25 Best Chemistry Blogs-Besides this one...

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http://www.onlinedegrees.org/25-best-chemistry-blogs-for-college-students/

Why I am a Chemist:
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/the-curious-wavefunction/2012/07/16/why-i-am-a-chemist/

Beautifully done...

I talked to these folks at the ACS meeting in Indy, perhaps some of my students would be interested?

Michigan State University Bioeconomy Institute in Holland, MI
http://bioeconinst.msu.edu/

Dr. Kevin Williams, from Western Kentucky University, will be at CU today to present a seminar and talk to students interested in graduate school!

Here is his abstract:

Tailoring platinum(II) complexes to biologically relevant targets

Cisplatin and oxaliplatin are platinum(II) complexes that are FDA-approved anticancer drugs.  Both of these complexes cross-link DNA leading to distortion of the double helix that eventually leads to programmed cell death.  However, platinum(II) has an inherent affinity for sulfur over nitrogen, and thus significant protein reaction can occur particularly at methionine residues.  These protein reactions may be involved in drug resistance, drug uptake, or a variety of other processes.  Our lab has been studying analogs of cisplatin and oxaliplatin that vary in size, shape, and leaving ligand type.  Varying the ligands attached to the platinum can direct the platinum towards different biological targets, potentially altering the amount of protein or DNA adducts formed and thus altering the biological activity.

Alton Brown about science communication

Very well done, everyone should watch this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azS5RWLrzcM

Alton Brown, C&E News 90th anniversary reception

Pretty packed in here, announced the winner of the Everyday Chemistry video winner...

Anxious

Getting some fresh air and Waiting to give my presentation in the "Advances in Teaching Organic Chemistry" symposium...