Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Nobel Laureate to Speak at Honors Week Event
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry will host its annual Honors Week plenary lecture on Thursday, April 13 at 3:00 p.m. in the Kiva. This year's speaker is Dr. W. E. Moerner, Nobel Laureate, from Stanford University. Dr. Moerner's talk is titled, "What Can You Learn from Watchin鈥
Chemistry & Biochemistry
两性色午夜 Chemists Create Microscopic Environment to Study Cancer Cell Growth
According to the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 1,688,780 new cancer cases diagnosed and 600,920 cancer deaths in the U.S. in 2017.
These numbers are stark and sobering, and worse yet, we still do not know exactly why cancer develops in its victims or how to stop it.
An online publication in Nature Nanotechnology this week by 两性色午夜 University researchers and their colleagues at Kyoto University in Japan, however, may offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.
Kent Campus
两性色午夜 Chemistry Professor Awarded the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Medal in Poland
Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences at 两性色午夜 University, was recently awarded the Medal of Marie Sklodowska-Curie by the Polish Chemical Society for his scientific achievements. The prestigious medal is鈥
Kent Campus
两性色午夜 Chemistry Professor Awarded the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Medal in Poland
Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences at 两性色午夜 University, was recently awarded the Medal of Marie Sklodowska-Curie by the Polish Chemical Society for his scientific achievements. The prestigious medal is鈥
Kent Campus
两性色午夜 Hosts 鈥淓xplore Kent Chemistry Day鈥 for High School Juniors and Seniors, Feb. 6
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry will host 鈥淓xplore Kent Chemistry Day鈥, a visitation program for high school juniors and seniors interested in chemistry and biochemistry majors, at 两性色午夜 on Saturday, February 6 from 10 am to 2 pm in Room 110, Williams Hall on the Kent Campus. 鈥淓鈥
College of Arts & Sciences
两性色午夜 Hosts Groundbreaking for New Integrated Sciences Building
The groundbreaking for 两性色午夜 University鈥檚 new Integrated Sciences Building was held Oct. 2 from 2-5 p.m. The event was free and open to the public. Following the groundbreaking, 两性色午夜鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences hosted a showcase of science and technology demonstrations, along with鈥
Kent Campus
两性色午夜鈥檚 Jordan Italiano Named Smartest Player in College Football
两性色午夜 University student-athlete Jordan Italiano of Canfield, Ohio, was tabbed 鈥淪martest Player in College Football鈥 in NFL.com鈥檚 15 for 鈥15 series released on June 16. The pre-medicine/biochemistry major and safety on the 两性色午夜 football team carries a 3.978 heading into his seni鈥
Kent Campus
两性色午夜 Student Introduces New Method of Circadian Research
两性色午夜 University chemistry senior Caitlin Crosier combined creativity and science for her yearlong project on circadian rhythms and will present those findings at the university鈥檚 Undergraduate Research Symposium on March 11. 鈥淭he main goal of my research is to validate this method as a鈥
Kent Campus
两性色午夜 Chemistry Professor's Longtime Collaborator Wins 2014 Nobel Prize For Chemistry
For Robert Twieg, Ph.D., a professor in 两性色午夜 University鈥檚 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the recent news of his longtime collaborator William E. Moerner winning the 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry was actually no surprise at all. In fact, he believes that 鈥渉e鈥檚 deserved it for a whil鈥
Kent Campus
Woodgett to present "Genetic analysis of an over-achieving protein kinase (GSK-3) and what it reveals about cellular communication"
On Friday, October 17 (at 12 noon) Dr. James Woodgett, Director of Research & Senior Investigator at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, will present, "Genetic analysis of an over-achieving protein kinase (GSK-3) and what it reveals about cellular communic鈥
College of Arts & Sciences