|   Hitting 
                    the Slopes with the SOF The annual Society 
                    of Fellows ski trip "sells out within two days of the [e-mail] 
                    announcement," according to Research Associate Gabriela Perez-Alvarado.
 Snapshot:Thomas Barnett
 Meet Thomas Barnett, who was recently 
                    appointed director of TSRI's International Office.
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A group of chemists led by TSRI investigator Carlos Barbas 
                    find a cheap, easy, scalable, safe, and environmentally friendly 
                    way to stereospecifically synthesize natural products, such 
                    as amino acids and drug precursors, using proline as a catalyst. 
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