ACS

The Division works actively to support meetings that are of interest to our members, and to provide travel support to students and postdocs to attend the ACS National meeting.

ACS National Meeting

The 243rd ACS National Meeting, March 25-29, 2012, San Diego, CA

The ACS Division of Biological Chemistry will organize a program of talks and posters for the ACS Spring National Meeting in San Diego, CA. The program will consist mainly of oral sessions composed of short 20 minute talks and poster sessions. Program Chair: Dewey McCafferty, Duke University.

The call for papers is posted on the ACS website. Abstracts for invited talks and poster presentations should be submitted online (see below). This records the abstract in the automated system that is used to organize this meeting.

Symposia

  • ACS Chemical Biology Award Lecture and Symposium
  • Biochemical Studies of Protein Folding in the Cell
  • Biological Chemistry Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Researcher Symposium
  • Breakthroughs in Biological Chemistry I/II
  • Chemical Biology in Natural Product Research
  • Current Topics in Biological Chemistry I/II (poster)
  • Nucleic Acid Processing and Modification
  • Proteases: From Mechanism to Drug Development

Poster Presentations: Posters will be presented at several sessions during the week of the ACS meeting. The division encourages submission of abstracts for posters. Contributions on topics related to the themes of the organized symposia are particularly encouraged.

Submission of Abstracts: Abstracts for invited talks and poster presentations should be submitted online. This will record the abstract in the automated PACS system that is used to organize this meeting. Abstracts for the Anaheim meeting can be submitted until November 7, 2011 (Midnight, EST), at which time the website will be closed to submissions. Instructions for authors, including procedures for incorporating graphics or equations in the abstract, can be accessed at this website.

Travel Awards The Division offers travel awards for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to attend the Spring National Meeting. The level of support is $500, which can be used to offset travel costs and registration fees. Detailed information about these awards can be found on the nominations page.

Future National Meetings

244th ACS National Meeting, August 19-23, 2012, Philadelphia, PA

Tom Wandless, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University will serve as the Chair of the Program Committee for this meeting.

245th ACS National Meeting, April 7-11, 2013, New Orleans, LA

Tom Wandless, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University will serve as the Chair of the Program Committee for this meeting.

246th ACS National Meeting, September 8-12, 2013, Indianapolis, IN

Sheila David, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis will serve as the Chair of the Program Committee for this meeting.

247th ACS National Meeting, March 16-20, 2014, Dallas, TX

Sheila David, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis will serve as the Chair of the Program Committee for this meeting.

248th ACS National Meeting, August 10-14, 2014, San Francisco, CA

Virginia Cornish, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University will serve as the Chair of the Program Committee for this meeting.

249th ACS National Meeting, March 22-26, 2015, Denver, CO

Virginia Cornish, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University will serve as the Chair of the Program Committee for this meeting.

2012 Regional ACS Meetings

Regional meetings of the American Chemical Society provide young chemists, particularly graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, the opportunity to make professional contacts and hone their presentation skills in a relatively low-key atmosphere. The Division of Biological Chemistry encourages its members to participate in the following regional meetings.