Dr. Jill Rehmann 2006 Chair ACS New York Section · JANUARY 2006 Vol. 87 • No. 1 ISSN0019-6924 RECYCLE THIS PAPER PERIODICALS POSTAGE Dr. Jill Rehmann 2006 Chair ACS New York Section

JANUARY 2006 Vol. 87 • No. 1 ISSN0019-6924

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Dr. Jill Rehmann2006 Chair

ACS New York Section

THE INDICATORManager / EditorMALCOLM STURCHIO1 Cable Court, Montville, NJ 07045973-331-5142; Fax 973-331-5143e-mail: [email protected] ManagerVINCENT GALEMBO Services, Inc.PO Box 1150, Marshfield, MA 02050-1150781-837-0424; Fax 781-837-1453e-mail: [email protected] COMMITTEENew York Section Rep.EVELYN SARNOFF97-37 63rd Road, Rego Park, NY 11374-1624718-459-3097North Jersey Section Rep.DIANE KRONENorthern Highlands Regional High School298 Hillside Avenue, Allendale, NJ 07401e-mail: [email protected] MasterED HARRIS — e-mail: [email protected] YORK SECTIONhttp://newyorkacs.orgChairJILL REHMANNDepartment of Chemistry, St. Joseph’s College245 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205718-636-6823e-mail: [email protected] A. LAREDO-LIDDELL391 Palmer Road, Yonkers, NY 10701-5239914-476-6860e-mail: [email protected] ROJASDept. of Chemistry, Barnard College3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027212-854-5480e-mail: [email protected] OfficeSt. John’s University, Chemistry Dept.8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica, NY 11439516-883-7510; Fax 516-883-4003e-mail: [email protected] JERSEY SECTIONhttp://www.njacs.orgChairSTEPHEN WALLERFairleigh Dickinson University, 285 Madison Ave.,M-581-01, Madison, NJ 07940973-443-8783e-mail: [email protected] KRONENorthern Highlands Regional High School298 Hillside Avenue, Allendale, NJ 07401e-mail: [email protected] HOWSON49 Hillside Avenue, Madison, NJ 07940-2612973-822-2575e-mail: [email protected] Office4 Cameron Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854732-463-7271

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CONTENTSAdvertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Call for Nominations . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-18Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23-24 MARM 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22National . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16New York Chair’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . .5New York Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-15New York Section-Wide Conference . . . .6North Jersey Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-9Professional/Product Directory . . . . .19-21Retired Chemists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

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NEW YORK CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE

All of you who are involved in our section know that this organization serves a crucial rolein creating bridges between industry, academia and the public. Our members volunteerthroughout our local communities, educating the public and promoting chemistry in soci-ety.

Our large NY section is distinguished by six sub-sections whose meetings and programsfoster chemical communities throughout the metropolitan area. Our section has a longand distinguished history of nationally recognized events such as the William H. NicholsSymposium and Medal. In 2006 we will be honoring our 100th medallist, Professor K.Barry Sharpless of the Scripps Research Institute for his novel contributions in the field ofOrganic Chemistry. Our topical groups are venues for chemical specialists to cometogether and share ideas. We also sponsor numerous annual events that inspire youngpeople to pursue chemistry as a profession. These include the Undergraduate ResearchSymposium, Project Seed, the Chemistry Olympiad, Chemagination, and the High Schooland Graduate Student Poster Sessions. To honor those who support our chemistry stu-dents, the section presents the Nichols Foundation Chemistry Award for High SchoolTeachers. We are involved in many public outreach programs and were very pleased toadd a day of chemistry demonstrations at the New York Hall of Science in recognition ofNational Chemistry Week 2005. We hope that the college students who volunteered theirtime to make this event a success sparked an interest that will help to inspire the next gen-eration of chemists.

As I begin my tenure as Chair of the New York Section, I am honored to have the oppor-tunity to address you and outline some of the areas that I would like to focus on in 2006.

I. The Academic - Industrial Partnership

The demographic shift in our section has been from industry to academics. As a result,most of the active membership at the local level is affiliated with colleges and univer-sities. We need to focus on and strengthen the ties to the businesses in our area sothat we can rediscover the synergy in our goals. We need to work together to fosterthe development of young professionals and enhance the public perception of chem-istry and the essential role it plays in our lives.

