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The World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists (WATOC) is the leading organisation in that field. WATOC organises a congress every three years and, at the most recent event in Munich last month, more than 1500 delegates from dozens of countries participated. Peter Gill has served as the vice-president of WATOC since 2011 and, during the Closing Ceremony in Munich, he was installed as the president for a six-year term until 2023.
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Congratulations to Dr Luke Connal, who will joining the RSC later this year on being selected as one of C&EN's (Chemical & Engineering News) Talented 12. For more information please see http://talented12.cenmag.org/
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The Research School of Chemistry featured prominently at the ANU Graduation Ceremony on the afternoon of Wednesday 12th July with 13 students graduating with their PhD degrees. Congratulations to:
Dr Noor Shah
Dr Edwin Martinez
Dr Aymeric Cervi
Dr Ben Clifton
Dr Nansook Hong
Dr Hye Kim
Dr Richmond Lee
Dr Elaaf Mohamed
Dr Ben Noble
Dr Elena Sugrue
Dr Chris Waller
Dr Jason Whitfield
Dr Nurul Zakaria
Congratulations!
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The popular science textbook Chemistry in the Marketplace, authored by Ben Selinger and Russell Barrow saw the 6th Edition launched on Thursday, June 29th at the ANU’s science teaching building lecture theatre. Attended by around 170 guests the event drew in alumni, new and old, in addition to many teachers from the Canberra region for whom the previous editions were a trusted friend. The event was emceed by Prof.
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An international team of scientists say disrupting the ability of insects to smell the scent of food and potential mates may offer a way to protect humans from deadly diseases such as malaria and agricultural crops from pests.
Lead researcher Faisal Younus from ANU and CSIRO said insects' sense of smell played a critical role in the transmission of disease to hundreds of millions of people and the damage to food crops worth billions of dollars each year.
He said the research improved understanding of how insects process odours to find food and suitable mates.
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Congratulations to Assoc. Prof. Colin Jackson and Prof. Martin Banwell who, with Beta Therapeutics Pty Ltd, have been awarded $420,000 under the ARC Linkage Projects Scheme for a project entitled 'Understanding the molecular basis of heparanase function'. This project aims to advance our limited understanding of the molecular and thermodynamic basis of heparanase function through investigating its conformational dynamics and the energetics of ligand binding, as well as by synthesising inhibitors to probe its activity.
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The RSC has been awarded two Australian Laureate Fellowships from the Australian Research Council (ARC), including one prestigious named fellowship for world-class female researchers.
Congratulations to Professor Michelle Coote who was awarded the Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellowship for science and technology for a project to establish a new approach to chemical catalysis, and to Professor Gottfried Otting who was awarded a $2.6 million Australian Laureate Fellowship for a project to improve the design of lead compounds in drug development.
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Alumni Profile - Dr Brendon Hammer
It’s fair to assume that the most likely outcome of a degree in chemistry is a life in the laboratory. While the lab can lead to a lifetime of discovery, chemistry can also open up doors to all sorts of careers. Even international diplomacy.
Don’t believe it? Just ask Dr Brendon Hammer, an RSC alumnus and Australia’s current Ambassador to Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Hungary, Kosovo, Slovakia and Slovenia.
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Fresh and clean water is becoming a scarce resource due to the multiple impacts of worldwide urbanization, industrialization, or growing global population. Ensuring universal access to fresh water is therefore an emergent issue of growing urgency.