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Press Center Highlightsfrom“The World Series of Science”
August 21, 2012
244th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, world’s largest scientific societyAugust 19-23, 2012 in Philadelphia, PA
August 21, 20126:00 a.m. ACS Press Center opens, Room 304, Pennsylvania Convention Center
7:00 a.m. Complimentary continental breakfast
8:30 a.m. –– Online Press ConferenceEMBARGOED FOR RELEASE:Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, 1:15 p.m. Eastern Time
Scientists find protein that promotes cancers, heart disease; create substance to block its effects
Strong scientific evidence suggests that high levels of a blood protein called galectin-3 may increase the risk of heart attacks, cancer and other diseases, and help forecast the outcome of those diseases, a scientist reported here today at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society.
Isaac Eliaz, M.D.Amitabha Medical Clinic & Healing Center
9:00 a.m. –– Online Press ConferenceEMBARGOED FOR RELEASE:Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time
Toward a portable emergency treatment for stopping life-threatening internal bleeding
Progress toward a new emergency treatment for internal bleeding ― counterpart to the tourniquets, pressure bandages and Quick Clot products that keep people from bleeding to death from external wounds ― was reported here today at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society.
Erin Lavik, Sc.D.Case Western Reserve University
9:30 a.m. –– Online Press ConferenceEMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, 2:45 p.m. Eastern Time
Electrifying success in raising antioxidant levels in sweet potatoes
Already ranked by some as number one in nutrition among all vegetables, the traditional sweet potato can be nutritionally supercharged ― literally ― with a simple, inexpensive electric current treatment that increases its content of healthful polyphenols or antioxidants by 60 percent, scientists said here today.
Kazunori Hironaka, Ph.D.University of the Ryukyus
10:00 a.m. –– Online Press ConferenceEMBARGOED FOR RELEASE:Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, 2 p.m. Eastern Time
Coconut water is an excellent sports drink ― for light exercise
Coconut water really does deserve its popular reputation as Mother Nature’s own sports drink, a new scientific analysis of the much-hyped natural beverage concluded here today at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS).
Chhandashri Bhattacharya, Ph.D.Indiana University Southeast
11:00 a.m. –– Online Press ConferenceEMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time
“CSI” technology holds potential in everyday medicine
A scientific instrument featured on CSI and CSI: Miami for instant fingerprint analysis is forging another life in real-world medicine, helping during brain surgery and ensuring that cancer patients get effective doses of chemotherapy, a scientist said here today. The report on technology already incorporated into instruments that miniaturize room-size lab instrumentation into devices the size of a shoebox was part of the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society.
R. Graham Cooks, Ph.D.Purdue UniversityNathalie Agar, Ph.D.Harvard Medical School
11:30 a.m. –– Online Press ConferenceEMBARGOED FOR RELEASE:Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, 2:15 p.m. Eastern Time
Targeting sugars in the quest for a vaccine against HIV — the virus that causes AIDS
As a step toward designing the first effective vaccine against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, scientists are reporting new insights into how a family of rare, highly potent antibodies bind to HIV and neutralize it — stop it from infecting human cells. The antibodies were isolated from people infected with HIV and work against a wide range of HIV strains. The researchers described the study today at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society.
Ian Wilson, D.Sc.AVI Neutralizing Antibody Center, The Scripps Research Institute
Noon. –– Online Press ConferenceEMBARGOED FOR RELEASE:Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, Noon Eastern Time
Eating cool: What to eat to beat the heat
The chill of today’s fudge-brownie cookie-crumble ice cream cone ― will it really last? Or can ice cream actually stoke the body’s metabolic furnace and make you feel even hotter? How about a few ice-cold brews? Or should you add a dash of the counter-intuitive to your summer menu with the sweat-inducing, mouth-on-fire, tear-provoking taste of chili peppers? With millions of people already weather-worn after a summer punctuated by record heat, and some of the hottest days still ahead, the American Chemical Society (ACS) today is hosting a special briefing, “What to Eat to Beat the Heat.”
