Stevenson University American Chemical Society

02/18/2023

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01/11/2023

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10/05/2022

BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless “for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.”

The 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is about making difficult processes easier. Barry Sharpless and Morten Meldal have laid the foundation for a functional form of chemistry – click chemistry – in which molecular building blocks snap together quickly and efficiently. Carolyn Bertozzi has taken click chemistry to a new dimension and started utilising it in living organisms.

Chemists have long been driven by the desire to build increasingly complicated molecules. In pharmaceutical research, this has often involved artificially recreating natural molecules with medicinal properties. This has led to many admirable molecular constructions, but these are generally time consuming and very expensive to produce.

Barry Sharpless – who is now being awarded his second Nobel Prize in Chemistry – started the ball rolling. Around the year 2000, he coined the concept of click chemistry, which is a form of simple and reliable chemistry, where reactions occur quickly and unwanted by-products are avoided.

Shortly afterwards, Morten Meldal and Barry Sharpless – independently of each other – presented what is now the crown jewel of click chemistry: the copper catalysed azide-alkyne cycloaddition. This is an elegant and efficient chemical reaction that is now in widespread use. Among many other uses, it is utilised in the development of pharmaceuticals, for mapping DNA and creating materials that are more fit for purpose.

Carolyn Bertozzi took click chemistry to a new level. To map important but elusive biomolecules on the surface of cells – glycans – she developed click reactions that work inside living organisms. Her bioorthogonal reactions take place without disrupting the normal chemistry of the cell.

These reactions are now used globally to explore cells and track biological processes. Using bioorthogonal reactions, researchers have improved the targeting of cancer pharmaceuticals, which are now being tested in clinical trials.

Click chemistry and bioorthogonal reactions have taken chemistry into the era of functionalism. This is bringing the greatest benefit to humankind.

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10/05/2022

Students vs Staff Game Wednesday, October 12th at 5pm on the Mustang Stadium Turf.

09/09/2022

First ACS student meeting of the academic year. Friday September 9 at 2:15PM in SOBL room 304. Hope to see you there!

07/28/2022

Looking to get involved with the local Maryland Section of ACS? Suscribe to their list serve at [email protected] to be notified about upcoming meetings and events. On September 17th, they will be hosting an Ice Cream Social and Charmery Tour... details below.

12/06/2021

10/15/2021

Celebrate National Chemistry Week with us beginning on October 18, 2021.
Monday-Elephant Toothpaste in the Greenhouse at 1pm
Wednesday-Mole Scavenger Hunt all day in the MAC
Friday- Bottle Rockets on the North
Hope to see you there!

10/06/2021

First meeting of the Semester on Friday October 8, 2-3pm in MAC S225. In this meeting, we will introduce the ACS Board and talk about upcoming events that will be going on during the semester: The Magic Show where you will have the opportunity to demonstrate a science experiment to an audience. The National Chemistry Week where you get to do cool and wacky experiments like Elephant Toothpaste. We will also play a few games so we can all connect and have fun. We all look forward to seeing you.


~American Chemical Society Executive Board~
Samantha Rea, President
Justin Vickers, Vice President
Janine Cox, Secretary
Candace Curtis , Treasurer
Jennifer Manrique, Public Relations

09/22/2021

Did you know...while the cost of the student club on campus is free, the National ACS membership dues for undergraduate members is only $29 per year! Visit https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/membership.html -pricing for information on benefits and an application.

From aspiring scientists to veteran chemists, ACS is here to support you and enhance your professional development.

09/18/2021

HELLO SCIENCE NERDS!!!!!😄

We'd like to officially welcome you to ACS. We are all so excited to start off the year with you guys. To get things started, I would like each one of you to click the link below and put in your availability for the semester, so we'll be able to find a time where we'll all be able to meet and have our first meeting. Please do this by NOON September 25. Once again, welcome to ACS, we look forward to seeing all of you!

https://www.when2meet.com/?12924666-uUMtq

American Chemical Society Executive Board
Samantha Rea, President
Justin Vickers, Vice President
Janine Cox, Secretary
Candace Curtis , Treasurer
Jennifer Manrique, Public Relations

08/27/2021

YCC is a great way to become involved in the national ACS.

Join the YCC and its partners for this fall's "Networking with Chemistry Professionals and Undergraduates Ice Cream Virtual Event" on Sunday, Sept 12 at 2-3:30 pm EDT. Come hear and share experiences with other chemists navigating their careers! Register: http://ow.ly/gQS650FPXXI