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Trainees chosen as the September 2017 FQRNT star student researchers

CREATE trainees Xijie Dai and Haining Wang (Li group) have been awarded the September star researcher award by the Quebec Fonds de recherche - Nature et technologies. Xijie and Haining's award-winning publication can be viewed here: (Nature Chemistry, Volume: 9, pp. 374鈥�378). Congratulations, Xijie and Haining!

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2nd CREATE in Green Chemistry Summer School

Held May 16-17, our second summer school for trainees was a resounding success. Focusing on careers in Green Chemistry, our four guest speakers shared their varied career pathways and personal stories with our students (Ms. Cynthia C么t茅, Laboratoire de sciences judiciaries et de m茅decine l茅gale du Qu茅bec; Dr. Patricia Macleod, Gilead Sciences; Dr. Peter Tsantrizos, Terragon Environmental Technologies; and Dr. Patricia Folkins, Bereskin & Parr LLP).听The summer school continued with a crash course on scientific graphical production and free image software by co-PI Dr. Audrey Moores, and a marathon afternoon co-sponsored by TISED with one of the founders of Green Chemistry, Dr. John Warner (Warner Babcock Institute). Everything finished off with 11 trainees competing in a Three Minutes to Present Your Research-style competition. Congratulations to our winners: Sarayu Rao (Ghoshal group), Xijie Dai (Li group),听 and Amir Nosrat (Maguire group). A huge thank you to all of our speakers and our over 80 participants, as well as to the organizing committee (CJ Li and Karine Auclair), the 3MT organizer (Audrey Moores) and our 3MT judges (Dean Josephine Nalbantoglu, Cynthia Lee and David Syncox).

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CCUCC Chemistry Doctoral Award

CREATE trainee Dr. Cristina Mottillo is the recipient of the prestigious 2017 from the Canadian Institute of Chemistry (CIC). The Award, sponsored by the Canadian Council of University Chemistry Chairs (CCUCC), recognizes a recent Ph.D. graduate for their outstanding achievement and potential in research. Cristina performed her Ph.D. research in the group of Tomislav Fri拧膷i膰, developing solvent-free and environmentally-friendly routes for synthesizing metal-organic frameworks, recently developed type of microporous materials with applications in gas storage, catalysis and food preservation. She is now one of the co-founders and Chief Technology Officer of the spin-off CleanTech manufacturing company , which aims to make MOF manufacturing cleaner and safer. The award will be presented during the 100th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, where Cristina will also provide an invited lecture. Congratulations, Cristina!

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And the Honours Keep Rolling In

Spinoff 础苍辞尘别谤补听 is the winner of the GreenCentre Canada Innovation House Chemistry Countering Climate Change (IHC4) Competition. Anomera (from the anomeric carbon in glucose) specializes in converting raw biomass and naturally sourced renewable materials from the Canadian forestry industry into proprietary, biodegradable, high-performance cellulose products that are competitive alternatives to mineral, ceramic and environmentally damaging artificial ingredients in cosmetics. Anomera emerged听from patient laboratory research by some very imaginative graduate students and postdoctoral fellows: CREATE trainee Monika Rak,听Tim Morse and Nathan Hordy. With Professor Mark Andrews, the 4 founders are committed to discovery, sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship. Their research has benefited from Federal and Quebec funding, plus five years of validation sponsored by their strategic partner, a globally recognized market leader in cosmetics. Anomera is excited that the Xerox Research Centre of Canada has committed to be its second听strategic partner to scale up for volume manufacturing. Anomera gratefully acknowledges 苹果淫院, the Centre d鈥檈ntreprises et d鈥檌nnovation de Montr茅al (CEIM), Notman House and the RIC Centre for support. CREATE gratefully acknowledges funding from NSERC.

The start-up ACSYNAM, Inc., a spin-off venture from three CREATE trainees and two CREATE co-PIs, was selected as one of ten semi-finalists to compete for the 鈧�100,000 prize in the 2016 Skolar Award competition. The team鈥檚 start-up focuses on redesigning the synthesis of porous materials called metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) by using supercritical carbon dioxide as a green, non-toxic, and recyclable solvent. Dr. Cristina Mottillo, post-doctoral researcher and CSO of ACSYNAM, Inc., presented a three-minute science pitch to a panel of judges and an audience with non-scientific backgrounds. The Skolar Award is part of the Science Track at the Slush 2016 startup event, which takes place annually in Helsinki. Slush is an international event bringing together startups, entrepreneurs, investors, and scientists to network and compete for monetary prizes. The competition aims to encourage the pursuit of groundbreaking scientific proposals, and is designed to bridge the gap between academia and business.

Caption: The co-founders of ACSYNAM, Inc. from left to right: Christopher Nickels, Dr. Cristina Mottillo, Dr. CJ Li, Dr. Tomislav Fri拧膷i膰, and Simon Girard.

