NEXT MEETING
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
Warren Wilson College
Ransom Upper Fellowship Hall
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Meeting Schedule
Menu: Salad of Mixed Greens with Toasted Pecans and Bleu Cheese served with Balsamic Vinaigrette
Mahogany Breast of Chicken
Stuffed Winter Squash
Chipotle Lime Sweet Potatoes
Roasted Broccoli and Cauliflower
Rolls with Butter
Carrot Cake
Cost: $17.50
7:00 p.m. Lecture - Dr. Mark Wilson, Western Carolina University. "The Use of Next Generation DNA Sequencing Techniques to Detect Minor Sequence Variants in Forensically Relevant Samples."
Reservations: RSVP to Dr. David Butcher (e-mail at david.butcher@analytchem.org or butcher@email.wcu.edu ) or call (828) 227-7646 by Thursday, January 13th, 5:00 p.m. Please include the names and affiliations of each person attending. We always welcome attendance at the presentations even if you are unable to come for the dinner!
Please Honor Your Reservations!
January 2011 ABSTRACT
The Use of Next Generation DNA Sequencing Techniques to Detect Minor Sequence Variants in Forensically Relevant Samples.
Dr. Mark Wilson
Director of Forensic Science Program, Western Carolina University
Human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is currently used as a forensic DNA technique in many crime laboratories. mtDNA has a high mutation rate, which in some cases results in visual mixtures at specific positions within the DNA sequence. If the level of the minor DNA variant falls below approximately 10%, current fluorescence-based sequencing techniques are unable to detect it. However, new techniques using a different chemistry, collectively called next-generation sequencing techniques, are able to detect variants at very low levels, sometimes less than 1%. The use of these emerging technologies offers the ability to examine human mtDNA variation at scales that were not possible a few years ago.
January 2011 Speaker
Dr. Mark Wilson
Director of Forensic Science Program, Western Carolina University
ACS LEADERSHIP TRAINING IN GREENVILLE
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 26
10:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
The Western Carolinas ACS Section has arranged for ACS Leadership Training entitled ?Leading Change? to be presented in our section at the Michelin Conference Center, Greenville, SC on Saturday, February 26, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The registration fee includes lunch. In order to register, go to www.acs.org/leaderdevelopment, click ?Leader Development Course Schedules and Location?, and then scroll down to where this course is posted. Follow the directions and select the appropriate fee from the list below.
REGISTRATION FEES
ACS Members: $20.
Unemployed ACS Members: $5
ACS Student Members: $5
K-12 Teachers $5.
Non-members: $50.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION OF LEADING CHANGE
Almost any initiative today in the workplace or within an ACS committee or project team involves change. It could be a change in priorities and direction, people, or goals and objectives. And, with change often comes resistance. How many times have you been on the receiving end of:
People pushing back because the committee is given a different set of goals to achieve?
Projects stalling because there has been a change in the direction?
Confusion due to personnel changes on a committee or project team?
It is not easy leading amidst change. It requires leaders to help local section and technical division volunteers, national committee members and regional meeting volunteers move through change by confronting reality, connecting with the vision of the future, designing a new approach, and engaging others to take the steps to move the project ahead.
This four-hour course provides leaders with a step-wise process to lead change and guide volunteers more effectively through the change process for greater results and efficiency.
Participants will gain a skill that can be used daily in both volunteer leadership roles as well as in your profession. Specifically, ACS leaders will learn:
Why organizations and individuals tend to resist change.
A 3-step process for leading change amongst volunteers in a team or work group.
How to maintain a clear vision of the strategic direction and instill a strong sense of direction and purpose in all volunteers.
How to keep everyone on-track and focused on top priorities.
The importance of and how best to communicate new insights into key issues, problems and opportunities the committee faces.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND THIS WORKSHOP?
This workshop is designed for leaders in the Society who are currently in or moving into significant leadership roles in the Society. Particularly, those involved in projects that continually change—or are soon to face changes—in direction, member involvement, and objectives. We encourage those who are leading projects such as change initiatives, projects requiring working with other groups, or new initiatives that will likely experience changes in the course of completion to attend this program.
