Southern Illinois Local Section

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ACS Southern Illinois Local Section is hosting seminar this fall on the occasion of National Chemistry Week.  ... View more

It's finals week here at SEMO and SIUC. Students will be busy studying and taking test. So, along with wishing them a good luck for the finals, our local section sponsored a study break snack to the students starting Monday May 6th, until all of them are gone. Lots of healthy snacks along with some chips and sodas are provided for students to grab and go. Here are some pictures of the set up: Snacks kept at RH201 @ SEMO Snacks kept at MG238 @SEMO Snacks at SIU Carbondale ... View more

Following eight students received travel support of $100 each student from Southern Illinois Local Section for presenting their research at ACS spring 2024 conference at New Orleans.  1. Josh Birke 2. S M Tahmid 3. Katerine Helme 4. Zafeiria Nikolaidi 5. Sunil Basnet 6. Sreehari Surendran Rajasree 7. Nehal Ahmed Mazumder 8. Annie Vargas Lizarazo Here are some pictures of students presenting posters: Josh Birke and S M Tahmid Josh Birke and S M Tahmid presenting their poster on "Synthesis and study of electrochemical properties of naphthoquinone derivatives containing antiparasitic properties" Katherine Helme and Zafeiria Nikolaidi Katherine Helme and Zafeiria Nikolaidi presenting poster on 'Using ultrafast two-dimensional infrared (2D IR) spectroscopy  and azide labeled peptides to probe the electrostatics of the SET7/9 methyltransferase active site' Sunil Basnet Sunil Basnet presenting poster on 'Long-range conformational changes in a dimeric enzyme observed by infrared spectroscopy of non-natural amino acid labels' Sreehari Surendran Rajasree Sreehari Surendran Rajasree in his oral presentation on 'Excited state properties of zirconium metal-organic frameworks: Interplay of singlet, triplet, and charge transfer states' Nehal Ahmed Mazumder Nehal Ahmed Mazumder presenting poster on 'Electrically polarized and chemically modified graphite-based devices demonstrate efficient suppression of Gram positive and negative bacteria' Annie Vargas Lizarazo Annie Vargas Lizarazo presenting poster on 'Structural characterization of self-assembled three-dimensional nanoporous organic-silicon oxide particles (3D-nano-Or-SOx) for environmental remediation'.   ... View more

           Dr. Craig Gorin Southern Illinois Local Section is hosting a virtual seminar on April 25th at 6pm. Dr. Craig F. Gorin, R&D scientist from DOW Performance Silicones is talking about “Novel Materials and Chemistry to Mitigate Electric Vehicle Battery Fires”.  Before seminar, ACS student chapter of SEMO is doing demonstrations which aligns with this year's theme "Get a Charge out of Chemistry". Flier for the event is attached. ... View more