Chemistry Notices VISITING SPEAKERS AND SEMINARS. For the Week of April 30 to May 4, 2018

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1 Chemistry Notices For the Week of April 30 to May 4, 2018 Submissions: Please send to by Wednesday for the following week s edition VISITING SPEAKERS AND SEMINARS Organic Chemistry Division Invited Speaker Organic Chemistry Division Invited Speaker Professor Andrew Bennet Simon Fraser University Maarten Postema Eisai Pharmaceuticals Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Covalent Inhibitors for Glycoside Hydrolases DATE: Tuesday May 1, 2018 TIME: 11:00 a.m PLACE: Gunning/Lemieux Chemistry Center E3-25 Structurally Diverse Natural Products in Drug Discovery DATE: TIME: PLACE: Organic Chemistry Division Invited Speaker Organic Chemistry Division Invited Speaker Professor Paul Hergenrother Professor Chris Vanderwal University of Illinois Traversing the Valley of Death in Anticancer and Antibacterial Drug Discovery DATE: Monday April 30, 2018 TIME: 11:00 a.m PLACE: Gunning/Lemieux Chemistry Centre E1-60 Friday May 4, :00 a.m Gunning/Lemieux Chemistry Center E3-25 University of California at Irvine Synthesis Strategies Toward Complex Bioactive Diterpenoids DATE: Thursday May 3, 2018 TIME: 11:00 a.m PLACE: Gunning/Lemieux Chemistry Centre E3-25 FW/ce E3-44; ext:

2 VISITING SPEAKERS AND SEMINARS Ryan Sweeney Ph.D Seminar will speak on Synthesis of Lipopolysaccharide O- antigens from Klebsiella pneumoniae Serotype O2a as Molecular Probes for Biosynthetic Studies Wednesday, May 2, :00 p.m. in Chemistry Centre Room E3-25 University of Alberta Department of Chemistry Analytical Division 502 Seminar Name: Nisat Zahan Title: Multiplexed Detection of Tumor Markers with Multicolor Polymer Dot-Based Immunochromatography Test Strip Date: Friday, May 4, 2018 Time: 4:00 pm 5:00 pm Location: Chemistry Building E3-25

3 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Position: MSc Posting at Canmet The position is in support of our new oil spill research program, which has been growing significantly every year and getting quite a bit of media attention. Applicants need to be explicit in their cover letter about meeting all the essential requirements, as the applications go to a non-technical screen in Ottawa prior to arriving at the desks of any scientists here. The deadline is short (next week), as per most of these postings. Thanks! Nicole Heshka, Ph.D. Research Scientist Chercheur scientifique CanmetENERGY CanmetÉNERGIE Devon Natural Resources Canada Ressources naturelles Canada 1 Oil Patch Drive, Devon, AB T9G 1A8 Telephone Téléphone: nicole.heshka@canada.ca

4 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, continued Faculty Position in Nuclear Engineering Royal Military College of Canada The Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario, invites applications for a bilingual position at the level of Assistant Professor. The Department desires applicants with a recent PhD, or one nearing completion, in nuclear engineering or a closely related field. Full details located at: Closing Date: 4 May

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