II. Energizing Our Younger Members

Student Affiliates and the Younger Chemists Committee are groups that are designedto serve the needs and interests of younger chemists, including new professionals,graduate and undergraduate students at colleges and universities in our area.Creating a community in the New York area for them will contribute to continuing thevitality of our local section.

III. Easy Ways To Get Involved

The need to invite all chemists — young and old — to make valuable contributions toour organization and to participate in various activities is essential to the vitality of thesection. I am asking all of the leaders of topical groups, subsections and committeesto find areas where important functions in their groups and in organizing activities canbe delegated, so that new members or members seeking growth and change canexperience the gratification and rewards that the variety of activities in our section canprovide.

I look forward to an exciting rewarding year working with all of you.

Jill Rehmann, Ph.D.2006 Chair ACS - New York Section

NEW YORK SECTIONThursday, January 12, 2006Chemical Marketing & Economics GroupSee page 11.

Friday, January 20, 2006High School Teachers Topical GroupSee page 11.

Saturday, January 21, 2006NY Section Wide MeetingSee page 6.

Tuesday, January 24, 2006Biochemical Topical GroupSee page 12.

NORTH JERSEY SECTIONMonday, January 9, 2006Teacher Affiliates Executive CommitteeSee page 7.

Monday, January 9, 2006Careers in TransitionSee page 7.

Tuesday, January 10, 2006Mass Spectrometry Discussion GroupSee page 8.

Wednesday, January 11, 2006Chem CentralSee page 8.

Thursday, January 12, 2006ChemTAGSee page 8.

Thursday, January 19, 2006No. Jersey Group of Small ChemicalBusinessesSee page 9.

Monday, January 23, 2006No. Jersey Section Executive CommitteeSee page 7.


January Calendar

Deadline for items to beincluded in the

March 2006 issue of The Indicator isJanuary 14, 2006.

North Jersey Meetingshttp://www.njacs.org

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ANDSECTION MEETINGSection officers, councilors, committeechairs, topical group chairs, and sectionevent organizers meet regularly at theSection Meeting to discuss topics of impor-tance to running the section and represent-ing the membership. All ACS members arewelcome to attend this meeting and tobecome more involved in section activities.Members interested in being on sectioncommittees should contact the sectionchair, Stephen Waller ([email protected])prior to this meeting.

Date: Monday, January 23, 2006Time: 5:30 PMPlace: Fairleigh Dickinson University

College at FlorhamHartman Lounge, the MansionMadison, NJ

Cost: $5.00 - pizza dinner

Directions: can be found atview.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=238

Reservations: call 732-463-7271 or [email protected] prior to Wednesday,January 18, 2006. Dinner at the SectionMeeting is payable at the door. However, ifyou are not able to attend and did not can-cel your reservation, you are responsible forthe price of your dinner.

CAREERS IN TRANSITION GROUPJob Hunting??

Are you aware that the North Jersey Sectionholds monthly meetings at FairleighDickinson University in Madison to helpACS members? Topics covered at thesescost-free workshops are:

• The latest techniques in resume prepara-tion

• Ways for improving a resume

• Answers to frequently asked interviewquestion and

• Conducting an effective job searching.

The next meeting for the Careers InTransition Group will be held Thursday,January 6, 2006, in the Rice Lounge on thefirst floor of the New Academic Building.The meeting will start at 5:30 PM and end at9:00. There will be a Dutch-treat dinner. Toget the most from the meeting, be sure tobring transparencies of your resume.

Please contact [email protected], if youplan on attending this meeting.

✬TEACHER AFFILIATESDate: Monday, January 9, 2006Time: 4:30 PMPlace: Chatham High School

255 Lafayette AvenueChatham, NJ

Contact: Diane Krone at 201-385-4810 [email protected]

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NEW YORK SECTION’S 2006 SECTION-WIDE CONFERENCEDate: Saturday, January 21, 2006Times: 9:30 AM – 1:00 PMPlace: Pace University, 861 Bedford Road

Pleasantville, NY; Kessel Student Center; Gottesman Room(Entrance 3 off of Route 117 in Pleasantville)

Cost: Free to all

PROGRAM

9:30 AM Arrival and Refreshments - Welcome to the ACS,New York Section's 2006 Section-wide Conferenceand to Pace University

