Division Sessions

Session Schedule

Monday, March 24 I 10:00 AM – 11:45 AM PT

General Session

This session covers topics surrounding assessment techniques, instrumentation and modeling, and teaching assistant impact for the overall improvement of academic laboratories. 

Chemical Education Division

Monday, March 24 I 10:00 AM – 11:45 AM PT

Stories From the Bench & Field: Research from Chemical Technical Professionals

This session provides a platform for chemical technical professionals to share their successes and challenges in research & development, quality control, and other vital technical roles. Contributions may be purely technical in nature or include experiences highlighting experiences specific to chemical technical professionals.

Chemical Technical Professionals

Monday, March 24 I 10:00 AM – 12:15 PM PT

Science and Engineering of Polymeric Materials

The first portion of this two-part virtual session discusses current approaches to developing and engineering polymer-based materials. Topics include applications of 3D printed materials, physicochemical property optimization, and performance investigations.

Polymeric Materials Division: Science & Engineering

Monday, March 24 I 10:00 AM – 12:45 PM PT

Trusted Scientific Information for Public Policy

Reliable information is crucial for effective public policy discussion and decision-making. Policymakers need accurate, transparent, and trustworthy information to make good decisions and allocate resources that effectively address societal issues. This session will have speakers share their best practices in providing reliable information to the public.

Chemical Information Division

Monday, March 24 I 10:00 AM – 1:35 PM PT

Advancements in the Toolbox for Targeted Protein Degradation

This session will highlight emerging technologies that enable and accelerate progress within the field. The topics to be covered include: DEL screening to accelerate discovery of proximity-inducing small molecules; proximity labeling proteomics to help understand the mechanism of action and to facilitate the rational design of molecular glues; design of covalent-based degraders; development of new CRBN binders; enriching the pool of E3 ligases for targeted protein degradation; and degrader-antibody conjugates as a rising novel modality. 

Medicinal Chemistry Division

Monday, March 24 I 3:00 PM – 6:45 PM PT

Biomembrane Synthesis, Structure, Mechanics, & Dynamics

This session focuses on the current state of the art in biomembrane synthesis and self-assembly, structure, mechanics, and dynamics of cells and model membrane systems. Experimental and theoretical approaches, including single-molecule force and optical microscopy and spectroscopy methods, neutron and x-ray structural studies, nanoscale probes, molecular dynamics simulations, and AI and deep learning models for the analysis of large experimental data exemplify topics presented at this symposium over the last 16 years. 

Colloid & Surface Chemistry Division

Monday, March 24 I 3:00 PM – 5:55 PM PT

AIChE/ACS Frontiers of Chemistry, Materials Science & Chemical Engineering for Circular Economy

This session highlights the latest developments in environmental/green chemistry, materials science and chemical engineering that lay foundations for developing circular economy of the future. It will offer sustainable solutions for numerous environmental problems by focusing primarily on waste prevention as a primary strategy with a secondary strategy focused on waste recycling. 

Environmental Chemistry Division

Monday, March 24 I 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM PT

General Session

This virtual session is a general call for papers from the Division of Medicinal Chemistry for oral presentations. The research topics covered in this session encompass a broad range of influential topics within the field of medicinal chemistry including synthetic approaches, bioinformatics, high-throughput screening, and activity analysis for drug discovery. 

Medicinal Chemistry Division

Session Schedule

Tuesday, March 25 I 10:00 AM – 11:05 AM PT

Environment Justice

The intersection between chemical research and community care is presented in this session. This session aims to fill in important gaps in knowledge and addresses sustainable materials within the fields of materials science and chemistry.

Environmental Chemistry Division

Tuesday, March 25 I 10:00 AM – 12:15 PM PT

Science and Engineering of Polymeric Materials

The second portion of this two-part virtual session discusses current approaches for development and engineering of polymer-based materials, with a particular focus on biological incorporations and applications. Topics include applications of 3D printed materials, physicochemical property optimization, and performance investigations.

