Dr. Jennifer Brodbelt, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at The University of Texas at Austin, has received a $734,068 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a new method for rapidly screening blood samples for biomarkers.
Biomarkers are small molecules that indicate the presence of a particular physiological condition...
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Biochemistry professor Whitney Yin and her graduate student Young-sam Lee have discovered the atomic structure of pol gamma, an enzyme that is responsible for DNA replication in human mitochondria. When pol gamma comes in contact with anti-retroviral drugs, which are used to treat HIV, it can incorporate the drug into the body's mitochond...
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is pleased to announce that Professor Michael Krische has been selected as the 2010 recipient of the Mukaiyama Award from the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan (SSOCJ). The award is bestowed every year upon a scientist under 45 years of age who has made outstanding contributions to synthetic ...
University of Florida Professor Kenneth M. Merz, Jr., who earned his Ph.D. under Michael Dewar, has received the 2010 American Chemical Society Award for Computers in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research.Professor Kenneth Merz has been selected as the recipient of the 2010 ACS Award for Computers in Chemical & Pharmaceutical Research that recognize...
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have received about $2.5 million to identify new materials that will efficiently absorb sunlight and split water (H2O) into clean hydrogen fuel, which could power cars and be used to generate electricity. For the next three years, chemical engineering Professor Charles Mullins, chemistry Professor A...
Professor Jason Shear's chemistry laboratory has developed a technology that enables researchers to utilize microscopic three-dimensional protein structures. The potential applications of these "smart materials" are so significant that graduate student researchers from other disciplines have begun collaborating with the Shear lab in order to study ...
The incoming graduate students have arrived and are well on their way to making new friends, getting to know their professors, and settling into their labs and coursework. All thanks to the tremendous efforts of Penny Kile, Rachel Walker, and Jenna Gascoyne in the Graduate Studies Office, and faculty members Jennifer Brodbelt, Lauren Webb, Dio Sieg...
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is pleased to announce that Professor Peter Rossky is the recipient of the Joel Henry Hildebrand Award in the Theoretical & Experimental Chemistry of Liquids presented by the American Chemical Society and sponsored by ExxonMobil Research and Engineering. The purpose of this award is to recognize distingu...
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is pleased to announce that Professor Katherine "Kallie" Willets has been selected by The University of Texas Board of Regents to receive an Outstanding Teaching Award.
This awards program was established in August 2008 as the latest in a series of University of Texas System initiatives aimed at fosteri...
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, at the University of Texas at Austin is seeking an individual to play an essential role in our undergraduate program. The main job responsibilities include planning, coordinating, and teaching analytical methods in a laboratory setting.
The individual will assist faculty in the improvement of our under...
Nutley, New Jersey, June 8 and 9, 2009...
The Roche Symposium: Excellence in Chemistry is an annual forum to recognize outstanding graduate students and faculty who are providing significant contributions to the field of organic chemistry. Along with 11 other graduate students from around the nation, Daniel Knueppel (fourth row, far left) has been...
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is pleased to announce that Professor Allen Bard has been elected by his peers in the American Chemical Society to the inaugural group of the Fellows of the American Chemical Society.
This program was created “to recognize members of the American Chemical Society for outstanding achievements in and cont...
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is pleased to announce that Professor Jennifer Brodbelt has been named the William H. Wade Endowed Professor in Chemistry. This professorship was created in 1999 to honor the late Dr. William H. Wade, a longtime faculty member in The University of Texas at Austin Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry ...
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is pleased to announce that Professor Chris Bielawski is a recipient of a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on outstanding scientists and engineers beginning their independent careers.
The Presidential Early Career Aw...
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is pleased to announce that Professor C. Grant Willson has been elected by his peers in the American Chemical Society to the inaugural group of the Fellows of the American Chemical Society.
This program was created “to recognize members of the American Chemical Society for outstanding achievements in an...
Professor John Stanton has recently been elected as a lifetime member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Sciences (IQMS).
The International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science is an international scientific learned society covering all applications of quantum theory to chemistry and chemical physics. It was created in Menton in 196...
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is pleased to announce that Professor Paul Barbara, along with colleague Professor Keith Stevenson has received a $15 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Basic Energy Science as part of President Obama's stimulus package. Professor Barbara and Professor Stevenson's team, termed a...
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is pleased to announce that Lecturer Cynthia Labrake has been selected to hold a Dads' Association Centennial Teaching Fellowship for the 2009-2010 spring semester. The award reflects on Dr. Labrake's teaching excellence and commitment, and an acknowledgment of the many contributions she has made to the ...
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is pleased to announce that Professor C. Grant Willson is the 2009 recipient of the Gordon E. Moore Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Solid State Science and Technology, awarded by the Electrochemical Society.
The recipient of the Moore Medal is chosen based on contributions to the field of solid sta...
Graduating Senior, Yuxuan Wang, won the $20,000 grand prize Mitchell Award last night at the Four Seasons Hotel. Wang is a Biochemistry (Honors) and Plan II major. She won the award for her undergraduate research project with Professor Andy Ellington titled, “Aptamer Antagonists of Myelin Promote Axon Growth.”
The George H. Mitchell Awards for Aca...