Professor Gilbert Walker, and University Professors Molly Shoichet and Eugenia Kumacheva, and their postdoctoral fellows: Dr. Nitzan Letko Khait, Dr. Shahrzad Nouri, and Dr. Ilya Yakavets are leading research projects that have improved and innovated treatments for cancer, stroke, and osteoarthritis. As a result, they have received the 2022-23 PRiME-UHN Clinical Catalyst Competition award. This new competition is a… Learn More
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Water has many unique properties. An interdisciplinary team of Waterloo scientists has discovered a one-dimensional chain of water molecules could produce a quantum phase transition. This breakthrough is a key development for future water-based quantum devices. Water has a simple molecular structure – two hydrogen atoms on either side of an oxygen atom – but it also has many unique properties… Learn More
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Thank you to all Members that have already logged in and paid your Membership dues. The ACPO has launched an updated Member Portal in 2022, available here. To sign in to your existing account you need to submit a password reset. Please use the email address that is on file with the ACPO. The password… Learn More
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Ian Daniel Spenser, Professor Emeritus, McMaster University, died in Dundas, Ontario on December 28, 2022. Ian was born in Vienna, Austria, on June 17, 1924, and the family moved to Prague in 1935. He and his brother Tomi were evacuated to England in 1939 on the Kindertransport. Ian’s mother perished in Auschwitz, and his father,… Learn More
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The January issue of CJCE, which is currently free-to-read, is packed with excellent content, including a special section honouring John Ross Grace, organized by guest editors Xiaotao Bi, Roland Clift, Naoko Ellis, and Charles Haynes from the University of British Columbia. This special issue section contains 18 articles, many from Dr. Grace’s former students and colleagues, on… Learn More
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Each year a subcommittee of the departmental Undergraduate Studies Committee (USC) adjudicate the awards made to Chemistry program students who have demonstrated academic excellence. The USC is very proud to announce the following recipients of 13 different awards for the 2021/22 academic year. Many congratulations to everybody! Award Description Student Recipient(s) Robert and Jean Hadgraft… Learn More
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University of Toronto Mississauga analytical chemist Alana Ogata is one of five recipients of the prestigious 2022 John Charles Polanyi Prize, which recognizes outstanding researchers in the early stages of their career. An assistant professor in the department of chemical and physical sciences, Ogata is developing bioanalytical technologies that can help diagnose diseases sooner and lead to better treatment and… Learn More
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