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the journal Nature involved tailored multivalency in the design of a high avidity
ligand that blocks the action of the Shiga
like toxin responsible for the disease that
result from pathogenic E. coli O157:H7.
Bundle was the recipient of the Whistler
Award in Carbohydrate Chemistry,
awarded by the International Carbohydrate Organization and the CSC’s R.U.
Lemieux Award.
Bundle currently serves on the editorial
boards of Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Glycobiology
Journal. He is a member of the advisory
board of the Complex Carbohydrate
Research Centre. He is the author of some
200+ scientific papers, book chapters and
reviews, and patents.
The Boehringer Ingelheim
Award for Organic or
Bioorganic Chemistry /
Le Prix de chimie organique
ou bio-organique Boehringer
Ingelheim
Sponsored by / Parrainé par
Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd.
The Boehringer Ingelheim Award is awarded
to a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant
whose PhD thesis in the field of organic or
bio-organic chemistry was formally accepted
by a Canadian university in the 12-month
period preceding the nomination deadline of
March 1 and whose doctoral research is
judged to be of outstanding quality.
Le Prix Boehringer Ingelheim est décerné à
un citoyen canadien ou à un résident
permanent dont la thèse de doctorat dans le
domaine de la chimie organique ou bioorganique a été officiellement acceptée par
une université canadienne au cours des
douze mois précédant la date limite de mise
en candidature, à savoir le 1er mars, et dont
les travaux de recherche se démarquent par
leur qualité.
and Ian Manners, FCIC. He moved on to
the University of British Columbia for
graduate studies in the lab of Stephen
Withers, FCIC. His PhD work, supported
by NSERC and Killam Fellowships, focused
on the mechanisms and engineering of a
class of enzymes called glycosidases.
After obtaining his PhD in 2001, he conducted postdoctoral research in X-ray
crystallography with Gideon Davies ofYork
Structural Biology Laboratory, U.K. He subsequently received a Human Frontiers
Science Program Fellowship to study the
directed evolution of proteins with Andreas
Plückthun of the University of Zurich,
Switzerland. In the fall of 2004, he will be
joining the department of chemistry at
Queen’s University as an assistant professor.
His research interests include enzyme
mechanisms and the directed evolution of
proteins.
The Clara Benson Award /
Le Prix Clara Benson
Sponsored by / Parrainé par
Canadian Council of University Chemistry
Chairs (CCUCC) / Conseil des directeurs
de département de chimie des universités
canadiennes (CDDCUC)
The Clara Benson Award is awarded for a
distinguished contribution to chemistry by
a woman.
David Zechel, MCIC
Biochemisches Institut
Universität Zürich
Le Prix Clara Benson est décerné à une
femme qui s’est distinguée dans le domaine
de la chimie.
David Zechel was born in Winnipeg, MB,
and grew up in the woods of eastern MB.
He attended the University of Toronto as
an Arbor Scholar to study chemistry and
obtained his BSc in 1995. During this time,
he was greatly influenced by research
stints in the labs of Ronald Kluger, FCIC,
Eugenia Kumacheva, MCIC
University of Toronto
Eugenia Kumacheva is one of the most
eminent polymer chemists in Canada. Her
research on polymer thin films, polymer
nanostructured materials, and self-assembly
has achieved broad international acclaim.
Kumacheva’s reports on confinementinduced phase transitions in thin liquid
films was published in Science. Her work
on the new mechanism of lubrication by
polymer brushes was published in Nature. Kumacheva’s studies of supramolecular
assemblyof rigid-rod polymers shed light
on the mechanisms of fibrogenesis of
proteins. Her studies of forces acting
between thin layers of polymer gels led to
the fundamental understanding of the
mechanisms of polymer association and
biolubrication.
Her group has pioneered studies of
convection in polymeric fluids, and has
trapped and replicated highly non-equilibrium periodic patterns in the solid films.
Kumacheva opened up a new field in
polymer materials science. Her group has
discovered novel strategies for synthesis
and fabrication of polymer nanocomposites with periodic structures and thus
produced unique polymer materials:
photonic crystals for 3D optical data
storage, optical limiters and switches,
strain and biosensors, and films for security documents.
Recently, her interests shifted to polymer
materials with structural hierarchy
embracing nano-, meso and micrometer
length scales. She also developed a highly
novel strategy to polymerization in constrained geometry of microfluidics. In the
University of Toronto, her highly innovative work resulted in 12 patent applications
(three patents issued). Kumacheva has
published about 84 papers and gave about
60 invited lectures. In recognition of her
accomplishments, she was awarded the
Canada Research Chair in Advanced Polymer Materials, the Schlumberger Award
(Oxford University), the Premier’s Research
Excellence Award, and the International
Chorafas Foundation Award. Her achievements in the field of nanostructured
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materials have been reported in The Globe
and Mail, Silicon Valley North, Mcleans’
Magazine (2001), High Tech Materials
Alert, Inventive Women (2001), Chemical
Innovation (2002), Photonics Research
(2002, 2004), and Science Today (2004).
