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The 42nd Western Regional Meeting (WRM) ( September 23 - 27, 2008)
Las Vegas, NV

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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

8:30 AM-12:00 PM
Chemical Forensics - AM Session
 

8:30 AM-12:10 PM
Materials for Renewable Energy Applications - AM Session
 

8:30 AM-12:00 PM
Medicinal Chemistry in Cancer Drug Development - AM Session
 

9:30 AM-12:00 PM
Advances in Environmental Analysis - AM Session
 

9:30 AM-12:15 PM
Emerging Contaminants: Perchlorates, Pharmaceutics, and Personal Care Products - AM Session
 

9:30 AM-12:10 PM
Nanotechnology Research, Applications and Exposure Issues.
 

9:30 AM-12:00 PM
New Developments in Biofuels Research
 

9:30 AM-12:05 PM
Radiochemistry in the Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycle - AM Session
 

1:25 PM-4:55 PM
Radiochemistry in the Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycle - PM Session
 

1:30 PM-4:50 PM
Advances in Environmental Analysis - PM Session
 

1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Chemical Forensics - PM Session
 

1:30 PM-4:30 PM
Medicinal Chemistry in Cancer Drug Development - PM Session
 

1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Polymer Architecture
 
Recent Investigations of Rock Varnish and Related Natural Surfaces
 

1:45 PM-4:05 PM
Emerging Contaminants: Perchlorates, Pharmaceutics, and Personal Care Products - PM Session
 

1:45 PM-4:45 PM
Materials for Renewable Energy Applications - PM Session
 

5:00 PM-7:00 PM
Poster Session I (Open for all Areas of Chemistry and Biochemistry.)
 
 
Thursday, September 25, 2008

8:30 AM-11:30 AM
Lab-on-a-Chip Technology: Microfluidics/nanofluidics, for Chemical and Biochemical Applications
 

8:30 AM-11:45 AM
Nuclear Forensics, Chemical Techniques - AM Session
 

8:30 AM-12:00 PM
Proteomics in Cancer Research
 

8:55 AM-12:00 PM
Challenges to Science in the 21st Century: Women as Leaders
 

9:00 AM-12:00 PM
Chemistry, Materials Science, and Geoscience at High Pressures
 

1:15 PM-5:00 PM
Nuclear Forensics, Chemical Techniques - PM Session
 

1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Polymer Architecture II
 
Sampling and Determination of Nanoparticles in the Environment - I
 

5:00 PM-7:00 PM
Poster Session II (Open for all Areas of Chemistry and Biochemistry.)
 
 
Friday, September 26, 2008

8:00 AM-12:10 PM
Sand and Sea Natural Products Symposium I - Marine Natural Products
 

8:30 AM-12:00 PM
Biodefense and Emerging Pathogen - AM Session
 
Division of Small Chemical Business (SCHB): Case Histories, Success Stories, and How to Get Started
 

8:30 AM-11:50 AM
General Organic Chemistry: Synthesis and Mechanisms - AM Session
 

8:30 AM-12:00 PM
Mercury, Lead, Arsenic, Chromium and Other Contaminants in the Environment and in Consumer Products
 
Rapid Analytical Methods to Determine Contaminants in Food
 

8:55 AM-12:00 PM
Sampling and Determination of Nanoparticles in the Environment - II
 

9:00 AM-5:20 PM
2YC3 - the Challenges and Benefits of Undergraduate Research in Two-Year Colleges - I
 

1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Biodefense and Emerging Pathogen - PM Session
 
Counting Atoms and Decays: Measurements and Applications in Environmental Radiochemistry
 
General Chemistry Papers
 

1:30 PM-3:45 PM
General Organic Chemistry: Synthesis and Mechanisms - PM Session
 

1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Sand and Sea Natural Products Symposium II - Natural Products from Arid Land Organisms
 
 
Saturday, September 27, 2008

8:00 AM-5:00 PM
2YC3 - the Challenges and Benefits of Undergraduate Research in Two-Year Colleges - II
 

10:00 AM-12:00 PM
2YC3 - Poster Session - Undergraduate Research in Two-Year Colleges.
 
Education Poster Session - Secondary Teacher Research and Best Practices
 
Education Poster Session - Undergraduate Chemistry Research
 

1:30 PM-2:30 PM
Teaching AP Chemistry
 
Using Technology in the Chemistry Classroom
 

2:30 PM-3:30 PM
Best Practices and Best Activities in Tertiary Chemistry I
 
Using Technology in the Chemistry Classroom II
 

3:30 PM-4:30 PM
Best Practices and Best Activities in Secondary Chemistry
 
Best Practices and Best Activities in Tertiary Chemistry II
 

4:30 PM-5:30 PM
Chemistry in Context - Nanoscience
 


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