| 16 Sep 2022 (Fri), 2-4pm: New Grads Welcome; The Grad Lounge - 5th floor, UC |
| 21 Jun 2022: Paul Rowntree Memorial, SSC Atrium, 2-4pm |
| 14 Jun 2022: Mehdi presents a poster at CCCE-2022 in Calgary, Exhibition Hall CDX, 6-8pm |
| 6 May 2022: (GWC)2 AGM (Teams). AGM: 1:30pm. Awards: 4pm |
| 5 May 2022: Mehdi presents at the (GWC)2 AGM Poster Session. Thanks for showing our group research! |
| 13 Apr 2022: See Emily's interview to CEPS! |
| 24 Mar 2022: Congratulations Emily with the Nanoscience Scholarship award! |
| 16 Mar 2022: The occupancy limits and physical distancing requirements are now lifted on the campus; masking and vaccination requirements are still in place |
| 8 Mar 2022: The 2022 3MT CEPS College Heat contest (virtual, 2-3:30pm). Thanks Mehdi for presenting talk "Green Photochemistry within Peptides"! |
| 5 Mar 2022: Congratulations Noor El-Baraqouni with a URA Award! |
| 20 Jan 2022: Starting from Jan 24th, medical grade masks are required for students and instructors in F2F classes and labs. Such masks are available from the Chem Stores or the Bookstore |
| 10 Jan 2022: Re-welcome Emily Wedde as a 4th year project nano-student for 2nd term! |
| 2 Dec 2021: 4th Year Nano Project Defence: Emily presents her work |
| 13 Nov 2021: Mehdi gives a talk at POMS-2021 (Virtual) |
| 19 Oct 2021: Re-welcome Brendan Paget to the group, as a Research Assistant! |
| 15 Oct 2021: Mehdi presents at the CEPS Graduate Student Research Day 2021 (Virtual) |
| 10 Sep 2021: Re-welcome Emily Wedde as 4th year project nano-student! |
| 7 Sep 2021: Dmitriy is back to MACN |
| 2 Sep 2021: The RMP for MACN-348 has been approved by the College |
| 31 Aug 2021: The RMP for MACN-349 (shared lab) has been approved by the College |
| 18 Aug 2021: Brendan presents a poster at IUPAC / CCCE 2021 (virtual), Virtual Meeting Room 101, 1:30-2pm |
| 6 Aug 2021: Dmitriy presents at NATAS-2021 (virtual), General Topics Session, 11:40am |
| 5 Aug 2021: Mehdi wins a Best Poster Award at the NATAS conference. Congratulations! |
| 3 Aug 2021: Mehdi presents a poster at NATAS-2021 (virtual), Poster Networking Session 1, 2-3pm |
| 1 Aug 2021: Mehdi presents a poster at ACA-2021 (virtual), Poster Session I, 4-5pm |
| 31 Jul 2021: Dmitriy presents at ACA-2021 (virtual), General Interest Session 1.1.1, 2:40pm |
| 24 Jun 2021 (Thu), 1:30pm: Pictures! Thanks everybody |
| 24 Jun 2021 (Teams, 11:30am): Midterm coop check-in visit |
| 23 Jun 2021: Thank you Mehdi and Brendan for fixing our DSC! |
| 11 May 2021 (Teams, 3pm): Departmental Meeting on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion |
| 6-7 May 2021: Mehdi presents a poster at the (GWC)2 meeting. Thanks for showing our group research! |
| 7 May 2021: (GWC)2 AGM (Teams). AGM: 1:30pm. Awards: 3:45pm |
| 3 May 2021: New semester starts (classes begin on May 14th) |
| 3 May 2021: The RMP for MACN-348 has been approved by the College |
| 28 Apr 2021: The RMP for MACN-349 (shared lab) has been approved by the College |
| 21 Apr 2021 (Zoom/Teams, 2:30pm): Departmental Seminar. Louise Dawe (Wilfrid-Laurier): "Crystallography in Curriculum and Research" |
| 27 Mar 2021 (Teams, 11:30am): Julia presents her 4-th Year Project results as part of CHEM*4910 requirements |
| 4 Mar 2021: Congratulations Aaron with successful defence!!! The Committee agreed the presentation was excellent, the thesis is written very well, and the defender clearly deserves the degree! |