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Spooky Chemistry a big success

Flash powder, vomiting pumpkins and burning gummy worms abounded as our trainees helped make 苹果淫院's Open House a huge success on October 30th. Over 230 visitors learned about about the Chemistry department, including the NSERC CREATE in Green Chemistry program, while our trainees practiced communicating science to the general public. A great day was had by all!

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Chemistry Outreach Awards for 4 of our trainees

Congratulations to trainees Igor Huskic (Friscic group), Justin Chang (Auclair group), Victoria Jackiewicz (Arndtsen group) and Pierre-Olivier Ferko (Moores group), along with Siting Ni and Samantha Gateman, for winning the first 苹果淫院 Chemistry Outreach Awards. From helping to found the Outreach group to getting students of all ages excited about Chemistry, these trainees have worked hard to communicate science to the general public in a fun, safe and engaging way. We thank all of them for their dedication and creativity!

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Trainee wins the 2016 Udho Parsini Diwan Award

The Udho Parsini Diwan Award rewards the graduate student in the 苹果淫院 Chemistry program who has written the best research article published the previous year. This year's winner is trainee Anna Alberston (Lumb group) for her work addressing the challenge of synthesizing lignan natural products. Read more in her article and on the Chemistry Department's website. Congratulations, Anna!

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1st CREATE in Green Chemistry Summer School

Held May 9-11, our first summer school for trainees was a resounding success. Co-sponsored by CREATE and TISED, Dr. Bhavik Bakshi (Ohio State University) presented a full-day workshop on life cycle analysis (LCA). Then Drs Adelina Voutchkova and Jakub Kostal (GWU) followed with a full-day toxicology workshop and Dr. Chris Wanderwal (Univerity of California, Irvine) presented on his research. The summer school culminated with a day of talks by 4 of our co-PIs (Drs. Li, Friscic, Moores and Jessop) and a Three Minutes to Present Your Research-style competition for students. Congratulations to our winners: Roya Jamarani (Nicell group), Cristina Mottillo (Friscic group),听 Paolo Schiavini (Auclair group) and Alain Li (honourable mention: Li-Moores group)! A huge thank you to all of our speakers and our over 80 participants, as well as to the organizing committee (CJ Li and Karine Auclair), the 3MT organizer (Audrey Moores) and our 3MT judges (Dean Josephine Nalbantoglu, Carole Graveline and Jacquie Rourke). We are already planning next year's summer school!

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Now available on video: Amy Cannon's talk from the 4th Annual Case Competition

Once again, the room was packed for the public keynote lecture on January 22nd as Amy Cannon (Executive Director, Beyond Benign) kicked off the 4th annual CREATE Sustainable Innovation through Green Chemistry Workshop and Case Competition. Thirty CREATE trainees from Chemistry, Engineering, and Management then participated in interdisciplinary seminars led by Roger Zampini and Rubens Verni (Quadra Chemicals), Philip Jessop (Queen's University), and 苹果淫院 experts, and finished off the two-day event with an interdisciplinary team-based case competition.听Co-organized by Prof. Steve Maguire (Director, Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management), Dr. Audrey Moores (Assistant Professor, Chemistry) and Prof. Subhasis Ghoshal [Director, Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering and Design (TISED)], this case competition provided opportunities to build a network of potential collaborators in business, engineering, and chemistry. We thank everyone for their support in making this event a success.

View Amy Cannon's talk .

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Trainee chosen as the January 2016 star student researcher

CREATE trainee Hanno Erythropel (Nicell group) has been awarded the January star researcher award by the . Hanno's award-winning publication can be viewed here: (Chemosphere, vol. 134, pp. 106-112). Congratulations, Hanno!

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Undergrad trainee helps launch The 苹果淫院 Green Chemistry Journal

Volume 1 of The 苹果淫院 Green Chemistry Journal has officially launched! Consisting of articles written by 苹果淫院 students in Drs. Audrey Moores' and Robin Rogers' undergraduate Green Chemistry course, the journal reports on and critiques issues related to the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry. The journal broadens the definition of green chemistry by accepting the perspectives offered by the authors, and the articles highlight different ways for sustainable chemistry to directly and indirectly improve people鈥檚 lives.听This initiative gives 苹果淫院 students a platform to publish work on the scientific advances in green chemistry and to develop writing skills and interest in the topic. CREATE trainee Ross Koby is one of the Associate Editors of the journal. Check it out! 苹果淫院 Green Chemistry Journal

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Undergraduates present their summer research

Yanning Liu, one of 5 recipients of the 2015 CREATE Summer Undergraduate Award, was invited to present her research at the 苹果淫院 Chemistry mini-symposium showcasing summer research efforts. The symposium also included talks by CREATE trainee Davin Tan (Ph.D. in Friscic Group), Dr. Tomer Noyhouzer, and Professor Gonzalo Cosa. Congratulations, Yanning!

