Events and sessions of interest to the LGBTQ+ community at the 2016 Spring National ACS Meeting in San Diego.
LGBTQ reception will be in at the Fall National ACS Meeting.
Sunday, March 13, 5-7pm
ACS Diversity Reception
Hilton San Diego Bayfront
Aqua Salon D
Sponsored by the ACS Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Board
Sunday, March 13, 8-10pm
Poster: Welcoming work environments and broadening participation for LGBTQ+ chemists
at the PRESIDENTIAL EVENT: My Comments to the President's Task Force on Employment
Hall D - San Diego Convention Center
Monday, March 14, 1:45-5pm
LGBT Chemists' Symposium on Chemical Biology
Carolyn Bertozzi: Why do cancer cells have altered glycosylation? C
Derk Trauner: Controlling biological pathways with unnatural chromophores
James Nowick: Understanding amyloid diseases with chemical model systems
Jay Keasling: Engineering microbes for production of chemicals and fuel
Panel Discussion: Why LGBT issues matter in the chemical sciences
Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
Marina Salon E
Sponsored by: PROF
Cosponsored by: BIOL, BIOT, MEDI, ORGN, PRES and WCC
Financially supported by: Immediate Past President Diane Grob Schmidt and President-Elect Allison Campbell
Are you a member of the LGBTQ+ community and presenting at the Spring ACS Meeting in San Diego? Toot your horn by replying to this discussion with the name, time, date, and location of your presentation!