| 4 Mar 2020: The 2021 3MT CEPS College Heat contest (virtually on Teams, 10am-noon). Thanks Mehdi for presenting talk "Peptides, the Unsung Heroes" |
| 3 Mar 2021: Congratulations Brendan Paget with a URA Award! |
| 29 Jan 2021: Aaron's defence has been scheduled: Thu, 4 Mar 2021, 10:30am, online |
| 5 Jan 2021: The RMP for MACN-349 (shared room) has been approved by the College |
| 4 Jan 2021: The RMP for MACN-348 has been approved by the College |
| Happy holiday season and all the best in 2021! |
| 23 Dec 2020: Thanks Mehdi for hard work towards restoring our lab back to life! |
| 17 Dec 2020: Moving lab back to MACN |
| 4 Dec 2020: Julia presents her 4-th Year Project results as part of CHEM*4900 requirements |
| 2 Dec 2020: Cameron presents his 4-th Year Project results as part of NANO*4910 requirements |
| 7 Nov 2020: Mehdi gives a talk at the Quebec-Ontario Physical Organic Mini-Symposium (POMS), RMC-Virtual (Zoom), 11:40am. Thanks Mehdi for a great presentation on our group research! |
| 16 Oct 2020: Mehdi presents talk "Toward Peptides; Improve Life" at the CEPS Graduate Student Research Day 2020. Thanks Mehdi for showing our group research! |
| 5 Oct 2020: Pictures! |
| 23 Sep 2020: Congratulations Farukh with successful defence!!! The presentation was excellent, the question were done very well, and the Examination Committee voted in favor unanimously! |
| 10 Sep 2020: Welcome Julia Mandato and Cameron King as 4th year project students |
| 21 Aug 2020: Farukh's defence has been scheduled: Wed, 23 Sep 2020, 9:30am, online |
| 27 Jul 2020: Taking pictures in the lab |
| 22 Jul 2020: The RMP for SSC-2108 has been approved by the College. Back to lab research! |
| 24 Mar 2020: Thanks Mehdi and Farukh for moving lab to the swing space! |
| 13 Mar 2020: Due to the pandemic, all face-to-face classes have been cancelled for the rest of this semester, as well as most events and some facilities. The University continues to operate under the emergency situation. The MACN reno project is moving forward. We are expected to move quicker to the swing space, by the end of the week of Mar 23-27 |
| 3 Mar 2020: The 2020 3MT CEPS College Heat contest (SSC-1511, 10am-noon). Thanks Mehdi for presenting our group's research. The presentation was regarded as one of the strongest in the contest! |
| 2 Mar 2020: Congratulations Emily Wedde with URA Award! |
| 20 Feb 2020 (Thu): Reno project workers will be doing quick inspections of the chem labs checking the area above the ceiling tiles |
13 Feb 2020: Compressed gas cilinders will be delivered to the Chemistry Storeroom, rather than to the MACN loading dock area |
| 12 Feb 2020: There was a surprising safety inspection to our lab (Departmental) |
| 22 Jan 2020: Pumpkin coffee (after group meeting) |
| 6 Jan 2020: Welcome Robin Bunjevac and re-welcome Hala Sakhnini as 4th year project nano-students! |
| 6 Dec 2019 (Fri), 6pm: Chemistry Department Holiday Party; Brass Taps. Free admission, but notify Jacy Conrad by Nov 29th if you are coming |
| 25 Nov 2019, 1-2pm: 4th Year Nano Project Defences; Hala presents in SSC-1504 |
| 31 Oct 2019: Congratulations with the 1st Award in the Chemistry Department Pumkin Contest! Good team work! |
| 31 Oct 2019: Chemistry Annual Halloween T&T Social; SSC-2512, from noon. $2 min donation. Potluck, pumpkin contest and costume show |
