UO Chemistry Department

Announcements

Faculty Promotions
The Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce the promotions of Mark C. Lonergan to Professor and Darren W. Johnson to Associate Professor with tenure.
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Sustainability Workshop
The Chemistry Department and the Materials Science Institute were recently awarded a grant from the T&J Meyer Family Foundation to run a workshop for graduate students on “preparing graduate students to be scientific leaders in a sustainable society.” The five-day workshop is September 9th—15th.
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Study Abroad
TASSEP (TransAtlantic Science Student Exchange Program). is Room 331 Klamath Hall, University of Oregonideal for UO under-graduate science majors who wish to experience a year of studying and living in Europe.View courses

Attention Alumni
Visit our new alumni page. Learn where chemistry undergraduate and graduate students are now and tell us what is new in your life.

University of Oregon
Department of Chemistry
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How an Enzyme Tells Stem Cells Which Way to Divide

When stem cells divide, they become polarized so that differentiation factors are properly segregated. Biochemist Ken Prehoda's group has discovered how an enzyme directs stem cell polarization during division. Dr. Prehoda is a member of the Institute of Molecular Biology.

Prehoda Lab

Photo by Jim Barlow

Chemistry Professor David Tyler receives
Research Innovation Award

	Chemistry Department Professor David R. Tyler receives University of Oregon Science and Innovation Research Award for professional contributions to the intellectual vitality of the University of Oregon and its College of Arts and Sciences.
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University of Oregon's Community Based Green-Chemistry Database Sees Growth Spurt

A database designed to "build community" and reduce barriers when adopting green chemistry has doubled in size in the last two years, its creator told professional colleagues at the national spring meeting of the American Chemical Society.

"We now have more than 100 items in the GEMs database that are available for educators," said Julie Haack, assistant head and senior instructor in the University of Oregon's chemistry department.

(Greenwire/NY Times Coverage)