2nd Employment Survey for European Chemists (ESEC2)

All Swiss chemists and chemistry related scientists are invited to participate in the 2^nd Employment Survey for European Chemists (ESEC2).

The survey, which is completely anonymous, is accessible at http://www.euchems.eu/esec2/ until 31 March 2017, and its main objective is to create a clear snapshot of the chemistry labour market. This snapshot will allow an analysis of educational offer and labour market needs, gender balance, salary differences, etc. As the situation of chemistry greatly differs from country to country (as the previous iteration of this survey shows - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/chem.201501364/abstract) it is important that we gather enough specific information to define a Swiss specific country profile. Having such a level of detail will be in the best interest of employees, employers, and universities.

Results of the 1^st Employment Survey for European Chemists (ESEC2)

David Spichiger, SCS
23.02.2017

Invitation to the SCS General Assembly 2017

The Board of Directors invites all members and the delegates of associated societies to the

27^th General Assembly of the Swiss Chemical Society
April 21, 2017, 13.30-14.00h

Big Auditorium, basement floor, 
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012 Bern.

Provisional Agenda

1. Welcome and approval of the agenda
2. Election of the vote counters
3. Minutes of the 26^th General Assembly from April 22, 2016 in Zurich (published in CHIMIA 5/2016, A373)
4. Annual report 2016 (published in CHIMIA 1-2/2017)
5. Financial statement 2016 incl. audit report
6. Discharge the Board
7. Elections
8. Formal approval of the new SCS Division of Chemical Education
9. Formal approval of the new SCS Section of Catalysis 
10. News and strategic projects
11. Outlook 2017/18
12. Varia

Motions to the assembly can be submitted until April 8, 2017 to . A summary of the financial statement 2016 will be published after the formal audit.

Swiss Chemical Society (SCS)
Dr. Alain De Mesmaeker          David Spichiger
President                                    Executive Director

David Spichiger, SCS
27.02.2017

Winners of the KGF-SCS Industrial Science Awards 2017

The KGF-SCS Senior Industrial Science Award (CHF 10’000)

is given to

Dr. Emmanuel Pinard, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel,

for his very successful research on several therapeutic targets as enzymes (Bace1, COMT), ion channels (NMDA), GPCRs (Orexin, Vasopressin) and transporters (GlyT1) that address high unmet central nervous system disorders such as Parkinson’s Disease, Stroke, Schizophrenia, Depression, Autism and Spinal Motor Atrophy.

and to

Dr. Thomas Netscher, DSM Nutritional Products, Ltd, Kaiseraugst

for his achievements in advancing synthetic methodology and total synthesis of natural products, specifically vitamins and isoprenoid derived compounds.

The KGF-SCS Industrial Science Award (CHF 7’000)

is given to

Dr. Richard Sedrani, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel

for his achievements in many important projects as research chemists, team leader, project leader and unit head that resulted in the discovery and development of the mTOR inhibitor Everolimus, which is the active ingredient of several successfully marketed drugs: Certican® / Zortress®; Afinitor®, Xience™.

Award Lectures

The Award Lectures are planed as follows (tbc):

SCS Fall Meeting, August 21-22, 2017, von Roll Areal, University of Bern

KGF-SCS Senior Industrial Science Award Lecture I
Dr. Emmanuel Pinard, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel
SCS Fall Meeting, 1st day: Mon, August 21, 18.00-18.30h

KGF-SCS Senior Industrial Science Award Lecture II
Dr. Thomas Netscher, DSM Nutritional Products, Ltd, Kaiseraugst
SCS Fall Meeting, 2nd day: Tue, August 22, 17.00-17.30h

KGF-SCS Industrial Science Award Lecture I
Dr. Richard Sedrani, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel
SCS Fall Meeting, 2nd day: Tue, August 22, 09.45-10.15h

The award ist supported by the KGF:

David Spichiger, SCS
24.02.2017

ChemistrySelect has been accepted into the Web of Science

ChemistrySelect has been accepted into the Web of Science (Science Citation Index Expanded). Three issues have so far been indexed (issues 1, 2, and 13 from 2016) and Anne Deveson, editor-in-chief of ChemistrySelect, hopes to see the rest indexed soon. In 2016 ChemistrySelect received over 2000 submissions and  published over 1000 papers. Submissions in 2017 are already indicating an upward trend.

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Contact:
Anne Deveson, Editor-in-Chief

David Spichiger, SCS
20.02.2017