| 23 Oct 2019: Mole Day |
| 26 Sep 2019: Aaron and Mehdi, thanks for ongoing work on relabeling chemicals to comply with the new Ministry of Labor requirements |
| 6 Sep 2019 (Fri), noon: New Grads Welcome; Brass Taps |
| 5 Sep 2019: Welcome Hala Sakhnini as a 4th year project nano-student! |
| 21 Aug 2019: Congratulations Mehdi for passing the comprehensive exam! |
| 9 Aug 2019: Rearrangement of equipment in MACN-349 |
| 8 Aug 2019 (Thu): 11th CEPS Undergraduate Poster Session; Atrium, 1:30-3:30pm. Julie Ha presents a poster! Thanks Julie and Mehdi for showing our research |
| 24 Jul 2019: Dmitriy presents at ACA in Cincinnati |
| 25 Jun 2019, 6:30pm: Borealis. Aaron, thanks for the arrangements |
| 19 Jun 2019: Mehdi presents PhD proposal seminar; minilink, 10am. Thanks, Mehdi, for an excellent talk! |
| 5 Jun 2019: Dmitriy presents at CSC in Quebec City |
| 30 May 2019: Mehdi presents a poster at CEMWOQ-6, Concordia U |
| 10 May 2019: (GWC)2 AGM (Guelph, SSC Atrium). Lunch: noon. AGM: 1:00pm. Posters & Reception: 4:30pm |
| 8 May 2019: There was a Departmental safety inspection to our lab that we just passed with a note that the lab will be re-inspected after the set-up is completed |
| 6-10 May 2019: Setting the lab |
| 6 May 2019: Summer students start |
| 5 Mar 2019: Congratulations Julie Ha with URA Award! |
| 7 Dec 2018 (Fri), 6pm: Chemistry Holiday Party; Brass Taps. Free |
| 6 Dec 2018: Welcome Mehdi Esmaeili as a new graduate student to the group! (To start in January 2019) |
| 31 Oct 2018: Chemistry Halloween; SSC-2512, from noon. $2 min donation. Treats and the show |
| 25 Oct 2018 (Thu): Departmental Seminar: A Howarth "Metal-Organic Frameworks for Adsorption and Detoxification of Hazardous Analytes", SSC-1511, 10:00am |
| 24 Oct 2018: Thanks Aaron for presenting our group's research at the Guelph GWC2 Social! |
| 20 Sep 2018: Bread Bar |
| 14 Sep 2018: Coffee, photos |
| 11 Sep 2018 (Tue): Eliza Poloz' MSc Defence; MACN-222, 3pm. Congratulations Eliza with successful defence!!! |
| 7 Sep 2018 (Fri), noon: New Grads Welcome; Brass Taps |
| 5 Sep 2018: Our group and our group research have been highlighted in the ACA RefleXions magazine (Issue #2, Summer 2018, pp 3-4), with a group picture taken on June 5th in the X-lab! |
| 31 Aug 2018: DS is back to MACN-338. Thanks Aaron, Farukh and Michelle for help in moving! |
| 29 Aug 2018: Eliza's defence has been tentatively scheduled for Tue, 11 Sep 2018, 3 pm |
| 8 Aug 2018: Eliza gives a talk at NATAS, UofP in Philadelphia, PA |
| 22 Jul 2018: Dmitriy presents at the ACA meeting in Toronto |
| 18 Jul 2018: Dmitriy and Farukh give talks at CEMWOQ-5, McGill U |
| 16 Jul 2018: Aaron gives a talk at CEMWOQ-5, McGill U |
| 9 Jun 2018: Dmitriy gives a key lecture at the XXVIII MOSSCS in St Louis, MO |
| 8 Jun 2018: Aaron gives a talk at the XXVIII MOSSCS in St Louis, MO |
| 5 Jun 2018: Photosession in X-lab! |
| 29 May 2018: Dmitriy presents at CSC in Edmonton |
| 30 Apr 2018: The MacNaughton Building has gone to e-access for afterhour entrance, and is live |
| 28 Apr 2018 (Sat): Annual electrical shutdown, MACN bldg affected; 7am - 7pm |
| 27 Apr 2018: (GWC)2 AGM (Waterloo Campus, Science Teaching Complex). AGM: 1:00pm. Posters & Reception: 4:30pm. Thanks, Eliza, for presenting a poster! |
| 20 Apr 2018: We moved out of MACN-308 completely |
