| 2008 | |
| December | Congratulations to Andrea whose NSERC was upgraded to an Alexander Graham Bell CGSD award! |
| September | The Wetmore group participated in the 2nd Annual Chinook Poster Symposium held at the University of Lethbridge where 8 posters from the group were presented. A special congratulations go to Jenn for winning first place in the Chemistry Graduate Student Division and Jenny for winning second place in the Chemistry Undergraduate Student Division. |
Congratulations to Lesley and Andrea for being awarded Queen Elizabeth PhD Entrance Scholarships. |
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The group welcomes Terri Peterson, who is completing an Independent Studies in the lab this semester. |
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| May | Congratulations to Lesley winning a prize for her poster in the Graduate Student Physical Chemistry Division at the CSC conference! |
Congratulations to Cassandra for winning Honourable Mention in the Undergraduate Student Physical Chemistry Division at the CSC conference! |
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| The Wetmore group attends the CSC conference with one oral presentation, four gradute student poster presentations and two undergraduate student poster competitions. | |
| The group welcomes our undergraduate student researchers: Cassandra, Jenny, Lex, Stephanie and Linda | |
| March | Congratulations to Lesley on receiving an NSERC CGS-D, Lesley for receiving an NSERC PGS-D and Jenn for receiving an NSERC PGS-M. Well done!! |
| Congratulations to Lesley for being awarded a prestigious Ralph Steinhauer Award of Distinction. | |
| The group welcomes Faranak Atashi as an undergraduate researcher. | |
| February | Congratulations to Stephanie, Jenny and Cassandra for being awarded NSERC USRA!!!! |
| Congratulations to Andrea for receiving Alberta Graduate Student Scholarship!! | |
| Andrea's first publication from her MSc work in collaboration with R. Mandervilles group (University of Guelph) was accepted for publication in Journal of Physical Chemistry | |
| January | The group welcomes Lex Navarro-Whyte, who will be completing an Independent Studies project. |
| Lesley and Holly's study of the stacking interacitons of alkylated bases with the aromatic amino acids was accepted for publication in Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. | |
| 2007 | |
| October | Congratulations go to Andrea for winnng the first place price for the Graduate Chemistry competition and Jenn for winning the second place price for the Undergruate Chemistry competition at the Chinook Poster Competition. The group also congratlates Jenny who won the second place price for the Undergraduate Biochemistry competition for work performed with Dr Kothe. |
| The Wetmore group was out in full force at the first annual Chinook Poster Competition held on October 5th, where 7 poster presentations were made by our group. | |
| September | Congratulations to Jennifer and Lesley who both were awarded Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarships!! |
| The group welcomes Dora, Cassandra and Jenny as Independent Studies Researchers. The group also welcomes back Holly as an Independent Studies Researcher. | |
| August | Stacey attends the Canadian Theoretical Chemistry Symposium (CTCS) 2007 in St. John's NFLD. |
| June | Congratulation to Lesley for publishing her first paper at the University of Lethbridge. |
| May | Stacey, Andrea, Jenn, Ken, and Lesley attend the CSC 2007 conference in Winnipeg. Stacey and Lesley give oral presentations, while Andrea, Jenn and Ken present posters. |
| May | Congratulations to Jenn and Ken for winning awards at the CSC 2007 conference! Jenn won the first prize in the undergraduate poster competition for the Physical/Theoretical Division, while Ken won first prize in the corresponding Graduate Student division. |
| May | The group welcomes Adi Chhikara as a new MSc graduate student. Adi joins the group from Thompson Rivers University (Kamloops). |
| May | The group welcomes Holly Durst, Stephanie Jones and Linda Lait to the group as undergraduate summer researchers. Stephanie is completing an Independent Studies project, while Linda is completing a co-op work term. |
| April | Congratulations to Andrea and Lesley for receiving AIF scholarships!! These are very prestigious scholarships that come complete with travel grants. |
| March | Congratulations to Andrea for receiving an NSERC PGS-M scholarship!! |
