Thematic Program: Chemistry of Life

243th ACS National Meeting & ExpositionMarch 25-29, 2012, San Diego, CA

Thematic coordinator:Peter SenterVP, ChemistrySeattle Genetics, Inc.psenter@seagen.com

Plenary Session: 5 speakers, 3 hours

• Synthetic biology: Craig Ventner (Founder and Chairman of the Craig Ventner Institute)

• Replicating vesicles: Jack Szostak (Harvard, 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine)• Polymeric matrices for tissue regeneration: Samuel Stupp (Department

of Chemistry, Northwestern University)• From jellyfish to diagnostic imaging: Roger Tsien (UCSD, 2008 Nobel

Prize in Chemistry)• Control of longevity: Gary Ruvkun (Biological Sciences, Harvard)• Cell-cell interactions: Laura Kiessling (Department of Chemistry, University of

Wisconsin)• Chemistry in living systems: Carolyn Bertozzi (Department of Chemistry,

UC Berkeley)• Neurotoxins from the cone snail: Baldomero Olivera (Biochemistry,

University of Utah)• Cancer: the emperor of all maladies: Siddhartha Mukherjee (Department

of Medicine, Columbia University)

Kavli Foundation Lecture

• Monday 5:00-6:00

• Not associated with the plenary session which would normally take place Sunday afternoon

• Ideally, the Kavli Lecture could be the final lecture of the Plenary Session

• My suggestion for the Kavli Lecture is Carolyn Bertozzi, but I would like to have her in the Plenary

Items for discussion

• Does the ACS agree with the plan for the plenary session?

• Any additional or unacceptable speakers?

• How is the Kavli Lecture interfaced with the plenary session?

• What is the budget for the plenary session?

• How should the invitations be issued? I think this needs to be done ASAP

ACS proposed top-level areas

• Biomimetics*• Synthetic Biology*• Systems Biology*• Cell Biology*• Molecular Transport through Cell Membranes• Chemical Signaling in Biological Systems*• Neurochemistry*• Metabolomics

* Covered by the suggested speakers in the plenary session

Participating Divisions

• AGFD• AGRO• ANYL• BIOL*• BIOT*• CARB*• CATL• CELL• CHED• COLL • COMP• CTAS• CINF• ENVR

• FULO• HIST*• I&EC• INOR• MEDI*• NUCL• ORGN*• PETR• PMSE• POLY*• PROF• RUBB• SCHB• TOXI*

* Plenary session speakers cover topics that are directly relevant to these divisions