10:00 AM Greetings from the 2006 Chair of the Jill K. RehmannACS New York Section

10:10 AM Award Presentations:Service Plaque and Pin to the 2005 NY Section Chair James W. CanaryNew York Section Outstanding Service Award for 2005 David N. Rahni

10:30 AM Report of the 2006 Elections Nominating Committee Joan A. Laredo-Liddell(Presentation of Candidates) 2006 Chair-elect

10:45 AM Keynote Presentation: Preparing the Next Generationof Chemists: A Partnership Between Academia andIndustry Salutes to Excellence Awards – Internship Programs for Chemistry Students

11:45 AM Coffee Break(Poster Presentations by New York Section Project Seed Students)

12:00 PM ACS, New York Section Committee Planning Sessions for 2005

Educational Activities (Chemagination, Chemical Education,Continuing Education, Graduate Student Posters,High School Olympiad, National Chemistry Week,Nichols Foundation Teacher Award, Project Seed,Public Outreach, Student Affiliate) Chair: Sr. Mary L. Maier

Member Affairs (Awards, Employment and ProfessionalRelations, NYACS History, Indicator, Membership, Minority Affairs, Outstanding Service Award) Chair: Ralph Stephani

Program Review (Subsection and Topical DiscussionGroup Chairs) Chair: Anne T. O’Brien

Public Affairs (Academe and Industrial Relations, Community Relations and Publicity, Congressional Science Counselors, Environmental Chemistry, FundRaising, Information Technology, Speakers Bureau) Chair: Robert P. Nolan

12:45 PM Reports from the Chairs of the Committee Planning Sessions

1:00 PM Conclusion of the Meeting.Join with colleagues for lunch at a local restaurant.

To inquire about the Section-wide Conference, please call the New York Section Office at516-883-7510 or e-mail Marilyn Jespersen, Office Administrator, at:[email protected]

Directions are at http://www.pace.edu/admissions. Select Campus Tours and InformationSessions, select Pleasantville campus, select directions. Train information as well as driv-ing information will appear. For Parking: Use any available lots around the student center.Emergency # for closings: 914-773-3398.

Scientists, teachers and students of all levels are invited to participate.

NEW JERSEY GROUP OFSMALL CHEMICAL BUSINESSESUnderstanding More about OnlineMarketing for the Small ChemicalCompany

Speaker: John StrazzaDirector of E-MediaChemical Week

By understanding more about the onlinemarketing arena you can better tailor thedesign of your web site and your market planto peak and meet your audience's interests.Today's topic includes questions like:

• “Should my company market its productsonline in the current financial environ-ment?”

• “What are the best methods and placesto market on the web?”

• “How will buyers find my product?”

• “What about e-commerce, driving trafficto the site and ROI?”

Chemical industry professionals who areasking about marketing online will findJohn's delivery refreshing and enlighteningwhile enabling them to make educated deci-sions about E-media marketing, a new ser-vice being offered to chemical manufactur-ers and distributors by Chemical Week.

John Strazza, Director of E-Media for theChemical Business Media Division ofAccess Intelligence, LLC, has a no-non-sense approach to today's migration to mar-keting and content delivery on the web. Hisexpertise: developing E-products and meth-ods that market well in this new arena, andaiding companies who are facing the transi-tion from traditional marketing methods toonline methods. Being a public speaker forover a decade and having a background inthe visual and audio arts, add to John's abil-ity to clearly convey this hot and sometimesconfusing topic of marketing online.

Date: Thursday, January 19, 2006Times: Networking - Cash Bar, Hors

d’Oeuvres 5:30 PMDinner - Attendee Introductions

6:30 PMPresentation 7:15 PMQ&A - Networking – Dessert

8:00 PMPlace: Holiday Inn, North Frontage Rd.

Newark, NJOn north side of Newark Airport

Advance Registration is required.

Reserve electronically at our web site:http://NJChemBus.org.

Reserve by: January 17, 2006. Pleasereserve early.

Cancellation Policy: Please cancel 48 hoursbefore the meeting, or be invoiced.

Check payable to, and Mail Payment to: NJGroup of Small Chemical Businesses, P.O.Box 423, Summit, NJ 07902.

