Photo by Felix LeeSummary
of the Proceedings of
the Dalhousie Student Symposium on
“Natural Products, Synthesis and Chirality”
Saturday
October 26th, 2002
In celebration of National Chemistry Week 2002, the Dalhousie University CSC Student Chapter hosted a student symposium on “Natural Products, Synthesis, and Chirality”. Students from the Atlantic region attended presentations on research relating to this theme, given by professionals from across Canada. The speakers included Dr. Sue Abrams (NRC Plant Biotechnology Institute), Dr. Jean Burnell (Dalhousie University), Dr. Cathleen Crudden (Queen’s University), Dr. Alex Jurgens (Sepracor Canada Ltd.), Dr. Michael Kerr (The University of Western Ontario), Dr. Shawna MacKinnon (NRC Institute of Marine Biosciences), and Dr. Don Weaver (Dalhousie University) pictured below.
Photo by Felix Lee
Undergraduate
and graduate students presented posters on their own research in many areas of
chemistry. There were 27 posters presented by students. The prize for best
undergraduate poster was awarded to Barry Blight of Mount Allison University for
his poster entitled “Synthesis of a Twisted Biotin Analogue”. Jenny Phu of
Dalhousie University won the runner-up placement for best undergraduate poster
for her work on “Generation of the Radical Cation of the
4-Methoxyphenylacetaldehyde Enol”. John Riley of Dalhousie University placed
first in the graduate poster category for his research on the “Synthesis of
Neutral and Acidic Di- and Trisaccharides Related to Those Found on the Core
Structure of Mammalian Jona Pellucida”.
Christa Brosseau of Acadia University was the graduate runner-up for her poster
entitled “Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Nanobalance: Adsorption of Small
Organic Molecules on Au”.
That
evening, presenters and participants gathered at the Earl of Dalhousie Pub for
dinner and awards. We had the opportunity to meet and mingle with our fellow
students from across the region, as well as to speak informally with
professionals in our chosen field of study. It was an enjoyable evening for all.
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