.
Professional Development Committee
Ruo Steensma, Steensma Consulting, Inc.
Public Relations Committee
John Schindler
Senior Chemists Committee
Ken Poggenburg (Chair)
Seniors Breakfasts
Thomas R. Beattie
Women Chemists Committee
Gulin Erdogan (Chair), Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Katie Duncan, TSRI
Younger Chemists Committee
Graeme Freestone (Chair), Dart NeuroScience LLC
Ryan Clark, Inception Sciences, Inc.
Corey Anderson, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
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