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Chemistry World
October 8, 2008
Lewis Brindley |
Green fluorescent protein takes Nobel Prize The protein, first isolated from a jellyfish, is now routinely used as a brightly glowing marker to track the positions and interactions of proteins in cells.   |
Chemistry World
May 26, 2011
Russell Johnson |
Hunting elusive green fluorescent proteins After a 40 year hunt, scientists have tracked down the genes responsible for fluorescent proteins in Obelia medusa - a type of jellyfish. Knowledge of these genes could lead to new fluorescent protein tags for use in cell biology. |
Chemistry World
November 2008
Ananyo Bhattacharya |
Editorial: Competing priorities The UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has been restructuring the way it funds chemistry. It is focusing on funding multi-disciplinary teams in large research programs for longer times. |
Chemistry World
April 26, 2009
Simon Hadlington |
Glowing protein in 'animal photosynthesis' Scientists have discovered that a glowing protein found in some exotic marine animals and used widely as a 'marker' in molecular biology has another remarkable property |
Bio-IT World
February 11, 2005
Kevin Davies |
In Living Color Researchers have developed a palette of fluorescent proteins to complement the green fluorescent protein (GFP), a stable of cell biology for a decade. |
Chemistry World
August 17, 2011
Josh Howgego |
Worms Modified to Express Unnatural Amino Acids Unnatural amino acids have been expressed for the first time in complex multicellular organisms. Researchers hope this will open up new ways to track biochemical processes and disease pathways. |
Chemistry World
June 13, 2011
Laura Howes |
Cells turned into living lasers with fluorescent protein With a little help from a fluorescent protein, mammalian cells have been transformed into living lasers. This discovery could help improve imaging of living cells, enabling researchers to explore what's going on inside. |
Chemistry World
October 23, 2014 |
The resolution revolution Super-resolution fluorescence microscopy earned three of its creators a Nobel prize this year. |
Chemistry World
May 12, 2008
Simon Hadlington |
'Super-yeast' tackles unnatural proteins Researchers in the US have engineered yeast cells to produce large amounts of proteins containing unnatural amino acids (UAAs) - a feat that has previously only been possible with bacteria. |
Chemistry World
July 3, 2015
Michaela Muehlberg |
Fluorescent protein spectrum shunted by single hydrogen bond Scientists in Denmark have found that a single hydrogen bond can have a drastic effect on the photophysical properties of molecular chromophores found in fluorescent proteins. |
Chemistry World
December 21, 2006
Henry Nicholls |
Silent SNPs Serve up a Structural Surprise The sequence of amino acids no longer dictates the structure and function of a protein according to a surprising new paper. |
HHMI Bulletin
Winter 2013
Amber Dance |
A Trick of Light When miniSOG protein takes in blue light, it converts ordinary oxygen into a short-lived, excited state called singlet oxygen, which reacts with and changes the molecules around it. The singlet oxygen destroys the mitochondria's delicate machinery. |
Chemistry World
June 2009
Michael Gross |
Bubble-wrapped frogs Tropical frogs create remarkable protein foams to protect their spawn. Exploration of the underlying chemistry has only just begun |
Chemistry World
August 24, 2009
Phillip Broadwith |
'Chemical nose' sensor sniffs blood protein profile US scientists have developed a sensor system for profiling the protein content of human blood serum without needing individual receptors for each separate protein. |
Chemistry World
November 2009
Bibiana Campos-Seijo |
Editorial: Ringing in the Nobels This year the chemistry prize seems to have once again caused a bit of a commotion. The criticism? Well, some in the scientific community have suggested that the research had too strong a biological focus. |
Chemistry World
October 8, 2008
Sarah Houlton |
Artificial protein chemistry licensed to industry UK researchers are licensing to industry their method of making artificial proteins by chemically modifying individual amino acid structures. |
HHMI Bulletin
February 2011
Michele Solis |
Right Before Your Eyes Coupling protein sequence to function, thousands of variants at a time. |
Chemistry World
September 4, 2013
Mark Peplow |
Synthetic biology is bursting with life The field encompasses a vast array of research themes, from creating artificial life to engineering microbes to produce medicines or fuels. Through it all, though, runs a rich seam of chemistry. |
Chemistry World
October 2, 2012
Fiona McKenzie |
Protein sorting within cells US scientists have used magnetic nanoparticles with specific ligands to latch on to and visualize specific proteins in living cells. |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2012
Nicole Kresge |
Locating a Genetic Glitch A team of 41 scientists led by HHMI investigator Louis Ptacek has pinpointed the gene responsible for a rare disease that causes sudden, uncontrollable movements. The culprit is a little known protein that may be responsible for communication between neurons. |
Bio-IT World
June 12, 2002
Karen Hopkin |
Computational Biologists Join the Fold CASP5 competitors compare the best algorithms for modeling the 3-D structure of proteins -- an exercise that could lead to new insights into the pathogenesis and treatment of disease. |
Chemistry World
October 7, 2015 |
Live blog: Unravelling DNA repair mechanisms takes chemistry Nobel Our live blog explains the vital statistics of the Nobel chemistry prize and the countdown to the award announcement. |
Chemistry World
November 11, 2009
James Urquhart |
Structural snapshots of complex molecules US researchers have pioneered a new spectroscopy technique to uncover the precise sequence of atomic movements and structural changes that occur during complex chemical transformations. |
Chemistry World
October 8, 2014 |
Live blog: Single molecule spectroscopy wins chemistry Nobel prize The bloggers offer their comments on the developing Nobel Prize story and winners for 2014. |
Chemistry World
July 23, 2012
Jon Evans |
Attack of the cyborg jellyfish It may sound like the plot of a low-budget movie, but US scientists have created tiny, half-biological, half-synthetic jellyfish that can swim and even feed just like real jellyfish. |
Food Processing
February 2007
Mark Anthony |
2007: The Year of Protein Awareness While Americans are not protein-deficient, the nutrient's roles in food and health are becoming more appreciated, and its connection to satiety is skyrocketing. |
Chemistry World
August 26, 2008
Fred Campbell |
High-throughput protein microarrays on the way A new method to rapidly generate protein microarrays has been developed by UK researchers at the University of Manchester. |
Prepared Foods
February 2008
Sharon Book |
Article: Protein Ingredients for Health and Texture A variety of soy, dairy and egg proteins are available for the food formulator to obtain the desired texture in a food or beverage. |