| 14 Mar 2018: Eliza presented at the 2018 3MT CEPS competition (SSC-1511, noon). Congratulations with the Award and Prize! |
| 14 Mar 2018: Dmitriy presents at RMC |
| 5 Jan 2017: Moving TA back to MACN |
| Happy holiday season and all the best in the New Year! |
| 21 Dec 2017: Thanks Eliza and Farukh for moving lab back home! |
| 18 Dec 2017: Moving back to MACN |
| 8 Dec 2017 (Fri), 6pm: Chemistry Department Holiday Party; Brass Taps. Free admission, but notify Jane if you are coming |
| 11 Nov 2017: Eliza Poloz presents a poster at POMS (10-12 Nov, Wilfrid-Laurier U, Waterloo) |
| 31 Oct 2017 (Tue): Chemistry Halloween Party; SSC-2512, from noon. $2 min. Treats. Show at 12:30 pm |
| 23 Oct 2017: Thanks everybody for presenting our group at the Guelph GWC2 Social! |
| 23 Oct 2017: Mole Day |
| 17 Oct 2017: 3rd floor of MACN is officially open. Chem lab is open; X-lab and X-office are still under construction |
| 14-21 Oct 2017: National Chemistry Week |
| 11 Oct 2017 (Wed), noon: New Grads Welcome; Brass Taps |
| 15 Sep 2017 (Fri): Melissa Ignacio's MSc Defence; MACN-222, 1:30pm. Congratulations Melissa with successful defence!!! |
| 11 Sep 2017: Buon Gusto |
| 11 Sep 2017 (Mon): Andy Tsang's MSc Defence; MACN-222, 2pm. Congratulations Andy with successful defence!!! |
| 7 Sep 2017 (Thu): Laszlo Visontai's MSc Defence; SSC-2315, 2:30pm. Congratulations Laszlo with successful defence!!! |
| 1 Sep 2017: Thanks everybody for help in moving to MACN-308 |
| 28 Aug 2017: MACN-308 is ready for temporary storage; thanks Eliza for help in preparing the room |
| 23 Aug 2017: In the next few days, many items from 3103 will be moved to 1511 for temporary storage. The items have been marked with colored labels. Bob and Grzegorz are in charge |
| 10 Aug 2017: Dmitriy presents a talk at NATAS, U of Delaware, DE |
| 30 Jun 2017: Eliza Poloz presents MSc proposal seminar; SSC-1504, 3pm |
| 29 May - 1 Jun 2017: CSC, Toronto. Talk: Wed, May 31, 5:20pm, room 203A Farukh. Posters: Tue, May 30, 5:40pm Laszlo, Aaron, Andy; Wed, May 31, 5:40pm Eliza
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| 27-28 May 2017: CEMWOQ-4 at Wilfrid-Laurier U, Waterloo. Talks: Sat, May 27, 12:05pm Farukh, 12:15pm Andy, 2:50pm Aaron. Posters: Sat, May 27, 5-6:30pm Farukh, Andy, Laszlo, Eliza
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| 26 May 2017: CEMWOQ-4, Day 0: Olex Workshop and Mixer
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| 16 May 2017: Spectroscopic Solutions Seminar 2017, by ThermoFisher, in Mississauga www.thermofisher.com/S3Flyer
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| 10 May 2017: CEMWOQ abstract submission deadline
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| 5 May 2017: McMaster Regional Chemistry Information Session (MRCIS) http://mrcis.mcmaster.ca/
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| 28 Apr 2017: Swing rooms for the Summer-2017 term: Chem Lab, SSC-3103; X-Lab, N/A; DS office, MACN-122; Students and X-Ray Users office, SSC-3102b; Group Meetings, SSC-2501 (unchanged)
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| 28 Apr 2017: (GWC)2 AGM (Guelph Campus, SSC Atrium). AGM: 1:00pm. Posters & Reception: 4:30pm
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| 27 Apr 2017: Thanks Aaron for making the swing lab inventory!
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| 24 Apr 2017: Thanks everybody for well done translation to the swing space!
