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Congratulations to Dr. Mark MacLachlan! Dr. MacLachlan has been awarded the CSC 2016 Award for Research Excellence in Materials Chemistry. He has been awarded for his outstanding contribution to materials chemistry. The award will be presented during the 99th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, which is taking place in Halifax from June 5-9, 2016. Congratulations on winning this distinguished award!

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Congratulations to Dr. Celine Rougeot, she is the recipient of the October 31, 2015 UBC Postdoctoral Fellows Travel Awards. This award will support the cost of attending the 2015 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, December 15-20, 2015, to present a poster presentation. Congratulations Celine!

As part of UBC's ongoing efforts to support its young research talent, the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and UBC Science offer a...

Congratulations to Dr. Allan Bertram! Dr. Bertram has been awarded the CIC 2016 Environment Division R&D DIMA Award.  This award is presented for distinguished contributions to research and/or development in the field of environmental chemistry. Dr. Bertram joins the ranks of previous recipients Frank Wania, William Cullen, Janusz Pawliszyn & Jon Abbatt. Congratulations!

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The Gates Group’s Manuscript Cover Featured on Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2015 – volume 127, issue 39, page 11746

This featured cover depicts the synthesis of a poly(p-phenylenediethynylene phosphane), which, upon irradiation with ultraviolet light, exhibits strong blue emission when the phosphorus centers within the p-conjugated backbone are oxidized. For more information on this paper by Rawe and Gates, please go to: ...

Congratulations to Dr. Dan Bizzotto! Dr. Bizzotto has been selected as the winner of the Prix Jacques Tacussel, in recognition of his contribution to the development of in situ electrochemical fluorescence microscopy and its application to molecular and biomolecular adsorption. The prize will be presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting in Den Haag, Netherlands, where Dr. Bizzotto will be delivering an award lecture to illustrate main achievements of his work. Congratulations!

Work from the Ryan Group on the cover of ACS Synthetic Biology

The Ryan Group’s manuscript describing the combinatorial engineering of biosynthetic genes to generate new molecules is currently featured on the cover of ACS Synthetic Biology.

Link to article:  http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/sb5003218

Congratulations Dr. Roman Krems! Dr. Krems has been named a Kavli Fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences at the Korean-American Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium on June 16-18, 2015 in Jeju Island, Republic of Korea. The Kavli Frontiers of Science bring together young researchers who have already made recognized contributions to science, including recipients of major national fellowships and awards and who have been identified as future leaders in science. Since its inception in...

Congratulations to Dr. Russ Algar. He has been selected to be one of the four young faculty speakers for the Inaugural Emerging Materials Chemistry Investigator Symposium at the CSC Conference in Ottawa, Ontario from June 13-17, 2015. Congratulations!

More details at: http://www.csc2015.ca/materials-chemistry

Congratulations to Dr. Dan Bizzotto’s graduate student, Isaac Martens. He is the recipient of the J. Peter Hobson Prize best student oral presentation at Surface Canada 2015.

Peter Hobson was a founding member of the Division of Surface Science Executive in 1979. He served as vice-Chair on the first Executive and participated in the discussions with the CAP and CIC on the formation of the Division. He regularly attended Surface Canada conferences since their inception in 1967. The...