The E.W.R. Steacie Award /
Le Prix E.W.R. Steacie
Sponsored by / Parrainé par
Sciex Inc., Division of MDS Health Group /
unee division du Groupe des services de
santé MDS
The E.W.R. Steacie Award in chemistry is
given to a scientist for a distinguished
contribution in chemistry.
Le Prix de chimie E.W.R. Steacie est décerné
à un chercheur qui s’est distingué dans le
domaine de la chimie.
of University Faculty Associations Award
for teaching excellence, the Theophilus
Redwood, the Chemical Analysis and
Instrumentation Award, and the Robert
Boyle Gold Medal (2002) of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He holds a DSc from the
University of Wales and was made a Fellow
of the Royal Society of Canada in 1998. He
has served on the Editorial Advisory Boards
of Analytical Chemistry, Analytica Chimica
Acta, Talanta, Chemical Sensor Technology,
Analytical Communications, and Biosensors
and Bioelectronics. Currently, he is editor of
analytical chemistry in The Canadian
Journal of Chemistry, and scientific editor of
The Analyst.
The Fred Beamish Award /
Le Prix Fred Beamish
Sponsored by / Parrainé par
Eli Lilly Canada Inc.
The Fred Beamish Award is to recognize
individuals who demonstrate innovation in
research in the field of analytical chemistry,
and whose research is anticipated to have
significant potential for practical applications.
Le Prix Fred Beamish vise à reconnaître les
chercheurs qui font preuve d’innovation
dans le domaine de la chimie analytique et
dont les travaux de recherche laissent
entrevoir des possibilités d’applications
concrètes considérables.
worked with F. C. Anson and A. H. Zewail
(1999 Nobel Laureate in chemistry) as a
postdoctoral Fellow in the area of electroanalytical chemistry and ultrafast laser
spectroscopy. Upon his arrival in Canada in
1999, Yu joined the NRC’s Steacie Institute
of Molecular Sciences as an NSERC Fellow
under the direction of D. D. M. Wayner,
FCIC. In 2001, he accepted the position as
assistant professor in analytical chemistry at
Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, BC.
Yu’s current research is focused on DNA
surface chemistry, CD-R biosensing technology, and molecular modification of
semiconductors, which are seminal for the
development of the next generation of electronic and diagnostic devices.
The John C. Polanyi Award /
Le Prix John C. Polanyi
Sponsored by / Parrainé par
Xerox Research Centre of Canada /
Centre canadien de recherche Xerox
The John C. Polanyi Award is for excellence
in research in physical and theoretical
chemistry or chemical physics.
Le Prix John C. Polanyi récompense l’excellence dans la recherche en chimie physique
et théorique ou en physique chimique.
Michael Thompson
University of Toronto
Michael Thompson obtained his BSc degree
in chemistry from the University of Wales
and his PhD in analytical chemistry from
McMaster University. He then spent a
period as SRC postdoctoral Fellow at the
University College of Swansea before being
appointed to a lectureship in instrumental
analysis at Loughborough University. He
became an assistant professor of analytical
chemistry at the University of Toronto and
was promoted to a full professorship in
1983. He has also held visiting professorships at the University of Utah, the Scripps
Institute for Research, and Queen’s College
of Cambridge University. He is currently a
Leverhulme visiting professor at the
University of Durham, U.K.
Thompson has received several awards
for his work including the CSC Fisher
Scientific Lecture Award, the Ontario Council
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Roderick E. Wasylishen, FCIC
University of Alberta
Hua-Zhong (Hogan) Yu, MCIC
Simon Fraser University
Born in 1971, Hua-Zhong (Hogan) Yu
received his BSc (1991) and MSc (1994)
from Shandong University, Ji’nan. He
received his PhD (1997) from Peking University, Beijing, China. He then went to the
California Institute of Technology and
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Roderick E. Wasylishen was born in Elk
Point, AB. He obtained his BSc (Hon.) in
chemistry from the University of Waterloo,
and his PhD from the University of MB
under the supervision of one Canada’s
NMR pioneers, Ted Schaefer, MCIC. From
1972 to 1974, Wasylishen was a NRC of
Canada postdoctoral Fellow in the laboratory of chemical physics at the National
Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. From