C&EN reposted this
For C&EN Magazine, I spoke to Kate Biberdorf (aka Kate the Chemist) about her journey from a chemistry professor to a science entertainer & communicator: https://lnkd.in/gFeNPW3c University of Notre Dame
Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN)(cen.acs.org) is the world's most comprehensive and authoritative news source about chemistry and related fields. C&EN is published by the American Chemical Society, an organization with over 173,000 individuals in their global membership community.
External link for C&EN
C&EN reposted this
For C&EN Magazine, I spoke to Kate Biberdorf (aka Kate the Chemist) about her journey from a chemistry professor to a science entertainer & communicator: https://lnkd.in/gFeNPW3c University of Notre Dame
Creating better coatings for paper cups and plates: Creative coating chemistry is coming quickly to cut plastic contamination out of compostable containers. https://lnkd.in/eFUxN27T #FutureofFood
Europeans’ distaste for gene-edited food: Techniques like #CRISPR promise improvements for crops, but policy and perception hurdles mean they may never take root in the EU. https://lnkd.in/eeHRfU2F #FutureofFood
How foodomics could improve global food systems: Ethnobotanist Selena Ahmed leads the Periodic Table of Food Initiative—a global program aimed at linking agricultural practices to differences in food biochemistries. Read more: https://lnkd.in/e5piqPAA #FutureofFood
Enzymes called protein kinases are implicated in the development of cancer and are important drug targets in oncology research. Now, researchers hijacked the enzymes to become cancer-specific activators of the cell death pathway.
If everything you do always works, you are not stretching yourself and your ideas enough, exploring new avenues, or creating ambitious goals. The only way to grow is to try new and unknown things. And sometimes that means you fail:
C&EN reposted this
Protein kinases, a group of enzymes which regulate the cell cycle, are a particularly important drug target in oncology research. Conventional strategies aim to inhibit these enzymes which are often mutated or overactive in cancerous cells, but their important regulatory function in healthy tissue means these treatments can often have unpleasant side effects for the patient. Taking an inverted approach, researchers from Stanford University have instead developed a small molecule which recruits these problematic kinases to activate the cell death pathway exclusively in tumour cells. In my latest story with C&EN, the Stanford team explain the method behind this strategy and Elena De Vita shares why this is an exciting alternative approach for cancer research. https://lnkd.in/e5bJHave With thanks to Gerald Crabtree, Sai Gourisankar, Basel Karim, and Roman C. Sarott #Cancer #Kinases #CellDeath #CDK #BCL6
C&EN reposted this
Many thanks to Matt Blois and C&EN for featuring Oobli as one of the companies making our food healthier. Here's to better living through sweet proteins! 🍫😋 #oobli #sweetproteins #chocolate https://lnkd.in/gQd45XV2
US EPA names 2024 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards recipients: Awardees were recognized for developing renewable lubricant base oils and ethyl acetate, more environmentally-friendly fertilizers and pesticides, and breaking barriers in sustainable biologics manufacturing.
Mary C. Okorie recently spoke with Nina Notman about her role as cochair of ACS's North Jersey Section's newly re-formed Younger Chemists Committee (YCC)