360 Biochemical News, Notes and Comment [Dec. 



IV. COLUMBIA BIOCHEMICAL DEPARTMENT^ 



Dr. E. D. Clark has been awarded a research scholarship at the 

 New York Botanical Garden to assist him in investigations o£ cer- 

 tain phases of plant chemistry. 



Professor Gies represents the Botanical Garden on the com- 

 mittee in charge of arrangements for the local reception and enter- 

 tainment of the members in attendance at the Fifth International 

 Congress on Hygiene and Demography to be held September, 1912. 



Professor Gies, Drs. Eddy and Rosenbloom, Miss Seaman and 

 Mr. Rose attended the recent meetings of the National Scientific 

 Societies in Baltimore and Washington. Members of the staff 

 made the following contributions to the programs of several of the 

 societies. 



William J. Gies. Modified collodion membranes for studies of diflfusion.* 

 William H. Welker. Electrical apparatus for use with Benedict's method for 



the determination of urea.^ 

 Charles H. Sanford and Jacob Rosenbloom. On the glycyltryptophan and trypto- 



phan tests for cancer of the stomach.' 

 E. D. Clark and F. J. Seaver. Studies on soils subjected to dry heat.* 

 E. D. Clark and R. A. Gortner. The chromogen and associated oxidases in the 



mushroom Strobilomyces strobilaceus^ 

 Emily C. Seaman. A course in sanitary chemistry: (a) Household; (&) Munici- 



pal and industrial.* 

 A. R. Rose. The influence of phytin on seedlings.* 

 A. R. Rose and J. T. Cusick. The influence of phosphorus Compounds on the 



yield and composition of goat milk.' 

 A. R. Rose. The toxicity of phytin.' 

 Max Kahn. On the absorption and distribution of aluminium from aluminized 



fDOd."" 



Prof. Gies was a member of the committee which proposed 

 amendments to the Constitution of the American Society of Bio- 

 logical Chemists. He was appointed a member of a committee of 



* Although it will be a policy of the Bulletin to keep past workers in the 

 Columbia biochemical laboratories intimately acquainted with local affairs, it is 

 also planned to give similar attention, if possible, to all other biochemical 

 laboratories. This plan, like many others connected with the Bulletin, will be 

 developed in the near future, after more immediate problems have been solved. 

 See page 351. 



^ Joint Session of the American Society of Biological Chemists with the Bio- 

 logical Section of the American Chemical Society. 



' Biological Section of the American Chemical Society. 



* American Home Economics Association. 



