Did you miss some of the outstanding presentations by postdoctoral scholars during the ACS Fall 2020 Virtual Meeting & Expo in August? ACS is pleased to invite you to join its first Virtual Postdoc Symposium, featuring live presentations by 49 postdoctoral scholars in six concurrent sessions. This free event will include live Q&A after each …
The ACS Green Chemistry Institute has announced the Call For Symposia for its 25th Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference. The theme of the conference is “Sustainable Production to Advance the Circular Economy,” which directly links to the United Nations (U.N.) Sustainable Development Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production. Submissions are due by October 9, 2020, …
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In place of the cancelled 2020 ACS Spring National Meeting in Philadelphia, the CELL Division ran a successful “live” online CELL Division meeting – “New Horizons: Early Career Researchers in Renewable Materials” to share some of the exciting research in the area of cellulose and renewable materials to our division members. This two-day “Live and …
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has decided to cancel the Spring 2020 National Meeting & Expo in Philadelphia, PA. This decision was based on several factors, including the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania signing an emergency disaster declaration as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak and several cases have been reported in the greater …
This year’s program of the CELL Division at the Spring ACS National Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, comprises of 19 symposia with 383 oral and 86 poster presentations. All CELL Division symposia will be held at the Pennsylvania Convention Centre. The full programme of the conference can be found on the ACS website and the CELL …
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Justin Barone from Virginia Tech, USA, and Scott Renneckar (our Chair-Elect) from The University of British Columbia, Canada, are organising a themed issue in the periodical Green Materials on ‘Stimuli-responsive green materials’. Specific topics in this themed issue include: Nanocellulose containing stimuli-responsive materials Responsive hydrogels Ionic materials Functional composites Newer, greener processes to create stimuli-responsive …
The Heinzel‐Mondi‐Sappi Award recognizes outstanding publications (PhD theses, master theses, journal publications, review papers, survey reports….) by early stage researchers having a potentially significant positive effect on the future of the pulp and paper industry. The award intends to raise attention to the pulp and paper research area. Young scientists should be motivated to become …
The 1st place of the 2020 CELL Division Graduate Student Award goes to Liyang Liu from University of British Columbia. His research focuses on developing a platform for the modification of lignin into a variety of polymeric materials with a focus on utilising green chemistry strategies. A major accomplishment is in the development of a …
To all our talented and artistic CELL members we are running a centennial logo competition with a $100 prize to the winning logo and recognition of the top three logos on our website and in our Newsletter, Fibril Angle. We ask that the logo reflects our members, vision and future. Specifically, the logo should be …
Join ACS stakeholders from all over the globe by taking part in Chemists Celebrate Earth Week (CCEW), April 21-28! CCEW is a global initiative that encourages chemists and chemistry enthusiasts to build awareness of chemistry at the local level. This year’s CCEW 2019 theme, “Take Note: The Chemistry of Paper,” focuses on the chemistry of one …
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