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The Southern Illinois local section celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2015. The local section provides service to the two local universities (Southern Illinois University and Southeast Missouri State University) and the local communities through the hosting of relevant seminars, involvement in community service projects, and representation at the National ACS meetings.
The local section bylaws were voted on and approved by section members on November 16, 2015. The current bylaws can be found here.
Chair | Dr. Gary R Kinsel 2019 |
Chair-Elect | Dr. Mohtashim Shamsi 2019 |
Immediate Past Chair | Dr. Christina Ragain 2019 |
Secretary | Dr. Sarah Shaner 2018-2019 |
Treasurer | Dr. Christina Ragain 2019 |
Councilor | Dr. Lichang Wang 2017-2019 |
Alternate Councilor | Dr. Rachel Morgan Theall 2017-2019 |
Click here to see the list of previous Section officers that served in 2018.
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Seminars:
Tuesday, Sept 18, 2018 at 7:30 pm
Seminar Speaker: Laurent Webb; Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, UT Austin
Website: http://webb.cm.utexas.edu/research/
Location: SIUC Campus, Neckers 240
Title: Controlling Biomolecular Structure and Function at the Bio/Abio Interface
Abstract: Integrating biomolecular function into abiological devices for sensing, chemical catalysis, and biofuel generation would profoundly expand and change these traditional fields. This goal requires that the biomolecule of interest be effectively integrated with inorganic materials in a controlled and oriented manner without altering its three-dimensional fold or compromising function. In the research described here, we chemically functionalize gold surfaces with peptides of known secondary structure. Through a variety of characterization methods, we demonstrate that correctly functionalized surfaces can induce desired secondary structures in peptides that are disordered in solution. We demonstrate molecular-level control over both helical and fibril-forming peptide strands. This is an important advance in preparing robust biologically mimetic surfaces and is expected to lead to an entirely new mechanism through which biological and inorganic materials can be coaxed to interact.
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