| March | Congratulations to Stacey on the renewal of her NSERC Discovery Grant!! |
| February | With lots of thanks to the Information Technology department, the group's high-performance computing cluster, called URACIL (for an Up-Scale and Robust Abacus for Chemistry In Lethbridge), is up and running for chemistry research. |
| January | Lesley Rutledge joins the group as a MSc Graduate Student. Lesley holds a prestigious NSERC CGS award and has previous experience in Computational Chemistry. |
| January | The group welcomes Jenn and Brent as undergraduate researchers. Jenn is completing an Honours research project, which will continue into the summer, and Brent is completing an Independent Studies project. |
| 2006 | |
| June 30 | Andrea, Ken and Stacey pack up to travel across the country to Lethbridge. Ken will start his PhD and Andrea her MSc in the Wetmore group in September. |
| May 27 | Andrea, Ken and Stacey attend the CSC2006 meeting in Halifax. We were very happy to see many alumni from the Wetmore lab who have gone on to Computational Chemistry including Sarah, Shenna and Katie, as well as MTA alumni who are good friends of the lab (Nicole). |
| May 15 | Andrea, Lesley, Meghan, and Morgan walk across the stage in Convocation Hall. We wish them the best of luck in the years ahead!! |
| May | Stacey visits Dalhousie University and gives a talk about research in the Wetmore group at MTA. |
| April | Andrea, Meghan and Morgan start summer research with a new twist this year - there is no need for an Introduction to Computational Chemsitry workshop this year!! |
| March | Congratulations to Lesley on being awarded a NSERC-CGS to start her PhD work at the University of Western Ontario in September!!! |
| January | Stacey announces that the group is moving to the University of Lethbridge in July!!! We are excited to join the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry!! |
| 2005 | |
| November 11 | Ken and Tammy welcome Charis to their family!! |
| September 23-24 | Lachlan and Sarah present their research at Dalhousie University Undergraduate Chemistry Society Student Research Symposium-2005. |
| March | Congratulations to Lesley on being awarded a NSERC-CGS to start her PhD work at the University of Western Ontario in September!!! |
| January | Stacey announces that the group is moving to the University of Lethbridge. |
| November 11 | Ken and Tammy welcome Charis to their family!! |
| September 23-24 | Lachlan and Sarah present their research at Dalhousie University Undergraduate Chemistry Society Student Research Symposium-2005. |
| September 8 | Andrea, Lachlan, Lesley, Sarah, Meghan, and Morgan present their research at the 3rd annual SURF. Congratulations to everyone for great oral and poster presentations!! A special congratulations to Lesley for winning second prize in the oral talk competition. |
| August | Andrea and Lesley present their research at the National Undergraduate Chemistry Conference held at the University of Ottaway |
| August 24-26 | Mallory and Stacey attend YEC graduation. Congratulations Mallory! |
| August 12-14 | Wetmore group organizes and hosts the first Atlantic Theoretical Chemistry Symposium since 1993! Congratulations to all group members for presenting outstanding talks!! |
| June 27 | Mallory graduates from Moncton High School, and won three scholarships/awards at graduation. Congrats Mallory!!! |
| June 27 and 28 | Mallory and Stacey attend YEC Orientation in Halifax. |
| June 20 | Mallory Mayes joins the group as the MTA YEC Summer Intern. |
| May | Sarah has won the female athelete of the year for Nova Scotia, as well as other group awards, for rope skipping. Congrats Sarah!! |
| May 12 - 14 | Meghan and Lesley attend the APICS ChemCon2005 in Newfoundland. They did the group proud by winning the first and second place CIC Chemical Trust Fund E. Gordon Young Award for Best Physical/Theoretical Undergraduate Poster Presentation. |
| May 11 | Two new computers are brought on-line in the Wetmore lab. Welcome to Rob and Erwin!! |
| May 9 | Laura and Craig graduate. We wish them the best of luck in the future. |
| May 2 | First day of summer research for 2005. Welcome to Sarah, Lachlan and Andrea!! |
| April 24 | Meghan flies to the US to learn about fleximers and the Insight program from our friends at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. |
| April 12 | Shenna's paper on modified purines with the potential to act as universal nucleobases is accepted in to Chemical Physics Letters. |