Polymeric Materials Division: Science & Engineering

Tuesday, March 25 I 10:00 AM – 12:05 PM PT

Food Security: Tackling World Hunger CCC: Highlighting Chemistry from Multiple Divisions

Zero Hunger is one of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG-2). The session will highlight how early career investigators from Food Security CCC divisions (AGFD, AGRO, ANYL, ENVR) address global hunger challenges. The goal is to illustrate how early career investigators are applying chemistry to explore and overcome challenges in alleviating world hunger. 

Agricultural & Food Chemistry Division, Agrochemicals Division, Analytical Division, Environmental Chemistry Division

Tuesday, March 25 I 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM PT

Developing Countermeasures for Viruses of Pandemic Potential

This symposium will highlight medicinal chemistry efforts focused on viruses of pandemic potential, featuring progress for these viruses which includes assay development and implementation using new structural biology tools, animal model development, hit-to-lead optimization, and leads with in vivo efficacy.

Medicinal Chemistry Division

Tuesday, March 25 I 3:00 PM – 6:35 PM PT

Drugging Protein-protein Interactions in Complex Interactomes: Target Identification, Assay Development, and Rational Design

This session explores new trends and technologies that can address challenges for developing drug screening platforms and identify functional binders for PPIs. These new trends and technologies include covalent approaches to map PPIs, fragment-based drug discovery, innovative high-throughput screening assays, and AI-empowered virtual screening. During this symposium we will also explore the path of drug discovery and the diverse chemical matter which progresses this challenging space. The proposed symposium will serve as a collaborative platform, fostering interactions among researchers at the different phases of the drug discovery pipeline.

Medicinal Chemistry Division

Tuesday, March 25 I 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM PT

General Catalysis Session

This session covers topics from hetero- to homogeneous catalysis, synthetic approaches, and computational modeling within the field. 

Catalysis Science and Technology Division

Tuesday, March 25 I 10:00 AM – 1:55 PM PT

Data Analytics and AI for Manufacturing and Healthcare

This session highlights applying artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other data science strategies to aid in progressing chemical research and manufacturing. Research presented during this session will focus on the usage of these computational tools in industry, more specifically in the medical and manufacturing industries. 

Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Division

Tuesday, March 25 I 11:05 AM – 12:55 PM PT

PFAS

This session focuses on current research regarding the degradation of the forever chemicals, PFAs. Research presentations will highlight various computational, synthetic, electrochemical and analytical strategies to monitor PFAs degradation.

Environmental Chemistry Division

Session Schedule

Wednesday, March 26 I 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM PT

Chemoinformatics in the Open Science Era: From Data Science to Artificial Intelligence

This session focuses on open science contributions with a potentially transformative impact on  developing of chemoinformatics and associated experimental disciplines, such as medicinal chemistry and chemical biology. These contributions encompass original research studies from both academia and industry that utilize data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence approaches to conduct in silico experiments and publicly disclose their data, code, software, and other open-access resources.

Chemical Information Division

Session Schedule

Thursday, March 27 I 10:00 AM – 1:50 PM PT

Advances in Renewable Materials for a Circular Economy

The session is devoted to the most recent emerging technologies that tackle climate change and other global challenges by reducing mankind’s environmental impact on our planet. It features various topics and issues, such as advances in protein chemistry, polysaccharide chemistry, glycosciences, structure-property relationships, and biomass processing. 

Cellulose and Renewable Materials Division

Thursday, March 27 I Time TBD

Advances and Perspectives of Cannabis Research in Medicinal Chemistry, Analysis and Bioanalysis - Session I

The first session will focus on the medicinal application of cannabis and cannabinoids and the optimization of sampling techniques. 

Chemical Health & Safety Division, Medicinal Chemistry Division

Thursday, March 27 I Time TBD

Advances and Perspectives of Cannabis Research in Medicinal Chemistry, Analysis and Bioanalysis - Session II

The second session will discuss current characterization and analytical methods as well as potential cannabinoid uses. 

Chemical Health & Safety Division, Medicinal Chemistry Division