❉NORTH JERSEY ELECTIONRESULTSChair-elect – 2006

Krone 391Goodnow 357

Councilors 2006-2008Kuck 427Cooper 421Kelly 347Waller 313Erickson 304

Alternate Councilors 2006-2008Suits 296Gorman 289Penna 270Noether 263Potenza 258


MASS SPECTROMETRYDISCUSSION GROUPAdvanced Methodology for Proteomicsand Metabolomics

Sponsored by: Bruker Daltonics

Topic 1:"Proteomics and Metabolomics UsingFTICR-MS for Biomarker Discovery"Dr. Christoph BorchersUniversity of North Carolina Medical School

Topic 2:TBA

Date: Tuesday, January 10, 2006Time: Social 5:30 PM

Dinner 6:30 PMAnnouncements and

Presentations 7:15 PMPlace: Somerset MarriottCost: None

Please visit www.njacs.org / ms.html forregistration.

CHEM CENTRALDate: Wednesday, January 11, 2006Time: 4:00 PMPlace: West Windsor/Plainsboro South

High School346 Clarksville RoadPrinceton Junction, NJ

Contact: Karen [email protected]

✻ChemTAGDate: Thursday, January 12, 2006Time: 4:00 PMPlace: Newark Academy

91 S. Orange Avenue Livingston, NJ

Contact: Josephine Allocca [email protected]

New York Meetings

www.newyorkacs.org

CHEMICAL MARKETING &ECONIMICAS (CM&E) GROUPUsing Global Scenarios for StrategicLong-Term Planning

Speaker: Andrew J. SlaughterSenior North American Energy Advisor - Global Business EnvironmentShell Exploration & Production Co.Houston, TX

Date: Thursday, January 12, 2006Times: Cocktails 11:30 AM

Luncheon 12 noonPresentation 1:15 PM

Place: The Chemists’ Club40 West 45th StreetNew York, NY

Fees: $40 discount price for Members who reserve by Tuesday, January10th (12 noon). $55 for Guests and Members (at the door withoutreservations)

To reserve: Please reserve early to be eligi-ble for discount price. Call Vista Marketing at(718) 961-8958, or via e-mail to:[email protected]. To pay online bycredit card (via PayPal), go to the CM&EWebsite: http://www.nyacs-cme.org/

❉HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERSTOPICAL GROUPMacromolecular Chemistry for Safe andSustainable World

Speaker: Kalle LevonPolytechnic University

The presentation will discuss the importantrole of macromolecular chemistry for thedevelopment of sensors and sensor net-works for security and for the preparation oftools for health diagnostics.

Date: Friday, January 20, 2006Times: Social and Dinner — 5:45 PMPlace: Caffe Pane e Cioccolato

10 Waverly Place at Mercer Street

(south-west corner)New York, NY(You eat, you pay cash only, no credit cards.)No reservations required

Times: Meeting — 7:15 PMPlace: New York University

Silver Center Room 20732 Waverly Place (south-east corner Washington Sq. East)New York, NY

Security at NYU requires that you show apicture ID to enter the building.

In case of unexpected severe weather, callJohn Roeder, 212-497-6500, between 9 AMand 2 PM to verify that meeting is still on;914-961-8882 for other info.

Note: Street parking is free after 6:00 PM.For those who prefer indoor attended park-ing, it is available at the Melro/RomarGarages. The entrance is on the west sideof Broadway just south of 8th Street, direct-ly across from Astor Place. It is a short, easywalk from the garage to the restaurant ormeeting room.


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TENTH ANNUAL FRANCES S.STERRETT EMVIRONMENTALCHEMISTRY SYMPOSIUMNPS Pollution — What's in Your Sump?

Date: Thursday, May 25, 2006Place: Hofstra University

Hempstead, NY

Save The Date!

❂ACS SPONSORED HIGHSCHOOL CHEMISTRY CLUBSIn the Fall of 2005, the Education Division ini-tiated a pilot program for ACS affiliated highschool chemistry clubs across the US. ACSstaff contacted interested teachers, produceda handbook, identified interesting and appro-priate club activities, and established contactswith membership programs. Staff plans to setup a Web page for posting resources andencouraging communication among clubs. Asfunds permit, logo-bearing banners and pinswill add to the starter package.

