Celebrating Chemistry: CofC Receives Prestigious Grant The College of Charleston Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry received the competitive Jean Dreyfus Lectureship for Undergraduate Institutions.

Love this feature on College of Charleston's Jean Dreyfus Lectureship!

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Happy #ChemistsCelebrateEarthWeek!

Many of the Dreyfus Foundation-funded Chemistry Shorts films highlight the important work chemists are doing to protect our earth. Check them out! #CCEW #EarthDay2026

https://chemistryshorts.org/

Under The Skin: Designing Synthetic Skin Download this PDF for ideas on how to integrate this exciting new research into the classroom: https://chemistryshorts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Chemist...

"Under the Skin," the Dreyfus-funded Chemistry Shorts film, features Zhenan Bao and her Stanford University lab's work to create a highly functional replication of human skin.

Watch here: https://youtu.be/lpFwQ2CCMys

#TBT to the installation of this collection of historical items from the Dreyfus brothers at the University of Basel (where they earned their doctorates)!

THIS FRIDAY! West Chester University will host Stefan Bernhard of Carnegie Mellon University as part of their Jean Dreyfus Lectureship

Kristi Anseth receives the Biomaterials Global Impact Award Distinguished Professor Kristi Anseth has received the Biomaterials Global Impact Award, which recognizes distinguished research and development accomplishments

Congrats to Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Kristi Anseth (University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder)) on receiving the Biomaterials Global Impact Award!

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WWU’s Tim Kowalczyk receives ACS-PRF grant to study a more efficient way to separate carbon dioxide from exhaust

Congratulations to Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Tim Kowalczyk (Western Washington University) on receiving an American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund grant "to study a more efficient way to separate carbon dioxide from exhaust"

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Chemistry Shorts® Makes Lasting Impact The Chemistry Shorts® program makes lasting impacts not just on viewers, but also on featured scientists. From career awards, film festival features, student...

The Dreyfus Foundation-funded Chemistry Shorts series does not only benefit the viewers, it also is instrumental to the careers of the featured scientists. Hear from some of the featured scientists here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqOH2k_b59M

Disorder Drives One of Nature’s Most Complex Machines | Quanta Magazine Every second, hundreds to thousands of molecules move through thousands of nuclear pores in each of your cells. A new high-definition view reveals the machine in action.

"Every second, hundreds to thousands of molecules move through thousands of nuclear pores in each of your cells." A study from Dreyfus Professor Brian Chait (The Rockefeller University ) and Teacher-Scholar André Hoelz (Caltech) "reveals the machine in action."

https://ow.ly/gBjv50YCZyl

High-Fat Diet Accelerates Breast Cancer Tumor Growth and Invasion | Newswise A multidisciplinary team wanted to find the best diet to slow tumor growth after a breast cancer diagnosis. Instead, they found one that accelerated it: a high-fat diet. The researchers engineered a tumor model using a human plasmalike medium to re-create a more realistic microenvironment around tumors, and this allowed them to replicate the biochemical effects of nutrients from food. They discovered a high-fat diet accelerates tumor growth and invasion and causes an increase in the enzyme MMP1,

A new study from Princeton University researchers including Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Celeste Nelson found that "a high-fat diet accelerates growth and invasion of breast cancer tumors."

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Robert Langer, MIT, 2019 Dreyfus Prize recipient Robert Langer, Institute Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is the recipient of the 2019 Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences, conferred i...

For #WorldHealthDay, learn about the groundbreaking work of Dr. Robert Langer, winner of the 2019 Dreyfus Prize, conferred in Chemistry in Support of Human Health.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te8dgn0LG4M

Unlocking hidden pocket on a billion‑dollar drug target — Harvard Gazette Scientists identify path toward making cancer drugs safer and more selective.

A team of researchers at Harvard University led by Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Christina Woo (The Woo Lab) have discovered that "cereblon, in addition to its known functions, can also fine‑tune which proteins live and which are sent to the cellular trash."

https://ow.ly/NwL950YCYCW

How Thuc-Quyen Nguyen’s dreams of capturing the sun led her to organic electronics Organic solar cell windows will enable the buildings of the future to be energy-neutral, she says

Learn about Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Thuc-Quyen Nguyen's (UC Santa Barbara) journey from a "child who dreamt of capturing the sun" to a"world-leading expert" on the development of organic electronics via Chemistry World: https://ow.ly/4Q4w50YCYCa

An Arizona State research team led by Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Gary Moore has designed "polymer coatings that mimic biology, advancing next-generation energy and sensing technology."

