December 2019 December 4: Congratulations to Professor Mariana Torrente, the recipient of an ASRC SEED grant for the project “Prions Meet Phase Separation: Rnq1/[PIN+].” December 2: Congratulations to Professor Brian Gibney recipient of the Outstanding Four-Year University with Graduate School Chemistry Faculty Teaching Award from the New York Local Section of the American Chemical Society. November 2019 November 11: Congratulations to our graduate student Rajat Pal (Gallicchio’s lab), who successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis, “Advanced Computational Methodologies to Study Binding Free Energies of Biomolecular Complexes.” November 5: In this month’s Chemistry Career Blog, Giovanna Scapin, senior scientist at Merck, discusses her experience as a pharmaceutical researcher studying proteins. She discusses her role in introducing new experimental research techniques at a major corporation, and how the insights gleaned from physical and structural analysis of proteins aid in the development of new medicines. October 2019 October 23: Professor Murelli publishes “Divergent Synthesis of a Thiolate-Based alpha-Hydroxytropolone Library with a Dynamic Bioactivity Profile” in RSC Advances. October 11: Professors Murelli and Greer publish “Maltol- and allomaltol-derived oxidopyrylium ylides: Methyl substitution pattern kinetically influences [5 + 3] dimerization versus [5 + 2] cycloaddition reactions” in the Journal of Organic Chemistry. October 5: Professor Gallicchio publishes “Perturbation Potentials to Overcome Order/Disorder Transitions in Alchemical Binding Free Energy Calculations” in the Journal of Chemical Physics. October 4: Professor Gallicchio publishes “Inclusion of Enclosed Hydration Effects in the Binding Free Energy Estimation of Dopamine D3 Receptor Complexes” in PLoS ONE. October 3: The student Chemistry Society hosts the seminar “How to Manage Chemistry—Building a Successful Study Group (pdf).” October 2: In this month’s Chemistry Career Blog, Matthew B. Zisk, patent attorney, talks about about his transition from a career as a chemistry professor into patent law. Find out what patent attorneys do, and learn about the intricate relationships between science, law, and society. September 2019 September 25: Professor Gibney is the recipient of the Outstanding Outreach Volunteer and the Outstanding Service awards from the New York Local Section of the American Chemical Society September 16: This month, Brooklyn College alumnus Orrette Wauchope talks about his work as a professor of chemistry at Baruch College. Wauchope shares his recollections of living and working in different parts of the United States during his studies, and offers his thoughts on preparing for a career as a researcher and a teacher. September 13: Professor Greer celebrates 20 years at the Department of Chemistry with a research symposium in his honor. August 2019 August 6: Professor Mieszawska receives a $1.7 million award from the National Institutes of Health for the project “Anti-Vascular and cytotoxic nanoparticle formulations for ovarian cancer therapy.”