Supporting and establishing ACS high schoolchemistry clubs is an attractive idea that hasbeen under discussion for several years. Asurvey sent out to high school teacher mem-bers-several of whom already sponsor clubs-confirmed support for such a program. A self-selected group of these teachers signed onfor the 2005-06 pilot program and receivedassistance from the Office of High SchoolEducation in launching their chemistry clubs.Additionally, these teachers were encouragedto contact their local ACS sections and near-by ACS Student Affiliate Chapters to initiatejoint activities and acquire member support.

The HS Clubs program is designed as amember benefit for high school teacher mem-bers. In order to be an ACS high school chem-istry club advisor, the teacher must be affiliat-ed with ACS at some level-including national,divisional, and/or local section affiliate.

Local ACS sections are encouraged to be pro-active in this pilot phase of the project. Anysection wishing to initiate a partnership withan area high school to establish an affiliatedclub is welcome to move forward with theplan. Education Division staff is collectingcontact information for the 2006-2007 acade-mic year. In exchange for certain charter-initi-ating documents, schools will receive ACSresources and support. Please email staff [email protected] with questions, plansand/or suggestions.

Initial support for the clubs may include thefollowing:

• A tabbed binder and CD with detailedstart-up materials for establishing a club

• A sample constitution and bylaws• A charter application• A collection of safety-reviewed activities

(Some of these will support various estab-lished ACS programs like NationalChemistry Week, Chemagination, Kids &Chemistry, U.S. National ChemistryOlympiad, Chemists Celebrate Earth Day,and Green Chemistry.)

• Career information• Information on ACS Accredited Colleges

and Universities• A Website• Logo imprinted items (pins, banners, per-

haps t-shirts and other items)• Contact information for Local Sections and

Student Affiliate groups• Community Service Project ideas

The New York Section is interested in knowingthe moderators and schools where the ACSHS Chemistry Clubs are initiated. We wouldlike to acknowledge these members. Pleasesend information or questions [email protected]. I am a memberof the ACS SOCED Committee.

NY-ACS BIOCHEMICAL TOPICALGROUP — JOINT MEETING WITHTHE NYAS BIOCHEMICALPHARMACOLOGY DISCUSSIONGROUPNeurophysiological Anomalies inSchizophrenia: Potential Drug Targets orBiomarkers?

Organizers: Mihaly HajosPfizer Global R & D

and

Clay ScottAstraZeneca

Speakers: Kevin SpencerHarvard Medical School

Georg WintererHeinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf

Gunvant ThakerMaryland Psychiatric ResearchCenter

and

Daniel JavittNew York UniversitySchool of Medicine

Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2006Time: 1:00 – 5:15 PMPlace: New York Academy of Sciences

Main Hall2 East 63rd Street (betweenFifth and Madison Avenues)New York, NY

Space is limited. Reserve a seat on-line athttp://www.nyas.org/events or telephone212.838.0230 x 322.

NYAS Members and BPDG Affiliates may

attend BPDG meetings free of charge.

Non-members may attend for a fee of $20per event; Student Non-members for $10.

To become a Member of the Academy, visithttp://www.nyas.org/landing.html

❆NEW YORK SECTION BOARDOF DIRECTORS MEETINGSFOR 2006The ACS New York Section’s Board ofDirectors Meetings for 2006 will be held atSt. Joseph’s College, Brooklyn, NY on thefollowing dates.

February 10April 28June 9September 22November 10

The Board of Directors Meetings are openmeetings. If you would like to attend pleasenotify the New York section office at 516-883-7510 or [email protected]

Other important New York Section meetingsin 2006 are:

The Section-wide Conference on January21, 2006 at Pace University, Pleasantville,NY.

The William H. Nichols Symposium andMedal Award Dinner on March 10, 2006 atthe Crowne Plaza Hotel, White Plains, NY –honoring Professor Barry Sharpless.

The programs for both of these eventsappear in this issue.

