Mr. Ardian (Soca) Wibowo, a 2005 graduate of the Biochemistry Program, will return to IUP on Friday, October 23, 2009, to present his research on “Structural Analysis of the Human Folate Receptor and its Implications in Drug Discovery.”

Ms. Jennifer Casanova, a student in the IUP Chemistry Department, completed a Research Experience for Undergraduates for ten weeks in Summer 2009, working on a biochemistry-related question: “Identifying Binding Partners For Soluble Guanylate Cyclase (Sgc) Using Transient Transfection Into Mcf-7 Cells and Immunoprecipitation.”

Ms. Laura Fox, a junior Chemistry major, participated in an International Research Experiences for Undergraduates (IREU) during Summer 2009. She conducted chemistry research in the analytical chemistry department of the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland.

Dr. John Woolcock of the Department of Chemistry delivered a presentation at the 238th American Chemical Society meeting in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 19, 2009: “Using Crystallographic Databases in the ACA Summer Course in Small Molecule Crystallography”

Department of Chemistry alumnus Dr. Scott Michaels (B.S., 1992) was recently granted tenure and promotion to associate professor in the Department of Biology at Indiana University at Bloomington, Ind.

The Department of Chemistry is pleased to welcome Dr. Justin Fair, our newest faculty member.

Dr. John Ford and Dr. Nathan McElroy, of the Department of Chemistry, were both recipients of IUP’s Academic Excellence and Innovation Award.