Red River Valley Local Section

If you have a desire to broadcast something to all members of the Red River Valley Local Section list, just send it to: NDSU-RRVS-ACS@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU I will get a message to approve it, which usually will be done in less than 24 hours, or much sooner if during the day. -- Harmon Abrahamson Councilor, Red River Valley Section, ACS Professor of Chemistry, Univ. of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND 58202-9024 ... View more

Just a quick note to members of the RRV ACS and other interested parties. Join other members of the Great Lakes Region virtually for GLRM 2021: Elevating the Importance of Diversity and Inclusion in Chemistry, June 6 - 9, 2021. Details, including names and contact information for program and session chairs, can be found on the meeting website. The final program summary will be published in C&EN in the Spring; the online program will be available on April 12, 2021. https://www.glrm2021.org/ ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: March 1st ... View more

Undergraduate Research in the Molecular Sciences (URMS) The Undergraduate Research in the Molecular Sciences (URMS) is an annual conference held to celebrate undergraduate research in our region which is co-sponsored by the Red River Valley American Chemical Society and the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) . It generally brings together up to 100 participants from 11 colleges and universities to share their oral and poster presentations. Undergraduate presenters can compete for travel awards to the national conferences of either ACS or ASBMB. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 URMS 14 Conference October 25-26, 2019 Langseth Hall at Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN Abstract Submission Deadline: October 18th Registration Deadline: Abstract Submission and Registration is handled through the MSUM website. To register or submit an abstract, visit the MSUM URMS website here 2019 URMS Schedule Friday October 25, 2019: Langseth Hall Atrium 5:00 PM | Registration and Reception 5:45 PM | Dinner 7:00 PM | Keynote Seminar    Saturday October 26, 2019: Langseth Hall 8:00 AM | Judges Meeting 8:30 AM | Student Talks 10:30 AM | Poster Sessions 12:45 PM | Box Lunch & Breakout Sessions 2:00 PM | Award Ceremony/Closing ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keynote Talk Abstract The Source and Fate of Organic Carbon from Land to Sea   Kathryn Schreiner Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota Duluth Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Large Lakes Observatory   The delivery of organic carbon by rivers to coastal margins is an important connection between the short-cycling biospheric carbon cycle and the long-cycling geologic carbon cycle, since storage of terrestrial organic carbon in marine and lacustrine sediments is one of the main mechanisms of sequestration of biospheric organic carbon in the geologic carbon cycle. And yet, much is still unknown about the chemistry, sources, and ultimate fate of terrigenous organic carbon on marine shelves, even as the global carbon cycle is being significantly affected by a variety of anthropogenic mechanisms, including climate warming, land use change, and pollution. Here, I will explore some of these questions and will address them using examples from my own work studying the formation and chemistry of soil organic matter and the delivery and stabilization of terrestrial organic carbon in coastal regions from a range of environments and latitudes. The “source to sink” fate of terrestrial organic carbon will be followed, starting from vegetation and soil microbial communities, through riverine transport to deltaic and coastal environments, and ultimately to the long-term storage of terrestrial organic carbon in marine sediments. After obtaining her PhD in Oceanography from Texas A&M in 2013, Kathryn Schreiner a year as a postdoctoral research fellow at Northwestern before joining the University of Minnesota, Duluth. Her research interests lie in organic geochemistry and the sources, transport, and fate of organic carbon in coastal aquatic systems. Dr. Kathryn Schreiner | Swenson College of Science and Engineering | UMN Duluth  ... View more

There will be an upcoming career day in Minneapolis organized by ACS and the Minneapolis local section that may be of interest to those in the region. Pregistration requested by September 6th at the website here which also has more information about the event. ... View more

Matthew Picklo Chairs a new committee with the charge to "explain what we do" to the public.  As plans develop, more information will be added.  There may be a working committee of fewer numbers, but in essence all 200+ members of the Red River Valley local section are members of this committee. ... View more