Directions and further details can be foundon the New York Section website atwww.newyorkacs.org

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NEW YORK SECTION IN PICTURESWILLIAM H. NICHOLS DISTINGUISHED SYMPOSIUM AND MEDALAWARD BANQUETIn honor of Professor K. Barry Sharpless

The Scripps Research Institute

Topic: Keeping It Simple: Click Chemistry in Action

Date: March 10, 2006Place: Crowne Plaza Hotel, White Plains, NY

1:30 PM Welcome Professor Jill K. Rehmann 2006 Chair, ACS New York SectionSt. Joseph’s College

1:35 PM Opening of the Distinguished Mrs. Joan A. Laredo-LiddellSymposium 2006 Chair-Elect, ACS New York Section

Marymount College of Fordham University

1:45 PM Dipolar Cycloadditions: Professor Valery V. FokinOld Dogs, New Tricks The Scripps Research Institute

Despite of the high energy content, organic azides and alkynes are chemically orthogonal to an unusually broad rangeof reagents, solvents, and other functional groups. Although their thermal cycloaddition reaction is exceedingly slowdue to the high energy of activation (ca. 24-26 kcal/mol), their reactivity towards each other can be revealed by meansof an appropriate catalyst. For example, copper(I) results in the formation of the 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles,while ruthenium(II) catalyzes formation of the complementary 1,5-regioisomers. Catalytic azide-alkyne cycloadditionsare now among the most efficient ways to permanently unite diverse structures by means of the triazole connections-- permanent chemically inert links that bring together blocks with desired functionality.

Representative examples from our laboratories, as well as important mechanistic aspects of these processes and theirimplications for the design of other catalytic systems will be discussed in the lecture.

2:30 PM Towards Bioactive CyClick Professor Jan H. van MaarseveenPeptides. University of Amsterdam

Small cyclic peptides have been isolated from several species and often they show potent bioactivities. Further explo-ration is, however, hampered by the difficult synthetic accessibility. It turned out that replacement of one or morebackbone amide bonds in small cyclic peptides by 1,4-substituted triazole units greatly improves the synthesis. Inaddition, it turned out that both electronically and sterically 1,4-substituted triazoles are perfect trans amide isosteres.CyClick analogs will be discussed of the natural cyclic tetrapeptide c[Pro-Val-Pro-Tyr], a tyrosinase inhibitor that can-not be cyclized using traditional lactamization methods.

3:15 PM Coffee Break

3:45 PM Using Organic Chemistry to Professor Craig J. HawkerControl the Properties of University of California, Santa BarbaraNanoscopically Defined Materials:From Microprocessors to Hydrogels.

In designing polymeric materials for use in nanotechnology it rapidly becomes apparent that control over all aspectsof polymer structure (molecular weight, polydispersity, number and position of functional groups, architecture, etc.)is required if these materials are to be used successfully to create nanostructures in the sub-50 nm size regime.Equally important to the rapid introduction and incorporation of these materials into devices is the development ofrobust and simple techniques for their synthesis. This last feature will allow a wide range of materials to be preparedefficiently while also permitting non-experts to prepare well-defined materials. The development of facile chemistryfor the design and application of materials in advanced storage devices and microelectronics for the information tech-nology industry will be discussed. Further examples will demonstrate that these new synthetic techniques may alsohave application in other areas such as bio-sensors, DNA chips, delivery devices and high modulus hydrogels.

4:30 PM How Much Reactivity Does a Professor K. Barry SharplessChemist Need? The Scripps Research Institute

I have borrowed my title from Leo Tolstoy’s famous short story How Much Land Does a Man Need? The original isa morality tale writ large, a short story about a man who, in his lust for land, forfeits everything, including his ownlife. However, though I read it some 50 years ago, it has stuck as a vivid memory and a meaningful icon.

My lecture will consider the chemists’ love affair with reactivity. How much more ‘new reactivity’ we think we need,and how by seeing the known in new light we might find creating new properties and functions much easier than wehad ever imagined possible, and how chemical orthogonality can enable us to create “Trojan Horse” molecules usingNature’s own biochemical tools without Her ever noticing.

5:30 PM Closing of the Distinguished Symposium

The High SchoolTeachers Topical Groupof the NY Section pre-sented at the AnnualConfernce of theScience TeachersAssociation of NewYork State. Ivi Tamm’spumpkin experiment atwork.

The HSTTGmembers who

presented:(left to right)

Joan Laredo-Liddell,Jean Delfiner,Ivi Tamm andAbby Kurnit.

Jean Delfiner (l) and JoanLaredo-Liddell (r) presentCraig Zoltowski, Manager,Biersdorf, Inc., acertificate of appreciationfor his presentation,“Emulsion Chemistry &Chemical Engineering:Application to theConsumer ProductIndustry.” Joseph Sencen,Westchestr director, is atthe far left.