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Chemists thought phosphorus had shown all its cards. It surprised them with a new move UCLA organic chemists have made phosphine behave like precious metal catalysts.

A new discovery from UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry researchers including Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Abigail Doyle "may one day put catalytic converter thieves out of business."

What is it? Find out here: https://ow.ly/rhZC50YzWp6

#TBT Last week at #ACSSpring2026 we had so many opportunities to connect with the chemistry community - thanks to everyone who came to our events or visited our funders booth!

Prussian blue has long been used by painters, but by "applying analogs of the paint that made Hokusai’s wave," Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Chong Liu and University of Chicago colleagues "achieved 99.9% lithium purification."

Could dewdrops explain why plants are flowering earlier? Water droplets set off a chemical cascade that tells a plant it’s time to blossom, new study finds

Could dewdrops explain why plants are flowering earlier?

Find out in this Science Magazine article featuring former Dreyfus Board member and grantee Richard Zare's (Stanford University) new work: www.science.org/content/article/could-de...

Meet Ariel Furst (@afurst1.bsky.social) of @furstlab.bsky.social at Massachusetts Institute of Technology the star of Dreyfus Foundation-funded film "Mighty Microbes" and a Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar!

Learn more about her work: https://ow.ly/BSxS50YzRyF

Watch the film here: https://ow.ly/Nu1Q50YzRyG

Abruña honored for chemistry in the public interest | Cornell Chronicle The Gustavus John Esseln Award for Chemistry in the Public Interest from the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society honors outstanding achievement in scientific and technical work that contributes to public well-being.

Congrats to Dreyfus Prize winner Héctor Abruña (Cornell University) on receiving the 2026 Gustavus John Esselen Award for Chemistry in the Public Interest from the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society!
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UVA Recognizes Faculty for Outstanding Research and Scholarship by Audrey HangerThe University of Virginia honored faculty members for their research that shapes scholarship and impacts communities at the seventh annual Research Achievement Awards, held February 5 at the Rotunda.

Congratulations to Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Huiyuan Zhu on receiving a Research Excellence Award from University of Virginia!

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ICYMI: The Dreyfus Foundation's 2025 Year in Review is now online!

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Congrats to Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Thao Tran Dominy for being recognized at the Faculty Excellence Celebration Dinner last month at Clemson University!

#TBT to last year's Jean Dreyfus Lectureship at Towson University, featuring a multi-day visit by Karthish Manthiram (Caltech)!

Are you at #ACSSpring2026?

Don't forget to check out our Funders Booth (735) in the Exposition Hall, featuring the Dreyfus Foundation, Beckman Foundation, The Kavli Foundation, Jane Coffin Childs Fund for Medical Research, and Research Corporation for Science Advancement

American Chemical Society

Calling all #ACSSpring2025 attendees! 📣

We'll be joining Beckman Foundation, The Kavli Foundation, Jane Coffin Childs Fund for Medical Research, and Research Corporation for Science Advancement in the Exposition Hall (booth 735) today. Learn more about funding opportunities by stopping by.

Congratulations to Dreyfus/ACS Awardee for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences, Jean Tom (Princeton University)! Looking forward to celebrating your achievements at the American Chemical Society National Awards Banquet tonight! #ACSSpring2026

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The Dreyfus Foundation and American Chemical Society Announce Two New Awardees - Dreyfus Foundation Dedicated to the advancement of the chemical sciences.

Congrats to Dreyfus/ACS Awardee for Encouraging Underrepresented Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences, Angel A. Martí (Rice University)! Looking forward to celebrating your achievements at the American Chemical Society Awards Banquet tonight! #ACSSpring2026

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Are you at #ACSSpring2026?

Hear about funding opportunities from the Dreyfus Foundation, Beckman Foundation, The Kavli Foundation, Jane Coffin Childs Fund for Medical Research, and Research Corporation for Science Advancement. We'll be at Booth 735 in the Exposition Hall! American Chemical Society

🚨 #ACSSPRING2026 SESSION TODAY AT 2:30PM! 🚨

Héctor Abruña (Cornell University), Esther Takeuchi (Stony Brook University) & Gleb Yushin (Georgia Tech), will discuss "The Future of Batteries" in Room B402. American Chemical Society