Shirley O. Corriher Biochemist and AuthorSara RischScience by Design
1:00 p.m. –– Online Press Conference EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time
New version of 150-year-old law could ease student debt and college funding cutbacks
Members of a panel today commemorating the 150th anniversary of federal legislation that transformed college education for people in the 19th and 20th centuries said that a 21st century counterpart to the Morrill Act of 1862 could ease the staggering load of student debt and help colleges and universities cope with state funding cut-backs. The panel was held at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society.
Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, Ph.D.President, American Chemical Society, Professor of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-MadisonGary Schuster, Ph.D.,Georgia Institute of TechnologyAlan Marcus, Ph.D.Mississippi State UniversityMark Finlay, Ph.D.Armstrong Atlantic State UniversityAmy Bix, Ph.D.Iowa State UniversityRobert W. Seidel, Ph.D.University of MinnesotaStephen J. Weininger, Ph.D.Worcester Polytechnic InstituteAlan Rocke, Ph.D.Case Western Reserve University (tentative)
1:30 p.m. –– Online Press ConferenceEMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, 8 a.m. Eastern Time Advances in decades-old dream of mining seawater for uranium
Scientists today reported progress toward a 40-year-old dream of extracting uranium for nuclear power from seawater, which holds at least 4 billion tons of the precious material. They described some of the most promising technology and an economic analysis showing uranium from the oceans could help solidify nuclear energy potential as a sustainable electricity source for the 21st century. Their reports were part of a symposium at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society, being held here through Thursday.
Robin Rogers, Ph.D.The University of AlabamaPatrick Barber, Ph.D.The University of AlabamaChris GriggsThe University of AlabamaSteven KelleyThe University of Alabama
2:30 p.m. –– Online Press Conference EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE:Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, 9 a.m. Eastern Time
Looking one cell at a time in the brain to better understand pain, learning, memory
Working with units of material so small that it would take 50,000 to make up one drop, scientists are developing the profiles of the contents of individual brain cells in a search for the root causes of chronic pain, memory loss and other maladies that affect millions of people.
Jonathan Sweedler, Ph.D.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3:00 p.m. –– Online Press Conference EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE:Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time
Celebrating the golden anniversary of a remarkable science agency
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 21, 2012 — Today scientists are gathering for a special symposium honoring the 50th anniversary of an agency that has improved the health and well-being of millions of people over the last half-century. The event, marking the golden anniversary of the National Institute of General Medical Science, is part of the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society. Among the speakers is Nobel laureate Robert H. Grubbs, Ph.D.
Robert H. Grubbs, Ph.D.Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, PasadenaNicole S. Sampson, Ph.D.Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook UniversityBrian Shoichet, Ph.D.Professor and Director, California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California San FranciscoStephen L. Buchwald, Ph.D.Camille Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3:15 p.m. EMBARGO LIFTS:Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, 3:15 p.m. Eastern Time
New form of long-used food ingredient for “anti-hunger” yogurts, smoothies
Promising results were reported here today from a proof-of-concept clinical trial of an “anti-hunger” ingredient for yogurt, fruit shakes, smoothies and other foods that would make people feel full longer and ease the craving to eat. Scientists described the ingredient, a new version of a food additive that has been in use for more than 50 years, at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society.
Carsten Huettermann, Ph.D.Dow Wolff Cellulosics
3:30 p.m. –– Online Press ConferenceEMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, 9 a.m. Eastern Time
New solar panels made with more common metals could be cheaper and more sustainable
With enough sunlight falling on home roofs to supply at least half of America’s electricity, scientists today described advances toward the less-expensive solar energy technology needed to roof many of those homes with shingles that generate electricity.
James C. Stevens, Ph.D.The Dow Chemical CompanyHarry A. Atwater, Ph.D.The California Institute of Technology
5:00 p.m. –– Press Center closes
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