Department of Chemistry News

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	Zimmerman Research Highlighted in ChemistryWorld Professor Steve Zimmerman leads research to explore the use of base pair binding energy to increase macroscopic adhesion
Professor Scott Denmark Receives 2012 Keck Foundation Science and Engineering Program Grant Professor Scott Denmark receives this $1M award to support his research program in the discovery and development of asymmetric catalysis
	Martin Gruebele and Sharon Hammes-Schiffer Elected to the National Academy of Sciences Professors Martin Gruebele and Hammes-Schiffer are two of three Illinois faculty members elected among the 2013 fellows
Zimmerman Group Develops New Molecule for Potential Treatment of Myotonic Dystrophy The Zimmerman group has developed a small-molecule compound that could be used to treat myotonic dystrophy type 1

Departmental News	Faculty News
Illinois Receives NSF Grant for Merit Scholarship Program	Prashant Jain Chosen to Receive 2013 Unilever Award from ACS
Read the Chemistry Newsletter here!	Martin Burke Selected to Deliver the Kavli Foundation Emerging Leaders in Chemistry Lecture at the 246th National ACS Mtg.
Connect with the Department of Chemistry on Facebook and LinkedIn	Silverman Lab Develops DNA Catalysts for Protein Dephosphorylation
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Student News	Alumni News and Updates
Jie An Yang Wins 2013 Dissertation Award in Materials Chemsitry	Submit an alumni update!
Matthew Hermes Wins Graduate Student Award in Computational Physical Chemistry	Stephen Miller ('74) Recognized for Key Discoveries at Chevron
Six Chemistry at Illinois Graduate Students Receive 2013 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships	Mark Grinstaff ('92) Named a National Academy of Inventors Charter Fellow
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