The group’s pumpkin carving skills were put to the test on Halloween. Candy was eaten, cider was imbibed, and fun times were had by all. Miraculously, Hermione was still white at the end of the night.

In addition to our research, the Engle lab has been hard at work promoting biomedical research, and chemistry in particular, in the community. This week, we hosted the Cal State Long Beach ACS Student Affiliates Chapter in our lab for demonstrations and activities as part of their TSRI visit. We also pitched in at the National Foundation for Autism Research Halloween Carnival, where we ran two of the booths with games for kids and families.

The Engle lab was featured in this week’s issue of New & Views, TSRI’s online newsletter. To read the article, click here.

For the accompanying video profile, see below:

Eager to gain experience in a synthetic organic chemistry lab, Mark Boulous joins the Engle lab as the first undergraduate student in the group. After being exposed to organic chemistry in his three years at UCSD, Mark set out to explore the field of organometallic catalysis. Finally completing his safety training, Mark was determined to start screening reactions.

The Engle group traveled north to Lake Arrowhead for the 2015 TSRI Graduate Student symposium. Days were filled with talks, posters, and sunshine, and nights were filled with responsible behavior.

Several TSRI faculty members, including Keary, have been acknowledged as Highly Cited Researchers for 2015.

To see the TSRI press release, click here.
To see the complete list from Thomson Reuters, click here.

After four straight days of all-hands-on-deck work, the group finished sorting through the roughly 7,000 chemicals that were donated to us by the Rebek group. Time to put some of these compounds to use!

The group took a break from our chemical inventory project to make the short drive down I-5 to watch the Padres play the Giants at Petco Park. The Padres lost 2-4, but as luck would have it, Zhen unwittingly wore Giants colors.

The Engle group has been hard at work sorting through a generous donation of upwards of 7,000 chemicals from the Rebek laboratory. It was fun until we found the the thiols…

This week, Keary traveled to Busan, South Korea, where he was presented with the 2014 IUPAC-Solvay International Award for Young Chemists at the opening ceremony of the 45th World Chemistry Congress, IUPAC-2015. Congratulations, Keary!

Photo credit: IUPAC.

For the original announcement, click here.