Monthly Archives: September 2022

Event: The Warfarin Story

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Wednesday, October 12, 2022
4:00* – 5:30 p.m.
Biochemical Sciences Building, Room 1211
*Groundbreaking will be held outdoors at the UW-Madison Biochemistry Courtyard at 4 p.m. The indoor presentation will begin at 4:15 p.m.
Registration encouraged

In February 1933, a chance encounter between a farmer from northwest Wisconsin and a biochemistry professor in Madison led to a medical breakthrough that has treated millions of patients. That’s the story of warfarin, a prescription blood thinner that is still prescribed today and, for many decades, was also the world’s most widely used rat poison.

To celebrate the American Chemical Society’s designation of warfarin as a National Chemical Historic Landmark, the UW-Madison Biochemistry Department, Wednesday Nite @ the Lab and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation present a landmark groundbreaking ceremony followed by a public presentation from local author Doug Moe.

Long a source of local legend, hear the real story that Doug Moe uncovered while researching his forthcoming biography of Karl Paul Link, the professor who met the farmer on that fateful 1933 day. (Spoiler alert: it’s all true.)

This event will also be livestreamed via Wednesday Nite @ the Lab.

Local Section Members Win National and Institutional Awards

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Stacey Balbach, past-chair of the ACS WI Local Section, has won the 2023 James Bryant Conant Award in High School Chemistry Teaching, sponsored by the Journal of Chemical Education and ChemEd X! This is the highest award in the USA for a high school chemistry teacher and serves “to recognize, encourage, and stimulate outstanding teachers of high school chemistry.” Stacey currently teaches in the Cuba City School District of Wisconsin. Congratulations Stacey from all of your ACS WI Local Section Colleagues!

Cheri Barta, ACS WI Local Section Secretary, has received the 2022 University of Nebraska at Kearney Dr. Donald E. Fox Distinguished Chemistry Alumna Award! This award recognizes outstanding alumni who are making significant contributions to their communities and businesses.

Shannon Stahl, ACS WI Local Section member, has won the 2023 ACS Award in Organometallic Chemistry, sponsored by Dow! This award is for individuals who have shown outstanding research in the preparation, reactions, properties, or structure of organometallic substances.

Sam Pazicni, ACS WI Local Section Officer, received a Distinguished Faculty Postdoc Mentoring Award from the University of Wisconsin-Madison! This award recognizes faculty on the UW-Madison campus that contribute their time, knowledge, energy, and enthusiasm to mentoring and advancing postdocs in their labs.