‘Implausible’ Chemistry Produces Herbicidal Compound
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- ‘Implausible’ Chemistry Produces Herbicidal Compound
- Workshop merges chemistry and the digital age
- Bacteria In Clarcon Skin Products
- Weighty addition to periodic table
- Green Chemistry Meeting Set for June 23 in Maryland
- Medical group calls for reducing use of BPA
- Program reflects UM dance department through the years
‘Implausible’ Chemistry Produces Herbicidal Compound
Science Daily (press release)
"Every time we find something new in nature it’s an inspiration to see if we can copy that reactivity with a small molecule" van der Donk said. The findings are the result of an unusual collaboration between chemists biochemists and microbiologists van der Donk said all of them affiliates of the Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) at Illinois. The team included chemistry postdoctoral associate Robert Cicchillo; biochemistry postdoctoral researcher Houjin Zhang who produced the first crystallographic structure of HEPD; microbiology graduate student Joshua Blodgett; chemistry graduate student John Whitteck; and chemistry postdoctoral researcher Gongyong Li. The new study is part of the Mining Microbial Genomes for Novel Antibiotics theme at IGB. Adapted from materials provided by.
Workshop merges chemistry and the digital age
Penn State Live
Time: 2009-06-11 12:48:05–>. – Chemistry and computer age applications research and education are the topics being covered today and tomorrow (June 11-12) during "Chemistry and the Digital Age: A Workshop Connecting Research and Education" on Penn States University Park campus. The workshop brings together researchers in all areas of chemistry and information science and technology to smooth the path for adoption and development of cyber-based tools and technologies. The workshop will also look at how scientists in specific fields such as chemistry geochemistry and hydrology can become computer and web experts and how information technologists can become integrated chemical researchers. ne aim of the workshop is to expand the nucleus of researchers from Penn State and the University of Southampton to include researchers from other universities national laboratories and industry. This will position participants to anticipate and capitalize on upcoming grants combining research and education in chemistry and cyberscience.
Bacteria In Clarcon Skin Products
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as they risk of bacterial contamination. A recent inspection of Clarcon products revealed high levels of disease-causing bacteria followed by an FDA announcement the company had issued a voluntary recall of certain skin sanitizers and skin protectants marketed under several different brand names. FDA also notes inspection of the Clarcon laboratory uncovered serious deviations from its good manufacturing practice requirements. In its news release FDA has also advised those in possession of Clarcon products to throw them away as high levels of various bacteria including some associated with unsanitary conditions were present in several samples of over-the-counter topical anti-microbial skin sanitizer and skin protectants products promoted as anti-microbial agents claiming to treat open wounds damaged skin and protecting against various infectious diseases.
Weighty addition to periodic table
The Age
We use an id here to be able to jump to this section. –> Weighty addition to periodic table. –> Bridie Smith June 12 2009 HIGH school chemistry books are set for a rewrite with authorities confirming that the periodic table has gained a new element — the heaviest yet. The still-to-be-named "element 112" was officially recognised this week by the governing body the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. Weighing in at about 277 times heavier than hydrogen — the lightest element — it was discovered by a team of 21 scientists at Germany’s Centre for Heavy Ion Research in the late 1990s. Scientists from Germany Finland Russia and Slovakia were involved in experiments that led to the discovery of 112. It is the group’s sixth element to be recognised and added to the periodic table in 30 years.
Green Chemistry Meeting Set for June 23 in Maryland
EP Magazine
The meeting is being held at the Marriott Inn and Conference Center adjacent to the University of Maryland College Park. Highlights will include keynote speeches by Jean-Michel Cousteau president cean Futures Society and Len Sauers vice president Global Sustainability The Procter & Gamble Company. The 2009 winners of the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards will be announced. The annual conference is organized by the ACS Green Chemistry Institute® an advocate of implementing green chemistry and engineering into all aspects of the global chemical enterprise.
Medical group calls for reducing use of BPA
USA Today
And a third study showing that BPA causes permanent changes in the DNA of mice helps doctors understand how this damage is passed on to offspring says author Hugh Taylor of Yale University School of Medicine. Taylor says his small study supports research showing that prenatal exposure to BPA could permanently change the way the body responds to estrogen. An industry group the American Chemistry Council said in a statement that it agrees scientists need to do more research. But the council notes that a group called the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry found there have been no “conclusive” studies proving that the chemicals cause disease. But Taylor says there is reason for pregnant women to be cautious even if much of the research so far is in animals. “You can never do these studies in women” Taylor says. “You can’t intentionally give someone high doses especially in pregnancy.
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Program reflects UM dance department through the years
Detroit Free Press
Eight current U-M dance majors serve as the corps while musicians will act as Pied Pipers guiding the audience from location to location. The evening will begin by going back in time to 1909 when the current Chemistry Building was the Barbour Gymnasium for Women. There students could sign up for folk dance aesthetic dance Swedish gymnastics and clogging an early version of tap. For the centennial U-M dance faculty member Susan Filipiak choreographed a clogging routine inspired by archived information Fogel found in the Bentley Historical Library. “I showed her old clogging exams and the list of tunes the students could choreograph to including ‘I Want to Go Back to Michigan’ by Irving Berlin” Fogel says. “She Googled it and it popped right up.
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