IN-KY Border Section of ACS

District II Meeting Minutes: AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 239th ACS NATIONAL MEETING
San Francisco, CA (posted after March 2010)
Power Point from meeting.

COUNCILOR TALKING POINTS: SUMMARY OF GOVERNANCE ACTIONS/REPORTS
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 239th ACS NATIONAL MEETING
San Francisco, CA (posted after March 2010)

Councilor Bulletin, Mar 2010
Councilor Bulletin, Sep 2009
Councilor Bulletin, Mar 2009

ACS Committee News, Mar 2010

ACS Committee News, Sep 2009

See also Committees under Governance.

Additional News:

June 09 Elements of Communication:
The ACS this month debuted new video episodes of Bytesize Science, its award-winning chemistry podcast for kids and teens, in crisp high–definition (HD). Watch the latest episode at www.BytesizeScience.com to find out how scientists are developing “super paper” that is stronger than cast iron. The new episode reveals how scientists created this super tough type of paper, which may someday lead to a new kind of bullet proof vest. This video is the first product to come out of ACS’ brand new podcasting studio, which features a full-size green screen and professional audio and video equipment.

Chemistry is an electronic magazine published three times a year by the American Chemical Society. Our experienced team of professional science writers delivers articles that provide a snapshot of current happenings throughout the world of chemistry. The information in Chemistry is useful to American Chemical Society members, student affiliates, and those interested in learning more about the chemical sciences and the American Chemical Society.

An excerpt from the Aug 07 publication:
The Quest for Rapid and Inexpensive Sequencing Technologies
It took more than a decade to finish the human genome at a sequencing cost of about $300 million. Even though the time and costs have fallen dramatically over the last decade, sequencing all the cancer genomes is still not feasible using the technology that produced the Watson genome. To meet this challenge, the National Cancer Institute, in a joint effort with the National Human Genome Research Institute, recently launched a major initiative, the Cancer Genome Atlas (http://cancergenome.nih.gov). This initiative, which seeks to increase our understanding of the molecular basis of cancer through genomic analysis, requires and supports the development of even faster and less expensive sequencing methods.
Fredrick Sanger developed the workhorse method used to sequence the human genome in the mid-1970s. In this technique, DNA is first chopped into smaller pieces, then amplified by copying it many times, and finally sequenced using multiple machines. Although still considered the gold standard, the amplification steps in the Sanger method make it costly and time-consuming despite more than 30 years of evolutionary improvements. Even today, a whole host of Sanger-derived technologies are under development in academic and corporate laboratories to make sequencing more inexpensive, rapid, and accurate. Many of these new methods rely on microfluidics, a nanoscale version of today’s capillary electrophoresis and polymerase chain reaction technologies, and few experts doubt that microfluidic sequencing devices will further drop the cost of genome sequencing efforts.

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2010 Special Events

There are many activites planned for the upcoming year.
Please contact one of the section officers to see how you can participate.

Boy Scout Merit Badge: USI will host lab exercises to help the scouts earn
their merit badge on Saturday, February 13.
Contact Dr. Jeff Seyler for further information.

Olympiad Exam: The local section will participate in the Chemistry Olympiad competition again this year.
The high school student competition will be hosted at USI on March 18 and April 23.
Contact Dr. Evan Millam for further information.

Girl Scouts: Event at USI on Friday, April 9.
Contact Dr. Shelly Blunt for further information.

Earth Day: First year HS students are invited to participate in a chemistry bowl competition.
The event will occur at USI on April 22.
Contact Dr. Jeannie Collins for further information.

National Chemistry Week: Numerous activities, including classroom visits and chemical
demonstrations will occur during the week of October 18-22 and the following week.
Contact Dr. Jeff Seyler for further information.

Mole Day: Second year HS students are invited to participate in a chemistry bowl competition.
The event will be hosted by USI on Oct 21.
Contact Dr. Jeff Seyler for further information.

For additional pictures from past activities click here.

Misc. activities in the area.

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Annual Reports

2009 Annual Report
Part1
Part2
Part3

2008 Annual Report
Part1
Part2
Part3

2007 Annual Report
Part1
Part2
Part3

2006 Annual Report
Part1
Part2
Part3
YCC Report
Award Nominations

2005 Annual Report
Part1
Part2
Part3
Nominations

2004 Annual Report
Part1
Part2
Part3

2003 Annual Report
Part1
Part2
Part3

2002 Annual Report
Part1
Part2
Part3

Employment Services

We would like to provide the opportunity to assist chemists and engineers
in our region with their career changes and job searches.

Information to help can be found on the ACS Career Services web site.
We also have additional documentation and counceling available to assit you locally.

Furthermore, if you have a job to post we would be happy to include it
on this web site and to assist you in filling the position.

New Positions:

1. job title
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Job #: Posted: date
Information and application for this position can be found here.

2. title
company
Location:
Job #: Posted: date
Information on this position can be found here.

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Government Relations

Stay abreast on current issues related to legislative activity by visiting the Local Section Government Affairs home page. Under Activities, find information about legislative and regulatory activities.

Undergraduate Research

We will be posting links to REU and other undergraduate research
opportunities on this web site in the near future.

Alumni of Area Universities

Where are they now? If you have information about an alum and
would like to let others know, please forward the info to the web master.

If you have questions or concerns about the content of this web site
or would like to have us provide information to our members
through this site, please contact the web master.

We thank you for visiting our site and welcome the opportunity
to work with you and your organization.

Chair: Marilyn Hurst University of Southern Indiana 812-464-1716 mhurst@usi.edu		Past Chair: Derek Lake SABIC Innovative Plastics 812-831-4641 derek.lake@sabic-ip.com
Chair Elect: Jean-Francois Morizur SABIC Innovative Plastics 812-831-4191 jean-francois.morizur@sabic-ip.com		Secretary: Nancy Flachskam Kentucky Wesleyan College 270-926-3111 nancyfl@kwc.edu
Treasurer: W.L. Magnuson Kentucky Wesleyan College 270-926-3111 magnuson@kwc.edu		Councilor: Jeff Seyler University of Southern Indiana 812-464-1923 jseyler@usi.edu
Past Years:
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009