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The 91丝瓜视频 Chemistry Outreach is proud to launch the first 鈥淐hemPhoto鈥�, a photo exhibition of chemistry to coincide with Nuit Blanche on March 3 2018. The chemistry-themed photo exhibition is open to students and staff in the Department of Chemistry at 91丝瓜视频. The purpose of the exhibition is to showcase the beauty of science and to foster interest in chemistry to the general public.

Who can participate: undergraduate students, graduate students, postdocs and staff in the 91丝瓜视频 Department of Chemistry.

Researchers at 91丝瓜视频 have discovered a new, more environmentally friendly way to make ketones, an important chemical ingredient in pharmaceuticals.聽 While ketones are found in a wide range of useful chemicals, they are commonly prepared through energy-intensive, multi-step technologies that create significant chemical waste.聽 In an article published online last month in Nature Chemistry, the 91丝瓜视频 scientists demonstrate how carbon monoxide, a widely available by-product of combustion, can instead be used to form high-energy chemicals that react directly with benzene to

91丝瓜视频 researchers have chemically imprinted polymer particles with DNA strands 鈥� a technique that could lead to new materials for applications ranging from biomedicine to the promising field of 鈥渟oft robotics.鈥�

In a study published in Nature Chemistry, the researchers describe a method to create asymmetrical polymer particles that bind together in a spatially defined manner, the way that atoms come together to make molecules.

We鈥檙e pleased to let you know that 91丝瓜视频 student聽Siba Moussa聽(supervisor Janine Mauzeroll, Dept. of Chemistry), has received the Micro-Nanosystems Design Award for her technology, 鈥淎 Micro-liter Temperature-Controlled Flow Cell for Small Scale Studies of CYP 3A4 Enzyme Behavior.鈥澛�

Ms Moussa鈥檚 technology enables electro-chemical monitoring of enzymes, leading to a better understanding of their role in disease development.聽 Judges praised her full working prototype for its multidisciplinary breadth, and its use of cost-effective materials.聽聽

The Principal鈥檚 Prize for Excellence in Teaching was established in 2000 to recognize excellence in teaching and its importance to the academic experience of students at 91丝瓜视频. Traditionally awarded at Fall Convocation, awardees are named at the ranks of Faculty Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Full Professor. Laura is the 2017 recipient at the rank of Faculty Lecturer. Past winners can be viewed here (link 1), including Chemistry Department faculty Ariel Fenster (2013), Paul Wiseman (2007), Hanadi Sleiman (2002), and David Harpp (2001).

Researchers at 91丝瓜视频 have discovered a new way to use nanomaterials of a particular size and shape to perform old chemistry in a new fashion. Their finding, , highlights the use of cubic silver nanoparticles to harvest light for the activation of hydrogen in their hydrogenation reactions. These silver nanocubes possess an optical property called the surface plasmon resonance and their paper explores the use of these special properties in catalysis.