Committee on Science
The Joint Board-Council Committee on Science provides an organizational framework to facilitate policy formation, action, and planning in several areas of ACS activity directly related to the science of chemistry.
The Committee is structured to provide a forum for consideration and coordination of the scientific activities of the many diverse units of the Society and to provide an interface among such units.
Recently, the Committee on Science reviewed its role in the Society and determined that it can best serve the members as an integrating and coordinating body, bringing together the expertise and knowledge of the Divisions and other ACS groups to illuminate issues of Society-wide concern and interest. Its aim is to augment information transfer by cooperating with divisional programming in a broad sense.
Programming at the 237th ACS National Meeting in Salt Lake City
Chemical Synthetic Biology: Partnering for Innovation and Competitiveness
Organizers: Wilfredo Colón, Chemistry Division/Molecular and Cellular Biosciences Division, National Science Foundation/Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Luis Echegoyen, Chemistry Division, National Science Foundation; Donna Nelson, University of Oklahoma
Overview
Synthetic biology is an emerging field that uses the principles of engineering and chemical synthesis to design and build novel biological components, systems, or cells. A “bottom-up” chemical approach to synthetic biology involves the synthesis of non-natural structures that alter or mimic proteins, DNA, or membranes using rational design or selection methods. This symposium will focus on chemical approaches to synthetic biology.
8:40 a.m.
Steven G. Boxer, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University; Synthetic biology with DNA-lipid conjugates
9:20 a.m.
Steven A. Benner, Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution; Modern synthetic biology: Darwin from the atom up
11:20 a.m.
Ichiro Hirao, Systems and Structural Biology Center, Yokohama Institute, RIKEN; Development of unnatural base pair systems toward new biotechnology
1:20 p.m.
Virginia W. Cornish Department of Chemistry, Columbia University; Expanding the synthetic capabilities of the cell
3:20 p.m.
Eric T. Kool, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University; Designed nucleic acid base replacements: Lessons for basic science
Strategic Plan for 2009
The ACS Strategic Plan for 2009 and Beyond articulates the Society’s:
- core values
- external trends that impact chemistry
- challenges ahead and
- goals and strategies
ACS invites all chemical scientists and engineers to join us in achieving this vision.
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