NY Section NationalChemistry Week was

celebrated at the NY Hall ofScience. Children admire

their chromatographyChristmas trees. The

activity was conducted bythe Student Affiliate Group

of Manhattan College.


National

November 17, 2005Volume 4, Number 11

TRAINED WASPS MAY BEUSED TO DETECT BOMBS,BUGS, BODIES AND MOREContact:Michael Bernstein

[email protected]

An unusual device that uses trained wasps,rather than trained dogs, to detect specificchemical odors could one day be used tofind hidden explosives, plant diseases, ille-gal drugs, cancer and even buried bodies,according to a joint study by researchers atthe University of Georgia and U.S.Department of Agriculture.

The trained wasps are contained in a cup-sized device, called a "Wasp Hound," that is

capable of sounding an alarm or triggering avisual signal, such as a flashing light, whenthe insects encounter a target odor. Thesensor is cheaper to use than trained dogsand more sensitive than some sophisticatedchemical detection methods, including elec-tronic noses, the researchers say. Theirexperimental device is described in a studyslated to be published in the Jan.-Feb. issueof Biotechnology Progress, a joint publica-tion of the American Chemical Society andthe American Institute of ChemicalEngineers.

The idea of using unconventional biologicalsensors to detect target odors is not new,according to study leaders Glen C. Rains,Ph.D., a biological engineer with theUniversity of Georgia in Tifton, Ga., and W.Joe Lewis, Ph.D., a research entomologistwith the USDA’s Agricultural ResearchService, also in Tifton. Rats, honeybees, fishand even yeasts have all been used experi-mentally to detect various explosives or tox-ins, they say.

"We’ve now developed a prototype devicethat puts the idea of using chemical-sensingwasps into a practical framework and itspossibilities are astounding," says Rains,


who believes that the device could be readyfor commercialization in five to ten years.Like batteries in a smoke detector, thetrained wasps won’t live forever and willeventually have to be replaced, he says.

In the current study, the researchers usedMicroplitis croceipes, a species of tiny para-sitic wasps that can be trained to detect cer-tain odors by associating the odors with afood reward. The wasps are not capable ofstinging humans, the scientists say. Traininga single wasp to detect a target odor cantake as little as five minutes and the insectscan be easily bred by the thousands, theysay.

The research team developed a specialventilated device, composed of PVC pipe,which holds a small cartridge containing fivetrained wasps. The wasps were trained todetect 3-octanone, a chemical produced bycertain toxic fungi that infect corn andpeanut crops. The presence of the fungi canresult in costly crop losses.

The Wasp Hound contains a tiny camerathat is linked to a computer to record themovement of the wasps. In a controlled test,the device was exposed to batches of driedfeed corn containing either the target chem-ical, myrcene (a compound of neutral inter-est to the wasps) or corn alone. In compari-son to a group of untrained wasps, thetrained wasps showed significantly strongerbehavioral responses to the target odor thanto the myrcene and control treatments.Responses include moving toward the tar-get odor source and congregating aroundthe device’s odor inlet. This movement canbe translated into an alarm signal to indicatethe presence of a toxic plant fungus, the sci-entists say.

Besides detecting plant diseases, thedevice has a wide variety of other potentialapplications. In previous studies, theresearchers demonstrated that they alsocould train the wasps to detect 2,4-dinitro-toluene (2,4-DNT), a chemical used in cer-tain explosives.The wasps can also be usedto detect chemical odors that are associatedwith certain human diseases, including lungcancer, skin cancer and stomach ulcers,they say. More recently, their group hasbeen looking into the possibility of using thewasps to detect odors associated with hid-den bodies, from murder victims to victimsof disasters.

The other collaborator in this study was stu-dent Samuel L. Utley, M.S., currently a

research engineer with the University ofGeorgia. The study was funded by the uni-versity and by the USDA. The researchershave filed a patent application for the WaspHound.

Call for NominationsSOCIETY FOR APPLIEDSPECTROSCOPY, NEW YORKSECTION Undergraduate and Graduate StudentAwards in Applied Spectroscopy

The New York section of the Society forApplied Spectroscopy is pleased toannounce the Undergraduate and GraduateStudent Awards program for Academic Year2006. The SAS is seeking nominations forits annual Student Awards that recognizeexcellence in the field of Applied Spectros-copy. The field of Applied Spectroscopy isbroadly defined, and includes the use of tra-ditional atomic and molecular spectroscopictechniques as well as the use of spectro-scopic detectors in hyphenated instruments,spectroscopic detectors in microscopy,imaging and related fields.

