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sAN DTEGOCtrEUISTS EONOREDBY AITERICAII CEEITICAIJSOCIETY
LA JOLLA, cALrF. Aug.
society
24, L9g2 --
(Acs) announced today at its
washington,
D.c.
prestigious
awards.
that
The American chemicar
national
meeting in
two san Diegans are recipients
of
chi-Huey wong, ph.D., the Ernest w. Hahn professor of
.
chemistry at The scripps Research rnstitute
(TsRr), has been
chosen a 1993 Arthur
K . c.
chernistry
p h .D .,
N i co ra o u ,
the Dar r ene shiley
and Department of chemistry
as a professor
Diego,
C. Cope Scholar.
of chemistry
is the 1993 recipient
in synthetic
organic
pr ofessor
chairman at TsRrr ds werr
at the.University
of California,
of the ACS Award for
chemistry,
of
which is
Creative
San
Work
sponsored by Aldrich
Chemical Cornpany, Inc
According
to ACS awards administrator
rrDr. wong was selected
creative
organic
a cope scholar
for
John M. Marin,
his
pioneering
work on the development of enzymes as catalysts
synthesis
the best tradition
and on enzyme inhibition.
His selection
ph.D.,
and
for
is
in
of the award, which is designed to recognize
and encourage excellence
in organic
chemistry.
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Wong will
from
in
of
Institute
TSRI,
the
A.
and Richard
up to
For
his
Chemistry,
Iecture
the
Japan.
Award in
faculty
Boger,
Lerner,
Award
Nicolaou
work
at
past
Sharpless,
Ph.D.,
in
both
at
Texas A&M
addition
In
to
his
Research
Program
a past
recipient
he is
Sciences
in
on
and the
Chemistry.
of
recipients
Ph.D.,
in
the
Cope
19861 Nicolaou,
Each year,
Lggz.
Ph.D.
the
ACS
age groups.
different
Work in
205th
at
1988; and Donald Hilvert,
from
receive
the
in
fellow
chemistry
Frontier
And,
who are
Creative
will
from Massachusetts
1989.
Award
M.D.,
for
of
Biomedical
10 Cope Scholars
on his
chemistry
TSRI in
head of
award are K. Barry
L987; Dale L.
selects
in
Young Investigator
TSRI chemistry
in
2O5th ACS national
the
Wong was a postdoctoral
Rj-ken in
Scholar
Presidential
Scholar
Ph.D.
joining
Wong is
at
Searle
at
He was a pofessor
to
Glycotechnology
of
his
Technology,
prior
at
a lecture
grant
research
$25r000
1993,
University.
University
duties
August,
AIVARDS
an unrestricted
deliver
receiving
After
Harvard
receive
ACS and wiII
the
ureeting
CHEITIICAL SOCIETY
NIERICAII
Synthetic
$grOOO and will
ACS National
Organic
deliver
Meeting
a
in
March,
1993.
to
According
rrprincipally
anticancer,
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Malin,
his
antibiotic
Nicolaou
creative
was selected
and original
molecules
called
for
synthesis
enediynes.rl
the
of
ACS award
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a recent
In
Nicolaou
cancer
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selecting
emerging
biological
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of
at
Columbia
of
the
cells
Fellowship,
leaving
cerrs
whire
and important
rr Malin
targets
of
rn
of
Ph.D.
from
Pennsylvania
addition
a Japan Society
intact.
and vision
chemicar
in
and
College,
associate
and served
L976 until
a past
sloan
for
University
from
to
von Hunboldt
for
research
Universities,
an A.P.
ability
in
said.
He has held
and an Alexander
healthy
has shown extraordinary
and Harvard
Science,
selectivity
London.
recipient
journal
the
show remarkable
his
1989.
AWARDS
in
received
university
and ucsD in
was the
enediynes
exploration,
,. Nicolaou
published
article
that
noted
destroying
CIIEUTCAIJ SOCIETY
the
Promotion
Foundati-on
on the
U.S.
a J.s.
of
faculty
joining
cope scholar
Ferlowship,
positions
award,
he
Guggenheim
Science
Senior
TsRr
Award,
Scientist
Award.
In
organic
of
the
1983,
the
chemistry
ACS Award for
was given
TSRI Department
of
to
Creative
K. Barry
Chenistry.
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