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Synthesis

Your guide to the ACS national meeting in San Francisco

C&EN’s curated list of places to go, people to see, and science to learn

March 13, 2017 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 95, Issue 11

 

Must-see presenters

* = Kavli speaker; ** = Plenary speaker
Click any speaker or symposium below to pull up a page with talk times and locations. You can even add them to your itinerary. To get ACS’s complete national meeting app click here. For a PDF of our guide to what’s hot in San Francisco, click here. To download the meeting app or view the technical program, visit the official #ACSSanFran website.

 

Checking out the neighborhood

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Bradley Olsen*
Materials maestro, MIT


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Bradley Olsen*
Materials maestro, MIT


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Jennifer Doudna*
Genome manipulator, UC Berkeley


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Jennifer Doudna*
Genome manipulator, UC Berkeley


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Ann-Christine ­Albertsson**
Making sustainable polymeric materials, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
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Ann-Christine ­Albertsson**
Making sustainable polymeric materials, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
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Jeffrey Linhardt**
Forget fingersticks. Verily Life Sciences researcher will present contact lenses that measure glucose in tears
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Jeffrey Linhardt**
Forget fingersticks. Verily Life Sciences researcher will present contact lenses that measure glucose in tears
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Peter Green**
Cleaning up our energy act, National Renewable Energy Laboratory



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Peter Green**
Cleaning up our energy act, National Renewable Energy Laboratory



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Keith Watson**
Making industry-academia partnerships work for both sides, Dow Chemical



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Keith Watson**
Making industry-academia partnerships work for both sides, Dow Chemical



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Natalie Franklin
Screening molecules without revealing structures protects collaborators’ IP, Eli Lilly & Co.


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Natalie Franklin
Screening molecules without revealing structures protects collaborators’ IP, Eli Lilly & Co.


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Darren Lipomi
When bonded to gloves, his thin-film sensors can detect a hand forming American Sign Language letters, UC San Diego


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Darren Lipomi
When bonded to gloves, his thin-film sensors can detect a hand forming American Sign Language letters, UC San Diego


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Irene Groot
Imaging catalysts as they react, Leiden Institute of Chemistry




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Irene Groot
Imaging catalysts as they react, Leiden Institute of Chemistry




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Charles Sykes
His rotor molecules perform computations, Tufts






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Charles Sykes
His rotor molecules perform computations, Tufts






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Kathleen Page
Yet another reason to cut down on fructose. It affects the brain differently than glucose does, U of Southern California

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Kathleen Page
Yet another reason to cut down on fructose. It affects the brain differently than glucose does, U of Southern California

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Sechin Chang
USDA researcher describes milk protein casein’s flame-retardant properties





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Sechin Chang
USDA researcher describes milk protein casein’s flame-retardant properties





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Theresa Reineke
Polymer tailor, U of Minnesota
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Theresa Reineke
Polymer tailor, U of Minnesota
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Christina Smolke
Programming yeast to produce medicinal opioids, Stanford
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Christina Smolke
Programming yeast to produce medicinal opioids, Stanford
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Michael Johnson
Probing the neurochemistry of “chemo brain,” U of Kansas
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Michael Johnson
Probing the neurochemistry of “chemo brain,” U of Kansas
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Eranthie Weerapana
Her proteomic methods hunt down reactive cysteines, Boston College

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Eranthie Weerapana
Her proteomic methods hunt down reactive cysteines, Boston College

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Martin Burke
Replacing missing ion-transport proteins with “molecular prosthetics,” UIUC
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Martin Burke
Replacing missing ion-transport proteins with “molecular prosthetics,” UIUC
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Carol Robinson
Mass spec maven, Oxford



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Carol Robinson
Mass spec maven, Oxford



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Martin Thuo
Iowa State chemist recovers rare-earth metals from electronic waste, no dumpster diving involved. We think.
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Martin Thuo
Iowa State chemist recovers rare-earth metals from electronic waste, no dumpster diving involved. We think.
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Wendy Young
Genentech VP will describe a potential lupus and rheumatoid arthritis treatment
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Wendy Young
Genentech VP will describe a potential lupus and rheumatoid arthritis treatment

Some attractions nearby and farther afield that you might want to see while you’re in town.

1. Moscone Center: Your journey starts here.

2. Yerba Buena Gardens: This oasis in the city is also home to the Children’s Creativity Museum. Find your inner child.

3. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: In case the museum’s 30,000 works of art aren’t enough, you can roam Klee and Calder exhibitions too.

4. Union Square: In the heart of the city’s shopping district, the central plaza is a great place to people watch.

5. Cable car turntable: Watch the famed cable cars change direction and then catch a ride to Chinatown.

6. W San Francisco (hotel)

7. San Francisco Marriott ­Marquis (hotel)

8. InterContinental San Francisco (hotel)

9. Fisherman’s Wharf: This waterfront neighborhood is home to Ghirardelli Square, a decommissioned World War II-era submarine, and a sea lion colony.

10. Exploratorium: If you stay till Thursday evening, you can check out this interactive science museum without competition from kids.

11. Golden Gate Park: With the California Academy of Sciences and its aquarium, the de Young art museum, and multiple gardens, there’s something here for everyone.

The pick of the program

Too bad there’s no DVR for symposia. Here are some you should try to catch. 

Chemistry of Korean Food & Beverages

Sunday all day

Can‛t make it out for lunch? Get a vicarious kimchi fix instead.

Chemical Forensics

Monday & Tuesday all day

Pull up a chair, amateur detectives. A session on chemical weapons kicks off the symposium.

Startup Road: BayBio and Beyond

Sunday PM & Monday all day

Can you see them circling? This showcase of startups kicks off Sunday afternoon with the biotech version of “Shark Tank”.

Sunlight-Driven Processes: Exposing the Mechanisms Underlying Productive Photoactivities

Starts Sunday

This weeklong symposium runs the photochemistry gamut from photosynthesis to vision to excited-state dynamics.

Drug Discovery for ALS: Putting the Ice Bucket to Work

Tuesday PM

Come learn about recent advances in ALS research. We promise you won‛t get an ice bath.

What Have We Learned & Where Are We Going: Post-Settlement in the University of California

Wednesday all day

Hear about the progress that‛s been made in developing a safety culture on the UC campuses.

Hollyweird Chemistry

Sunday PM & Monday all day

Producers and consultants for TV and film talk about getting the science right in popular entertainment.

 
 

To download a pdf of the final program for the spring 2017 ACS National Meeting in San Francisco, April 2–6, visit http://cenm.ag/sa2017.


CORRECTION: This meeting guide was updated on March 22, 2017, to correct the description of the “Chemistry of Korean Food & Beverages” symposium. It was intended to imply that if you can’t make it out to lunch anywhere—Chinatown, Fisherman’s Wharf, etc.—you could get a vicarious food fix instead, by learning about the science of kimchi.

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