Prof. Katharina Fromm awarded as fellow of ACS
Prof. Katharina Fromm, University of Fribourg, was honored as fellow of the American Chemical Society. She is the first European female chemist who receives this prestigious title.
Picture: nomination ceremony in Indianapolis
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Prof. Katharina Fromm was honored for the following outstanding contributions:
Contribution to the science/profession: Recognized for outstanding research on coordination chemistry, teaching (Freshman Chemistry), and public outreach activities such as the International Year of Chemistry 2011.
Contribution to the ACS community: Served as Session Chair at ACS meetings and has organized invited lectures, also for U.S. chemists, at the University of Fribourg.
Newsmessage on the webpage of the University of Fribourg
Contact:
Prof. Katharina Fromm, 026 300 87 32
David Spichiger, SCS
16.09.13
EuCheMS Brussels News Update, Sep 2013
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Balmer Preis 2013 an Dr. Thomas Berset verliehen
Anlässlich des Fortbildungskurses für Gymnasiallehrpersonen an der Universität Zürich vom 11. September 2013 wurde Dr. Thomas Berset von der Kantonsschule Musegg Luzern für sein Projekt «"Primarschulchemie“, in dem Gymnasiasten/innen chemische Experimente für Primarschüler/innen in innovativer und nachhaltiger Weise anleiten und erklären» ausgezeichnet.
Der mit 2'000 + 2'000 CHF dotierte Preis der Schweizerischen Chemischen Gesellschaft für Innovationen im Chemie-Unterricht für in der Schweiz tätige Lehrer auf Sekundarstufe II (Gymnasium) wurde dieses Jahr von zum vierten Mal vergeben.
Mit seinen Arbeiten, dass Gymnasiasten/innen Experimente für Primarschüler vor- und aufbereiten, leistet Thomas Berset einen wichtigen didaktischen Beitrag, der die Chemie aus dem Klassenzimmer mit dem Alltag verbindet und die Freude an den Naturwissenschaften früh fördert.
Thomas Berset studierte und doktorierte nach dem Lehrerpatent an der Universität Zürich, wobei seine Arbeiten in der Biologie und der molekularen Genetik angesiedelt waren. Nach den Post-docs am Max-Plank Institut in Dresden und dem Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney sowie einem zweijährigen Abstecher in die Pharmaindustrie wechselte er 2010 an die Kantonsschule Musegg in Luzern. Seit September dieses Jahres ist Thomas Berset zudem auch an der PH Schwyz im Bereich Chemie- und Naturwissenschaftsdidaktik für die Primarschule tätig.
Details zum Projekt von Thomas Berset: http://www.primarschulchemie.ch
David Spichiger, SCS
11.09.2013
ChemMedChem Backcover 9/13 from T. Fischer, R. Riedl, ZHAW
The back cover picture and its corresponding scientific article of MedChemMed 9/13 is provided by Thomas Fischer and Prof. Dr. Rainer Riedl from ZHAW: «Strategic Targeting of Multiple Water-Mediated Interactions: A Concise and Rational Structure-Based Design Approach to Potent and Selective MMP-13 Inhibitors (ChemMedChem 9/2013) (page 1572)»
The back cover picture depicts the beauty and significance of water molecules, key structural components in the architecture of living systems, for the rational design of small molecules with tailored biological activity. A potent and selective inhibitor of the therapeutically relevant target matrix metalloproteinase 13 was realized, without any screening activities, by a concise structure-based approach targeting multiple water molecules as binding partners. For more details, see the Communication by Rainer Riedl et al. on p. 1457 ff.
ChemMedChem Journal (by Wiley-VCH)
David Spichiger, SCS
11.09.2013
KGF-SCS Awards, Sandmeyer Award and Grammaticakis-Neumann Award ceremonies 2013
On the occation of the SCS Fall Meeting VIP Dinner in Lausanne on Spetember 5, 2013 the KGF-SCS Industrial Investigator Awards, the Sandmeyer Award and the the Grammaticakis-Neumann Prize were given to the 2013 winners.
During the apero of the VIP Dinner on the terrasse of the Starling Hotel at EPFL Lausanne the following winners were awarded and honored for their outstanding scientific contributions.
Grammaticakis-Neumann Award 2013
Prof. Uwe Pischel, Huelva (ESP)
... in recognition of his important contribution to the development of photoactive molecular logic gates.
KGF Industrial Investigator Awards 2013
Distinguished KGF-SCS Award
Prof. Klaus Müller, F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Basel and ETH Zürich
...for pioneering a number of important and crucial scientific initiatives both in academia and industry and most importantly for his early pioneering in ensuring quality academic-industry relations.
Senior KGF-SCS Award
Dr. Ian Lewis, Novartis Institutes of Biomedical Research, Basel,
... for the design and synthesis of SOM230/Pasireotide (Signifor®), as the first pituitary directed medical therapy for Cushing’s disease approved by EMEA and FDA in 2012.
PD Dr. Werner Bonrath, DSM Nutritional Products, Basel
... for his contributions in the fields of Vitamins, Carotenoids and Flavor and Fragrances, always related to the application of new catalytic processes which can be industrialized.
KGF-SCS Award
Dr. Mark Rogers-Evans, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Basel
...for his work in medicinal chemistry, particularly for his studies of small heterocyclic ring systems such as Oxetanes and Azaspiro[3.4]octanes.
Sandmeyer Award 2013
Dr. Ralf Duempelmann, Dr. Pascal Steffanut, Dr. Samuel Dagorne, Dr. Stephane Bellemin
Clariant Group R&D and CNRS-Université de Strasbourg
... in recognition of their work on N-heterocyclic carbene based zirconium complexes for use in ring opening polymerization.
Photos of the ceremonies
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The KGF-SCS Industrial Investigator Award ist sponsored by
David Spichiger, SCS
08.09.2013
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