| March 21 | Lesley, Meghan and Tom receive NSERC summer undergraduate research awards for 2005. Congrats!! |
| March 21 | Craig Wheaton receives an NSERC graduate award to attend the University of Western Ontario. Congrats!! |
| January 24 | The group welcome's Kristian Strickland as the new cluster system administrator. |
| 2004 | |
| October | Craig Wheaton attended the National Undergraduate Chemistry Conference in Ottawa. |
| August 20 | Last day of summer research for the group. |
| August 18 | Last group supper of the summer at Steve and Stacey's. |
| August 13 | Congrats to Tammy and Ken on the new wheels!! |
| July 13 | Sarah's work on Uracil Derivatives is accepted for publication in the Journal of Physical Chemistry. |
| July 10-14 | Dr. Wetmore attend the CSTC (Canadian Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry) in St. Adele, Quebec. |
| May 28-June 2 | Dr. Wetmore, Shenna and Sarah attend the annual CSC conference in London, Ontario. Congratulations to Sarah for winning a prize for the Best Physical/Theoretical presentation in the Undergraduate poster competition!! |
| May 25 | The group receives funding from the Research Corporation. |
| May 17 | Sarah Whittleton won the 2nd Place for the Bio/Medicinal Division in the Oral Presentation Competition and Shenna LaPointe won the 2nd Place for the Physical/Theoretical Division in the Poster Presentation Competition at the APICS/CIC Student Chemistry Conference (ChemCon2004) hosted by Saint Mary's University. Congratulations!! |
| May 8 | The Computational Chemistry Centre (a.k.a. "the Wetmore lab") is officially opened. |
| May 3 | The group welcomes new summer research assistants: Laura, Lesley, Meghan, Morgan and Tom. |
| April 26 | Kali's paper on C4' sugar radicals appears in Chemical Physics Letters. |
| April 21 | Congratulations to Kali, Katie, Sarah and Shenna for completing Bachelor's degrees!! |
| April 17 | Congratulations to Ken and Tammy on the new addition to their family. |
| March 4 | Congrats to Craig for receiving an NSERC summer undergraduate research award for the summer of 2004!!!! |
| January 6 | The group welcomes Ken Hunter to Mount Allison as a Research Assistant. Ken obtained his Masters from the University of Regina under the supervision of Allan East. |
| 2003 | |
| December | Congratulations to Alma Bardon for receiving a WES award!! |
| November 8 | Mariana & Sarah's paper on effects of hydrogen bonding on the acidity of uracil appears on the web (JPC A). |
| September 12 | Final 2003 group BBQ (steak & salmon) at Stacey and Steven's. |
| September 10 | Group members present posters at Mount Allison's first Science Undergraduate Research Fair. Several group members were also on the organizing committee. Congratulations to Alma for winning the runner-up prize for the best poster. |
| September 3 | Shenna's paper on azole carboxamides appears on the web (JPC A). |
| August 21 | Group supper at Jungle Jim's (Amherst) to celebrate the end of summer research for 2003. |
| August 10-15 | Dr. Wetmore presents group work at the 39th IUPAC Congress and 86th Conference of The Canadian Society for Chemistry. |
| July 9-11 | The One, the Only: Carlos (IBM & Gaussian) visits the group. |
| June 25 | Group Excursion: Landscaping at Stacey's! |
| June 23 | The excitement is unbearable: Testing G98 in parallel on cluster. |
| June 20 | Power Outage vs Cluster: Campus power outage, cluster overheats (AGAIN!) |
| June 16 | What a good looking crew: Group picture day. |
| June 15 | Mmmmmm, kebobs and chocolate dessert thingy: Group supper at Stacey's! |
| June 10 | Swirly, with tasty colours!: Emergency popsicle run. |
| June 9 | Q-Chem is running in parallel on the cluster! |
| June 6 | G03 arrives! |
| June 1 | Dr. Wetmore presents group research as keynote speaker at the AUCTC hosted by Mount Allison's Computing Services Department. |
| May 27-30 | Miracles, soon?: Peter (IBM) installs cluster software. |
| May 16-18 | Sarah and Shenna attend the 2003 APICS/CIC Student Chemistry Conference. Congrats to Sarah for best physical chemistry poster! |
| May 15 | The Messiah Cometh: Group unpacks cluster hardware. |
| May 12 | Mariana and Erin walk across the stage in Convocation Hall. |
| May 5-6 | The Great Awakening: Mariana puts on a Computational Chemistry Workshop for the Compchem newbies. |
| May 28 | Just another Celeb in the lab: N.B. Premier Bernard Lord visits. |
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