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| 20-24 Apr 2017: Packing and moving the X-lab and 343 to the swing space
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| 17-19 Apr 2017: Packing and moving the chem lab to the swing space
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| 1 Apr 2017: Angel, thanks for an excellent 4th year project presentation! Thanks all the group for help
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| 1 Apr 2017 (Sat): 4th Year Project Defences; Angel presents at noon in SSC-1511
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| 29 Mar 2017: Ceiling demolition in MACN-343 after 6pm
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| 27 Mar 2017: Ceiling has been demolished. Lab cleaning and the 1st Round of the Lab Move (packing things for outside storage) from 11am. Thanks Farukh, Aaron, Andy and Laszlo for your effort
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| 26 Mar 2017: Ceiling demolition starts in MACN-348 after 6pm. All benches and wall shelves must be clear by that time
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| 22 Mar 2017: CEMWOQ-4 website is now available: http://daweresearch.ca/cemwoq-4/
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| 6 Feb 2017: Abstract submission to CSC-100 (Toronto, May 28 - Jun 1, 2017) closes on Feb 13
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| 6 Feb 2017: CEMWOQ-4 will be held at Wilfrid Laurier U (Waterloo) on May 26-28, 2017
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| 9 Jan 2017: Welcome Angel Ho as a 4th year project student
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| Merry Christmas or Merry Crystmas, whatever you prefer, Happy New Year and nice holidays! |
| 9 Dec 2016, 6pm: Chemistry Holiday Party in Brass Taps |
| 22 Nov 2016: MITACS team visiting Canada Bread facilities |
| 12 Nov 2016: Laszlo presents a poster at the 49th IDW (McMaster U) |
| 10 Nov 2016: Starting immediately, Happy Hour is daily from 2-3pm, in 343 or, if the crowd is too big, SSC-2512 (in which case leave a note on the door). Everybody is welcomed to join! |
| 6 Nov 2016: Aaron receives the Best Poster Award at the POMs conference. Congratulations! |
| 6 Nov 2016: Dmitriy gives a lecture at the 44th POMs (Brock U) |
| 5 Nov 2016: Farukh gives a lecture and Aaron presents a poster at the 44th POMs (Brock U) |
| 1 Nov 2016: Dmitriy presents a talk at the Rigaku North America Users Meeting in the Woodlands, TX |
| 31 Oct 2016 (Mon): Chemistry Halloween Party; SSC-2512, from noon. $2 min. Treats. Show at 12:30 pm |
| 17 Oct 2016 (Mon), noon: New Grads Welcome; Brass Taps |
| 29 Sep 2016, 2:30pm, MainLink (MACN-101/EIT-2053): GWC2 Thursday Afternoon Research Seminar "Design and Solid State Chemistry of Molecular Materials: Inclusion Compounds, Pharmaceutical Co-crystals, Industrial and Natural Polymers" by D Soldatov |
| 7 Sep 2016, 6pm: Group Going-out |
| 7 Sep 2016, 2pm: Lab / Offices Clean-up |
| 17 Aug 2016: Flood in the X-lab. Thanks Farukh, Sam for help |
| 5 Aug 2016 (Fri): CPES Undergraduate Poster Session 2016; Atrium, 10am-3pm. Sam Netzke presents a poster. Thanks Sam for a great job! |
| 1 Jul 2016: Happy Canada Day! |
| 30 Jun 2016: Our Chem Lab successfully passed the EHS inspection! |
| 27 Jun 2016: Welcome Eliza Poloz as a new graduate student to the group! (To start in September 2016) |
| 14 Jun 2016: Cleaning the Chem Lab (after the group meeting) |
| 15 May 2016: Farukh, Aaron, Andy and Laszlo: Thanks for your presentations at CEMWOQ-3 in Windsor! |