FACILITATOR
The workshop will be led by Connie Murphy, an experienced facilitator of ACS Leadership Training. Connie joined The Dow Chemical Company in Midland, Michigan in 1980 after obtaining an Associate in Applied Science degree in Chemical Technology from Milwaukee Area Technical College. She worked in R&D for over 25 years, first as a technician, and later as supervisor and project portfolio manager. She moved to Information Systems as a supervisor and after spending a couple years in that role, retired from Dow in 2008. Since retirement, Connie and her husband have traveled extensively.
Connie has been a member of the ACS since 1992. Since joining ACS, she has served as a member of the Committee on Committees, the Committee on Membership Affairs, the Committee on Technician Affairs, and the ACS Chemical Technology Program Approval Service. She served as Chair in 1996 and as Councilor 1998-2006 of the Division of Chemical Technicians. She has been featured in articles in books, magazines and brochures about careers in chemistry and has been an invited speaker at colleges, educator forums and symposia on career and educational topics. Connie currently serves on the Advisory Committee for the Chemical Technology program at Delta College and is a member of the ACS Committee on Chemistry and Public Affairs. She facilitates both ?Leading Change? and ?Coaching and Feedback? in the ACS Leadership Development System.
PITTCON 2011
March 13 - 18, 2011
Atlanta, GA
Pittcon 2011 is the world's annual premier Conference and Exposition on laboratory science. Pittcon is the one place you can evaluate and compare products from nearly 1,000 exhibitors from around the world, network with thousands of the world's leading scientific minds and enhance your professional development by attending a Technical Session or Short Course.
Program and registration information can be found at http://www.pittcon.org/
ELECTED OFFICIALS 2011
OF
WESTERN CAROLINAS SECTION ACS
WCACS Members:
Several of you requested a copy of Dr. Wagener's presentation from our July 2010 meeting. Dr. Wagener has graciously agreed and provided his presentation in .pdf format. Please click the link below to save it to your computer.
Survival Techniques and Commercial Technologies of a Clemson University Faculty Start-up
If you are not receiving email reminders from the section regarding upcoming meetings, please contact Tim Hanks (tim.hanks@furman.edu) with your email address as it is with National ACS.
Councilors Report Page on the WCACS website
The Executive Committee has voted affirmatively to post the Councilors' reports on the web site. A new web page has been created and added to the site and is linked on the left hand navigation bar.
The Councilor reports from each National Meeting will be posted.
The reports from the Boston, MA Meeting are now available and can be viewed at:
http://www.wcacs.net/Business/WCCouncilors%20Report.html
The Webmaster's Plea
Our Webmaster, Dwayne Grassie, would welcome your "press releases" about activities that you believe would be of interest to our section. As he says so eloquently on our web site, "without active members reporting the activities of the section to me there would be no web site because there would be nothing to report." Dwayne can be reached at: MAG-IT@charter.net
Western Carolinas Meeting and Speaker Itinerary
2011
| Date |
Speaker |
Title |
Location |
| February 26, 2011 |
Connie Murphy |
Leadership Training |
Greenville, SC |
| March 21, 2011 |
Gary Small |
Environmental Remote Sensing by Passive Infrared Spectroscopy |
Asheville, NC |
| April 2011 |
TBA |
Annual Awards / Student Posters |
Greenville, SC |
| Summer 2011 |
TBA |
Social |
TBA |
| September 20, 2011 |
Suzanne Lomax |
The Application of Chemistry to the Examination of Works of Art |
TBA |
| October 17, 2011 |
Joe Vinson |
A Scientific Look at Marijuana |
TBA |
| November 2011 |
TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
THE SECTION NEEDS YOUR HELP!!!
The Western Carolinas Section of the American Chemical Society urgently needs the help of each of its members in helping us recruit new Section Affiliate members. We would like to request that each member print out or copy the following invitation and present it to as many persons as possible who have an interest in chemistry:
AN INVITATION
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