Photo credit: J. Farrell

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Trainees make it to the 2015 Dobson Cup听final听

The Q-MOF team was extremely lucky to be able to participate in the 2015 苹果淫院听Dobson Cup Start-Up competition. Composed of CREATE Professors Chao-Jun Li and Tomislav Friscic and three graduate students (Chris Nickels and CREATE trainees Simon Girard and Cristina Mottillo), the Q-MOF team is starting a 苹果淫院 spinoff company for the green manufacture of advanced porous materials. Thanks to our mentor's precious advice, the impeccable support from the Dobson Center for Entrepreneurship, help from trainee Arash Amirkhany (Management), as well as the Dobson workshops on presentation skills and how to write a business plan, we successfully made it through to the final. During the process we were introduced to the business world and had the opportunity to present and defend our business plan to the experts. It also gave us the momentum to start the production of our material and make contact with potential distributors. While we did not win the competition, we gained fantastic advice and priceless contacts to support us in the process of developing our company.

- CREATE trainee Simon Girard

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24h de science/Science Rendezvous

Join us as we celebrate and on May 9th. The Chemistry Outreach group will be doing demonstrations in the Otto Maass labs from 10:00-14:00, and the Office of Science and Society will have special presentations by Dr. Joe Schwarcz (13:00) and Dr. Ariel Fenster (14:00). All are welcome and all activities are free of charge. 801 Sherbrooke St. West, corner University.

24h de science is celebrating its 10th year; if you would like to help support them, please see their .

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Outreach on the move

The 苹果淫院 Chemistry Outreach group visited two schools recently: (CEGEP level) and . Our trainees explored the principles of Green Chemistry with Marianopolis students through discussions about renewable energy, a demonstration of how to make solar cells using blackberry juice, and a hands-on solvent-less chemistry experiment. At Edinburgh, grade 3 students in the enriched science lunch-hour class and two grade 5 classes learned about states of matter, physical and chemical changes, and the effect of temperature on gases through demonstrations and hands-on experiments with instant snow (gr. 3) and PVA slime (gr. 5). A huge thank you to the schools for hosting us!

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Photos 1-2 courtesy of Prof. Mich猫le Saumier. Photos 3-7 courtesy of Christine Downey. Used with permission.

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Green Chemistry Trivia Night

The 苹果淫院 Green Chemistry Student Association held its first formal events on Friday: a bagel hour and a Green Chemistry Trivia Night. The association was formed by CREATE trainees following a CREATE seminar on How to Start Your Own Student-Led Green Chemistry Initiative by Laura Reyes (U. of T.) last August. The Trivia Night was a resounding success, with over 60 participants attending. The Faculty/Staff team included CREATE members CJ Li, Tomislav Friscic, and Audrey Moores, CREATE coordinator Jacky Farrell, and CREATE outreach member Alex Wabha. They took on teams of students in a fun-filled evening discussing everything from astroturf to miners' strikes in South Africa and their impact on Platinum prices. The event helped recruite new members for the Outreach group and others interested in joining the Association. We look forward to the next event from this talented group of trainees.

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A focus on innovation and creative thinking听

The room was packed for the public keynote lectures on January 16th as Eric Beckman (Co-Director, Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation at the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering) and Robin Rogers (Canada Excellence Research Chair in Green Chemistry and Green Chemicals, 苹果淫院) started off the 3rd annual CREATE Sustainable Innovation through Green Chemistry Workshop and Case Competition. Thirty CREATE trainees from Chemistry, Engineering, and Management then participated in interdisciplinary seminars led by David Constable (Director of the American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute), Philip Jessop (Queen's University), and 苹果淫院 experts, and finished off the two-day event with an interdisciplinary team-based case competition.听Co-organized by Prof. Steve Maguire (Director, Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management), Dr. Audrey Moores (Assistant Professor, Chemistry) and Prof. Subhasis Ghoshal [Director, Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering and Design (TISED)], this case competition provided opportunities to build a network of potential collaborators in business, engineering, and chemistry. This year we were pleased to include TISED as a partner in this event and we thank them for their support.

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CREATE trainees go back to school with the Chemistry Outreach Program

Trainees from the CREATE in Green Chemistry and CREATE in Neuroengineering have joined forces with 苹果淫院 staff to form the 苹果淫院 Chemistry Outreach Program. This initiative is funded through CREATE, the Department of Chemistry, and the Tomlinson Project in University-Level Science Education (T-PULSE). We visited our first school today, 听in NDG, where we did presentations on states of matter for the entire elementary school. Dry ice, instant snow, hydrophobic sand, and Elephant's toothpaste were enjoyed by all! Thanks, Kells, for hosting us and thanks to all of the students there for their great questions. You're helping our trainees learn how to communicate science to the public!

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