Learn the Differences Between Industry and Academia on September 2!

ACS Virtual Office Hours Speaker Lori Spangler

Do you have questions about the pros, cons, and differences between working in the Industry and Academia chemistry fields? Join the American Chemical Society Thursday, September 2 at 9am PT for our special monthly themed Virtual Office Hours! This FREE virtual guidance session “Industry vs. Academia” will feature a presentation led by ACS Certified Career…

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Congratulations ACS Award Winners

Winners of ACS National Awards for 2020 were finally recognized in a virtual event on Friday, April 9th, 2021 which featured the Priestley Medal address by MIT Professor JoAnne Stubbe. The California Section can take special pride in this award, as Professor Stubbe earned her PhD at UC Berkeley in 1971. Three other current UC…

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Virtual Networking “Happy Hour” – Biotechnology

Image of participants in biotech centered virtual happy hour

Join us on Tuesday, March 30th, 2021. 5:00 to 6:00 PM (PDT) to network with various professionals in the biotech industry! Online Zoom Event- link will be sent the day of the event. Please register HERE. Event will consist of short introductions from our participants, followed by 2 breakout sessions

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Bimonthly Happy Hour & Career Conversations: Resilience

Resilience - Dr Barbara Smith

March 18, 2021 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm PT In Collaboration With AWIS EB – register HERE In this career development conversation with Dr. Barbara Smith, we will discuss “Resilience”. Come prepared by watching this 3 min video below. We have all tested and grown our resilience over the last year. Let’s reflect on…

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From Plant Scents to Perfumes with Margareta Séquin

Chemisty of Plants by Margareta Séquin

Friday, March 19th, 11 AM PT Register HERE Sponsor:  UC Botanical Garden Plant scents from flowers, fruits, leaves, or tree barks are composed of complex mixtures of volatile organic compounds. People have used these fragrant mixtures since ancient times to produce lotions, oils and perfumes. While contemporary perfumes and other scented products consist, to a large…

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Microbe-Pollutant Interactions Between Fluorinated Fire-Fighting Foams And Bioremediation Of Hydrocarbons And Chlorinated Solvents

Christopher Olivares, PhD - Postdoctoral Scholar - UC Berkeley

TODAY – Tuesday March 9th – 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm – Online Zoom Event Christopher Olivares, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, UC Berkeley Register HERE Microbes are fantastic chemists that can alter the fate of contaminants, but co-occurring contaminants can inhibit or stimulate microbial processes. In this talk we will look at case studies with per-…

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