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Apply for DBC Student Travel Awards by May 15!
Student Travel Awards for Fall ACS 2024 are due by May 15, 2024! The ACS Division of Biological Chemistry offers travel awards on a competitive basis for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to attend each national meeting and present a poster or oral presentation on their research. Selected awardees will be reimbursed up to $600 for travel and registration expenses.
Make a Nomination for the 2025 Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry
Please consider nominating a deserving individual for the Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry! Nominees shall have accomplished outstanding research in biological chemistry of unusual merit and independence of thought and originality.
Announcing the 2024 Outstanding Undergraduates in Biochemistry or Chemical Biology
The Division of Biological Chemistry is happy to announce the recipients of the 2024 DBC Undergraduate Achievement in Biochemistry or Chemical Biology Award. In its inaugural year, this award is intended to recognize graduating seniors who display a significant aptitude for biochemistry or chemical biology and to encourage further interest in the field.
Announcing the Winners of the 2024 DBC Young Investigator Award
The ACS Division of Biological Chemistry would like to congratulate the 2024 winners of the DBC Young Investigator Award!
Congratulations to the 2024 Winners of the ACS Infectious Diseases Young Investigator Award!
The ACS Division of Biological Chemistry would like to congratulate the 2024 winners of the ACS Infectious Diseases Young Investigator Award! The three winners are: Prof. Pamela Chang, Cornell University; Prof. Shobhna Kapoor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay; and Prof. Jun Wang, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
Ben Cravatt is Recipient of the 2024 BMS Award in Enzyme Chemistry
Professor Ben Cravatt of The Scripps Research Institute is the recipient of the 2024 Bristol Myers Squibb Award in Enzyme Chemistry! This award was established in 2023 and is designed to recognize “individuals whose discoveries are, or will be, translational in nature, impacting the biotechnology industry and over the longer term, human health.”
DBC Social Media Organizer, Eric Kohn, Selected as a 2024 CAS Future Leader
The Division of Biological Chemistry would like to congratulate all of the Ph.D. students and postdoctoral scholars selected to participate in the 2024 CAS Future Leaders Program! And an extra special shout-out to the division’s own social media organizer, Eric Kohn! CAS Future Leaders is a unique program that provides young scientists with leadership training and connections to peers from around the world. Each year, only 35 young scientists are selected to participate in the program.
It’s Official: DBC Will Become the Division of Biochemistry and Chemical Biology!
The Division of Biological Chemistry is excited to announce that we will officially become the Division of Biochemistry and Chemical Biology, effective January 1, 2025. A previous proposal within the division found that 90% of our members supported this name change. As a result of this overwhelming support, the name change was brought before council members at the Spring ACS 2024 last week and was approved with a 70% vote.
Congratulations DBC Student Travel Awardees!
Congratulations to our DBC Student Travel Awardees for ACS Spring 2024! Read more about these outstanding scientists below and be sure to check our their presentations in New Orleans next week.
Division Member, Christine McInnis, Featured in ACS Industry Matters Newsletter
ACS Industry Matters is a newsletter focusing solely on issues of interest to industry chemists with topics on professional development, careers, innovation, safety and more. DBC Member and Principal Investigator at DuPont Nutrition and Biosciences Christine McInnis was recently featured by ACS Industry Matters to provide insight on the topic, “Are Cover Letters Still Relevant?”
Submit Your Abstracts for ACS Fall 2024 by April 1!
Abstract submissions for ACS Fall 2024 are now open! The meeting, titled “Elevating Chemistry”, will take place on August 18-22, 2024 in Denver, Colorado. Abstracts will be accepted until April 1, 2024 and acceptance notices will be sent out the following month.
Submit a Nomination for the DBC Young Investigator Award
Our Awards Committee is happy to announce a second new early career award for 2024! The DBC Young Investigator award will recognize the high-achieving early career trainees that are performing mentored research in biochemistry or chemical biology in a DBC member’s laboratory.
Check Out The Newest DBC Newsletter!
The latest newsletter containing all things DBC has been released! Check it out in your email inbox or view it on the web here.
News From The Awards Committee
The Awards Committee is happy to receive the names of DBC members as prospective nominees for recognition as a 2024 ACS Fellow. Nominations for the 2024 Class of Fellows will be open from February 1 to April 1, 2024.
Leonardo Betancurt Receives the 2024 Founders Award
Leonardo (Leo) Betancurt is the recipient of the 2024 Founders Award. He is a Ph.D. Candidate jointly researching with Kelly Zatopek’s lab at New England Biolabs and Ludovic Sauguet’s lab at Institut Pasteur and gave his talk, “Proofreading mechanism for family D DNA polymerases” at the 2024 Enzyme Mechanisms Conference in Naples, FL.
Submit a Nomination for the DBC Undergraduate Award
Our Awards Committee is happy to announce a new early career award for 2024! The DBC Undergraduate Student Award will recognize the highest-achieving undergraduate senior majoring in biochemistry or chemical biology or a related field, nominated by your ACS-accredited Department of Chemistry or Biochemistry. All awardees will receive a certificate and one-year divisional membership in the DBC!