{"id":688,"date":"2019-04-14T19:05:29","date_gmt":"2019-04-14T19:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/ship\/?p=688"},"modified":"2019-04-14T19:05:29","modified_gmt":"2019-04-14T19:05:29","slug":"mason-baber-attends-the-2019-american-chemical-society-national-conference-in-orlando-march-31-april-4-blog-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/ship\/2019\/04\/14\/mason-baber-attends-the-2019-american-chemical-society-national-conference-in-orlando-march-31-april-4-blog-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Mason Baber Attends the 2019 American Chemical Society National Conference in Orlando (March 31- April 4) Blog 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first day of a conference is always the most overwhelming\u2014people bustling from room to room, a giant schedule of events from which you have to rank the most important\/interesting seminars and sessions, and a plethora of free stuff that you have to figure out how to carry.<\/p>\n

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Luckily, I was accompanied by some of my fellow chemistry majors and had the opportunity to be guided by Rollins professors, veterans of conferences of this scale. During the afternoon, I attended several medicinal chemistry oral presentations where I tried to absorb as much information as possible and connect it either to concepts I\u2019ve learned in class at Rollins or to experiences and knowledge I gained last summer during my participation in a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU). Later in the evening, I attended the Expo and Career Fair where I was able to interact with several representatives from industry as well as learn about the cutting-edge technology and equipment they provide to research labs. I also made a point to stop by the medicinal chemistry division mixer to meet and socialize with researchers in the field that I am most interested in. Finally, my group explored the general poster sessions for divisions such as inorganic, analytical, and biological chemistry.<\/p>\n

It was amazing to realize how much I was able to understand during the poster presentations because of my preparation in my major courses. Day 1 was an overall success and I\u2019m looking forward to presenting my own poster on Wednesday (04\/03).<\/p>\n

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