| 30 Apr 2016 (Sat): Annual electrical shutdown; 7am - 7pm |
| 29 Apr 2016: Congratulations Melissa with a (GWC)2 award! |
| 29 Apr 2016: Thanks Andy and Melissa for presenting posters at (GWC)2 Annual Poster Session! |
| 29 Apr 2016 (Fri): (GWC)2 AGM; Waterloo campus |
| 5 Apr 2016: Congratualations Janan Shojadoost and Mahwish Khan with successful presentation of your Science Fair project and awards received (see Awards); thanks Travis for supervising the project! |
| 2 Apr 2016 (Sat): 4th Year Project Defences |
| 24 Mar 2016: Andy Tsang presents MSc proposal seminar; SSC-1511, 12:30pm |
| 14 Mar 2016: Installation of new equipment in the X-lab for the next two weeks (14-24 Mar) |
| 14 Mar 2016: CEMWOQ-3 website |
| 12 Mar 2016: ChemFest in Brass Taps, 2-6 pm; register before March 7th |
| 8 Mar 2016: Laszlo Visontai presents MSc proposal seminar; SSC-1511, 12:30pm |
| 7 Mar 2016: Quantachrome workshop; SSC-1504, 1:30-3:30pm |
| 17 Feb 2016: Moving to 343 |
| 5 Feb 2016: Congratulations Laszlo with the OGS Award! |
| 23 Jan 2016: Farukh participated in the 2016 3MT CPES competition. Congratulations with the Award and Prize! Thanks for showcasing our group research! |
| 21 Jan 2016: CEMWOQ-3 will be held at the U of Winsor on the weekend of May 14-15, 2016 |
| 15 Jan 2016: Moving to the aquarium room has been tentatively scheduled for Feb 1st |
| 15 Jan 2016: Thanks Melissa and Andy for updating the inventory of chemicals |
| 4 Jan 2016: Welcome back to school. Welcome 4th year project student Chloe Palesh |
| 21 Dec 2015: Congrats Melissa for 2015 CTAS Best Student Oral Award! Two presentations were selected out of 18 given by Canadians at the 2015 NATAS conference in Montreal in August. Katherine and Gabriel, thank you too for making this possible by contributing to the work! |
| 28 Nov 2015: Maryanne, thanks for an excellent 4th year project presentation! Melissa, thanks for your help, too |
| 28 Nov 2015 (Sat): 4-th Year Project defences, SSC-1504, 8:30am - 1:00pm. 11:00 Maryanne Stones "Phase Diagram of the System n-Undecane - n-Eicosane" |
| 9 Nov 2015: Congratulations Aaron with the Best Group Presentation Prize! Thanks all presenters and judges for your contributions! |
| 30 Oct 2015 (Fri): Chemistry Halloween Party; SSC-2512, from 11:30am. $2 min. Treats. Show at 12:15 pm |
| 16 Oct 2015 (Fri): New Grads Welcome; Brass Taps, noon |
| 9 Oct 2015: Departmental Seminar: R Boeré "Electrochemistry and Spectroelectrochemistry of Aryl Pnictophanes: A Tutorial Discussion", SCIE-1511, 2:00pm |
| 9 Sep 2015: Welcome Andy Tsang and Laszlo Visontai as graduate, Gabriel Reitz as a 2nd term co-op and Maryanne Stones as a 4th year project students! |
| 9 Sep 2015: Lab/safety training for new students (see Farukh in MACN-348) |
| 1 Sep 2015: Effective today, new requirements and updated forms have been implemented for the users of the X-Lab Facility. Take all the required training and sign paperwork in the next three weeks. Grzegorz Szymanski, who is a new Facility Manager, will contact you by e-mail. Several training sessions will be scheduled in the next two weeks |
| 26 Aug 2015: Thanks Katherine and Gabriel for excellent presentions of your co-op work! |
| 13 Aug 2015: Thanks everybody for your presentations at NATAS! |
| 31 Jul 2015: Thanks Katherine and Gabriel for presenting the poster "Towards better understanding of industrial waxes: physicochemical behaviour of hydrocarbon mixtures" at the CPES Undergraduate Poster Session! |
| 31 Jul 2015 (Fri): CPES Undergraduate Poster Session 2015; Atrium, 10am-2pm |
