Post Tagged with: "chemistry and biochemistry news"

From Crime Scene to Lake Sample, STEMstart Students Dive In

STEMstart students investigate a "crime"on campus, then head to the lab to test the "evidence."

Even before classes started, a group of Biological Sciences and Chemistry & Biochemistry students were able to get a sneak peak of their first semester and a jumpstart on success in the sciences. STEMstart is a new week-long program offered by the College of Arts & Sciences. This science quick […]

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August 31, 2016 at 2:40 pmIn Class

Chen Group Receives Merck Research Laboratories Technology Collaboration Award

Dr. Hao Chen

In August 2016, Merck Research Laboratories gave a Technology Collaboration Award to Dr. Qiuling Zheng, Meihong Hu and Dr. Hao Chen at Ohio University for their collaboration in developing desorption electrospray mass spectrometry (DESI-MS) analytical methodology to study the key stoichiometric and catalytic intermediates in support of mechanistic understanding of […]

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August 25, 2016 at 1:00 pmNews

Graduate Students Are Off to the Races in Nanocar Grand Prix

Nanocar participants Karthi Perumal, Kondalarao Kotturi, Mersad Raesi and Ramin Rabbani

by Kristin M. Distel “Divide a meter one billion times, and that’s one nanometer. Our nanocar is four nanometers in length,” explained doctoral students Mersad Raeisi and Kondalarao Kotturi. They are part of an Ohio University team that is working on a “nanocar” that will represent Ohio University at the […]

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August 23, 2016 at 2:17 pmResearch

Harrington Authors Chapter on Big Data in ‘Resolving Spectral Mixture’ Book

Harrington Authors Chapter on Big Data in ‘Resolving Spectral Mixture’ Book

Dr. Peter de B. Harrington, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Ohio University, authored a chapter in a book titled Resolving Spectral Mixtures, 1st Edition With Applications from Ultrafast Time-Resolved Spectroscopy to Super-Resolution Imaging, due out in September. This comprehensive book presents an interdisciplinary approach to demonstrate how and why […]

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August 22, 2016 at 12:23 pmResearch

International Academy of Cardiology Awards Malinski for Research

Dr. Tadeusz Malinski

Dr. Tadeusz Malinski, Ohio University’s Marvin White Chair and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, received the Albrecht Fleckenstein Memorial Award for distinguished work in the field of Basic Research recently from the International Academy of Cardiology during the medical society’s annual scientific sessions in Boston, reports Cardiovascular Business. Dr. […]

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August 5, 2016 at 4:43 pmNews

Chemistry Grad Develops New Assay in Search for Future Antibiotics

Chemistry Grad Develops New Assay in Search for Future Antibiotics

By Kristin M. Distel Dr. Chunxi Zeng, just awarded a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Ohio University, published an article on “Factors that Influence T box Riboswitch Efficacy and tRNA Affinity” in Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry. In the face of increasingly resistant bacterial strains, Zeng’s work with the T box riboswitch […]

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July 8, 2016 at 12:26 pmAlumni Research

Chemistry Placement Exam Given Aug.18-19 and 22-25

The Chemistry Placement Exam will be given the last two days of fall Bobcat Student Orientation: Aug. 18 and 19, starting at 8:45 a.m. in Grover E205. The Chemistry Placement Exam will be given the first week of fall semester: Aug. 22, 23, 24, and 25, starting at 3:05 p.m. in Clippinger 194. Students should bring a […]

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July 2, 2016 at 3:56 pmAnnouncements Events