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Monthly Dinner Meeting &
Year End Celebration
Wednesday, December 8,
2010
our guest speaker will be
Randy Weintraub, PhD
“Ode to the
Evolving Lamppost: Bio-Analytical Chemistry Advances, Enabler
in Life Sciences Problem-Solving”
Time: 6:00 pm
Lecture: Taylor Auditorium
in Frick Laboratory (the new chemistry building). Princeton
University
Dinner: Taylor Commons
(the atrium of the new chemistry building), Princeton University
Note: Frick Laboratory is
located at the east end of the pedestrian bridge on Washington
Road, adjacent to the Weaver Track and Field Stadium. Parking
is available in Lot 21, Faculty Road and Fitzrandolph.
The special holiday dinner will be held in Taylor
Commons, the atrium of the new chemistry building, immediately
following the meeting.
Abstract
The lamppost at night can
be a metaphor for technologies shedding light in search of
keys to unlock the knowledge needed to advance science. A
recent tide of advances in analytical chemistry
technologies, notably in mass spectrometry and radioisotope
tracer detectors, have provided tools to practitioners in
the life sciences that more than ever, enable them to tackle
a multitude of challenges. Cures for human disease, a food
supply that is safe, nutritious and bountiful, and quality
of life are some common targets. This talk will explore
examples of such challenges from crop metabolism of a
pesticide, human metabolism of drugs, and biomarkers of
health and disease. This presentation celebrates the synergy
of technology, bioanalytical scientists and science in
problem solving in support of the life sciences.
Biography
Randy earned BS, Masters
and PhD degrees at the University of Florida majoring in
food science, human nutrition and environmental chemistry.
His masters research was on citrus flavanoid bioavailability
and doctoral research was on the environmental fate of the
soil fumigant, ethylene dibromide. He has worked as a
scientist in developmental chemistry in the agrichemicals
and pharmaceuticals fields. His major areas of expertise are
the environmental fate of pesticides, metabolism of
pesticides and pharmaceuticals, and trace level quantitative
bioanalytical methods. Randy is currently a Principal
Scientist with Symbiotic Research, a life sciences contract
research organization in Mount Olive NJ.
He has authored or
co-authored peer-reviewed publications in a range of
journals including Journal of Agricultural and Food
Chemistry, Environmental Science and Technology, Clinical
Pharmacokinetics, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics,
and Cancer Research. He was appointed to a national
subcommittee of the Clinical Laboratory and Standards
Institute which is charged with the development of a
guideline for clinical measurement of androgens and
estrogens by mass spectrometry.
An active ACS member for
over 25 years, Randy regularly attends national meetings,
and served two terms on the Executive Committee of the
Agrochemical Division of the national ACS. At the local
level, Randy has been a judge for the Chemagination student
competition for several years and is the incoming Chair of
the Princeton local section of ACS.
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