| 24 Jul 2015: Congratulations Melissa for successful defence of the MSc proposal! |
| 24 Jul 2015: Melissa Ignacio presents MSc proposal seminar; SSC-1504, 2:30pm |
| 8 Jul 2015: Congratulations Andy Tsang on the Vitamin Scholarship! |
| 24 Jun 2015: Welcome Janan Shojadoost and Mahwish Khan as volunteers on a collaboration project between Prof Preuss' and our groups |
| 19 Jun 2015: Service of SuperNova has been rescheduled to the end of July |
| 10-12 Jun 2015: CEMWOQ-2 Thanks everybody for your contribution to the conference as a presenter and/or organizer! Everybody liked the event! |
| 5 June 2015: Visit to GM Facility (for those working on the project). Melissa, thanks for a great presentation! |
| 26 May 2015: TA Short Course, Mississauga, Waters Ltd. Headquaters, 9am-4pm |
| 22 May 2015: Departmental Seminar: K Awaga "Molecular Magnetism and Organic Electronics Controlled by Solid-State Electrochemistry", SCIE-1511, 2:30pm |
| 8 May 2015: Thanks Farukh and Melissa for presenting posters at (GWC)2 Annual Poster Session and showcasing our group's research! |
| 8 May 2015: (GWC)2 AGM (Guelph Campus). AGM: SCIE-1511, 1:00pm. Posters & Reception: Atrium, 4:30pm |
| 29 Apr 2015, 10am: Chem Lab clean-up |
| 17 Apr 2015: A chemical exploded in the yeallow cabinet when nobody was in the lab. Investigation is underway. Travis, Melissa and Farukh: thanks for cleaning the mess |
| 15 Apr 2015: 43rd Annual NATAS Conference comes to Canada: Montreal, August 10-13, 2015. Abstract submission deadline: May 1st. See symposium "Molecular Materials" |
| 10 Apr 2015: On June 10-12 we host CEMWOQ-2. Follow the updates. Participation is obligatory! |
| 30 Mar 2015: Agilent XRD is sold to Rigaku effective May 1st, 2015 |
| 28 Mar 2015: Andy, Makoto and Rebecca, thanks for excellent 4th year project presentations |
| 28 Mar 2015: 4-th Year Project defences, SSC-1511, 9:00am - 1:00pm. 9:30 Andy Tsang "2,5-Diketopiperazines for the Design of Pharmaceutically Relevant Co-crystals"; 11:00 Makoto Schreiber "Thermally-induced Reactions in Solid Glycyl-glycine"; 12:30 Rebecca Sydor "Incorporation of Aroma Compounds, Flavors and Semiochemicals in the Leu-Ile Host Matrix" |
| 26 Mar 2015: Congratulations Aaron with the Graduate PhD Seminar Prize Award! The Award will be presented on the day of 2015 (GWC)2 AGM, Friday, May 8th (Guelph campus) |
| 26 Mar 2015: Congratulations Farukh with the OGS Award! |
| 3 Mar 2015: Congratulations Katherine Marczenko with a co-op position in our group! |
| 1 Mar 2015: Congratulations 'The X-Team' for a good performance at ChemFest-2015! Well, 4th place isn't bad at all for the first time... |
| 23 Feb 2015: SuperNova is back on-line but the room work is not finished. Essential experiments only |
| 17 Feb 2015: Congratulations Gabriel Reitz with URA Award! |
| 15 Jan 2015: Congratulations Farukh with the Doug and Esther Ormrod Scholarship award! |
| 5 Jan 2015: Group mettings time from now on: Tue, 3-5pm, SCIE-2501 (unless another room specified) |
| 5 Jan 2015: Welcome Melissa Ignacio as a graduate student |
| 5 Jan 2015: Welcome back to school. Welcome 4th year project students Makoto Schreiber, Rebecca Sydor and Andy Tsang |
| 16 Dec 2014: Departmental Seminar: R Clerac "Optical and Magnetic Molecular Switches from Solid State to Solutions", SCIE-1511, 2:30pm |
| 12 Dec 2014: Chemistry Department Holiday Party; Brass Taps, 6:30pm |
| 22 Nov 2014: 4-th Year Project defences, SSC-1511, 8:30am - 12:30pm. 9:00 Melissa Ignacio "Material Science of Nickel Feeds and Nickel Carbonylation Residues"; 9:30 Andy Tsang "2,5-Diketopiperazines for the Design of Pharmaceutically Relevant Co-crystals and Inclusion Compounds" |