One graduate and up to five undergraduateawards will be presented. Each candidateshould be an undergraduate in at least theirjunior year or a graduate student majoring inscience. The graduate awardee will receivea $500 cash award, a plaque, a one yearmembership to the SAS, plus an invitation tothe student awards dinner. The New YorkSection Graduate Student Awardee will alsobe nominated for the National SAS StudentAward which will be presented at the 28thMeeting of the Federation of AnalyticalChemistry and Spectroscopy Societies(FACSS). Each undergraduate awardee willreceive a $100 cash award, a plaque, a oneyear membership to the SAS, plus an invita-tion to the student awards dinner.

Applications should include the followingitems for evaluation. Documents should besent electronically if possible):

a) A letter of recommendation from his/herresearch advisor.

b) Letters of recommendation from twoadditional faculty members who arefamiliar with the quality of the student'swork.

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c) Transcripts that document all universitycredits (unofficial transcripts are OK).

d) A one page summary of the researchproject written by the student includingreference to any of the student's pub-lished work, demonstrating applicabilityof the research to the field of appliedspectroscopy.

e) Telephone numbers, addresses and e-mail addresses of both the student &research advisor.

The deadline for award nominations isMarch 1, 2006. Please submit nominationsto:

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★CHIRALITY MEDAL 2006The Chirlity Medal was instituted by theSocieta Chimica Italiana in 1991 to honorinternationally recognized scientists whohave made a distinguished contribution toall aspects of chirality. Any scientist is invit-ed to submit a nomination for the 2006Chirality Medalist. The deadline for nomi-nations is March 1, 2006. The Medal willbe presented at Chirality 2006, the 18thInternational Symposium on Chirality(ISCD-18) to be held on June 25-28, 2006 inBusan, South Korea (Chirality 2006 website: www.chirality2006.org).

Please email the letter of nomination withsupporting documents by March 1 to theChair of Chirality 2006, Professor Myung HoHyun at [email protected]

Previous Chirality Medal Winners are asfollows:1991 Gil-Av (Israel) and J. Jacques (France)1992 V. Prelog (Switzerland)1993 K. Mislow (USA)1994 W.Pirkle (USA)1995 K. Nakanishi (USA)1996 E. L. Eliel (USA)1997 R. Noyori (Japan)1998 H. Kagan (France)1999 V. Davankov (Russia)2000 B. Sharpless (USA)2001 Y. Okamoto (Japan)2002 D. Seebach (Switzerland)2003 D. Armstrong (USA)2004 V. Schurig (Germany)2005 K. Soai (Japan)

Retired ChemistsA POSSIBLE LIE DETECTORThe aggressive interrogation of detainees toobtain information needed for purposes ofnational defense is obviously a very sensi-tive topic. Yet the progress made over thecenturies to ascertain whether or not thetruth is being told is minuscule. Courts gen-erally will not accept evidence from "liedetectors" based on changes of the electri-cal conductivity of skin. Similarly "truthdrugs" have long been discredited.

There is another possibly fruitful approach.An editorial in the Journal of ChemicalEducation (1) discussed FunctionalMagnetic Resonance Imaging which candetect brain activity in relatively small vol-ume elements.

Conscious thinking results in an increase ofblood flow in the brain and this is detectableusing functional MRI. The purpose of theeditorial was concerned with the possiblequantitative measurement of learning.

It is possible that MRI could be the basis ofvalid lie detection. A person who is askedprobing questions may have to think harderto give mendacious answers than one whotells the truth. The measurement of this pos-sible difference may require more sensitiveMRI scans than are now available and mayrequire an improved time scale of less thanthe current 30 seconds (2). I suggestresearch in using functional MRI to ascer-tain whether the signal can be correlatedwith veracity of subjects. Preliminary experi-ments using volunteers who sometimesdeliberately lie should make it possible toascertain whether a) current MRI technolo-gy could measure truthfulness, b) whetherfeasible technological improvements arelikely to lead to fruitful results, or c) whetherthere is no correlation.

References(1) Moore, J. W., J. Chem. Educ, 2004, vol81, p 919

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