ACS BIOL: Division of Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

Heading to #ACSSpring2026 in #Atlanta? Check out the Grade-🅰️ lineup of sessions from #ACSBIOL!

Congratulations and welcome to the newest members of the #ACSBIOL Executive Committee!

@freudlab.bsky.social, @doc-jlmeier.bsky.social, @tmweaver.bsky.social, @ebraselmann.bsky.social

She's taking the end of her time on the #ACSBIOL Division Executive Committee pretty hard

Jen Heemstra Walking Around Poster Session Knocking Food Out Of People’s Hands SAN DIEGO, CA—Striding purposefully through the exhibit hall at the American Chemical Society national meeting, Washington University in St.

Oh. For a sec you had me.... 😂
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Honoring Black and African American Chemists: Pioneers, Innovators, and Trailblazers for Black History Month Celebrate the groundbreaking contributions of Black and African American chemists through a curated collection of research and resources from ACS Publications.

Celebrate the groundbreaking contributions of Black and African American chemists through a curated collection of research and resources from ACS Publications: buff.ly/NDZyPYQ

Good thing you didn't opt for a rosé

Another W for chemistry

#Gradstudents interested in #Pharma, check out the ACS Future Pharma Innovators Program! @acsbiol.bsky.social is partnering with 4 other Divisions to provide students with an Industry mentor and $1500 stiped for travel to #ACSFall2026. Apply here before Friday March 6! acsprof.org/awards/acs-f...

Good tidings we bring to you and your kin 🎄☃️

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Are you a #gradstudent or #postdoc presenting in a BIOL Division session at #ACSSpring2026? Apply for our travel award here by Monday, December 15! tiny.cc/BIOLTravelSp...

Learn more about the award and eligibility here: www.divbiolchem.org/awards/stude...

In Recognition of the 80th Anniversary of Nobel Prize for Discovery of Penicillin: Call for Papers for a Special Issue

2025 marks 80 years since the Nobel Prize for the verstile β-lactams! To celebrate this historic milestone, ACS ID invites contributions for a Special Issue. Read the Call for papers Editorial, also featuring insights from experts in the field! shorturl.at/ostfG @pubs.acs.org @acsbiol.bsky.social

So will FIFA announce the Chemistry Laureates next week or did I miss it?

Be sure to submit your application by next Monday, December 15!

The November issue of #ACSInfectiousDiseases is now online. Highlighting key research in diagnostic and therapeutic strategies to tackle a wide range of pathogens.
Read many interesting articles here: pubs.acs.org/toc/aidcbc/1...
@pubs.acs.org
@acsbiol.bsky.social

DNA REPAIR/GENOME STABILITY CONFERENCES

🧬 List of 2026 DNA repair and genome stability conferences, now updated. Please let me know if there is anything missing!
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Members of @acsbiol.bsky.social, the Fall 2025 Election is occurring now & will run until 11/28. To ensure you receive your ballot, be sure that your ACS membership is up to date & your email filters are set to receive from elections@vote-now.com.

Make a nomination! The ACS ID Early Career Award is a collaboration between #ACSInfectiousDiseases
@acsbiol.bsky.social recognizing three outstanding early career investigators in the field of infectious disease research (Deadline: Dec 1, 2025)
shorturl.at/SxubM

#ACSBIOL Division elections are happening now! Members, check your emails to access your unique ballot link. Voting ends Friday, November 28!

Read about the candidates: resources.vtnw.com//elections/d...

Current Division Leadership: www.divbiolchem.org/about/leader...

Are you a #gradstudent or #postdoc presenting in a BIOL Division session at #ACSSpring2026? Apply for our travel award here by Monday, December 15! tiny.cc/BIOLTravelSp...

Learn more about the award and eligibility here: www.divbiolchem.org/awards/stude...

A Nobel medal

BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal-organic frameworks”

Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize

#ChemSky for the next 24 hours

Finish the quote: "I know not for what science the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry will be awarded, but the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry will be awarded for..."

#NobelPrize

ACS National Elections are going on through October 10! Members should have received an email with login information. Log in to vote for @acs.org national leadership here: www.directvote.net/ACS/

#Abstracts for #ACSSpring2026 due Monday! Don't delay!

Abstracts for #ACSSpring2026 are due in two weeks (Monday, September 29)! Submit a talk or poster of your biological chemistry research to an #ACSBIOL session here: callforabstracts.acs.org/acsspring202...

📰 Current Topics
🌟 Rising Stars
🎓 Student Research
💸 Info on #travelawards to follow

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

GRASP NMR 2025 - Cal for abstracts, registration opens on September 1st, 2025 www.regcytes.extension.iastate.edu/grasp/regist... #NMRchat 🧲

Congratulations to the recipients of the #ACSBIOL Young Investigator Awards!
Angel Gonzalez-Valero, Meg Shieh, Evan J. Burke, and Frank Tucci! Feat. Division Chair Elect, Peter Beal

Outstanding scientific session with impressive bodies of work that would make researchers at any stage of career, proud. Future of science is bright if we can nurture and encourage this young cohort of scientists. Let us do everything possible to make that happen. Congratulations to all awardees.