http://www.hamilton.edu/news/ News From Hamilton en-us http://www.hamilton.edu/news/students-present-at-american-chemical-society-national-meeting http://www.hamilton.edu/news/students-present-at-american-chemical-society-national-meeting Seven Hamilton College students presented their research at the 245th American Chemical Society National Meeting. The conference, held from April 7 to 11 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, attracted more than 14,000 attendees and featured research presentations and posters spanning 37 sub-divisions of chemistry.  Chemistry department faculty Karen Brewer, Saritha Nellutla and Adam Van Wynsberghe also attended. Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:01:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/twelve-outstanding-female-science-students-receive-clare-boothe-luce-undergraduate-research-award http://www.hamilton.edu/news/twelve-outstanding-female-science-students-receive-clare-boothe-luce-undergraduate-research-award Twelve of Hamilton’s outstanding female science students are the first recipients of the Clare Boothe Luce Undergraduate Research Award. The new annual award will fund up to 12 female scientists each summer over the course of three years as Clare Boothe Luce Scholars in the fields of computer science, physics and chemistry. The $144,600 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation will be matched with funds from Hamilton. Thu, 04 Apr 2013 02:24:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/cotten-served-on-a-career-panel-at-the-57th-annual-biophysical-society-meeting http://www.hamilton.edu/news/cotten-served-on-a-career-panel-at-the-57th-annual-biophysical-society-meeting Associate Professor of Chemistry Myriam Cotten attended the 57th Annual Biophysical Society Meeting in Philadelphia and served as a panelist for a session titled “Funding Opportunities for Faculty at Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions.” Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:07:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/alex-thompson-13-co-authors-article-in-em-journal-of-organic-chemistry-em http://www.hamilton.edu/news/alex-thompson-13-co-authors-article-in-em-journal-of-organic-chemistry-em Alex Thompson ’13, who interned at biotechnology company Genentech in San Francisco last summer, coauthored a paper in The Journal of Organic Chemistry as a result of his research.  The paper, “The Cyanide Anion as a Leaving Group in Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution: Synthesis of Quaternary Centers at Azine Heterocycles,” was co-authored with his supervisor, research associate Malcolm Huestis. Thompson worked as an intern in the Small Molecule Drug Discovery Department. Fri, 04 Jan 2013 02:05:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/van-wynsberghe-gives-invited-seminar-at-uc-san-diego http://www.hamilton.edu/news/van-wynsberghe-gives-invited-seminar-at-uc-san-diego Assistant Professor of Chemistry Adam Van Wynsberghe gave an invited seminar as part of the “Modeling Diffusional Encounter and Subsequent Events Mini-Symposium” held this week at the University of California-San Diego (UCSD). Thu, 06 Dec 2012 04:09:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/van-wynsberghe-presents-student-research-at-colgate http://www.hamilton.edu/news/van-wynsberghe-presents-student-research-at-colgate Assistant Professor of Chemistry Adam W. Van Wynsberghe presented a seminar titled “Hitting the Target: Simulations of the ligand binding pathways of influenza neuraminidase” on Oct. 16 at Colgate University. The seminar was co-sponsored by Colgate’s chemistry and biology departments and primarily described the work of three undergraduate researchers in the Van Wynsberghe lab: Erica Losito ’12 and Carmen Montagnon ’13, as well as Jeffrey Sung of the University of California-San Diego. Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:34:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/mercury-receives-nsf-mri-award http://www.hamilton.edu/news/mercury-receives-nsf-mri-award The Molecular Educational Research Consortium in Undergraduate Computational chemistry (MERCURY) has received a $200,000 award from the National Science Foundation to further its work utilizing computational chemistry techniques to provide productive and educational research experiences for undergraduates. Mon, 03 Sep 2012 02:09:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/krause-14-and-clayton-15-research-new-ways-to-prevent-influenza-8-13-12 http://www.hamilton.edu/news/krause-14-and-clayton-15-research-new-ways-to-prevent-influenza-8-13-12 One of the most common methods of combating the influenza virus is to utilize an inhibitor to prevent the binding of the viral protein neuraminidase with cell surface receptors terminating in a sialic acid moiety. While this may sound like a complex process, it’s actually relatively simple to understand once the scientific jargon has been translated. In order for a virus like influenza to continue its life cycle, its neuraminidase enzyme needs to bind to and cleave a sialic acid molecule away from the human cell receptors. Wed, 29 Aug 2012 01:46:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/van-wynsberghe-presents-at-nbcr-summer-institute http://www.hamilton.edu/news/van-wynsberghe-presents-at-nbcr-summer-institute Assistant Professor of Chemistry Adam W. Van Wynsberghe attended the 7th annual National Biomedical Computation Resource Summer Institute at the University of California-San Diego, July 30-Aug. 3, and presented the summer research of Leah Krause ’13. Other Van Wynsberghe lab members who contributed to the research included Alvin Wu ’13, Dan Mermelstein ’14 and Jeremy Adelman ’13. Thu, 16 Aug 2012 08:10:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/rahn-and-elgren-present-at-conference http://www.hamilton.edu/news/rahn-and-elgren-present-at-conference Greg Rahn, analytical instrumentation specialist, and Tim Elgren, professor of chemistry, presented a poster titled "A New and Improved Method for Monitoring Beer Vicinal Diketones as Maturation Markers" at the World Brewing Congress in Portland, Ore.  The work was done in collaboration with the Matt Brewery in Utica. Sun, 12 Aug 2012 03:47:00 EST