More than just colleagues When one thinks about working with a spouse or significant other, the connotations are not always glowing or positive; in fact, most of us would think of the horror stories we hear in which couples working together can no longer stand the presence of the other or, worse yet, working together…
Nobel-winning biochemist discusses discovery by Kasha Patel “Some people accidentally spill a cup of coffee or bump into another car. Dr. Kary Mullis accidentally invented polymerase chain reaction, an invention that revolutionized the world.” Read the Old Gold and Black news item HERE
Nobel winner, DNA exoneree meet In 1983, Mullis developed a process that multiplies a single strain of DNA, allowing investigators to use tiny amounts of DNA to identify suspects in murders, sexual assaults and other crimes, and exclude other suspects. Read the news item HERE
The Wake Forest Faculty Fellowship Program, designed to honor the best teacher-scholars in the college, has awarded the MacDonough Family Faculty Fellowship to Bruce King and the Ranlet & Frank Bell, Jr. Faculty Fellowship to Dilip Kondepudi for the term beginning July 01, 2011 and ending June 30, 2013. Congratulations to Bruce & Dilip!
Congratulations to faculty colleagues for their recent receipt of external funding. Uli Bierbach’s proposal “Novel DNA-metalating hybrid anticancer agents” has receive continued funding, and Abdou Lachgar recently received grants from the Biofuels Center of NC (for his project to develop a catalyst for biofuel production — read more about this project here.) and R.J. Reynolds…
Wake Forest gets $145K grant for biodiesel project A Wake Forest University alternative-energy project will be able to expand the testing of a key catalyst through a $145,665 grant from the Biofuels Center of North Carolina. -Read More-
The killing field Research looks at how antibiotics work in the body Senior chemistry major Allison Faig and professors Bruce King and Patricia Dos Santos are researching how antibiotics destroy dangerous bacteria in the body — hoping their work will lead to the development of new weapons against disease. –Read More–
Atomic Emission Spectrometry Shrinks Down For The Field Dr. Brad Jones has developed a portable, inexpensive instrument that does atomic emission spectroscopy. Click Here to read more.
Congratulations to Abdou Lachgar, who was elected to the College Capital Planning Committee. In addition, Abdou recently received notification that his proposal “The Second US/Africa Summer School on Materials” was funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research for the period 5/13/2010 – 5/17/2011.
John Tomlinson: Chemistry The subject of organic chemistry gives the average person anxiety just thinking about it. For organic chemistry professor, John Tomlinson, it is a lifestyle. Tomlinson grew up in a small town in Ohio where he stayed for 25 years. Read More in the Old Gold and Black
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