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Chemistry World
October 18, 2012 |
A signal honor The 2012 Nobel prize in chemistry was awarded to Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors. This article looks at the molecular machinery underpinning cell signaling.   |
HHMI Bulletin
Winter 2013
Sarah Goforth |
Rational Exuberance Trained as a cardiologist, Robert Lefkowitz is the first to admit that his 39-year research career has been driven by more than a desire to treat coronary disease. He has always had an unshakeable urge to figure things out. |
Chemistry World
October 9, 2013
Emma Stoye |
Computational chemists take Nobel prize The 2013 Nobel prize in chemistry has been awarded to Martin Karplus of Harvard University, US, Michael Levitt of Stanford University, US, and Arieh Warshel of the University of Southern California, US, for "the development of multi-scale models for complex chemical systems." |
Chemistry World
October 25, 2007 |
Elusive Drug Target Finally Seen Scientists have captured an atomic-scale picture of a receptor protein from a family that is the target of thousands of drugs. |
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 5, 2015 |
Behind closed doors: How to win the Nobel prize Few know the process by which the winner or winners are chosen. We go behind closed doors to find out how the Nobel committee make their selection. |
HHMI Bulletin
Winter 2013
Robert Tjian |
President's Letter: Taking the Long View This October, I was honored to be present at the official opening of the KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV, or K-RITH, in Durban, South Africa. This initiative brings a new dimension to HHMI's commitment to international research. |
Chemistry World
November 2011
Bibiana Campos Seijo |
Editorial: Nobels and Nobility The 2011 Nobel prize in chemistry has been awarded to Daniel Shechtman at Technion in Haifa, Israel, for the discovery of quasicrystals. |
Chemistry World
January 13, 2008
Ananyo Bhattacharya |
Unexpected Effects of Drug Combinations Medicines that use a combination of several drugs can sometimes produce unexpected effects in patients. Now, a team of scientists think they have figured out how that can happen. |
Chemistry World
July 21, 2011
Elinor Richards |
Cell Control to Change Cell Function US scientists can now control the reactions occurring inside cells. |
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. |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 3, 2014
Carmen Nobel |
Brand Lessons From the Nobel Prize What makes the Nobel Prize so coveted? Stephen Greyser and Mats Urde discuss the first field-based study exploring the prize from a brand and reputation perspective. |
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
September 2009 |
Living the Nobel life In Lindau, Germany, groups of Nobel prize winners are invited to meet with a new generation of young scientists. This year was the chemists' turn and the theme of this year's event was renewable energy and climate change |
Chemistry World
January 5, 2009
Hayley Birch |
How to Strengthen the Taste of Umami US scientists say they have uncovered a unique mechanism by which molecules drastically enhance umami flavour - the savoury taste associated with protein-rich foods such as meat, cheese and seafood. |
Prepared Foods
October 2007
Paula Frank |
Article: Advancing Sweeteners: The Mystery of Sweet Taste Food scientists continue their search for the "Holy Grail" of ingredients that both function and taste exactly like sugar. |
Chemistry World
December 9, 2013
James Urquhart |
Drug fix for misfolded proteins promises hope for incurable diseases Researchers have been looking into pharmacological chaperones or pharmacoperones. They might treat diseases brought about by genetic mutations that cause otherwise functional proteins to become misfolded or misrouted. |
Bio-IT World
November 2005 |
News Blast Nominations needed for the Ben Franklin Award... San Diego Supercomputer Center announced it's collaborative notebook application for data management... Microsoft to support PDFs... GPCRs to help research efforts... |
Chemistry World
November 2, 2015
Philip Robinson |
A Nobel purpose The Nobel categories are fields that support Nobel's humanitarian goals, and looking at this year's awards, there is a notable humanitarian, even humanist, flavor. |
Chemistry World
June 11, 2012
Laura Howes |
Nobel Prize Amount Cut Recently, returns on the capital of the foundation have fallen short of the amount needed to support the prizes. |
Reactive Reports
Issue 58 |
Drug Discovery at a Snail's Pace Researchers isolated a toxin from the venomous cone sea snail. This nerve poison latches on to brain receptors and its chemical structure could be used to design new drugs that interact with these receptors and treat psychiatric and brain diseases. |
