Post Tagged with: "Eric Masson"

Chemistry Getting New Mass Spectrometer for New Building

The exterior of the new chemistry building features lots of windows, limestone and brick and blends seamlessly into the campus landscape.

From Ohio University News The Chemistry & Biochemistry Department is receiving a new mass spectrometer for its new building. Two groups of Ohio University researchers recently received National Science Foundation grants that will bring state-of-the-art research equipment into OHIO laboratories. “These grants are highly competitive and we are honored to […]

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September 3, 2020 at 12:48 pmNews

Chemistry Researchers Return to Labs to Probe COVID-19

Dr. Shiyong Wu meets with students.

Excerpted from Ohio University News Several Ohio University researchers have received permission for an early return to their labs to conduct research on potential treatments for COVID-19. Three research labs in the Chemistry & Biochemistry Department in the College of Arts and Sciences are using other funding sources and the […]

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May 28, 2020 at 10:56 amResearch

Masson Finds Molecules That Might Inhibit Key Enzyme in SARS-CoV-2 Replication

Dr. Eric Masson on the lawn with his laptop.

Three Ohio University chemists have found that molecules synthesized in their group might inhibit a key enzyme in SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus replication. Their work could potentially lead to the development of new antiviral drugs against SARS-CoV-2. Dr. Eric Masson, post-doctoral associate Dr. Hector Barbero, and graduate student Nathan Thompson recently showed […]

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April 9, 2020 at 1:39 pmNews Research

Masson Co-Authors Paper in Top-Tier Chemistry Journal on Supramolecular Self-Sorting

Eric Masson studies pumpkin-shaped Cucurbituril molecules

Dr. Eric Masson co-authored a paper on “Dual Layer” Self-Sorting with Cucurbiturils in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, a top-tier research journal with one of the highest impact factors in the chemical literature. Masson is the Roenigk Chair and Associate Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Ohio University. […]

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January 16, 2020 at 1:01 pmResearch

White Speaks on Renewable Energy at NQPI Seminar

Dr. Travis White

By Amanda Biederman NQPI editorial intern OHIO Chemistry & Biochemistry Professor Travis A. White discussed his research on alternative energy methods on March 28 as part of the Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute seminar series. White, who joined OHIO’s faculty in the fall of 2016, conducts fundamental research to improve […]

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April 19, 2019 at 12:45 pmResearch

OHIO Hosts 6th International Conference on Cucurbiturils; Registration Open

OHIO Hosts 6th International Conference on Cucurbiturils; Registration Open

Dr. Eric Masson, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Ohio University, and Dr. Adam Urbach, Professor of Chemistry at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, are hosting the 6th International Conference on Cucurbiturils on the Ohio University campus this summer. Cucurbiturils are macrocyclic molecules that resemble hollow pumpkins; they […]

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April 6, 2019 at 11:22 amAnnouncements News Research

Roenigk Lecture Series | Molecular Tectonics & Molecular Turnstiles, April 9, 10

Dr. Mir Wais Hosseini

Ohio University’s Chemistry and Biochemistry Department introduces the 2018-19 Roenigk Lecturer, Professor Mir Wais Hosseini, from the University of Strasbourg, France. Hosseini will give two lectures in the Clippinger auditorium: Tuesday, April 9, 4:10 – 5 p.m., “Molecular tectonics: from networks of molecules to networks of crystals” Wednesday, April 10, […]

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April 1, 2019 at 10:00 pmEvents