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Meet The Winners of the 2025 DBC Young Investigator Award
The Division of Biochemistry and Chemical Biology is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 DBC Young Investigator Award! Established in 2024, the award is intended to recognize early career trainees that are performing mentored research in biochemistry or chemical biology and have accomplished significant innovation and achievement in research as well as contributions to the scientific community or society at large.
Help Us Design Our New Logo!
The Division of Biochemistry and Chemical Biology (BIOL) is seeking submissions for a new logo to reflect the division’s transition into a new era, marked by our recent name change from the Division of Biological Chemistry to the Division of Biochemistry and Chemical Biology. Whether you are an experienced designer or simply someone with a creative idea, we welcome contributions of all kind—from polished digital designs to rough sketches or thoughtfully described concepts.
Newly Elected Executive Committee Members for 2025
The ACS Division of Biochemistry and Chemical Biology (BIOL) is excited to announce our newest members to the Executive Committee. We are grateful for each of you who participated in our recent election. The newly elected members are Peter Beal, Wenshe Liu, Erika Taylor, Karen Allen, and Regina Stevens-Truss.
Congratulations To Our Student Travel Award Winners!
The Division of Biochemistry and Chemical Biology is pleased to announce the winners of our Student Travel Award for the Fall ACS 2024 Meeting! Keep scrolling to read more about our outstanding recipients as they share about their experience at the recent meeting in Denver.
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.
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?”
Division of Biological Chemistry Strategic Planning Retreat
The Division of Biological Chemistry has just completed a Strategic Planning Retreat, initiated at the Spring 2022 ACS meeting in San Diego. Check back for details on our plans for the future!