Official account of the Philadelphia Organic Chemists' Club. Bringing together chemists in academia and industry since 1945.

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Friendly reminder that this month’s POCC meeting is TOMORROW, October 29th, featuring Dr. Matthew Joannou from BMS! We hope to see you there!
Join us on October 29th for our first industry seminar of the semester starring Dr. Matthew Joannou from BMS, where he will be sharing some insights on nickel-catalyzed borylation processes! The talk starts at 7:30pm with a reception beginning at 6:30pm. We hope to see you there!
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Join us on October 29th for our first industry seminar of the semester starring Dr. Matthew Joannou from BMS, where he will be sharing some insights on nickel-catalyzed borylation processes! The talk starts at 7:30pm with a reception beginning at 6:30pm. We hope to see you there!
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We hope everyone had a great time last Thursday at our kickoff seminar of the 2026-2027 series, our Early Career Investigator Award Lecture featuring Patricia Musacchio! Tune in next month (October 29th) to hear more incredible chemistry shared by Dr. Matthew Joannou from BMS!
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Friendly reminder that the first meeting of the 2026-2027 POCC season is tomorrow, September 17th! Join us for the Early Career Investigator lecture featuring Professor Patricia Musacchio from the University at Buffalo SUNY. We hope to see you there!
Kick off the new POCC season by attending our first seminar of the 2026-2027 series! Professor Patricia Musacchio from UBuffalo SUNY will be giving the Early Career Investigator Award lecture on September 17th, 2026, at 7:30pm. We hope to see you there!
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Kick off the new POCC season by attending our first seminar of the 2026-2027 series! Professor Patricia Musacchio from UBuffalo SUNY will be giving the Early Career Investigator Award lecture on September 17th, 2026, at 7:30pm. We hope to see you there!
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Be sure to check out the new-and-improved POCC website for details about upcoming events, like next month's seminar, at pocclub.org!
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We are excited to announce that POCC is BACK with another year of outstanding seminars from chemists in industry and academia! We have an exciting lineup for the 2026-2027 session chaired by Prof Chris Beaudry. Stay tuned for updates, and we will see you in September!
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The EWOC Mid-Atlantic and NYConn chapters are hosting a series of regional coffee hours! The Philadelphia session will be held at the Penn Chemistry building at 8:30am on Friday, June 12. If interested, please register using the QR code or link below!
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THANK YOU to all who participated in the POCC 80th Anniversary Symposium last week! >100 people attended to hear from our incredible seminar speakers and network with the community. We hope everyone had a great year,, and we will see you again in the Fall!
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Friendly reminder that TOMORROW (May 21st) is our final meeting of the 2025-2026 season as well as the POCC 80th Anniversary Symposium! Details and speaker lineup are on the flyer below. We are excited to see you there tomorrow!
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Be sure to help us celebrate next Thursday (May 21!!) at the 80th Anniversary of POCC and special symposium event. We are excited to see everyone there at our last meeting of the season!
Join us on May 21st for our final meeting of the 2025-2026 season at the POCC 80th Anniversary Symposium! This special event will run from 3-9pm, with award and keynote lectures from both industry and academia (see the flyer below for more details!) We hope to see you there!
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Join us on May 21st for our final meeting of the 2025-2026 season at the POCC 80th Anniversary Symposium! This special event will run from 3-9pm, with award and keynote lectures from both industry and academia (see the flyer below for more details!) We hope to see you there!
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 POCC Poster Symposium! Top poster presenters were Tyler Moyer (Ursinus), Olivia Beddow (St. Joseph's), and Ryan Kashatus (Temple). Be sure to attend POCC next month (May 21) to hear from POCC Travel Award winner, Catherine Mudd (UDel)!
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Thanks to all who came out last Thursday for the Industrial Award Lecture from Dr. Jonathan Reeves from Boehringer Ingelheim, and for attending the POCC poster session! Stay tuned for an announcement highlighting the poster session winners!
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Friendly reminder that tomorrow evening (April 16) is the joint POCC poster session and seminar from Dr. Jonathan Reeves from Boehringer Ingelheim. We hope to see you there!
Join us next Thursday (April 16) for our Industrial Award Lecture featuring Dr. Jonathan Reeves from Boehringer Ingelheim! This lecture will take place after our POCC Poster Symposium, so please note the slight time change for the seminar. We hope to see you there!
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Join us next Thursday (April 16) for our Industrial Award Lecture featuring Dr. Jonathan Reeves from Boehringer Ingelheim! This lecture will take place after our POCC Poster Symposium, so please note the slight time change for the seminar. We hope to see you there!
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There is ONE WEEK left to sign up for the POCC Poster Session that will be held on April 16th concurrently with our Industrial Award Lectureship! Make sure to get your abstracts in by next Monday, April 6th!!
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Thanks to all who came for our seminar from Professor Sharon Neufeldt! Mark your calendars for next month's meeting (April 16) featuring Industrial Award Lecturer Dr. Jonathan Reeves from BI and our POCC Poster Symposium! Friendly reminder to get those abstracts in!!
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Be sure not to miss our March POCC meeting where we will hear from Professor Sharon Neufeldt from Montana State University! See you there tomorrow!
Join us on March 19th for our first academic seminar of the Spring semester starring Professor Sharon Neufeldt from Montana State University, where she will be discussing all things cross-coupling! The talk starts at 7:30pm, with a reception, at 6:30pm. We hope to see you there!
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Mark your calendars to help us celebrate 80 years of POCC by attending our 80th Anniversary Symposium on May 21st! We will be featuring multiple speakers from both industry and academia at this special session. We hope to see you there to finish off an amazing 2025-2026 season!
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