| 31 Oct 2014: Congratulations Travis for "Excellent" MSc Seminar presentation! |
| 31 Oct 2014: Travis Fillion presents MSc proposal seminar; SSC-1504, 2pm |
| 31 Oct 2014: Chem Dept Halloween; SSC-2512, time changed to 11:30am |
| 3 Oct 2014: New Grads Welcome; Brass Taps, noon |
| Fall-2014 Group Meetings: time changed to Thursdays, 4pm |
| 5 Aug 2014: Welcome Lee (Cheng-Hua Lee) as a Visiting Posdoctoral Fellow |
| 8 Jul 2014: Congratulations Farukh with the OGF Award! |
| 25 Jun 2014: Congratulations Aaron, Farukh and Dmitriy: the glycines CrystEngComm paper to be highlighted on the cover of the North America IYCr Themed Issue! Artwork design: Uwe Oehler |
| 15 May 2014: Welcome Melissa Ignacio as X-Ray Facility Assistant |
| 7 May 2014: Congratulations Farukh with the CTAS Award! |
| 5 May 2014: Welcome Travis Fillion as a graduate student |
| 21 Apr 2014: Congratulations Aaron for passing comprehensive exam! |
| 28 Feb 2014: Congratulations Sarah Hollywood with URA Award! |
| 19 Feb 2014: Congratulations Aaron for "Excellent" PhD Seminar presentation! |
| 19 Feb 2014: Aaron Smith presents PhD proposal seminar; MainLink, 3:00 pm |
| Winter-2014 Group Meetings: time changed to Thursdays, 10am |
| 15-17 Jan 2014: Agilent service of SuperNova |
| Great holidays and Happy New, 2014, Year - the Year of Crystallography! |
| 23 Nov 2013: Anand Ranjan defends 4-th Year Project "Microstructure Analysis of Molecular and Polymeric Materials Using X-Ray Diffraction, Probe Microscopy and Thermal Analysis"; SCIE-1504, 9:00 am |
| 2 Oct 2013: New Grad Student Welcome; Brass Taps, noon. |
| 30 Sep 2013: TA training seminar in Mississauga. |
| 9 Sep 2013: Congratulations Aaron Smith for entering the PhD program! |
| 6 Sep 2013: Group Party, 6 pm - mid. |
| 7 Aug 2013: CPES Undergrad Poster Session; Atrium, 10 am - 2 pm |
| 24 Jul 2013: Anand Ranjan defends 4-th Year Project "Nanocrystal Size Analysis by Powder Diffraction, UV Spectroscopy, Dynamic Light Scattering and Electron Microscopy"; SCIE-1504, 9:00 am |
| 12 Jul 2013: Canoeing! |
| 24 Jun 2013: Welcome Alan (Meng-Jung Tsai) as a Visiting Researcher |
| 17 May 2013: (GWC)2 Annual Meeting, Seminar, Poster Session and Awards Day |
| 7-8 May 2013: CTAS annual conference at UOIT |
| 9 Apr 2013: Congratulations Andrew Hollingshead with a co-op position in our group! |
| 8 Apr 2013: Congratulations Farukh for passing comprehensive exam! |
| 4 Apr 2013: Congratulations Aaron for "Excellent" MSc Seminar presentation! |
| 4 Apr 2013: Aaron Smith presents MSc Seminar "Supramolecular Design and X-Ray Diffraction Studies of Short-chain Peptide Crystals"; SCIE-1511, 1:30 pm |
| 18 Mar 2013: Four abstracts from our group to the coming CTAS conference have been accepted! |
| 15 Mar 2013: Congratulations Anand Ranjan for being accepted as the first Nanoscience 4th Year Project student to our group! |
| 15 Feb 2013: Congratulations Melissa Ignacio with URA Award! |
| 5 Nov 2012: Farukh Ali presents PhD Seminar "Thermal Stability and Solid State Cyclization of Dipeptides"; MACN-203 (Minilink), 10:00 am |
| 12 Oct 2012: The diffractometer is back online with a new Cu-tube! |
| 9-12 Oct 2012: Tube replacement on SuperNova; no group meeting this week |
| 10 Oct 2012: New Grads Welcome; Brass Taps, noon |
| 11 Sep 2012: Welcome Travis Fillion as a Research Assistant |
| 4 Sep 2012: Welcome Aaron Smith as a graduate student |
| 4-7 Sep 2012: Agilent service of SuperNova: no XRD, no group meeting this week |
